PENGUIN PATTER JUNE 22th 2007 Issue 1 of 6

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1 PENGUIN PATTER JUNE 22th 2007 Issue 1 of 6 REMINDER: TEAM PICTURE DAY FRIDAY June 22, at 3:15 at the pool THE CCF PENGUINS RULE!!! WE WIN FIRST MEET!! CCF Penguins win our first meet against Evergreen Country club with a score of 304 to 206. Congratulations to all swimmers who participated and our Point scorers in the official heats. GO to our updated website to see how your child scored in the league. Web address is WHERE TO LOOK for information: Look for news to be posted on the walls within the pool area, at the front desk, on the information board at the pool entrance, or in the Penguin Patter (published weekly during the regular swim team season). In addition, the Team Reps have put out file folders for each family in a box next to the record Board. Check your folder regularly for announcements, changes, ribbons etc Also in the file box will be a place for you to leave notes for our coaches if you are going to miss a meet or practice or you just need a question answered! Please let Coach Tom know if you are going to miss a meet as it makes it much easier for him to prepare the meet sheets. No phone calls to the coaches and no questions during practice. Swim team news also goes home verbally with your swimmers after each practice or meet. News is also sent out via .

WHAT?? Donut Monday started Wed, a week early!!! Thank you Moms, YUMMY, YUMMY Penguins Waddle to Win in Season Opener By, Parent and Guest Contributor.

So it was for Da Penguins of CCF as they rolled out of their proverbial beds and lumbered into Haymarket to face Evergreen Country Club last Saturday.

The coaches, parents and even most of the Evergreen posse' shared his view. But not the Evergreen team, especially their boys.

2 WHAT?? Donut Monday started Wed, a week early!!! Thank you Moms, YUMMY, YUMMY Penguins Waddle to Win in Season Opener By, Parent and Guest Contributor.Ernie Bower Ever notice that the first question of the morning can sometimes stump you, even if it's as simple as "Is it raining?" You just aren't awake yet, not firing on all cylinders. So it was for Da Penguins of CCF as they rolled out of their proverbial beds and lumbered into Haymarket to face Evergreen Country Club last Saturday. "We got this," mumbled a sleepy Danny O'Donnell as he yawned and traversed the threshold at the ECC pool. Really? Young Mr. O'D was not alone in his assessment. The coaches, parents and even most of the Evergreen posse' shared his view. But not the Evergreen team, especially their boys. They noticed the somnolent aura around our Penguins and smelled a chance for upset. They hit the pool hard, and while CCF served up some incredibly wacky combinations of swimmers in official and unofficial heats, the Green Tornado kept its head down and started posting up points. The turning point came when the score was announced about an hour into the meet by an Evergreen official who was literally trying to whisper into the microphone like a British golf announcer too close to the green, "the score after Event 12 is... Evergreen Country Club Fairfax 58". Suddenly whistles slipped from the Coaches lips, the Washington Post slumped into a heap on Richard Schwartz's lap, Eileen Balberde ripped a score card inadvertently, even Tom Griffin, known for his composure in tense situations bit his bottom lip and leaned against his alter-ego Bruce Chafin, almost imperceptibly. Yep! We were losing this meet. Our first of the year, and one we should have dominated. Boy did things change fast. The Coaches rallied, Penguins grimaced with intensity, parents cheered until hoarse, water churned and lo and behold, we recovered and won. But a lesson was learned, and it was good it was learned early and did not result in an "L" -- the Penguins can't and never should take any team in the league fore granted. The other squads want nothing more than BBQ'd Penguin for a late lunch on any given Saturday. This week the Penguins are practicing in earnest, and while the sport is about fun, improving your own times, and camaraderie, let's face it -- Fairfax has a winning tradition and its in our DNA to play fair and perform well. That's what we will see from this point forward in '007. Page 2

SCHEDULE 2007 DATE EVENT and LOCATION TIME June 20 Regular summer practice

23 MEET@ Riverbend CC 9:00am June 25 Donut Monday begins!

Penguin practice begins 11:00am June 29 Pep Rally 5:30pm June 30 MEET vs.

Progressive Dinner 6:00pm July 6 Pep Rally 5:30pm July 7 MEET vs.

CCF Kings Dominion Trip 7:30am July 12 Pep Rally Lip Sync Contest 5:30pm

5:00pm Mini awards banquet July 21 MEET vs.

Plate awards given this night July 22 Penguin Open 9 Hole Golf Tourney

3 SCHEDULE 2007 DATE EVENT and LOCATION TIME June 20 Regular summer practice begins see schedule June 22 Team Photos 3:30pm June 22 Pep Rally 5:30pm June 23 Riverbend CC 9:00am June 25 Donut Monday begins! (yeah it started Wed!) June 25 Jr. Penguin practice begins 11:00am June 29 Pep Rally 5:30pm June 30 MEET vs. Lowes Island CCF 9:00am TBD Laser Tag 6:00pm July 5 Annual Senior Progressive Dinner 6:00pm July 6 Pep Rally 5:30pm July 7 MEET vs. Mount Vernon CCF 9:00am July 8 DCCL Relay CCF 9:00am July 9 CCF Kings Dominion Trip 7:30am July 12 Pep Rally Lip Sync Contest 5:30pm July 14 International CC 9:00am July 20 Pep Rally and Lollipop Meet 5:00pm Mini awards banquet July 21 MEET vs. CCF 9:00am July 21 Senior lock-in (ages 13 & older) 9:30pm *Paper Plate awards given this night July 22 Penguin Open 9 Hole Golf Tourney 3:30pm July 23 Hemlock Field Trip 9:00am July 24 End of Season Banquet 6:00pm July 28 All Star Springfield CC Girls-am/Boys-pm July 29 All Star Westwood CC 10:00am Page 3

4 ... Dawn Darr Dee Makinen Yvonne Batal Katie Jenkins announcing her plans to spear head our BUDDY Program. Please check the bulletin board to find our assigned buddy!!!! Meet the coaches BIO in our next Penguin Patter edition!!! Page 4 PENGUIN PATTER

5 Teaching the big kids our new CHEER!!! Page 5

6 HELP WANTED: Does someone want to publish our newsletter THE PENGUIN PATTER??? Special thanks to Dawn Darr and Sam Bower for all of the photos in this edition of the Page 6 Penguin Patter

7 Go to this website to find your child's standings in our league, the DCCL. (Dominion Country Club League) You ll find tons of info, league leaders, events, results, pics, etc.) REMINDER: JR. PENGUINS BEGINS NEXT MONDAY JUNE 25th 11-11:30.. GO JUNIOR PENGUINS!!!! Page 7

Swim Team Parent Handbook Summer 2014

Swim Team Parent Handbook Summer 2014 COACHES Daniel Jessen Lizzy Wall Abigail Fleming Colleen Nary TEAM REPS A Meet Rep - Maureen Carlstrom (703) 409-6008 B Meet Rep Melissa Gillis (703) 297-0369 astswimreps@gmail.com