News Splash July 7

Good afternoon Aquajets,

I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday weekend. We only have three more weeks of our summer season, let’s dial in and see what we can do in these last few weeks!

BEST TIME-BOWL CUT CHALLENGE TALLY: 358/450  - details below

Aquajet team calendar - MEETS, team events & more!

• July 8th - MOD Pizza fundraiser & Team Dinner – 6:30pm (Senior and Pre-Senior pm practice done early at 6:15pm)
• July 12th-13th - Plumas Rapids Open in Quincy [AGO, SCY]  OME Link  Camping Registration
• July 12 – no practice
• July 16th - Durham Mini Meet in Durham [8&Under, SCY] 
• July 16th - Orland Dual Meet in Orland [Dual, SCY] 
• July 17^th – Little Gator Meet in Gridley [6&Under, SCY]
• July 17th - 20th - Bill Rose Classic: SNS LCM Championships in Roseville [Qualifier, T/F, LCM] OME Link
• July 19th-20th - Orland Otters Invitational in Orland [Invitational, SCY] OME Link
• July 19 – no practice
• July 23rd - NVAL Poster Decorating Potluck Party - 6:00pm at the Denney House
• July 25-27th - NVAL Championships in Redding [Invitational, SCY]  - hotel details below
• July 25-Aug 1 - No Practices 
• Aug 2nd - Swim-a-thon -  8:00am at the PV Pool
• Aug 5th - Chipotle fundraiser (East Ave) - 5:00pm-9:00pm
• Aug 12th - End of the Summer BBQ -  6:00pm, location is TBD

COACH’S CORNER

I am challenging the Aquajets to push themselves this summer and see how much they can progress. In past summers if swimmers could get enough best times, then I would dye my beard blue (check out our Instagram for pictures). This summer, to be in line with our Despicable Me NVAL theme, if the Aquajets can achieve 450 or more official best times before NVALs, then I will get a bowl cut to go with my Vector costume.

We are offering another LCM practice at the Red Bluff this Friday (7/11, 7:30am-9:30am) for Pre-Senior and Senior group swimmers. If your swimmer wants to commit to attending that practice, please let me know. If no swimmers give me notice by the end of the day on Thursday, then I will cancel that practice.

Tomorrow on Tuesday July 8 we are having a MOD Pizza fundraiser and Team Dinner! Stop by MOD for pizza and to support your Chico Aquajets! Bring the attached flyer into the store when you purchase or use the coupon code MODGIVE25 when ordering online and MOD will donate 25% of the proceeds to our team. I will also be handing out group awards for the month of June around 6:45pm. I hope to see a lot of Aquajets there!

There is an Amazon wishlist with NVAL spirit gear. It is time to get in the Despicable Me spirit as the CAJ Minions take over NVALs! We have won the NVAL spirit award for the last 2 years and we are going for the 3-peat! Help us get in the spirit by purchasing item(s) off the Amazon list. Items include: decorations for the coaches table, decorations for the team area, coaches costumes, spirit packs for each swimmer, and craft projects for the pre-NVAL dinner that will be hosted at the Denney house! Take a look at the list and see what you can help with. NVAL Spirit Amazon Wishlist

Deadline to order NVAL Minion shirts is tomorrow July 8 at 11:59pm. This will be the one and only order for these shirts, once the window order closes that is it. You can place an order with the following link: NVAL Minion Shirt Order

CAJ Earrings are available for purchase! As another mini-fundraiser for the team we are offering CAJ earrings for $12. The order deadline is Friday 7/11, if you would like to place an order you can do so with the following link: CAJ Earring Order Form

Our dual meet against the Orland Otters is scheduled for next week on Wednesday 7/16. I am currently communicating with Orland to decide how best to submit entries for this dual meet. When a decision has been made, I will send out more messages with instructions on how to submit entries for the dual meet.

The Gridley Gators are hosting their annual Little Gator meet for 6 & Under swimmers on Thursday July 17 in Gridley. Warmups are at 5:15pm, with the racing planned to start at 6:00pm. All swimmers are limited to 3 individual events, that does not include relays. If you want to sign your swimmer up, please email me with their events by the end of the day on Saturday July 12. The individual events offered are: 25 Fly, 25 Back, 25 Breast, and 25 Free. Gridley will be placing swimmers on a relay team.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• Make sure your swimmer is USA Swimming registered (the link can be found in the “USA Swim Registration” section of the news splash)
• Make sure your swimmer brings a water bottle to every practice
• Check out the Team Page on Elsemore for CAJ gear: Team Page Link

Please make sure you are familiar with all of the Old Business/Policies and Procedures

Your next race has already started,

Coach Andrew