Dear Neptune Families, Thanks to everyone who gave donation’s, bought tickets, or worked on the Baskets to make the Raffle Basket Fundraiser this last weekend at the Neptune Meet a Success. The Basket’s were first class and generated a lot of interest, fun and excitement especially for the younger swimmers and many of the parents. We did much better this year than last year. Also two of the four Basket’s were won by Neptune families. Thanks again for supporting our Neptune Swimmers, Maryann Madden

Annual – Dues & Family Obligations Notification Dear Parents and Swimmers: Neptune Swimming requires members to sign up for ACH or Credit Card payment. Information is available on our Website. There will be a $25 fee charged for any dues checks submitted to the team. Written checks should be made payable to Neptune Swimming, and deposited in the DUES box. If you prefer, checks may be mailed to: PO Box 317 Santa Rosa, CA 95402. If you are unable to make your payment by the 10th of the month, contact...

Hello Neptune Families – During the nomination process for the 2011 Neptune Board of Directors Election, we had a total of four nominees. Since there were also four openings, the current Neptune BOD voted to elect the four nominees to serve a two year term on the Neptune BOD beginning at the September 19th General Membership and Board Meeting. New members elected to the Neptune BOD are Fredrika Gross and Sara Jones. Reelected to the Board are Albert Yu and Clint Holeman. The new Board will be seated at the...

Odds & ends... #1 - Officials are the backbone of all swim meets and by rule, the Neptunes must provide a certain number of officials at every meet attended by Neptune athletes. Without these officials, the Neptune athletes & team will be held responsible either by forcing our athletes to swim unattached (not score team points) or penalize the team financially. Without officials, swim meets will not happen. Officiating is a rewarding way to be involved in your child's sport and a great way to fulfill all of the 24...

Our wonderful Neptune Trident 5th edition newsletter is hot off the presses and ready for your enjoyment. Please take some time to download and share with your kids this quarterly newsletter where all of the work is done by the athletes for the athletes. The pictures and interviews are great! To download and view the 5th edition, click here http://www.teamunify.com/Newsletter.jsp?_tabid_=362&team=srn or go to the top of the home page and click in Trident Newsletter to view all 5 editions. If you have any comments or thoughts on future issues, please...

NO practice for all groups on Monday, September 5, 2011 due to the Labor Day holiday. Regular practice resumes on Tuesday. Thanks for your support & GO NEPTUNES!!

Neptune Families, Help show your support in saving our wonderful city treasure of Ridgway Swim Center by joining your neighbors and friends in the 2nd annual Save Our Pools 5K running race. Please follow this link http://ci.santarosa.ca.us/departments/recreationandparks/programs/aquatics/Pages/SaveourPools!.aspx to view the race's home page and register for the race online. Just in case you can't make it to the race, you can donate money directly to the Save Our Pools cause. Thanks for your support!! GO NEPTUNES & the Sonoma County Aquatics Community.

Neptune families, Click here - you will find the practice schedule for Ridgway from Aug. 22- Sept. 30 at which time we will take advantage of more pool space opening up at either Finley center or SRJC. Practice times will remain as close to this posted schedule as possible for your convenience. We are putting a stronger emphasis on dryland training for most groups and dryland will now be a part of our training at least 4 days a week instead of only 2 days. If you have any questions...

Hello REAL Championship TEAM, Below is a note from the head referee explaining some of the rules that will be in effect this weekend in Petaluma, please read: First, I just noticed that when the meet was sanctioned Pacific Swimming Sanctions changed the "Check-In" paragraph of the meet sheet without telling us. Check-in for the first event of the day will close 30 minutes before the session starts, as usual. For all subsequent events check-in will close 60 minutes before the estimated start of the first heat. Please be sure...

Spirit Week REAL champs 2011 Monday: Groups organization, Meetings, Meet warm up, relay starts/flip turns, relays/games, cheers. Tuesday: Cheers/group organization, Meet warm up, massive kick set, starts/open turns, relays/games, cheers. Wednesday: Cheers/group organization, posters, meet warm up, back starts/back turns, relays/games, cheers. Thursday: Dress up contest, cheers/group organization, posters, meet warm up, sprint 25's, relays/games, cheers. All athletes participating in spirit week should come with positive / cheerful attitudes, team spirit and a smile. The kids will be swimming every day but they won't be getting in at 4 pm...