Sugarbears Swimming Tips

Last year we brought back the brass bell to be rung whenever a Sugarbear swimmer posts a new personal best. We had a whole lot of "bell ringing" going on last summer!

To help assist for this coming summer, we have posted some Swimming Tips on our website. Give it a look and feel free to submit any tricks or tips you may want to share with your fellow Sugarbear team mates! The new page providing the Swimming Tips is accessible on our website, under the left side menu "Swimmers" area entitled "Swimming Tips".

Also note that the Swimmer's Goals Database for 2007 is now on-line. The database has been updated with this summer's Meet Of Champions (MoC) goal times.

MoC goal times come from our VFCAL championship Meet and are the 10th place finish times from each age group. Placing 10th or better at VFCAL earns points for the team and qualifies you for the Meet Of Champions!

Add yourself to our Swimmer's database and you will instantly see your corresponding MoC goal times for your events and age. Set your personal goals for this summer and check if the MoC goal times are reasonable.
If you don't know the password to our swim buddy and goal's area, email the webmaster.

It won't be long until we are back in the pool and ringing that bell. Some of you are already enjoying the Spring Clinics. Excellent!

The bell awaits...

Lottery for Fireworks Booth Permit

The Roseville Fire Department held a lottery this morning for the eleven available fireworks booth permits. The Roseville Aquatics Booster Club (RATBC) was not selected. There were 54 organizations entered into the lottery, so our chance of winning was about 20%.

The permits are good for five years and there are only fifteen made available, so it appears we will be out of the fireworks business for awhile. The Roseville Sugarbears were fortunate to be selected twice (back-to-back) before. We have had a fireworks booth for the past ten years. Next year, two more permits will become available, but with about forty organizations expected to apply, our chances of being selected next year decrease to 5%.

But, as Sugarbears have come to learn, as one door closes another door opens.
We can now focus our fundraising efforts in a new direction and perhaps establish a new tradition which will ultimately provide us with even more fun and control while we bring in the green stuff.

For now, our key fundraisers we have established are the following:

• Sponsors
• Swimathon
• eScrip

If you have yet to register with eScrip, please take the 5 minutes and register!
Also consider asking your employer and local businesses to be a Sponsor of the Roseville Sugarbears.

Details and instructions for eScrip and Sponsors are available on our website under "Ways and Means"

Thank you for your support!