Flippers Up! Your Weekly Splash from the Penguins - Week 6 (7/13-7/19)

Flippers Up! Your Weekly Splash from the Penguins - Week 6 (7/13-7/19)

This Week's Theme: 🐧🔥 RED OUT for Divisionals! 🔥🐧

What an Amazing Week in the Water! 🐧💦
We are so proud of our Penguins after a season packed with incredible swims, big time drops, and tons of heart!

While we were sad to see this week’s B Meet was canceled due to weather, we’re celebrating an amazing season for all our B Meet swimmers—you’ve come so far and we’re so proud of you! For one final splash, our 10 & under swimmers are invited to join us for the Lollipop Meet this Wednesday—a fun and festive way to wrap up the season!

We’re also giving a huge shoutout to our IM and Relay Carnival swimmers—you brought the speed, the teamwork, and the excitement! 

Saturday’s A Meet was another battle in the pool, and although we fell to Franklin Farm (261 to 190), our swimmers showed up with grit, spirit, and impressive swims across the board. 💪🔥

Now it’s time to bring that Penguin pride into this week! Let’s support our Divisionals and All-Star swimmers as they get ready to leave it all in the pool! 💥

Let’s finish strong—GO PENGUINS! ❤️🐧🏁

This email contains a lot of important information and upcoming events—please be sure to read all the way to the end!

Important Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, July 14th at 5pm: Penguins Olympics at Commons Pool

• Wednesday, July 16th: Last day of regular season practice. Floats Day and Potluck breakfast.

• Wednesday, July 16th: Lollipop meet at Commons Pool

• Thursday, July 17th-Friday, July 18th: Divisional Swimmers Practice ONLY

• Saturday, July 19th: Divisionals at Commons pool

• Monday, July 21st-Friday, July 25th: All-Star Swimmers Practice ONLY

• Saturday, July 26th: All-Stars 

To Do IMMEDIATELY if you haven’t done so yet:

• Declare your swimmers availability for Divisionals on TU by 11:59pm TONIGHT

• Fill out your swimmers stroke preference on the Google Form by 11:59pm TONIGHT https://forms.gle/BzACmQwaTjqiYCie8

• Pre-Order your Divisionals T-Shirt by TONIGHT! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYDp0Xlk6uTwOtbWiMF-HqiBc1FAHNfEJIcQjRU0csP9siPw/viewform

The Divisionals roster will be emailed on Tuesday. We understand this timing makes it tricky for those unsure about ordering a t-shirt. To help guide your decision, please check the Penguins ladder. If your swimmer is in the top 3 for a stroke, they are very likely to swim. Swimmers ranked up to 5th still have a chance to swim. Those ranked lower may still have an opportunity, but we aren’t able to confirm that just yet.

Penguins Ladder (must be signed in to view): https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/reccobcpva/page/results/2025-resultsladders

Penguins Olympics: Join us as a family tomorrow, Monday, July 17th at 5pm at the Commons Pool for one of our favorite end-of-season traditions — Penguins Olympics! Get ready for epic relays, goofy games, and tons of laughs as we celebrate an amazing season with some team bonding and friendly competition. This is NOT a drop off event!

Last Day of Practice – Float Day & Potluck Breakfast! Our last official practice of the regular season will be Wednesday, July 16th. We’ll wrap things up with our traditional Float Day—bring your favorite float and enjoy some fun in the water!

After practice, stick around for our final Potluck Breakfast together. Sign up to bring a dish here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094AA8AA28AAFA7-57537399-funwednesday#/

Lollipop Meet: This meet is always a total BLAST and is just for our awesome 10 & under swimmers who haven’t placed in an A Meet yet! Whether you’re swimming freestyle, backstroke, kicking with a board, or cruising alongside a coach in the water — it’s all about having FUN and feeling confident. Every swimmer gets a chance to SHINE… and a lollipop when they cross the finish line! 

• Arrival Time: 5:30pm

• Location: Commons Pool (5701 Roberts Pkwy, Burke, VA 22015) 

• Meet Start Time: 6pm 

Divisional Practices: Swimmers participating in Divisionals will continue practicing through Friday, July 18th, and those swimming in All-Stars will practice through Friday, July 25th. 

DIVISIONALS Meet: Saturday, July 19th HOME vs. Red Division Teams (Commons Pool, 5701 Roberts Pkwy, Burke, VA 22015). Swimmers will be selected based on their placement on the ladder (updated after every meet…login required to see Boys and Girls ladders https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/reccobcpva/page/results).  

The “A” meet roster will be emailed early this week.  Swimmers must acknowledge participation per instructions in the email.

• Declare Availability by: Sunday, July 13th (auto shut off at midnight)

• Arrival Time: Approx 6:35am, 15 min prior to warm ups

• Location: Commons Pool, 5701 Roberts Pkwy, Burke, VA 22015

• ADDITIONAL STEPS for Divisionals: Fill out the swimmer stroke preference form and t-shirt pre-order form above. 

Volunteer Checks: Once you have completed your volunteer hours your VOID check will be placed back in your family folder. Be sure to check them this week. 

Private Lessons: All of our coaches are Red Cross Lifeguard Certified and bring years of coaching experience to the pool. They also offer private lessons! If you're interested, feel free to reach out directly to your child's favorite coach to coordinate a time, location, and focus for the lesson(s). You can find their contact information—->Coach info (website).xlsx

Morning Practices at the LANDINGS POOL (6001 Cove Landing Rd). The practice schedule is... 

Minis Practice Schedule: Practice is at the LANDINGS POOL (6001 Cove Landing Rd). 

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Reminders for spectators and swimmers…

• Please remember our Safe Sports Rules. Specifically, filming or photographing children behind the starting blocks is not permitted. Photos and videos may only be taken from the side of the pool.  

• All families signed a Swimmer Code of Conduct during registration…

Swimmer Code of Conduct

Swimmers participating with the Burke Center Penguins (BCP) agrees to follow all guidelines outlined below in addition to those established by the staff:

1. BCP swimmers should display proper respect and sportsmanship toward coaches, officials, teammates, parents, fellow competitors, swim facilities and equipment, and the public at all times.

2. The possession or use of alcohol or tobacco products by any athlete is prohibited.

3. Bullying is not allowed.

4. Swimmers are reminded that when competing in meets, and attending other meet-related functions, they are representing themselves as well as BCP.  Swimmers’ behavior must positively reflect the high standards of the team.

5. Swimmers are to refrain from inappropriate physical contact at team activities and events.

6. Swimmers are to refrain from use of inappropriate language.

7. Swimmers are to respect the privacy of one another.

8. Dishonestly, theft, and/or vandalism will not be tolerated.

9. Swimmers are expected to respect each other. Fighting, bullying, intentional touching or striking another athlete is not allowed.

10. Always give your best and have fun!

I understand that if I violate this code of conduct, I will be subject to disciplinary action determined by my coaches and the swim club’s board of directors.

🐧 Let's Go PENGUINS! 🐧