Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Tomorrow, Tuesday 7/4, we are cancelling all practices. However, I will be going on an early morning hike if anyone is interested in joining Reina (my dog) and I. We are hiking the North Rim trail in Upper Bidwell. This is a moderately challenging out and back trail where we will essentially hike uphill for 4 miles before turning around and hiking 4 miles back down for a total distance of about 8 miles with 1100 feet of elevation gain. If you want...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Next week on Tuesday 7/4 we are cancelling all practices. However, I will be going on an early morning hike if anyone is interested in joining Reina (my dog) and I. We are hiking the North Rim trail in Upper Bidwell. This is a moderately challenging out and back trail where we will essentially hike uphill for 4 miles before turning around and hiking 4 miles back down for a total distance of about 8 miles with 1100 feet of elevation gain. If...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Team picture day is this Friday June 23rd from 8:00am to 10:00am at the PV pool next to Bidwell Junior High. We will be doing a team group photo and then Aquajets will have the option for individual pictures. Be sure to wear Aquajets gear or our team colors. Practices this coming Friday (6/23) will be cancelled. This is to accommodate for picture day in the morning, and the two swim meets in the afternoon. The Durham Dolphins are going to host their...

Good morning CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Tonight (6/8) is our team BBQ from 6:00pm to 8:00pm in back of the Elks Lodge (1705 Manzanita Ave). We are asking each person who is planning on eating to pay $5 to help with the cost of the food. There will be a representative from Elsmore swim shop there who will do sizing for suits and will also have some gear to look at. I am excited and hope to see a lot of Aquajets there! Afternoon practices will be finished at...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner The Senior Group’s practice times are changing this coming Monday June 5th. Starting on that Monday the main Senior Group practices will be M-Th 6:30am-9:00am at the PV Pool, Fridays 7:00-9:00am at the McGlynn Pool in Red Bluff, and Saturdays 10:00am-12:00pm at In Motion (when there is not a meet the team is attending). Our next team dinner will be a BBQ on June 8th in the back of the Elks Lodge, starting at 6:00pm. We will talk about the plan for the...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Practice this coming Monday (5/29) is canceled for Memorial Day. The Parent-Swimmer Handbook has been updated. When you get the chance take some time to look it over. We will also be going over some major parts of the handbook at our Start of the Summer BBQ on June 8th. CARD has a survey out to allow people to give their opinions on what they want from the new aquatic facility. If you can please follow the link (CARD Survey) and give them...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Practice this Friday (5/19) is canceled due to a coaching shortage on that day. For those that are going to NVALs (7/28-7/30) we have group block set up at the Gaia Hotel and Spa in Anderson. If you want to get a room in this block you may call to set up a reservation at 530-365-7077 (be sure to mention you are with the Chico Aquajets), or you may reserve your room online by using the following link: https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/EV61L5. The block closes 30...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner For the safety of our swimmers please make sure to pick up your swimmer(s) on time after their practice ends. In order to keep our swimmers safe and to ensure a positive relationship with In Motion Fitness I am asking our Aquajet families to adhere to the following. When swimmers are on deck, they need to follow the pool rules; this includes walking on deck, no horseplay, and no foul language. Aquajets are only to use the lap pool, the outside showers, and...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Good luck to our Masters coach Deb who is swimming at Masters Nationals this weekend! May 1st is the deadline to turn in custom cap order forms. Be sure to fill one out and get the form to me by the deadline if you want to have a retro design cap with your swimmer’s name on it. Next Wednesday May 3rd we are having our new parent meeting at Chico Junior High School at 6:00 pm. We will be covering a lot of...

Good afternoon CAJ Parents, Coach Andrew’s Corner Our Polar Bear results are in! Our winners for our 2022-2023 Polar Bear season are: Margot Cooper, Kaya Duncan, Basin West, Madeline Atkins, Brodie Denney, Addy Crane, Kinsley Denney, Brynlie Homesley, Dominic Lloyd, Sarah Plummer, Nataley Bartell, Jasmine Guzeldere, Ibán Ullate, and Mason Winzenz. Congratulations to our Polar Bear Winners! If these are one of your swimmers, please reply to this email with their preferred shirt size. If you do not reply to this email with a preferred shirt size by the end...