Dear Families, 

There is a lot of information in this email about upcoming events.

Here are a few updates for the week of April 29th

-Practice this week is on

- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Group 4 and 5: 4:30-6:00 pm

Groups 1,2,3: 6:00-7:00

-Please remember to be on time to practice and to pick up your swimmers on time and to bring swim gear. Gear MUST be in a bag.

Coach Teagen’s group needs to also have flippers, a kick board, and buoy.

Please do NOT park in any red zones along the pool, tennis courts, or gym.  You may be ticketed. 

Volunteering Shifts

Just a reminder that we require every swimmer’s family to volunteer for 4 shifts per swimmer throughout the season. It is shifts, not hours. Sorry for the confusion. Jobs will be opening next week for upcoming events. An email will go out when jobs open up.  

Team Gear

Please stop by if you have not done so yet and pick up your team gear on Tuesday. If you need to exchange a size, we will also have a table set up for gear exchange. Please make sure to write your swimmer's name in the clothing. Suits are NOT in yet.

First Friday Potluck

We will be having our first Friday potluck on May 10th. This a fun event for the whole family. 

Schedule

4:30 pm: Groups 4 & 5 Practice

5:00 pm: Groups 1-3 Eat

5:45 pm: Big Tuna & Announcements 6:00 pm: Groups 4&5 Eat. Groups 1-3 Practice What to Bring (Last Names)

A-D: Dessert (cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc)

E-L: One Pizza (cheese, pepperoni, Hawaiian, etc)

M-Q: Side Dish (salad, garlic bread, sushi, fruit, etc)

R-Z: Main Dish (spaghetti, lasagna, rice, noodles, etc)

Notes

∙ Please bring enough for 18 people. ∙

-Bring your own drinks.

∙ Please have the food at the pool by 4:45pm.

∙ Please let swimmers eat first and make sure there’s enough food left over for groups 4 and 5.

Swim a thon and tie dye

We are having our swim a thon and tie dye event on Monday May 13th. Please check out the information about the event here. This event helps our team.  

Link

Groups and times are subject to change.

4/29 – 4:30 practice starts for groups 4 and 5. Group 1,2,3 stay at 6:00pm

5/10 – Friday Practice start and Potluck

5/11 Time Trials- (New date)

5/13- Swim a thon and tie dye event

5/18 – 1st meet at home vs. Southgate

5/25 – No meet

6/1 – Meet at Castro Valley

6/8 – Meet at Bay Area Dolphins

6/15 – Meet at home vs. Chabot and San Leandro

6/22– Meet at Warm Springs

6/29 – Team Party and Final Meet at home vs. Glenmoor and Mission Valley

July 3– Movie Night

July 5th- No meet

July 11th- Champs practice at Chabot College- AM Time TBD

7/ 12 and 7/13- Champs (top 100 Bluefin swimmers-by coach invite). Please note this year it will be 2 days.