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The AmberJax Tri-Jax Challenge Triathlon has become a biannual event! We are now hosting both a sprint and a children's race twice a year. The next one coming up is Sunday September 2nd for both races and we look forward to hosting another great race. Please mark your calendars to either voluteer or better yet- race! For more information, please visit TriJaxChallenge.com
Good Afternoon Amberjax Here is an informative article from USA swimming that can help create a positive atmosphere for swimmers, parents, and coaches alike. A link to the full article is at the bottom. Please take some time to investigate the site, as they have many different articles and information available. Do for Yourself: Get vicarious pleasure from your children's participation, but do not become overly ego-involved. Try to enjoy yourself at competitions. Your unhappiness can cause your child to feel guilty. Look relaxed, calm, positive and energized when watching...
Important Practice changes: 1) Practice for this Thursday 24th May @ ESJ we will have a practice @ 10:30 am for Gold and Senior swimmers (this practice will take the place of the 6 AM practice) all other practices at ESJ and other pools will remain the same. 2) Friday May 25th all Practices will take place at their normal time. 3) Saturday May 26th no practice at any location, except maters will swim at JCDS from 8:30 till 10:00. 4) Monday May 28th no practice at Cecil or JCDS,...
Parents, Hello all, hope you are doing well. It is coming down to crunch time for the summer training trip. As we begin to finalize and nail down plans we need a definite number to give some of the great places that we will be visiting. We are asking that you give us a definite answer by signing up to go on the team website. It is a great experience for the kids where they will not only get excellent training but a ton of fun. Looking forward to hearing...
Parents and Swimmers, We are very excited to announce that this weekend at our 5th annual Midnight Madness meet, we will be holding a 'silent auction' to help raise money for the summer training trip. We have several great items that will be avaliable! A signed football by Darrell Smith, number 52 of the Jauguars, a signed basketball by Coach Donovan from the Florida gators, a signed football with four players that were just inducted to the Georiga Florida Hall of Fame, 2 GREAT lower bowl tickets to the Jags...
Parents and Swimmers, We are holding another stroke clinic on June 2 from 6-10pm. We will work on technique for all four strokes, turns, and starts. This is a great way to get just a little extra work for the summer season! We will enjoy a pizza dinner and movie as well. The cost is 40 dollars per child. More information will be sent in the near future, we hope to see you all there!
Good Morning Amberjax! Due to exams this week, we will be offering extra practices, in addition to our normal afternoon schedule,to help accomodate fluctuating schedules. The schedule will be as follows: Monday 21: Normal schedule (tutorial day) Tuesday 22: 6-8 AM (senior & gold); 1-3 PM (senior & gold); normal afternoon schedule Wedenesday 23: 1-3 PM (senior & gold); normal afternoon schedule Thursday 24: 6-8 AM (senior & gold); 1-3 PM (senior & gold); normal afternoon schedule Friday 25: Normal schedule Also, due to Midnight Madness this coming weekend Saturday...
The psych sheet and meet timeline are now available on the team website under the "meets" tab. Here are some links as well: Psych sheet: http://www.amberjax.org/flsaj/__eventform__/242054_midnight%20madness%20psych%20sheet.pdf Timeline: http://www.amberjax.org/flsaj/__eventform__/242061_timeline.pdf
AmberJax Swimmer Haley Brown '14 Selected for Special Engineering Summer Program Haley Brown has been selected to attend the Engineering and Construction Camp at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC, on June 17-23, 2012. This camp is sponsored by the Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E.). Haley applied to the Jacksonville Post of the S.A.M.E., and was selected based on several factors, including her academic performance and extracurricular involvement. She is one of 40 students selected from communities throughout the United States, the Pacific and Europe. The camp is designed...
