News from the Pool: Week of November 27
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thurs-Sun, November 30-December 3- Holiday Swim Festival (qualifiers only)
Monday, December 4- Winter Race Team begins
Sat-Sun, December 9-10- Morgan Hill meet (all swimmers)
Tuesday, December 19- last day to RSVP for Zone Champs
Fri, December 22-Sun, January 7- Race Team OFF
Sun, December 24-Mon, January 1- Gold, JV, JV+, Prep, Varsity and Senior OFF
CROSSGATES PRACTICE SCHEDULE
WGHS PRACTICE SCHEDULE
HOLIDAY SWIM FESTIVAL: Our group of Varsity and Senior swimmers is getting ready to head to Tempe this week for the big meet held at Arizona State University. Join us in sending well wishes and speedy swims to the following athletes: Marissa Carvajal, Derek Hanel, Nathan Palmore, Ethan Pham, Miguel Rances, Rishi Prasad, Adrina St. John-Claire and Giana Zanotto.
WINTER RACE TEAM: If you missed the Welcome Letter, it can be found here. The Winter session begins next week. If you do not have a current USA Swimming registration, be sure to follow the link previously sent to register your child (do NOT register the parent as the athlete or you will have to register again and end up paying twice!)
UPCOMING MEETS: If your swimmer is racing in the Dec 9-10 meet in Morgan Hill, please be sure to secure a volunteer shift sooner than later. It’s very helpful when I don’t need to contact individual families to select a shift. For this meet, we just need parents to select ONE shift over the weekend. If your swimmer is racing both days, please pick a shift on Sunday.
Sign ups for the January meet are fast approaching. The meet is a Championship meet, meaning we are racing to score points. The more swimmers we have, the better! Especially for both days of racing. There will also be relays for each age group (double points!)
VOLUNTEERING AT SACRED HEART: A very popular activity for our BAY swimmers and parents has been spending time volunteering at Sacred Heart. We have some shifts reserved for us on Saturday, Dec 16 from 1-4pm for ages 10+. If that doesn’t work, be sure to check out their volunteer page to sign up for a different day.
SAFE SPORT ZOOM TRAININGS: USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting Zoom training for parents and minor athletes to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program. If you haven’t already done this training, please check your schedules to see if this month’s sessions work for you. All participants will need to register to attend training. These trainings are a great way to reinforce safety within ALL youth sports organizations. There is ALWAYS time to make time for something as important as this!
Parent Training: December 6, 8 p.m. ET | REGISTER
Athlete Training (12-17 years old): December 7, 8 p.m. ET | REGISTER
LINKS:
Team store (password: BAY)
