WCSC Newsletter - Week of July 15th

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Walnut Creek Swim Club Weekly Update

 

Week of July 15th

 

In This Newsletter: 

  • Coaches’ Update
  • Meets - Rudgear Estates Results & Upcoming Meets
  • Jobs
  • Apparel
  • Social Events
  • Coach Appreciation
  • Swim-A-Thon 
  • Nightrider Updates
  • New Families

Important Upcoming Dates:

  • Tuesday, July 16th at 11 am - 13/14 Age Group Social at Hurricane Harbor
  • Wednesday, July 17th - Dual Meet (Away) @ Larkey Sharks, Meet starts at 5:00 pm 
  • Thursday, July 18th at 6 pm - 13&Up Fancy Dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory
  • Saturday, July 20th - Dual Meet (Home): Lafayette Moraga Youth Association (LMYA) @ WCSC, Warm-ups at 7:45 am, Meet starts at 8 am
  • Sunday, July 21st - HOX Last Chance Swim Meet (Optional)

Coaches’ Update:  

We had an exciting week with a visit from two time gold medal winning Olympian & American Record breaker Tom Shields, a fantastic movie/froyo outing with our 11-12 age group, a great (and hot!) meet against the Rudgear Rats, and a two-day meet at the 60th Annual Woodlands Invitational! 

We would like to thank WCSC Mom, Kristie Courtney, for helping connect our team with Tom Shields for his awesome clinic with us last Thursday and Friday! The swimmers learned some excellent skills from Tom, and everyone was pumped up to have the experience of holding Olympic gold medals. Fun fact: Did you know that six Olympic athletes came from WCSC as well as the president and CEO of USA Swimming? Amazing!

 

Our 11-12 outing to mini-golf had to make a last minute pivot when we all arrived and the course was closed due to the extreme heat. We hustled down to the movie theater for a showing of “Inside Out 2,” and absolutely loved it! We finished off our fun afternoon with some tasty frozen yogurt!

 

Walnut Creek Swim Club was honored to attend the 60th Annual Woodlands Invitational again this year. This elite meet hosts 14 teams from around Contra Costa County. Thank you to all of our swimmers who were able to compete this past weekend for both individual events and relays. And big thanks to the Cabacungan family who cheered loud for all WSCS swimmers all weekend and photographed all the action.

Please check the OnDeck social feed and Instagram (@wcsc_news) for individual finals result shout-outs this week. Prelims, finals, & relay results can be found on Meet Mobile.

This week we are looking forward to two social events with our 13-14 outing to Hurricane Harbor & our 13&Up dinner, as well as our last two dual meets of the season (Wednesday at Larkey Sharks and Saturday at home vs. LMYA). We will be honoring our 18 year-olds as they will have their final home meet swim of their rec swimming career on Saturday morning. Please gather around the pool to cheer them all on!

Please check the OnDeck Social Feed prior to each meet. We almost always need to make relay changes before a meet due to last minute illness or emergencies, so it would be helpful if you could check this to see if your child is added to a relay, or moving up from a B to an A team. The OnDeck Social Feed is where you will always find information about warm-up times as well. 

Please be sure to check your family folders this week for ribbons from REST, and medals/rosettes from Woodlands Invite. 

While Coach Alex is on vacation, please direct any emails you would normally send him to me, Emily, at [email protected]. 

Finally, we would like to thank all of you for your kindness and generosity in all of the coaches' appreciation gifts, food, beverages, cards, etc. that you have provided us this season. We are equally appreciative to all of you for the time you all give as volunteers so that our swimmers can create these lifelong memories at the pool. As you all know, the four of us are full-time teachers, and there is nowhere else we would rather be on our summer “break” than spending time daily with our Walnut Creek Swim Club Family. 

Meets: 

Meet Results:

At Rudgear Estates:

  • WCSC:     350
  • Rudgear:    446

This was a fun and exciting meet as there were many close races and wins by both teams.  We were nipping at their heels through most of the meet!
Let’s continue to swim fast and finish our dual meets on a high note this week against Larkey Sharks and LMYA!

If you’d like to attend the Hox Last Chance Meet on Sunday, July 21st at 3pm please sign in as you would a meet by 11am Thursday, July 18th. Please email Mariana ([email protected]) and Emily ([email protected]) to let them know which strokes you want to enter. 

If you have not signed in for Conference or need to make a change please email [email protected]. 

Jobs: 

July 20th Dual Meet (Home): LYMA @ WCSC

For the last home dual meet of the season we need 3 additional timers to allow us to run all 10 lanes in the Larkey pool. If you still need to complete your family’s 5 volunteer jobs requirements this season or would just like to help support our team, please reach to [email protected] as soon as possible.

July 27-28th Conference Update

Conference Meet (July 27-28th) jobs will be released on Thursday, July 18th at 7:00pm.  All attending families must sign up for one shift for Conference meet.  Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 24th.   Our team volunteer obligations are as follows: 

  • (4) Set-up (helps set-up prior to the event)
  • (7) Timers (times races by the side of the pool)
  • (2) Marshall (monitors entrances to the pool / clerk of the course)
  • (4) Clerk of the Course (helps line up swimmers for races)
  • (1) Snack Shack (sells food/beverages throughout the event)
  • (3) Take-down (helps take-down after the event concludes)
  • Stroke and turn and early relay judges (trained officials only)

Most will be split into half-day shifts.  We will also have sign-ups for back-up/alternate positions for each shift that will cover for any no-show volunteers and provide breaks and/or split shifts with volunteers. 

 

Thank you for your continued support!  Go WCSC!!

 

Apparel: 

Conference shirts are ordered so start thinking about accessorizing for our 80’s theme with neon shades, headbands, and tube socks! 

Need a new latex cap or lifeguard hat, no worries! You can order them here!

Social Events: 

13/14 Social Tuesday, July 16th @ Hurricane Harbor Concord 

WCSC supervision is from 11am - 3pm. Ticket is valid until 5pm. Bring money for food and drinks. Please note Hurricane Harbor does NOT accept cash. Bring a card or you can use their cash machines to put money on a Six Flags card to be used in the park. 

This is an event for 13/14 age swimmers and coaches only. 

13 & Up Fancy Dinner Thursday, July 18 at 6:00 at Spaghetti Factory. Dinner includes: Bread, salad, soda, choice of any entrée from the menu, ice cream, tax, and gratuity.

After Conference Party Sunday July 28 Larkey Park Pool

Let's celebrate an awesome weekend at Conference meet with a swim party! Bring the whole family (parents don’t forget your swim suits!) to Larkey from 5-9pm. Pick up food on your way to the pool or have food delivered to the pool. It’s one of the best night’s of the swim season!

15-18 Age Group Social Pacifica Beach Day Social Tuesday, July 30 

Meet at Larkey at 9:45 and return to Larkey between 3-4pm (swimmers can call/text parents with approximate pick up times). Bring a towel, sunscreen, maybe some warm clothes, lunch or money for lunch at the famous Pacifica Taco Bell. The team will have beach games, snacks, and drinks to send.

Please complete the form to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaJ0hD4x8Sj0slzsLBjtDaJ-7pMJMIS3nMT82jnIH6hQWvXA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

WCSC Awards Banquet 2024  Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5pm

Come celebrate an amazing season with us! Pleasant Hill Community Center-Perera Pavilion, 320 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill.

Details for menu and link to purchase coming soon!

 

Coach Appreciation:

11/12 FAMILIES. Don’t forget this is your week!  This week be sure to make sure our coaches feel that WCSC love!   Please have your kids make a card, write a letter or bring a token of gratitude to practice for, Coach Abby, Coach Emily and Coach Tyler and don’t forget the fabulous junior coaches (Coach Alex is on vacation.).  Click here for a  sign-up genius and sign up to bring a special treat for them and/or our junior coaches.  Short on time…Venmo @Sawyer-Austin (last digits 5484) with the memo “11/12 coaches appreciation” and I will put it towards a collective gift. 

15&Up FAMILIES.  You’re up next.   Let’s finish strong! This will be our last week of coach appreciation leading up to Conference. During the week of July 22nd it’s your turn to make sure our coaches feel that WCSC love!   Please have your kids make a card, write a letter or bring a token of gratitude to practice for, Coach Abby, Coach Emily, Coach Alex and Coach Tyler and don’t forget the fabulous junior coaches.  Click here for a  sign-up genius and sign up to bring a special treat for them and/or our junior coaches.  Short on time…Venmo @Sawyer-Austin (last digits 5484) with the memo “15&Up coaches appreciation” and I will put it towards a collective gift. Once you sign up, if you need ideas for coaches'  favorite items, email me at [email protected].

Swim-A-Thon:

Thursday, July 18th during your regular practice time is our Swim-A-Thon hosted by our Nightriders. Our goal is $2,500 to raise money for our Nightriders to support all the events/activities (Big Buddy/Little Buddy Picnic, TPing, Power Cookies, Posters, Spirit and more) they do for the team. If every swimmer raises at least $20, we will meet our goal. Go to our home page to track our team progress, set up your donation page and donate. Checks made out to WCSC and cash are also accepted the day of the Swim A Thon! The race is on now!!!

 

Nightrider Updates: 

The Nightriders are coming! On the Thursday evening before Conference, July 25th, a group of nightriders will be visiting the homes of Conference attendees to drop off some special goodies to wish our younger swimmers luck at Conference.

If you are making plans to join multiple families together at a single house, please email [email protected] ASAP so we can plan accordingly. If you will not be home or will only be home during a certain time frame, please also send an email. Last minute changes are very difficult to accommodate. We appreciate you planning early so we can be efficient in our deliveries.

We know it’s important to all of you that these deliveries happen before bedtime, and we are working really hard to make sure we’re delivering in a better time frame this year. 

New Families: 

Congratulations new families! Only two more weeks of the regular season to go! I hope it was more fun than you anticipated and you have made new friends during the last few months. There is a lot going on at the end of the season so please be sure to read all of the emails thoroughly. If you’ve made it this far then you probably don’t need a reminder.

 

Nightriders will be visiting all of the swimmers attending Conference and delivering their shirts, power cookies and signs. Please communicate to the Nightriders (see their update) if you will not be home or will be at another family's house. This is a feat the Nightriders pull off every year and parents making last minute changes disrupts their well orchestrated plans.