News Splash November 9

Good Morning CAJ Parents,

Coach Andrew’s Corner

PRE-SENIOR AND SENIOR PRACTICE CANCELED TODAY (11/9)

Today is the day! Come to Round Table tonight at 6:00pm for our Team Dinner. ( The Club House- Round Table Pizza on Pillsbury) Pre-Senior and Senior practices are canceled tonight to accommodate our dinner. We have some parents bringing baked goods that will be available for purchase. Baked goods will have to be purchased with cash so come prepared. Also, make sure to let the Round Table cashier know that you are there for the Chico Aquajets and a portion of your purchase will go to the team. I am looking forward to a fun night!

Starting on Monday 11/28 we will start implementing a dedicated dryland portion of the workout prior to swimming for the Pre-Senior and Senior groups. Seniors dryland will start at 4:30 and Pre-Seniors dryland will start at 5:00. There will be two running days a week and three strength focus days a week. I highly recommend each swimmer has a good pair of running shoes for our running days. These dryland workouts are not mandatory, but I am considering them when writing the swim portions of the daily workouts. 

Sign ups for WAC Cranberry Classic meet close tomorrow (Thu 11/10) at 11:59pm. These cooler fall swim meets have a special charm to them, come see what it’s all about.

We are starting our annual Polar Bear Club next week on Monday (11/14) and it will go through Friday, March 10, 2023. Polar Bear Club is where we keep track of each swimmer’s attendance and award a special t-shirt to the swimmers that made enough practices. Swim meets count as extra credit during Polar Bear Club. To earn a t-shirt swimmers will need to attend a certain percentage of practices, based on their group, during the Polar Bear timeframe. The percentages for each group are: Seniors 80%, Pre-Seniors 75%, Navy 70%, White 65%, Minijets (both groups) 65%. There are special prizes for those swimmers that are in the top 10% of attendance as well.

We have bottle order forms at the pool, come see the coaches to get one. These are excellent bottles; I have been using mine for about a month now and it has been one of my best bottles yet. We will also have order forms at our team dinner tonight.

With the weather getting colder now is a great time to get new winter gear, and we conveniently have winter gear available on our team store. There are a few different sweatshirts to choose from. Along with sweatpants, and the always valuable swim parkas. The sooner you get your gear, the more use you can get out of it.

If your swimmer is not USA swimming registered yet, please do so as soon as you can. There is a link to do so in the “USA SWIM REGISTRATION” section of this news splash.

PRE-SENIOR AND SENIOR PRACTICE CANCELED TODAY (11/9)

USA SWIM REGISTRATION

This link will show you all you need to register your swimmer until the end of 2023.

https://omr.usaswimming.org/omr/welcome/43F7068EBC3C44

UPCOMING MEETS

 WAC Cranberry Classic in Citrus Heights (11/18-11/20)  (deadline 11/10 @11:59pm)

https://ome.swimconnection.com/meets/3165

 December (SYS) Meet in Redding 12/17

 Bud Meyer Memorial Meet in Sacramento 1/27/23-1/29/23

 SNS Senior Short Course Championships in Roseville 2/3/23-2/5/23 (13-18 year old swimmers only) [Time qualifier meet]

 Last Chance for Short Course Champs in Elk Grove 2/24/23-2/26/23

 SNS 14 & Under Short Course Championships (JOs) in Woodland 3/10/23-3/12/23 (14 years old and younger swimmers only) [Time qualifier meet]

IMPORTANT Reminders

 Practice is canceled Wednesday 11/23/22-Friday 11/25/22

 Round Table Team Dinner, Wednesday 11/9/22 at 6:00pm

 Pre-Senior and Senior Practices are canceled Wednesday 11/9/2022

 Make sure your swimmer is USA Swimming registered

 Make sure your swimmer is bringing a water bottle to every practice

 Be on the lookout for an additional email on our winter fundraiser

NEW AQUAJETS: 

Please Familiarize yourself with our     Team Handbook  located on the CAJ website under Join the Team.  

We ask that parents avoid being on deck during practice as it can be distracting to the coaches and the swimmers.  

NEW SWIMMERS: SIGN     CAJ WAIVER   AND HAND IT TO YOUR COACH    

SWIMMER ACCOUNT REMINDER:   All swimmer fees are due on the 1st day of each month and are considered late if not received by the 10th. A $10 late fee will be assessed for late payments. Notice of intent to discontinue swimming must be provided to the Chico AquaJets in writing by the 15th of the month before the date of inactivity to cancel monthly fees. Written notice should be provided through the "Contact Us'' button on the CAJ website. Verbal notice to coaches is not sufficient. Any written notice occurring after the 15th of the month before deciding to discontinue will be charged the following month. Any hanging balances left will be billed and payment will be required before any re-registration. 

 BE ADVISED:  if you discontinue your membership, the $65 registration fee will be reassessed upon re-registration. 

 CAJ WEBSITE:  All members must double-check your Team Unify member account to ensure that your e-mail is correct and verified. We also need you to verify your SMS number, and make sure you use dashes. This will ensure you receive ALL of our communications. 

 REMINDER FROM IN MOTION:  If families discontinue their In Motion gym membership it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to notify In Motion that the swimmer is remaining an Aquajet swimmer. We’d also appreciate notification to the team through the “contact us” button so that our bookkeeper and membership coordinators are aware of your IMF membership status. This will assist in smooth entry to the club as well as accurate billing information for CAJ. Thanks! 

CASA Board and Coach Andrew