Podcast #27: Interviews at 2007 Meet with Auburn

Jef Huber interviews several Sugarbears during our June 23rd, 2007 dual home meet with the Auburn Robalos. Includes an interview with Justin Sutter, capturing his reaction to breaking the 15-18 Boys 50 Breast Team Record and Coach Jordan on the Sugarbears getting a "W". Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 22MB in size and 21 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

My Oh My, What a Beautiful Day!

Justin Sutter has set a new Roseville Sugarbear Team record in the Boys 15-18 50 Breast event this year.

Justin actually broke the record in Granite Bay posting a 28.72. Yesterday, Justin once again surpassed the previous Team Record (29.15) held by Brad Dawson by posting a 28.92.
Congratulations Justin!

Our Meet Results with Auburn are now accessible on our website. Was that a cool meet or what? Very fun, competitive and close throughout the day. Be sure and checkout scoring by the different age groups. The future is ours! The additional Top Time and Improvement reports to follow.

A reminder that our 9-12 Broom Ball Social is tomorrow (Monday) at Skate Town located on 1009 Orlando Ave (783-8550). Sugarbears are asked to arrive as early as 3:30 to get setup and instructed for this exciting and fun activity on the ice (~4:00-5:30pm). We apologize for the early start, but we were limited in our options in securing time on the ice. If you have not RSVP'd for this social and still want to attend, please contact Karen Salatti or Megan Hoppes asap, so they can ensure we have enough pizza and soda (5:30-7pm). Joining the social at 5:30pm is an option, but please RSVP! Their contact information can be found in our on-line roster.

Next weekend (June 30th) is a BYE. The Theme being relaxation. We hope all our families have a safe, relaxing and enjoyable Fourth of July Holiday.

Well deserved.

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Zip-A-Dee-Do-Da

A reminder that our home meet theme for this Saturday with the Auburn Robalos is the Wonderful World of Disney!

Here is your chance, especially parents, to really be Goofy and Mickey Mouse around. Don't forget your swim buddies. How about a right mouse click and printing out their Personal Best Times from our on-line Goals Database and making a "Good Luck" card out of it? What? They don't have their times entered? For shame. Use the Top Times report and enter the times in for them! Thanks Buddy!!

Hey, great turnout at the Swim-A-Thon today! Not sure on the running tally from pledges, but very impressed with the number of laps all of our swimmers were able to swim! Awesome!!

A final reminder that tomorrow is Age Group Picture Day!
Be sure and show up in time so you are included in the picture with your fellow swim mates.
Age group pictures of Sugarbears have proven to be a priceless keepsake for many swimmers. Even if you don't plan to purchase one yourself, do your friends a favor and bless them with your presence.

Here is the schedule one more time:

8:00am -- 9/10, 11/12
8:30am -- 13-18
9:00am -- 6U, 7/8

Individual Makeup pictures are also being offered tomorrow by Spectrum photography.

Just keep Swimming!

Podcast #26: Interviews at 2007 Granite Bay Meet

Jef Huber and the StinkyCheeseMan interview several Sugarbears, Coach Jameson and sponsor, Dr. Mark Holt, during our June 16th, 2007 dual meet in The Swamp of the Granite Bay-ou. Also includes an interview with Former Sugarbear Head Coach John Sherman and Former Sugarbear Spencer Hamby. Spencer is currently on the USA Water Polo Men's Cadet National Team. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 22MB in size and 21 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

A lot going on this week!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable Father's Day!

Some quick reminders for this upcoming week.

Tonight, Monday June 18th, is the Summer Sander's Play Safe Day at the RAC from 7:30-9:30pm. Admission is FREE.

Julie Lawrence will be on the pool deck Tuesday and Wednesday of this week during practice to hand out Beary Best prizes. Fill out your forms and bring them to practice to claim your well deserved reward.

Swim-a-thon is this Wednesday during our normal practice times! Collect those pledges and checkout all the really cool prizes available to individual or family contributions. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Age group and individual make-up pictures by Spectrum this Thursday, June 21st at the following times.

8:00am -- 9/10, 11/12
8:30am -- 13-18
9:00am -- 6U, 7/8

Last, but not least, this Saturday, besides our home meet with Auburn, our Family BBQ will be from 6-9pm at the Oakmont Community Pool. This is a really cool event and one you will not want to miss. Please do our social chairs (Karen and Megan) a favor and RSVP in the book on the pool deck. It really helps to know how much meat and bread we need to provide. Families are requested to bring additional items as follows, depending on the first letter of your last name:

A-H: 2 liter soft drink
I–R: A salad
S–Z: A dessert

Dive, Kick, Swim!

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Whatsup w/ that?

Hey Scratch Swimmers,

What's up with these last minute, no shows to your team's swim meets?

Here's the deal:

It's unfair to our swimmers if coaches have put you in a relay event and there are 3 other swimmers on that team expecting you to show up.

It's unfair to our swimmers who may have had a chance to swim in the event you were assigned to swim in but you decided not to come to the meet.

It's disrespectful to our coaches who count on you to participate, be a part of a team, and try your very best. Kinda hard to do when you don't show up.

It's a waste of time at the beginning of each meet where coaches and parent volunteers are juggling the events and assigned swimmers around at the last minute; trying to minimize potential impact to relays and other swimmers by making sure events are covered with the goal of our entire team doing its best.

It's been made clear that a) we all get it about summer vacations and plans, b) it's okay to miss a meet, c) exceptions to last minute no show can be an illness.

Please be respectful to our team and sign out a week ahead of time so that coaches can plan our team's meet(s). When you decide at the last minute to not come to a meet, it's not all about you anymore.

Our team has a lot of fun and a lot of potential. Please be a part of this exciting swim season and demonstrate your commitments and follow through on sign outs.

Carmen Morel
Parent Board

8&U slots available for Monday Swim Clinics

There appears to still be some slots available for Monday swim clinics from the City of Roseville with the 8&Under age group. If interested, please call the City of Roseville at 774-5990.



The clinics have the following schedule and are held at Oakmont Community Pool.

June 11th - STARTS
June 18th - TURNS & FINISHES
June 25th - BREASTROKE & BUTTERFLY
July 2nd - FREE & BACK

Time for clinics are from 9-10am for the 8&Unders.

Mardi Gras Meet Theme this Saturday!

It's Mardi Gras Time! Get your beads and other carnival items together to share with your swim buddies for this Saturday's meet. We enter "The Swamp" in Granite Bay-ou to wrestle some Gators! This weekend should prove that neither team is considered The Big Easy. Here comes Amos!

Also a final reminder that tonight is our teen social (ages 13-18) at Lakeview Hills private beach and clubhouse from 5-10pm. Directions can be found on their website at http://www.lakeviewhills.org/

Podcast #25: Interviews at 2007 Placerville Meet

Jef Huber and the StinkyCheeseMan interview several Sugarbear pirates, coaches and parents during our June 9th, 2007 dual meet in Placerville. Also includes an interview with Matt Lishman from the City of Placerville who provides an overview of their new wireless timing system. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 20.5MB in size and 22 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Also, David Thomas and Jerry Thomason have recently been taking some stellar photos at practices, Time Trials and Meets for our year end slide. Thank you guys! While we don't want to spoil the entire surprise for the end of the year, we couldn't help sharing some early samples provided by Jerry. Click here to view an early sample slide show on some of the pics captured so far!

We are working diligently to get the Placerville Meet results so they can be posted, but we may be delayed a couple days. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life For Me

We traveled and captured a ton of Personal Bests today in Placerville! WAY TO GO MATEYS!

Sugarbear WebOps plundered and then blundered our meet results from Placerville, so we apologize for the delay. We will provide the postings as soon as possible.

A reminder that there is NO PRACTICE this Monday, June 11th. we are switching to our summer practice schedule.

No more Monday Sugarbear practices for the rest of the season and practices are now in the morning with the following schedule.

June 12 -July 20
13-18
7:00-8:15 AM

9-12
8:15-9:15 AM

6&U/7-8
9:15-10:00 AM

If you registered for any of the Monday clinics with the City of Roseville, the clinics have the following schedule.

June 11th - STARTS
June 18th - TURNS & FINISHES
June 25th - BREASTROKE & BUTTERFLY
July 2nd - FREE & BACK

8am-9am ages 9-18
9am-10am ages 6-8

Last, but not least, our teen (ages 13-18) social is this Wednesday, June 13th, at the Lakeview Hills beach and clubhouse from 5pm-10pm. Directions can be found on their website www.lakeviewhills.org

Pirates prepare to sail on up to Placerville Meet!

AHOY MATEYS! Our Sugarbear crew prepares to sail up the hill this Saturday to Placerville for our first dual meet of 2007! Arrrrrrr.

Our Meet Theme is PIRATE.

Feel free to dress or make yourself up in your favorite pirate swag, but please leave your toy swords and light sabers back home in your mother ship. Perhaps bring some chocolate coins or some other booty for your swim buddies, but be a bit careful not to overload your mates with too many sweets. A picture drawing or good luck card is also always greatly appreciated by and inspirational to a swim buddy. Know and share your swim buddies' goals and be sure to root and cheer each other on!

Looking at our worthy compass, some shiny new Personal Bests await in that thar treasure chest!

Aye Aye Captain!!

Some additional quick reminders...

• No practice tomorrow (Friday) night, June 8th, due to Oakmont graduation
• If you are unable to make next weekend's meet, June 16th at GB, be sure and signout before this Saturday.
• Pictures are IN and filed in our Family folders
• Remaining suits are attempting to be delivered to tonight's practice, or you can stop into NorCal shop tomorrow. Any remaining suits will be brought up to Placerville.
• Your support in collecting pledges for upcoming Swim-A-thon is greatly appreciated.
• Click here to look over the recently created Swim-A-thon FAQ document!

Dive, Kick, Swim and have some FUN with it!

SUGARBEAR SWIMMERS SCHOLARSHIPS

Hello Sugarbear Swimmers and Families,

Each year The Sugarbears Swim Team provides scholarship awards. These awards are intended to recognize those retiring swimmers who have demonstrated an ability to grow to their full potential within the Sugarbear Family of Swimmers. These eligible recipients are winners in the true sense beyond just finishing first in a race; they are winners in their personal attitudes. Through a long-term doing their best attitude; willingness to set and strive towards personal goals, and giving back their experiences to the team, these swimmers represent the best of what it means to be a Roseville Sugarbear.

At the beginning of each swim season, eligible swimmers will be identified and notified of their eligibility. It is up to these swimmers to review and complete the application form including understanding, and completion of, the criteria requirements.

Eligible swimmers for the 2007 season include

Mary Tess Taylor, Justin Sutter, Nick Bennett.

These swimmers should check their family folder by the end of week (6/6) for a copy of the application. Completed application and required service hours must be completed by July 17th.

Completed applications will then be reviewed by Parent Board and Coaching staff. Scholarships will be awarded during our End-of-Season-Celebration ceremony Sunday July 22nd.

All families are encouraged to review the scholarship overview, criteria that is posted in the 'online forms' section under 'general information' in left hand navigation section @ sugarbear site.

Summer Sanders Play Safe Day - June 18th

Flyers from the City of Roseville will also be distributed soon in our Family Folders.

Come join the fun at this FREE evening of sports and safety fun for the entire family. Families will learn about water and fire safety, participate in a variety of introductory sports clinics and enjoy FREE swimming and DJ music.

There will also be plenty of fun family activities including: Speed Pitch Softball, Water Safety, Synchronized Swimming, Spring Board Diving demonstrations and much more. BBQ dinners will be available for purchase ($3-$5). There will be something there for everyone, don't miss this special evening!

Podcast #24: Pool deck interviews at 2007 Time Trials

Swim parents Mike Bardini and Jef Huber interview several Sugarbears and Coach Jordan during our June 2nd, 2007 Time Trials. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 16MB in size and 17 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

2007 Time Trials is in the books!

Today's results from Time Trials are now available on our website.

Great job by everyone!!! Excellent effort and attitude by all our Sugarbears. We also got through our pics efficiently, the BBQ/snackbar was delicious and the "Ready Bench" worked really well. Thank you everyone!!!

Coaches may arrange Time Trial MAKEUPs this Monday during swim practice time. Please talk with your coach.

A quick reminder that there is no practice on Friday, June 8th, due to the graduation ceremony occurring at Oakmont.

Also, NorCal will make an effort to deliver remaining swim suits to our practice on Thursday, June 7th. Otherwise, the suits can be picked up at NorCal on Friday at their store. Any remaining suits will be brought to Placerville on Saturday.

Now that swimmers have their base times from Time Trials for this year, we strongly encourage parents to sit with their swimmers and enter or update their Personal Best times in our "Buddies & Goals" database. Review the Meet of Champion (MoC) Goal Times for their age and set some reasonable goals. Note that MoC Goal Times are the 10th place finish times from last year's (2006) VFCAL Champs. MoC Goal Times are goals for hopefully finishing within the top 10 at this year's (2007) Champs and earning a trip to the Meet of Champions.

Swimmer's base times are also used for our Beary Best program. Note two Personal Bests and earn a prize from our fantastic Beary Best program. Forms for Beary Best can be found in our "On-line Forms" area under "General Info".

If you would like a more thorough explanation on the Beary Best Program, the Podcast with Julie Lawrence is highly recommended.

Swim Suit Update

NorCal Swim Shop will be at practice this Friday, June 1, 5:15-7:30 p.m. , handing out remaining swimsuits. NorCal will be taking any suits not picked up by Friday night with them, and will return at 7:00 a.m. Saturday to distribute. (Personalized caps not picked up yet will also be available Saturday morning.) Any suits not picked up by 9:00 a.m. this Saturday will be available for pick-up at the NorCal shop during regular business hours.

FEMALE SIZE 22 SUITS will not be ready this week: NorCal has been informed by the suit distributed (TYR) that the backordered size 22’s will not be available for embroidery until June 5th or 6th. NorCal will make every effort to get these suits to the pool for distribution on Thursday, June 7th. Suits not picked up on June 7th will be available at the NorCal Shop on Friday, June 8th during regular business hours. (No practice this night due to Oakmont graduation.) Any suits not picked up by 6/8 will be taken to the Placerville meet.

NorCal will be bringing 25 solid navy size 22 suits to the pool this Saturday morning to be used for pictures only. The suits may be signed out for at 7:00 a.m. and need to be returned to NorCal immediately after pictures. The women’s restroom will be open from the front walkway for changing into/out of. Although these suits will not have the Sugarbear logo embroidered on them, they will provide a uniform look for pictures. The loaner suits are for pictures only and may not get wet. Please make sure your girls bring a suit from home to use during Time Trials.

If you have any questions regarding the backordered suits, please contact NorCal Swim Shop at 771-7946.