Pirate Theme Tent Decorating Contest & Recycling Thank you!

Hi Sugarbear Families,

We wanted to let you know that the theme for this Saturday's meet will be "Pirates".

The meet is happening on 7/11/09 at our very own Oakmont Pool. All family tents & team tents are encouraged to participate by decorating according to the pirate theme. The more tents that are decorated, the more team spirit we show! One winner will be chosen.

Along the same lines, be sure to dress the part by wearing your pirate gear... eye patches, jewels, vests, etc. We just ask that our maties leave their toy swords at home. On this Friday, 7/10/09, as part of Fun Fridays we will be passing out pirate tattoos. Be sure to get your tattoo at practice and wear it to the meet.

Thank you to all Sugarbears for using Recycling Bins at the pool. They are filling up thanks to you. We have heard that some kids are in charge of bringing their family's recyclables to the pool, so we are getting bagfuls...a great way to involve the kids in this community service/team fundraiser. It is perfectly fine to drop bags off & we''ll be sure to turn them in. Keep up the great work!!

Go Sugarbears!

Kris & Courtney

Social Co-Chairs

Your Ticket to Summer

$10 Summer Youth Bus Pass Buys unlimited Transit Rides!

Summer Youth Bus Passes are available to kids in elementary grades through high school for unlimited rides June 1st to August 31st on Roseville Transit and other agencies in south Placer County.

This enables Sugarbears to get to fun places like local swimming pools, theaters, bowling alleys, parks, camps, activities, summer school and jobs. Roseville Transit also serves Golfland, SunSplash, Mahany Park and Roseville Aquatics Complex, and the Westfield Galleria.

Passes can be purchased at the alternative Transportation office, Maidu Community Center and Roseville Sports Center.

Click here for details and FAQs.

Take One For the Team!

Exclusive fundraising opportunity for the Roseville Sugarbears from jen doan photography
You should have received a postcard in your family folders for details.

Click here for an on-line version of the postcard.

Thank you for your consideration!

Note we are still waiting for the data from this past weekend, in order to post our results on-line.
Sorry for the delay.

Swim-a-thon!

Hey there Sugarbears:

The swim-a-thon is in one week on June 24th at morning practice. How many pledges do you have? The team goal is $8,500. If each swimmer collects 50.00 which is around 10 pledges we will make our goal. This is the major fundraiser for the team. If we make our team goal the team will have the opportunity to throw water balloons at the coaches at Pre-Champs Party Thurs, July 23rd. FUN! See the prize sheet for the fun prizes.

Why do we have a swim-a-thon? It is a great endurance exercise for the swimmers as it teaches your body to use oxygen more effectively and therefore swim faster. It is also our biggest fundraiser for this summer so we need everyone to participate and help support our team. It will be held on Wednesday, June 24th and envelopes should be turned in by Wednesday, July 1st.

What if swimmer cannot attend the Swim-A-Thon? Swimmers are still encouraged to participate by collecting pledges and winning prizes. Just collect flat donations instead of per lap donations. Remember we can only meet our team goal with all our swimmers participating and helping out.

What is a swim-a-thon? The swim-a-thon is a fundraiser where swimmers ask for sponsors to donate money to them. Each swimmer will swim continuous laps (as many as they can in the allotted time) and then collect the money from their sponsors. The swim-a-thon is held during normal swim practice times. Swim-a-thon donation sheets will be provided in the family folders. You can get more forms and information go to:
http://www.sugarbears.org/swimathon.htm

Who do I ask for pledges? Ask your friends, family members, neighbors, relatives, parent’s co-workers, and anyone else you might know to sponsor you.

What is the day of the Swim-A-Thon like? The swimmers will be swimming, with volunteers counting the laps. After there will be goodies to reward the swimmers.

What other parent help is needed? We will need lap counters, and people to bring and serve treats on the day of the event. We will have a sign up sheet for people to bring treats and count laps. For forms, envelopes, prizes go to http://www.sugarbears.org/swimathon.htm

Who can I contact if I need help or have more questions?
Please contact either Jenifer Cox 780-5433 nate_jenabc@yahoo.com or Megan Hoppes 773-9608 mlhoppes@comcast.net

Thank you!

Rocklin Meet Results Available. Attention Photographers!

Our meet results and corresponding reports from our Meet with Rocklin are now available on-line. We apologize for the delay. For the record, our Head ComputerOps, Mike Hynes, has provided the reports in a very timely matter for the past two weeks. It is our Stinky Cheeseman who has been on vacation and slow to posting. Now that the Cheeseman has returned, future posts should occur more quickly. Thank you for your patience.

Attention Photographers
We have seen many photo enthusiast snapping pictures at meets and special Sugarbear events and we would like you to consider contributing your pictures for review and possible selection into the end-of-year slide show. Here are the general guidelines and how-to in submitting your work.
Submit original photos-- let our experts crop, color correct, and sharpen!
CDs drop-point-- Drop CDs of your pictures in Paige Thomas' box and she will get them to our slide show leader. Put your name and phone number on the CD so we can acknowledge your work.
Be Surprised!-- Not every photo will be chosen, but you may enjoy seeing some of your work show up on the big-screen!
Don't Delay-- Each week, after shooting your favorite Sugarbears, go ahead and drop that CD off. It will allow our volunteers to sort through the hundreds of photos weekly, rather than all at once.
Thank You!-- Our volunteers do a great job, but they can't be everywhere. Your photos will help make the slide show memorable and fun!

A special note to families of Senior swimmers:
We include a special segment in the slide show showcasing our graduating seniors. Please provide between 8 to 12 pictures of your Senior ranging in age from birth to current age. It is usually a good idea to have a good spread. Something like new born, two years, 7 years, 10 years, 13 years, etc.. The Senior picture (if possible) should be your school Senior picture. But also include your last Sugarbear picture. Please put the photos in an envelope with your son or daughter’s name clearly marked on it give it to David. We will take good care of your photos and return them to you as soon as they are scanned into the computer.

Important: Seniors - If your pictures include multiple people in the shot.. Please, tell me which one is you by writing it on a sticky and placing it on the back of the picture.

Thank you for your help in making this season’s slide show a memorable one!

David Thomas

david.d.thomas@gmail.com

Sugarbear Team Social at Sky Zone!

This Monday, 6/15/09, is our team social. In past years, we have had several parties divided by age group, but this year we are simplifying. There will be one social at one location on 6/15/09 & it will be divided into two age groups.

The 10 & under swimmers will participate from 7-8pm. The 11 & up swimmers will participate from 8-9pm.

We will be meeting at SKY ZONE in Rocklin at 1091 Tinker Road, phone number: 644-9966.

There is swim practice on Monday. The social is in the evening and does not conflict with morning practice.

The Sugarbears are taking over SKY ZONE for our own private party. The team is paying for each swimmer to use the facilitywhich includes a 3-D Dodgeball court & a main court comprised of wall-to-wall trampolines. There will be food available for purchase. We also have two partyrooms for parents & non-jumpers to enjoy.

This is a great opportunity for families to socialize & for swimmers to have a great time. If you haven't already signed up at the pool deck, please email Kris Brown atbrown1642@yahoo.com as soon as possible if you plan to come.

We will try to accommodate siblings on a first come, first serve basis. Due to safety issues, we are limited to 100 participants per hour & priority is given to swimmers.

Come as early as 1/2 before your jump session (ie. 6:30 & 7:30pm) to check in.

BRING SOCKS & wear casual clothes. Any participant under the age of 18 must have a waiver form signed by a parent or legal guardian.

If you have anyquestions, contact Kris Brown or visit http://www.skyzonesports.com/

See you at SKY ZONE!!!

Sugarbears Family Participation Practice

Come one, come all to the Sugarbears Family Participation Practice. But, don't let the name mislead you. This evening will not be your typical practice. Parents are strongly encouraged to enter a race (sign up sheets available the night of the event) so that your kids & everyone at the pool can witness your swim skills (or lack thereof :). What does the evening hold in store......food, swimming, ping-pong, relays & tons of fun. The team is firing up the BBQ to feed you some delicious grub. All you need to bring is a potluck item to share:

A-H: Dessert

I-R: Soft Drinks, Capri Suns, Bottled Water

S-Z: Salad or Appetizer

WHEN: Thursday, June 4th

TIME: 6-8pm

WHERE: Oakmont Pool Deck

RSVP: sign-up sheet by family folders

Team Picture Day Info - June 6th

Prior to start of Time Trials next Saturday June 6th, Spectrum Photography will be at the pool to take individual, siblings and our Sugarbear Team picture. Picture taking will start promptly at 7:30am and will be on a first come, first serve basis. All individual pictures and our team picture will be completed by 8:30am. We will start Time Trials promptly after final pictures have been taken.

Picture ordering packets will be in family envelopes by Monday June 2nd. Payment is due on picture day; CASH OR CHECKS ONLY. Pictures typically are ready within 10 days and will be placed in family envelopes. Any questions? Feel free to contact Carmen Morel @ 662-4300.

PS Be sure and considering order ‘swim buttons’ that you can wear on your shirt, hat, swim tote bag. Every year, we hear parents comment on how much they like this ‘bling’. It goes with anything. ;-)

Bears prepare for Twilight Meet up with Wolves

This Saturday, May 30th, is our Twilight Practice Meet with the Woodcreek Seawolves.

The meet is at the Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC).

Checkins are at 1:30. The meet is expected to start at 3pm.

If it goes as late as 9pm, we will stop, no matter where we are in the meet.

Since no one wants to be left in the dark with Bears and Wolves, Oh My!

Please note that we have several Team Parent volunteer positions which still need to be filled.
Your help is needed and greatly appreciated.

Go Sugarbears!

SWIM BUDDY NIGHT, Wednesday May 20th @ 5:45

SWIM BUDDY NIGHT

WHAT: every swimmer will be assigned a "swim buddy"
WHERE: Oakmont Pool
WHEN: Wednesday, May 20th, 5:45pm
WHY: fun, food & games

This is a family event, so bring a picnic dinner & blanket. We will supply ice cream sundaes.

TEST QUESTION: What does a swim buddy do?
a. give hugs & high fives
b. provide encouragement in the form of "Way to Go!" and "Keep up the Great Work!"
c. give little gifts (i.e. candy, water balloons, squirt gun, etc.)
d. leave notes in the family folder
e. all of the above

CORRECT ANSWER:
e. swim buddies support and help each other in many ways during swim season (be creative!)

Now Back to our Regular Scheduled Program

Hope and trust everyone had a Happy Mother's Day!

A quick reminder that today we switch back to our normal and original afternoon scheduled program times.

May 11 - June 11

6&U/7-8: 5:45-6:30 PM

9-12: 6:30-7:30 PM
13-18: 4:30-5:45 PM

We also have a Sugarbears Board meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) evening starting at 6:30pm on the pooldeck at Oakmont, if anyone cares to join. We are an open group of dedicated, volunteer swim parents who welcomes any additional participation and support.

Birth Certificates and Stimulus Package

Thank you to everyone who attended our Parent Kickoff Meeting last night.

We had an excellent turnout and we appreciate everyone taking the time to attend!
Thank you!

FYI. For those who have yet to prove their swimmer's age with a birth certificate, the certificate(s) can be brought to the Roseville Sports Center (1545 Pleasant Grove Blvd) or faxed to 774-5999 to the attention of Kate Rebello.

Providing a copy of a Birth Certificate is required this year.
So, even if you are a returning Sugarbear, this is required and needs to be done before our first dual meet (June 13th).

Another friendly reminder that NorCal swim shop will be on our pooldeck today and Friday for fittings and ordering of this year's new swim suit. NorCal will be on the pool deck from 5-6:30pm.
Important to order your swim suit before the end of this Friday in order to receive your suit in time for our Time Trials/Picture Day.

As mentioned last night, we currently have around 180 swimmers, with the hope of having a few more teens join our team. To help entice 15-18s to swim for the Sugarbears the City of Roseville has come up with the following stimulus package. If they are interested in swimming, starting June 1, the fees would be $135 resident and $145 non-resident.

Go Sugarbears!

Parent Kickoff Meeting this Tuesday, May 5th

A reminder that this Tuesday, May 5th at 6:30pm is our Parent Kick off Meeting.
Meeting is being held at Maidu Community Center.

This is an important meeting for both new and returning swim parents to attend.
With the Sugarbears changing to NorCal, there will be some very important information and changes shared. We will also have a little bit of a Cinco de Mayo celebration, including some virgin margaritas. Attendees will also receive their annual Sugarbear magnet calendar.

There will be no swim practice on Tuesday.

NorCal swim shop will be on our pool decks Wednesday, May 6th and Friday May 8th for swim suit fittings and ordering (5-6:30pm). Or, you can directly visit NorCal swim shop on Sunrise Blvd (near Douglas) to order your swim suit.

Ordering your swim suit before the end of this Friday, May 8th is important, to ensure your swimmer(s) receive their swim suit before our Time Trials/Picture Day.

Go Sugarbears!!!

First Practice this Monday. Practice Time Change!

Our first practice for the 2009 swim season is this Monday, April 27th!

Please note there is a change in practice times for Sugarbears for the first two weeks (April 27th thru May 8th) due to Oakmont HS swimming and diving:

13-18 Practice: 4:00-5:00pm

9-12 Practice: 5:00-6:00pm

8 & under Practice: 6:00-6:30pm

Also, if you plan to attend our Roseville Aqautics Gala Event next Friday (May 1st), if you could please purchase your ticket(s) by the end of this Monday (either on-line or on the pooldeck) it would be greatly appreciated.

We need to provide Back Forty BBQ a final count 4 days before the event.

Tickets can be purchased on-line at rage2009.eventbrite.com

We plan to keep some additional tickets available for those who may decide to join late.

But, a more accurate count on Monday ensures your spot and gives us more flexibility.

Thank you.

Former Sugarbear, Ryan Cornilsen, a National Champion!

Former Sugarbear, Ryan Cornilsen, is a National Champion and is now a professional downhill mountain bike racer! Ryan took first last year in Semi Pro and now holds the Red White and Blue Jersey!

Ryan was recently seen at The Hub Bicycles Shop in Roseville making some fine adjustments to his new Cannondale bike.

Congratulations to Ryan and his family.

As a Sugarbear family we are very proud of your accomplishments!

Also a Thank You and ShoutOut to The Hub Bicycle Shop for their recent Cornerstone Sponsorship of the Sugarbears!

The Legacy Continues... Go Sugarbears!

Final Call for RAGE Sponsors and Donation Items!

Our deadline for RAGE Sponsors and Donations is approaching.

This Friday, April 3rd!

Do you know a business that may be interested in donating an item/service or being a Sugarbear Sponsor this year? Please appoach ASAP, since they can get their business advertized and recognized within our Roseville Aquatics Gala Event (RAGE) catalog program and overhead slides as an added bonus for signing up before the deadline!

There are many benefits for being a Sugarbear sponsor.
Please look over the many different levels and corresponding benefits at www.sugarbears.org/sponsors.htm

There is a link to our sponsor agreement form at the bottom of the webpage.

Do you have a special talent, skill or service you can donate towards our auction?
Almost everyone does. So, please fill out an auction aquisition form and turn it in.
Your help is greatly appreciated.

Go Sugarbears!

Girls Workout Speedo Swimsuits Now Only $12.99

Ahoy Sugarbear Swim Team,

WOW! Swim practices start next month!
Just a shopping note to save you all some money as you gear up for the pool.
Girls Speedo Workout Swimsuits Sizes 4-14 Now Available for Sale at Costco for Only $12.99.

GREAT DEAL!! Limited Time and Quantities.
Costco inventory goes fast and they maybe all be gone by season start.
They currently have suits in our team colors and others which all look great for team practices.
Just called Costco store in Roseville and they said they will have over 500 suits in today. Saturday's stock was down to just about 40 suits to choose from so please keep that in mind.

Hope you all come back and we see you all soon!

Jef Huber
Sugarbears President

Returning Sugarbears Registration Deadline Approaching

A friendly reminder that the deadline for returning Sugarbears registration is approaching.
Deadline is this Friday, March 27th.

If you swam last summer as a Sugarbear and plan to return this summer, but don't register before this Friday, your spot will not be reserved or guaranteed. You will be required to attend tryouts on Saturday April 18th or Tuesday April 21st.

If you did not receive your returning registration packet in the mail or have any questions please contact the City of Roseville at 774-5990.

Go Sugarbears!!

Roseville Aquatics Gala Event (RAGE)

Our 2nd Annual Event!

Major social event and fundraiser for Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club (Sugarbears/Seawolves/Aquabunnies)

Friday, May 1st 2009 at Maidu Community Center

Price is only $20/ticket which includes dinner, dessert, dancing, slide show, raffle and auction.

Dinner is an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Texas Style BBQ!

Sliced Beef
BBQ Chicken
Tossed Green Salad
Fresh Corn Cobettes
BBQ Beans
Dessert

No host bar featuring the exclusive and amazing Beverage Robotic Invention!

Our website contains an Auction Letter, Auction Acquisition Form and Sponsor Agreement Form, if anyone knows of a business that would be willing to donate an item/service or be a sponsor. Your help and support is greatly appreciated.

Visit RAGE2009.eventbrite.com to purchase your tix on-line.

Thank you for your support!

Returning Sugarbears Registration Packets mailed out

The Registration Packets for returning Sugarbears have been mailed out this week by the City of Roseville.

If you don't receive your packet by the end of this month (February), or have any questions please contact the City of Roseville at 774-5990.

The packet includes the exciting news that Coach Jordan, along with the rest of his coaching staff from the 2008 swim season, will be returning! The Roseville Sugarbears are also now a member of the Northern California Swim League.

Our website contains additional FAQs concerning our move to the Northern California Swim League.

Please note that all registration forms for a returning Sugarbear need to be submitted by March 27th, otherwise the swimmer will need to attend tryouts and is not be guaranteed a spot on the team.

Go Sugarbears!

2009 Tryout Handbook available on-line

The City of Roseville has released the 2009 Tryout Handbook. It is now available on-line on our sugarbear website (www.sugarbears.org). If you have a friend or neighbor who is interested in joining the team this year, be sure and share the information with them.

Tryouts will be Saturday April 18th and Tuesday April 21st at Oakmont Community Pool.
There will also be a New Parent Registration Meeting after Tryouts on Wednesday, April 22nd 7pm at Maidu Community Center.

Registration packets for our returning Sugarbears is expected to be mailed out soon.

Please mark your calendar for our Parent Kickof Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 5th.
There will be many changes this year, so it is important that new and seasoned Sugarbear parents attend this year's Parent Kickoff Meeting.

Signups for the upcoming Spring Swim Clinics with the City of Roseville have been popular this year, but there is still room. If interested, look for additional details on our Sugarbear website.

Go Sugarbears!

Catch some Division I swimming and Sugarbear Coach Mary Tess, in action, as a Bulldog

This Saturday, January 10th, the Fresno State Women's Swim Team will be competing against the UC Davis Aggies and WAC Powerhouse San Jose State at UC Davis.

The meet starts at 1pm at the Schaal Aquatic Center.

Look for the red balloons in the adjacent visitor parking lot #56 at noon if you want to join some pre-tailgating action for the Bulldogs.

Click here for a map and directions.

Hope to see you there!

Season's Greeting! 2009 Swim Meet Schedule available

Season's Greetings!
The Roseville Sugarbears wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our 2009 Swim Meet schedule has been posted and is now available on our website.

This should be a very fun and exciting year, as the Sugarbears move into a new era, joining the NorCal league! A list of FAQs concerning this change is available on our website. Sugarbears have been officially voted into NorCal, joining the Gold Rush Conference. Other teams within the Gold Rush Conference this year are the Rocklin Wave, Davis AquaMonsters, Gold River Stingrays and Laguna Creek Gators.

Go Sugarbears!

Opportunity for Q&A session with Michael Phelps in person!

Michael Phelps will be at the Kings game on December 28th! Click here for the event flyer.

This is a VERY exclusive event and opportunity.

Seating is limited being that it is such a popular game, so if you want to go, you will need to call to sign up ASAP.

Those signed up will be invited to an exclusive Question and Answer session with Michael Phelps HIMSELF!!!!

When you make contact to signup, be sure and let them know that you are part of the Roseville Sports Center Swim Leagues.

Our contact representative for this event from Maloof Sports Entertainment is Genevie Roman at (916) 928-8153 OR groman@arcoarena.com

Roseville Spring Swim Clinics!

Spring into action before our summer swim season!

Roseville Spring Swim Clinics

All clinics will focus on proper stroke mechanics, starts, turns, race strategy and conditioning. In March, focus will be solely on stroke improvement, refinement and efficiency. These principles will be continued through out April in addition to sprint training and conditioning. Coaches will assess swimmers the first week and move them in to the appropriate practice group. Fee adjustments will be made if necessary.

Days: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday

Location: Roseville Aquatics Complex

March 2-April 23

No Clinic on March 5, or April 6-10 (Spring Break)

Bronze I Group- Beginner Clinic

Ages: 5-7

Prerequisite: At least one summer on any swim team, or pre-competitve team. Safe in the water, and able to swim 25 yards continuously.

Time: 4:30-5:00pm

Fee: $85.00

Bronze II Group-Novice Clinic

Ages 7-9

Prerequisite: One summer on any swim team. Knowledge of, and ability to swim all four competitive strokes.

Time: 5:00-5:45pm

Fee: $90.00

Silver Group-Intermediate Clinic

Ages: 8-12

Prerequisite: At least one summer on any swim team (two preferred). Legal and proficient in all four competitive strokes. Knowledge of proper starts and turns.

Time: 5:45-6:30pm

Fee: $90.00

Gold Group-Advanced Clinic

Ages: 9 and up

Prerequisite: Minimum of 3 years on a competitive swim team, or recommendation from coach. Good stroke technique, starts, and turns.

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Fee: $105.00

For more information please call the Roseville Sports Center at 774-5990. To register go to www.rosevilleparks. com . Registration will begin on Monday, December 8th. Know someone who is interested in trying out? Tell them about our Pre-Competitive Swim Clinic.

Pre-Competitive Swim Clinic

Prerequisites: Able to swim 25 yards unassisted, or has passed the Otter or Marlin swim class. Has an interest in trying out for a competitive swim team.

Day: WednesdaysLocation: RAC

Fee: $65.00

Ages 8 & under

Time: 5:30-6:30pm

Ages 9 and up

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

Swim team tryouts are slated for Saturday April 18th and Tuesday April 21st.

Swim Season starts April 27th!!!!!!

Our annual Roseville Aquatics Gala Event (RAGE) will be Friday, May 1st.

Keith Flodin

Our Sugarbear family is deeply saddened to receive the news that Keith Flodin passed away from a heart attack last Tuesday, November 25th.

Many of us recall Keith's gentle kindness and dedication as a swim parent and stroke and turn judge.

Keith's sons, Michael and Matt, were Sugarbears for several years.

A veiwing will be held December 1 from 4-6p.m. at Hillcrest Alliance Church 911 Hillcrest Avenue in Roseville. Funeral Service will be held December 2 at Bayside Church at 2 p.m.

Our thoughts and prayers extend to Rose, Michael, Matt and the entire Flodin family.

The Path To Division I Swimming

Nice feature article on long-time Sugarbear and coach Mary Tess Taylor was released today on www.gobulldogs.com. Here is a link to the article: The Path To Division I Swimming

Mary Tess has been highlighted on the radio and in several articles including Fresno's Swimming and Diving Preview.

However, this most recent article makes several references to the Roseville Sugarbears and the role the team played in her development.

Podcast #38: Effective Parenting for Today's Teens

Recorded presentation by Erin Santana and Christy Crandall from Parent Project and Full Circle Treatment Center. A quick primer in hyperspeed on Effective Parenting for Today's Teens. Practical advice for our Sugarbear parents.

Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 19MB in size and 20 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is recommended. A longer, full version (40 minutes long) of this presentation which provides additional details and more backup example can be found at www.doparentsclub.org

Winter/Spring Water Polo programs

USA Water Polo is being offered this winter and spring in our area for Boys and Girls in grades 4th through 12th. Practice sites include Del Oro High School, Jesuit High School and Sierra College.

Click here for a flier for details.

If you have any questions please contact Bruce Hastie at hastieb@comcast.net

Also, a summer program will begin in late May and continues through late July.

If interested, check the Sac Polo website www.sacpolo.com for information regarding summer program, Junior Olympics and a 2009 trip to Hungary.

Kids Health and Fitness Expo is this weekend!

Click on the image above, or here for the additional information.

Car Wash to help support Cecilia Bustamante and her family

As many of you know, Roseville Sugarbear Cecilia Bustamante was unable to swim this past summer. She has been in and out of the hospital for the past year battling Crohn's Disease. Cecilia's sister, Catie, swam as a Sugarbear this past summer and the family was awarded the Paul Clotfelter Memorial Award for their courage and resilience. The Bustamante's have been an active and supportive Sugarbear family, but this past summer (and entire year) has been of extreme hardship.

The community is holding a benefit Car Wash to help support the Bustamante Family.

Click here to view the flyer for the event in word or PDF format.

Your help and support would be greatly appreciated.

The car wash is Saturday, September 27th at Oakmont High School from 8am -3pm.
FOR PRESALE TICKETS please call LOUISE HICKMAN at 916-716-8907

2008 Year End Survey Results

Our Year End Survey results for 2008 have been posted and now available on-line. Click here to access the evaluations.

Thank you for all of those that took the time to fill out the survey and providing us with your feedback.

It is also worthwhile this time of year to review our list of parent responsibilities for the Sugarbears, which describes the difference between Wishbones, Jawbones, Knucklebones and Backbones. Sugarbears have a long history and tradition of being a support organization with a high percentage of backbones.

Our Sugarbear website has been updated with the schedule of our board meetings, times and locations planned during the off-season. Please note that these meetings are open to all Sugarbear parents and we welcome your participation and impact. You can (and do) make a difference!

Reminders and Updates

Hope you and your family have been entertained and inspired by the recent performances of Michael Phelps and his team mates in the Olympics!

Some quick reminders and updates for Sugarbears.

We have a season recap meeting with the City of Roseville this Thursday, August 21st, from 6-7pm in the Riley Library (next to the Sports Center). This will include an information session regarding our expected change to joining the NorCal league this year. Click here for a page of FAQs on the expected changes. Immediately following the meeting will be a Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club (RATBC) Meeting (from 7-8pm). If you plan to attend the meeting(s) please let our VFCAL rep Megan Henry MHenry@roseville.ca.us. Sugarbear parents are not required to attend, but we want to make you aware of the upcoming meetings in case you are interested in attending. Also, feel free to contact any one of our board members, if you have any additional questions or concerns that you want to have represented and not already voiced within our survey.

Have yet to fill out a survey?
Click here and take the 5-10 minutes to complete our Sugarbear Year End Evaluation Survey.
We have received 35 responses so far. A completed survey before September 1st puts your name in the hat for a drawing for a 2009 FREE registration fee.

A reminder that this coming Saturday, August 23rd beginning at 7:30pm is the annual Oakmont Alumni Water Polo game at Oakmont Community Pool. Great chance for a Sugarbear to see some exciting water polo played in live action.

For those following water polo in the Olympics, the U.S. Men's team upset Croatia and are playing today (August 18th) in the hunt for a medal, going up against Germany in the final day of the Men's Preliminary competition.
Click here for an article.

Go Sugarbears!
Go team USA!

Attention! Youth Water Polo League in Roseville!

Want to stay in the water this Fall and try out the fun and exciting Olympic sport of water polo? The Fall Youth League is for boys and girls ages 5 to 14. No prior experience is necessary, though good swimming ability is a must. 5 to 7 year olds will play in the Noodle Ball group where they will be able to use a water noodle for bouyancy and support. 8-14 year olds will be grouped by age, ability and experience in practices and games.

There is a Free Introductory Clinic on Sunday, August 17 from 5:00 to 6:00pm at the Roseville Aquatics Center to get your feet wet and try things out.

The Fall Youth League will begin the week of August 25 with practices on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons. There will be four "league" game dates through the end of the program on October 12.

This program is being organized and run by American River Water Polo Club, the largest and most successful youth water polo organization in the Sacramento area.

For more information and to REGISTER, go to www.arwpc.com. Space is limited, so sign up today!

Questions? Email arwaterpolo@yahoo.com or call (916) 752-0233.

Diving Camp

Diving Coach Roland King previously coached for Northridge State's Division I Swimming and Diving Team. Now with Sierra College, Roland was recently named CCCAA's Coach of the year (2008).

Sierra College is now accepting registration for their Dive Camps:

Advanced Springboard Diving Lessons [1084]

Thursday, 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM;
Friday, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM;

Saturday, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM;

Tuesday, 5:45 PM - 7:30 PM;

Wednesday, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM;

27 sessions starting September 11, 2008, ending October 17, 2008

Class cost $250

Instructor: Roland King

Location: Rocklin - Rocklin Campus - Sierra College

Intermediate Springboard Diving Lessons (Ages 7-22) [1083]

Friday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM;

Monday, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM;

Wednesday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM;

16 sessions starting September 12, 2008, ending October 17, 2008

Class cost $180

Instructor: Roland King

Location: Rocklin - Rocklin Campus - Sierra College

Springboard Diving Lessons [1072]

Saturday, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM;

Monday, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM;

10 sessions starting September 13, 2008, ending October 13, 2008

Class cost $160

Instructor: Roland King

Location: Rocklin - Rocklin Campus - Sierra College

You can register online at www.sccommed.org or simply call 916-781-0590.

Fall Swim Programs in our Area

The Wolverine Aquatics Club (WAC) is a new USAS Swim team and is offering a Fall Swim Program that runs out of Sierra College from September 8 – November 25, 2008.
WAC website is hosted as part of www.AllAmericanSwimAcademy.com
Click here for a flyer for more info on their Fall program.
Note that space is limited and all participants must be evaluated prior to registering for the Fall Swim Session.
The evaluation dates are:

Tuesday, August 5 4:30-6:30 PM
Thursday, August 7 4:30-6:30 PM

California Capital Aquatics (CCA) is offering a Fall swim Program that runs out of the RAC from August 26 - November 23, 2008. CCA website is www.ccaswimming.org
Click here for more info on their Fall Program.

Other clubs that typically offer Fall programs is Johnson Ranch (www.johnsonranchbarracudas.com) and Placer Aquatics (www.placeraquaticsclub.org), but there does not appear to be information posted yet on their websites.

The Roseville Sugarbears and Woodcreek Seawolves stated their intentions last year on joining the NorCal league next summer (2009). The NorCal league rules for eligibility involving recreational swimmers participation with USAS and Club teams appear to be similar to VFCAL. The start date of the blackout period for participating with a USAS Team is February 1st.
Click here to view the full by-laws of NorCal.

For our swim families' convenience, here is the snippet from the NorCal rules (page 20) concerning swimmer's eligibility.

Section 11.03. Events Causing Ineligibility
(a) If, between the time period commencing on February 1 and continuing through the completion of all four conference championship meets, an individual:
(i.) Swims in any United States Swimming-sanctioned meet; or
(ii.) Participates in any stroke-and-turn clinic in February or which does not comply with Section 12.06; or
(iii.) Practices with, or competes for, any swimming team other than the swimmer's Team; then said individual shall be ineligible to register and participate (or continueparticipating, as the case may be) in the League swimming season occurring in said calendar year.
(b) For the period commencing February 1 and ending March 31 an individual shall be ineligible if that individual participates in any swim practice at the direction or supervision of any coach. For purposes of this section “direction” or “supervision” shall include anyoral or written directions given by a coach to a swimmer
(c) Sections 11.03(a) and (b) notwithstanding, an individual will remain eligible to participatein a League swimming season if the individual participates on any of the following teams atany time between February 1 and the end of the League's swimming season:
(i.) High school swimming teams;
(ii.) Intercollegiate (junior college, community college, college or university) swimmingteams;
(iii.) Water polo or synchronized swimming teams;
(iv.) Another Team of this League provided that either the individual’s participation islimited to attendance at stroke-and-turn clinics sponsored by said other memberTeams or the individual complies with Section 11.04 of these Bylaws;
(v.) A team which is a member of another recreational league, provided that said team hasnot practiced during the time period commencing on February 1 and running throughMarch 31, and further that the individual complies with Section 11.05 of theseBylaws.
(d) A participant who becomes ineligible after the League swimming season commences shall immediately cease participation in all League swimming meets remaining in the season. All points scored by the participant prior to the date of his ineligibility shall remain valid and in full force and effect. If a participant competes in a League meet while ineligible, all points scored by the participant and any relay of which the participant was a member shall be rendered null and void, and the participant shall be deemed disqualified from all said events.

MoC Meet Entries for your review

Please click here to review the current MoC Meet entries that are to be submitted tomorrow night for the Sugarbears. If there are any additions or changes, please contact Coach Jordan (morondrummer@hotmail.com) or Stinky (stinkycheeseman23@yahoo.com) before noon tomorrow (Monday), July 28th.

Information on the MoC, including the schedule of the events over the two days can be found on the following site: http://www.swimglenoaks.com/meetofchamps.asp

To simplilfy the registration process for our coaches the RSB Parents Club will be submitting a check for the MoC entry fees.

Also a quick thank you to those that have completed our Sugarbear Survey. We have received amost 30 surveys so far. It would be great if we could get 50% of our swim families to respond (at least 65 of the 130). So, if you have yet to fill one out, please take the 5 minutes to provide us with your feedback on this season. We take the feedback very seriously and is important for us to receive your feedback as input for the planning of next summer. Links to the on-line survey can be found on our Sugarbear website.

True Champion and Record Breaker

The following article has been submitted to Roseville Press Tribune for their consideration.

A true champion is one that faces adversity, overcomes and excels.

Local Swimmer, Justin Sutter, has been an exemplary champion and record breaker for his recreational swim team, the Roseville Sugarbears.

Swimming for the Sugarbears since age 6, he was part of the dynasty that was both dual and VFCAL league champions for 14 straight years. In 2005, with an expansion to the Granite Bay Gators swim team, in which the entire coaching staff, parent board and 80% of the swim families exiting, Justin was one of only 30 swimmers returning as a Sugarbear.

Justin recalls “It was hard when most of my teammates left for the Gators, especially since a lot of us had known each other for so long. An era had definitely ended.”

While not the most desirable situation, Justin demonstrated leadership and stuck it out with the recreational program that is based at the Oakmont Community Pool. He has been a key contributor to the resurgence of the Roseville Sugarbears Swim Team. The Sugarbears now boast well over 200 swimmers that have been greatly inspired by Justin and his long-time friend and team mate, Nick Bennett. The Roseville Sugarbears have moved up each year within their league standings and took 3rd place this past weekend at the VFCAL Championships.

At the VFCAL Championships Justin set both a new Sugarbear Team record and VFCAL Meet record by posting a 21.76 in the 50 Free. Justin’s seed times for the 50 Backstroke and 100 Free would have been lower than the current VFCAL records had he swam those individual events. Instead, Justin unselfishly swam for his team in both the Medley and Free Relay and not the individual events.

While this is Justin’s last year of eligibility for recreational swimming, Justin made the best of the opportunity by setting new team records for all of the individual events of his age group (15-18 Boys). To break and hold all the records of a swim team of strong aquatic stature that has existed for over 40 years is quite an accomplishment.

Roseville Sugarbear Team Records (15-18 Boys)
50 Free
21.76
19-Jul-08
Justin Sutter

100 Free
48.53
7-Jun-08
Justin Sutter

50 Back
24.90
31-May-08
Justin Sutter

50 Breast
28.72
16-Jun-07
Justin Sutter

50 Fly
24.12
31-May-08
Justin Sutter

100 IM
56.06
28-Jun-08
Justin Sutter

Sugarbear President Jeff Huber shares “Our team was blessed to have Justin Sutter and Nick Bennett return this year. While it was a thrill to watch their performances, the real joy is in our younger swimmers being surrounded by such positive and inspiring role models”.

Justin’s mother Tammy explains “Justin, being rather shy, was flattered by all the enthusiasm from the younger swimmers and the kind words from their parents. Things like this make for lifetime memories and who knows, maybe someday, far in the future, Justin will be able to bring his own kids to the pool and see if they too, are Sugarbear material!”

The Sutter family motto being “"Once a Sugarbear, always a Sugarbear".

Tammy also adds “Many happy memories were made being a Sugarbear, both for Justin and ourselves. As his mom and team mom every year he swam, it was so fun to watch the boys grow each year, to go from throwing Lego's at each other as 6-and-unders, to flirting with and texting girls as 15-18's, and especially the camaraderie of being teammates.”

Justin is a 2007 graduate of Oakmont High School and placed top 10 in the 50 Free in section finals his senior year for the Oakmont High School Swim Team.

Justin Sutter swam this past year for Sierra College as a freshman and anchored their team’s 200 freestyle relay with a 21.0 split at the Big 8 Conference to help break the Wolverine’s school record (final record time of 1:25.87) and place 3rd in the Big 8.

Justin is using his swim skills as a lifeguard at Sunsplash this summer and is working on his Master Certification in Automotive Tech at Sierra College.

MoC Practices and Info

Sugarbears who placed 10th or better at VFCAL Champs qualify for the optional Meet of Champions (MoC) which will be the weekend of August 2nd and 3rd.

Swimmers can also qualify by comparing their times to the MoC website.
Click here to access the MoC qualifying times and additional information concerning the MoC.

Sugarbear Practices for the MoC will be this week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) and all of next week (Monday through Friday) at Oakmont Community Pool with the following schedule:

9&Ups: 8:00am to 9:15am
8&Unders: 9:15 to 10:00am

Coach Jordan is working on the paper work and process for how swim families should enter. So, please stay tuned. We will share the additional information as soon as it becomes available.

Sugarbears Year End Survey and Board Positions

The Sugarbears hope you and your family had an enjoyable experience this summer.

For some final housekeeping on this season, please take a minute to fill out a season evaluation. Your feedback is very important to our board, coaches and City of Roseville Parks and Rec department.

Click here to fill out our survey online.
Completing a survey will also put your name in (if provided) for a drawing for a FREE 2009 swimmer registration fee.

Evaluation responses will be summarized and posted shortly after September 1st. We really value your feedback and strongly encourage you to fill out a survey.

Also, if you are interested in serving on next year's Sugarbears board, please contact any one of our existing board members. We would enjoy hearing from you. Our board typically meets once a month throughout the year. It is a very rewarding and enjoyable experience.

Champs Meet Results and Awards Program

Hello Sugarbears,

Our Meet results and related reports were posted yesterday, immediately after Champs!

Congratulations to all our Sugarbears who definately gave it their best and had some fantastic performances and times!

We moved up AGAIN this year within VFCAL!
WOO HOO!!!!
The direction of this team is clear.
Click here to see the results by the age groups.

A reminder for tonight's Award Program.

Today, Sunday, July 20th at Oakmont Pool
Open Swim 6:00pm
Awards 7:30pm
Slide Show 9:00pm

Best wishes to our retiring sugarbears. We will miss you!

Alexandra Salatti
Lauren Thomas
Lindsay Mosbrucker
CJ Wilder
Cody Palmer
Nick Mater
Clay Molina

And best wishes to Nick and Justin who swam their final year in retirement

Justin Sutter
Nick Bennett

Lastly, if a Sugarbear placed within the Top 10 at VFCAL Champs, they qualify for the particular event for the optional Meet Of Champions (MoC), which will be held in August. Those qualifying can also select one additional event that they can enter. See our website for details.
In addition to the top 10, there are qualifying times listed for the MoC on their website.

GO SUGARBEARS!!

Orangevale Meet Results now available on-line

Some Super Heroes appear to have been in Action this past Saturday!!
Woo Hoo! Lots of Personal Bests which is a great way to get pumped and psyched for our upcoming Champs Meet.

The meet results and related reports from our meet with Orangevale have been posted and are now available on line.

Enjoy!

Go Sugarbears!!!

8&Unders Social has been moved to indoors, Rollerskating!!!

Due to the air quality, our 8&Under social previously scheduled tomorrow for Hillsborough park has been moved indoors.

So, our very own private Roller Skating party at Roller King (889 Riverside Ave) in Roseville, Thursday July 10th from 6-8pm.

Our 8&Unders are welcome to bring their own skates or in-lines.

Admission and roller skate rental will be covered.

If an 8&U Sugarbear wants to rent in-lines from Roller King, they will be available for $3.

Please don't forget to bring some socks!

A thank you and shoutout to our friends at Roller King for accomodating us on such short notice.

Hope to see you there!

Another reminder that our practice tomorrow (Thursday, July 10th) has been cancelled.

8&Under Social and Action Heroes Meet Theme Reminder

We hope everyone had a fun and safe fourth of July!

A reminder that this Thursday, July 10th at Hillsborough Park from 5-8pm is our 8&Under Social. If you plan to attend, please sign your RSVP within our family folder at the pool deck, so our social chairs have some clue as to how many Sugarbears plan to be there.

Also a reminder that this Saturday, July 12th, our meet theme with Orangevale is Action Heroes! So, be sure and sport a cape, mask, tights, crazy hat, t-shirt or pajamas. Whatever you see fit.

Narrator: Will the Caped Crusaders and the Teen Thunderbolts fall victim to the Tigershark's plot? The world is at stake. Stay tuned.

Go Sugarbears!

Olympic Trials!!

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who helped put on a great meet on Saturday! It is always so much fun when both of the Roseville teams swim each other.

This week is Olympic Trials in Omaha Nebraska ! They will be shown on the NBC and USA network. This is a great way to get all of the kids excited, as we get close to the end of our season. You can also see a heat list and live results at www.omegatiming.com.

U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Sunday, June 29 8:00-9:00 pm ET NBC
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Monday, June 30 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Tuesday, July 1 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Wednesday, July 2 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Thursday, July 3 8:00-9:00 pm ET USA
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Friday, July 4 8:00-9:00 pm ET NBC
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Saturday, July 5 8:00 -9:00 pm ET NBC
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Swimming Sunday, July 6 8:00 -9:00 pm ET NBC

(For those who have satellite reception check when USA will be broadcasting the Trails part of the Trials and Finals meet. On Dish network USA broadcasts at 5 PM - time to use TIVO.)
You can watch the trials on the net at nbcolympics.com, they start at 9am PDT. http://www.nbcolympics.com

It might also be fun to tape some of it to show at practice. Have a great week!


Megan Henry
Recreation Coordinator
Parks and Recreation
City of Roseville
1545 Pleasant Grove Blvd
Roseville, CA 95747
(916) 774-5983
(916) 774-5999 fax
www.roseville.ca.us/parks

MaryTess Taylor signs full-ride athletic scholarship with CSUF

Our Sugarbear Coach MaryTess Taylor recently signed a letter of intent to swim for California State University of Fresno on a full ride athletic scholarship.

MaryTess, who took 3rd place this year in the 100 Breast Stroke in California State Finals for Sierra College, had received offers from Northridge, Concordia, Whittier and Chapman prior to signing with Fresno.

Fresno state is re-instating their Division I Women's Swimming and Diving team and is being headed up by Jeanne Fleck from Ohio State.
Here is an article on Jeanne's background and recent appointment and a recent interview.

"I am really excited. Besides being Division I and offering all of the academic programs of my interest, I am looking forward to seeing what I can accomplish by just focusing on swimming and not playing polo for the next couple years." said MaryTess. "Fresno is also very much a sports town, which should be a lot of fun."

MaryTess was a Roseville Sugarbear recreational swimmer since age 5 and retired last year from the Sugarbear program at age 18 and was awarded the Diane Dawson Memorial Award by the Sugarbears. She has been a Sugarbear coach for the last two years.

MaryTess has also swam and played polo for Oakmont High School and Sierra College.

While swimming recreational for the Sugarbears greatly instilled her great love and passion for swimming, it is the aquatics program at Sierra College which MaryTess credits as developing her to the next level as a collegiate swimmer, reaching Community College All-American status (top 16 within the nation) her freshman year at Sierra. The aquatics program at Sierra College, led by Coaches Scott Decker and Chris Breitbart, is phenomenal. The Sierra College women’s team has finished within the Top 2 in State for the past 4 years in a row.

While attending Fresno State, MaryTess plans to get a teaching credential and will be studying Art and French. Marytess is fluent in French.

Marytess lived in France for three years from age 12-14 and was submerged into the French culture and language by initially attending a Catholic French school in Cannes. She later transferred to an International School in Mougins where she continued her French and also studied Spanish. She hopes to go back to live in France at least 6 months to a year after Fresno.

Oakmont High School
2004 Defensive Player of the Year (waterpolo)
2005 MVP Waterpolo
2006 MVP Waterpolo
2004 MVP Swimming
2005 MVP Swimming
2006 MVP Swimming
2005 & 2006 Swim Captain

Sierra College
2007 Team Captain (Water Polo)
2007 Kate McCollum Award (Water Polo)
2007 Most Improved (Swimming)

Podcast #37: 2008 Auburn Meet. We Are Family

Interviews from our 2008 Meet with Auburn held on June 21st. Sugarbear President Jef Huber and Sugarbear swimmer Lauren Sims perform the interviews. Includes an interview with former Sugarbear and current Sugarbear coach MaryTess Taylor who recently signed her letter intent to swim for Fresno State on a full-ride athletic scholarship.
Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 23MB in size and 24 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

9-10 and 11-12 Age Group Social Approaching...

A call out to all our 9-10 and 11-12 Sugarbear swimmers. A reminder that our 9-12 age group social is this Wednesday, June 25th from 5-9pm at Lakeview Hills Beach and Clubhouse. This is an event you don't want to miss! Click here for directions to Lakeview Hills. Please bring your bathing suit, towel and appetite. Also feel free to bring a fishing pole, if you like to fish.

Meet Results and reports from Auburn Meet now available on-line

Hot Stuff! That was some Disco Fever today!

Great job by the Sugarbear swimmers, as well as the Sugarbear parent volunteers starting the meet on-time and wrapping up our final home meet of the summer.

A shoutout and well wishes to our retiring Sugarbear swimmers, who have swam their final Sugarbear home meet at Oakmont Community pool:

• Allie Sallati
• Lauren Thomas
• Lindsay Mosbrucker
• CJ Wilder
• Nick Mater
• Cody Palmer
• Clay Molina

Lauren Thomas has graduated from high school, but is only 17 so is eligible to return next summer, if she chooses.

A thank you to our Head Snackbar Monica Busby, Grill Master Charlotte Johnson, Head ComputerOps Mike Hynes and their corresponding crews for an excellent job!! Well Done!!!

Podcast #36: 2008 Granite Bay Meet. Deep Fried Gators

Interviews and Country theme quiz led by Sugarbear parent, Mike Bardini, from June 14th Meet with the Granite Bay Gators. Also includes Sugarbear swimmer, Morgan Leffel (age 10), performing our national anthem a cappella.

Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 18 MB in size and 19 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Reminders for this Week

A reminder that we are now switching to morning practices.
Also, there are no more Monday practices!

If you have signed up for one of the optional Monday morning clinics (8-10am) they are being held at Oakmont Community Pool.

Our meet results with Granite Bay and various reports have been posted to our Sugarbear website. We are so proud of our Sugarbears and the progress!!!

Please don't forget that this Wednesday, June 18th is our annual Swim-a-thon.
Checkout our website for additional details, Pledge Sheet, Top 10 reasons to participate, prizes (individual and family), etc.
We thank you for your support!

Also on Wednesday, June 18th is our 13-18 Sugarbear Teen Social at Lakeview Hills (5-10pm).
Click here for directions.

Go Sugarbears!!

Podcast #35: 2008 Placerville Meet. Burning Love

Interviews and exciting moments captured from our 2008 Meet with Placerville held on June 7th. Sugarbear President, Jef Huber, captures the moment when Justin Sutter breaks Scott Strong’s 15-18 Boys 100 Free Sugarbear Team Record. Jef also does a good job of capturing the excitement on the very close finish to the meet. Also includes an interview with former Sugarbear Mary Ann Cruz who still holds 3 Sugarbear team records.

Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 20MB in size and 21 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Elvis is ALIVE! Placerville Meet a blast!

Our meet results and related reports from today's meet with Placerville are now available on-line.

A very exciting, fun and competitive meet. Great Job!!

Final score Sugarbears, 1,832.50, Dolphins 1,787.50.

Congratulations to Justin Sutter for breaking another Sugarbear Team record, posting a 48.53 in the 100 Free.

Some quick reminders:

We have one more week of evening practices, before switching to morning practices.

This is one week later than originally scheduled.

If you signed up for the Monday clinics, the first one this Monday, June 9th, will be held at the Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC), instead of Oakmont.

There will be no more Monday practices beginning June 16th.

Our team pictures are in and filed within the family folders, available for pickup.

For those who did not attend Time Trials, there will be a picture make up day, Tuesday June 17th at 9AM.

Parents, if you have yet to do it today, please be sure and give your Sugarbear a hug.

Podcast #34: Pool deck interviews at 2008 Time Trials

Interviews and shoutouts from our 2008 Time Trials held on May 31st, 2008. Sugarbear swimmer, Lauren Sims, joins Sugarbear President Jef Huber on the pool deck (and elsewhere) interviewing several Sugarbears. Includes interview of returning Sugarbear swimmer CJ Wilder, who is now 18, swims for Sierra College and still holds the 9-10 Girls Sugarbear team record in the 25 Breast (17.59).
Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 20MB in size and 21 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Time Trial Results now available

Great Job at our Time Trials Sugarbears!

Congratulations to Justin Sutter for capturing three new Sugarbear team records!
Go Justin!!

The day was a bit longer than usual, but we greatly appreciate everyone's good spirits and cooperation.

Fortunately, the weather was very pleasant.

FYI. Our results from Time Trials are now available on our sugarbear website.

http://www.sugarbears.org/

Accessible from the Stats/Results link in the top header of the site, or from the Results/Stats/Results tab towards the bottom of the main page.

Or, feel free to bookmark and use the following crazy URL for the summer:

http://sugarbears.org/results-main

In addition to the results and version 4 of our on-line roster, your ComputerOps Head, Mike Hynes, has also provided TopTimes reports by Name and by Event. Our team records have also been updated.

Swimmers are encouraged to enter their Personal Best into our on-line system, compare them to their expected qualifying times for the Meet of Champions (MoC) and set their own personal goal times. The corresponding MoC Goal Times will be listed for each swimmer as they enter.

Lastly, a reminder that if you are not able to make next Saturday's meet with Placerville, you should already be signed out.

GO SUGARBEARS!!!!

Our Head Stroke and Turn, Mickey Langley, Introduced

Introducing Mickey Langley our Head Stroke and Turn Judge for the Roseville Sugarbears!

Mickey and her family joined the Sugarbears in 2000. Mickey has been a very dedicated Sugarbear parent.

She greatly assisted through our year of transition in 2005 and served as our Treasurer for three terms in addition to being our Head Stroke and Turn. During the summer of 2006, Mickey battled cancer and also suffered a broken arm. However, neither stopped her from being on our pool deck, leading the way. What dedication! Since there wasn't a retiring swimmer eligible for our Diane Dawson Memorial Award in 2006, Mickey was the recipient of the prestigious award, typically reserved for swimmers, for her dedication and inspiration to the team.

Mickey is joined on the pooldeck with her husband Jon and their two Sugarbears; Moriah (14) and Micah (11). Moriah and Micah both joined the Sugarbears as 6&Unders.

Sugarbears need at least 4 qualified judges at each meet. Two for the first shift and two for the second. There are four judges on the deck during the meet. Two from each team.

For obvious reasons, judges are guaranteed one of the best views of the pool. Judging is one of the volunteer tasks that require training by attending a clinic. This year's Stroke and Turn clinic is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20th at 6pm in Auburn. The clinic typically takes less than 2 hours and the cost is free.

If you are interested in learning how to Stroke and Turn Judge this summer, please contact Mickey. Her contact info can be found in our on-line roster. She would love to hear from you and would be willing to assist and have you shadow as you come up to speed.

Click here to view this year's Stroke and Turn Handbook.

Swim Buddy Nite Rescheduled for May 22nd

Our Swim Buddy Nite has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 22nd.

This was requested by our Sugarbear coaches, in order to give some lingering teens the chance to complete their registration. Sugarbears currrently have over 200 swimmers registered, but we expect to reach a team size around 215.

If Sugarbears have yet to checkout and try out our on-line system, note that the swimmers can add themselves and log their workouts, which will keep track of their number of practices, yardage, daily emotions, workouts and notes.

Sugarbears have their own team password used when logging in as a Swimmer user type.

If you don't know the swimmer's password, please ask the coaches or other swim parents on the pool deck.

Parents can also enter their signouts on-line. Or use the signout book at the pool.
Either method will do. Note for new swim families, that a swimmer must be first be entered into the system using Add Swimmer, to make use of the on-line signouts feature.

A reminder that a swimmer must signout at least 7 days prior to a meet.

NO PRACTICE THURSDAY. Parent Kickoff Meeting!

REMINDER: NO SWIM PRACTICE THURSDAY MAY 1st!
No practice to help reduce stress and have parents focus on getting themselves to our Parent Kickoff Meeting!

So, please come to the Parent Kickoff Meeting tomorrow night! Parents Only.
Thursday, May 1st beginning at 6:30pm at the Maidu Community Center.
Our Sugarbear Season magnets are back this year.
So, come and pickup your FREE magnet and mingle with the other swim parents!
Even if you are a Sugarbear veteran parent, please come to this important meeting.

For our new swim families, please order your swim suit before Friday, May 9th.
If not ordered by May 9th, you will not receive them in time for our Time Trials/Picture Day.
NorCal Swim Shop will be on our pool deck to size and take swim suit orders.
Friday May 2nd, 5:00-7:00pm and Tuesday May 6th, 5:00-7:00pm.
Or, you can directly visit NorCal Swim Shop on Douglas/Sunrise.
See our Swim Suit page for details.

Consider buying a pair of swim goggles and/or swim cap.
Pre-order of team silicone caps with names from May 2nd-9th (only).
Other Pool deck boutique orders will be taken May 5th-May 22nd.
Order forms can be found on-line or within your family folders on the pool deck.

Have your parents look over the volunteer descriptions.
Note that a minimum of 14 hours of volunteer support from each swim family is required each season.

Have your parents add themselves to our on-line volunteer database and volunteer directly.
Don't know the password yet? Just one more reason to come to the parent kickoff meeting!

Have your parents enter your known vacation times into our or on-deck Signout Book or on-line Signout Log.
Note that if you cannot make a meet, YOU MUST SIGNOUT at least a week prior to the meet.

Subscribe your email address into our Sugarbear group to receive email updates.
Look for the "Subscribe to sugarbears" graphic in the FAQs or the Other Tab on the main page of the Sugarbears website.

Review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

If you have any additional questions, please contact one of our board members

It is assumed you have already registered, but if not, please register asap.

Get ready for another fun and exciting summer!

Podcast #33: Lauren and Curtis Ostrander Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of siblings Lauren (age 9) and Curtis (age 6) Ostrander. Last summer, both Ostranders went big and qualified for the Meet of Champions (MoC) and posted personal bests at the MoC in both the Free and Fly. Lauren and Curtis provide a glimpse into what it is like to be a family unit on and off the pool deck. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 13MB in size and 12 minutes in length.

Stew them in Love!

Our first practice of the 2008 season is just a week away!
Note that the first three days of practice have been slightly modified.

Modified practice times, April 28-30th ONLY

6& Under/7-8
4:30-5:00 PM

9-12
5:00-6:00 PM

13-18
3:30-4:30 PM

As parents, we all want our children to grow up to be happy and healthy.

While there are no guarantees, swimming for a recreational swim team is an excellent opportunity and experience to help set a good foundation in a child’s life.

As our 2008 season approaches, it is good to reflect and understand the many benefits for participating on a recreational swim team.

- Promotes physical health and fitness
- Connects children with others (both within their family and a team)
- Creates lifetime memories
- Establishes good work habits and ethics
- Teaches how to set and achieve personal goals
- Enables personal growth and development

Some real dividends often occur when a Sugarbear reaches their teen years by continuing to keep them busy, active, connected and full of purpose.

For those families that may have a swimmer who has decided not to return this year, don’t be discouraged. Often times a child needs to take a break for awhile to better understand and appreciate the experience of being a Sugarbear. Or, perhaps the child has found another sport or activity that they want to focus on. Be assured, the time spent being a Sugarbear and a swim family has not been lost. Once a Sugarbear, you are always a Sugarbear!

If you have yet to do it already today, please give your Sugarbear a hug and tell them how much you love them.

We wish you and your family a very enjoyable and joyful summer.

Masters Adult Swim Opportunity

Okay Sugarbear swim parents, this is your opportunity!

Rocklin Aquatic Masters Swimming (RAMS) at Sierra College is offering FREE trial sessions for adults over the next three Saturday mornings. Sessions will be geared for beginners who would like to give Masters a try. All levels and abilities are welcome. Just need to be 18 years or older.

First session is tomorrow morning (Saturday, April 12th) from 7AM to 8AM.

Nothing fancy or crazy to help you get started Also, plenty of kickboard and fins.

Similar sessions being offered Saturday mornings, April 19th and 26th.

Attend one or all three!

For more info on RAMS, checkout their website www.ramsswim.org

Swimming Masters (or at least giving it a try) is a fun and rewarding experience.

You and your Sugarbear will have a new found connection and appreciation of each other, by just giving it a try.

Hope to see you on the pool deck!

Sugarbears Double Header Weekend!

Roseville Aquatics Gala Event (RAGE) last night was immediately followed up with our Sugarbear Team Tryouts this morning!

Wow! A great turnout for both in prep for our upcoming season beginning on Monday, April 28th! Less than a month away!!

A THANK YOU to everyone who helped support and attended our first annual RAGE!

A special shoutout to our awesome Cooks: Cajun Craig Busby, Bob Morel and John Smith along with their supportive spouses Monica Busby, Carmen Morel and Laura Smith. Bartender Mike Bardini and Procurement Chair Julie Lawrence! The RAGE spanned the combined supportive efforts of three Roseville Aquatic teams; Aquabunnies, Seawolves and Sugarbears.

Bar
Chair: Mike Bardini

Catalog
Chair: Michael Taylor; Members: Carrie Hoehenrieder, Joanne Pirnik

Catering
Chair: Craig Busby; Members: Bob Morel, John Smith, Ellie Hubard

Checkout
Chairs: Ryan Primavera, Doug Walker; Members: Ron Moody, Karen Salatti

Cleanup
Chair: Carmen Morel; Member: Cheryl Wall

Decorations
Chairs: Myla Herbert, Heather Heaton, Members: Charlotte Johnson, Candace Leber, Teresa Taylor

Entertainment
Chair: Kyle Rapoza

Live Auction
Chair: Rolf Hoehenrieder; Members: Carrie Hoehenrieder, Joanne Pirnik

Procurement
Chairs: Monica Bautista, Julie Lawrence; Members: Denise Covello, Linda Denly, Myla Herbert, Carrie Hoehenrieder, Rolf Hoehenrieder, Ellie Hubard, Charlotte Johnson, Charles Knabe, Sonja McPhaul, Carmen Morel, Renee Ostrander, Joanne Pirnik, Karen Salatti, Michael Taylor, Jerry Thomason

Publicity
Members: Ryan Primavera, Michael Taylor

Raffle
Chair: Jef Huber

Seating
Chair: Michele Shafto

Silent Auction
Chair: Carrie Hoehenrieder; Members: Rolf Hoehenrieder, Joanne Pirnik

Steering
Members: Linda Denly, Rolf Hoehenrieder, Jef Huber, Todd Leber, Ron Moody, Jennifer Pointer, Michael Taylor, Jerry Thomason

A congrats to the Ostranders for winning the RAGE's raffle.

Some Sugarbear Spring Cleaning Completed!

Sugarbear Swim parent, Jeff Young, has taken on the role of Equipment Manager this year and already has his "Game On".

A THANK YOU to the Young and Thomason Family for their efforts this past Saturday in taking EVERYTHING out of the "Sugarbears Shed", power washing it out, going through everything, organizing and tossing out items that needed to be removed.

You will be amazed the next time you enter our shed. Yes, you can actually enter into it now!

Also a Thank You to our fearless leader, Jef Huber, who took time from his own office move during the same day and provided assistance and provided some pizza and drinks. The energy boost helped give the group a second wind to complete the monumental task.

COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE FOR OUR GALA EVENT!

Roseville Aquatics Gala Event is just a week away!

We have less than 100 tickets sold, which is a bit disheartening for all of hard work and effort performed by our committees in establishing this first annual, awesome event!

PLEASE JOIN THE RAGE AND BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!!

This is establishing our team's main fundraiser which should be a blast! If our ticket purchases don't blip up by Monday, March 31st, we may be forced to scale back on our planning.

IF YOU DON'T PURCHASE BY MONDAY, MARCH 31st YOU RUN THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND!

The event is next Friday April 4th, 2008 from 6-11pm at the Maidu Community Center.

Tickets can be purchased online for $25/person at rosevilleaquatics2008.eventbrite.com

Or, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/ and search for an event with the keywords of ROSEVILLE or AQUATICS.

Over $11k in donated items have been collected for this event!!!!

Top Ten Reasons to Join the RAGE:

1. Kickoff the swim season and meet back up with fellow swim families and coaches


2. Indulge yourself with some authentic Cajun Cuisine (Shrimp Creole, Mardi Gras Pasta, Turkey Gumbo, etc)


3. Amuse yourself at the bar with our exclusive Beverage Robot Invention


4. Be moved and inspired by our aquatic slide show


5. Bid on some incredible deals and priceless items during a silent auction


6. Groove to some cool tunes as you sip your Hurricane or favorite beverage of choice


7. Entertain yourself listening to MC/Auctioneer John Young of 95.3 (KUIC) work up the crowd during a live auction


8. Try your luck and win the Raffle


9. Hit the dance floor and boogie down


10. Support your Team!
    

Please view www.sugarbears.org/share/AuctionCatalog-v5.pdf to peruse all of the really cool items within our bid book.

You should be amazed by all of the planning and effort that has gone on by our teams this past year!

After purchasing your tickets, if you have any seating preferences you can email Michele Shafto at pmpjgotgame@comcast.net

Seating is in round tables of eight.

Thank you for your support and consideration to your team,

michael

PLEASE BUY YOUR RAGE TIX NOW!

Roseville Aquatics Gala Event is now just a few weeks away, Friday April 4th, 2008.
From 6-11pm at the Maidu Community Center.
We have collected over $10k in donated items!

This event promises to be a blast and includes a dinner, slide show, auction and dance for $25/person.

Please buy your tickets now and help us jump start our first annual event!!

http://rosevilleaquatics2008.eventbrite.com/

Cajun Craig has been busy working over his authentic ingredients and recipes.
Authentic Cajun cuisine will include Shrimp Creole, Mardi Gras Pasta, Gumbo, Red Beans, Rice, Salad, Bread and Dessert.

Our various committees have also been busy and working deligently on the planning and decorations for this event.
Please help us kick off a fun and successful 2008 swim season by buying your ticket and joining the RAGE!!

Here is just a sample of donated items for the auction:

• Rounds of Golf
• Ski Lift tickets
• Disney Land tickets
• Sports Memorabilia
• Advanced Detailing Service
• Car and Bicycle Tuneups
• Children's Creative Art classes
• Manicures
• Haircuts
• Facials
• Massages
• Theater tickets
• Aquatic Season Swim Passes
• In Office Teeth Whitening
• Orthodontic Treatment
• Interior Design Consultation
• Dinner Gift Certificates
• Camera
• Tournamount Poker Set
• Games
• Gourmet Dinner for 8
• Wine
• Big Bang Fireworks
• Sugarbears VIP Package
• Swim Lessons
• Summer Sander's Autographed Items

A quick reminder that this Friday, March 14th, is the cutoff for returning priority registration.

Also a reminder that tomorrow night, Tuesday March 11th is a RSB Board Meeting at 6:30pm.
The Board Meeting is at the Club Cruise office in the Douglas Center Buiding. 2999 Douglas Blvd. #105. You are always welcome to join and become more involved in one of the most enjoyable and rewarding recreational swim teams you will ever find on this planet.

RAGE Update

There is just a little over a month left before the RAGE (Roseville Aqautics Gala Event) occuring on Friday, April 4th at Maidu Community Center.

Also, please be aware that there is less than a week left for the deadline for sponsorships and donated items to be submitted for the RAGE. The deadline is next Monday, March 3rd. So, if you have yet to approach a business for a donated item, service, or a potential sponsorship, now is the time to do it!

Items and sponsorships can be turned into Monica Bautista, Michael Taylor or Sonya McPhaul. We are now just $500 shy of reaching $10k in value of donated items for the RAGE. Impressive!!

Our RAGE Solicitation letter, Acquisition Form and Invitation letter are available on our Sugarbear website.

Plan to go the RAGE? Be sure and buy your ticket.

There is an on-line option to buy accessible from www.sugarbears.org or www.eventbrite.com.

From eventbrite.com simply do a search for "Roseville" or "Sugarbears".

We will be advertizing soon in the Press Tribune and with PlacerSports, so don't wait too long to buy your ticket!!

Note that the RAGE is not just a fundraiser. Tickets are reasonably priced at $25/person. This is an annual social event which we are establishing as a yearly kickoff for our aquatic season and also provides an opportunity for our area alumni to gather and reunite on a yearly basis.

So, Get Ready to RAGE!!

Don't be just American IDLE this Spring

Get up off the couch and Spring into action by joining a Spring Swim Clinic or a Lesson being offered by the City of Roseville!

The City of Roseville Spring Aquatics 2008 Guide can be found on-line.
http://www.roseville.ca.us/parks/programs_n_classes/current_activity_guides.asp

Browse through the guide and select the course number(s) of interest.

The City provides 5 different ways to register, including an on-line WebReg option.

In particular, checkout the Spring Swim Clinics being offered to experienced swimmers to focus on proper stroke technique, race strategy and conditioning.

Already active this spring (beyond video games), or giving additional attention and focus to your school studies?

Excellent!

Consider joining the one week long Competitive Spring Swim Lessons to get you back in the water earlier in prep for this summer without any big commitment on your time.

Do you have a neighbor or younger sibling trying out for the team this year?
Highly recommend the Pre-Competitive Swim Lessons to help them get prepared for tryouts. While younger children are often “swimming like a fish” at the end of Summer, a short week long Spring swim lesson is just the ticket to get them eased back into the water and remove any potential tryout jitters.

The Spring Swim Clinics and Lessons described can be found on page 10 of the Spring Aquatics 2008 Guide and includes the offered age groups, times and locations. Slots are still available for both the Clinics and Lessons.

Coming Soon to the Sugarbear Pool Deck Near You!

Get ready for some additional action and family fun on our pool deck this summer! Our Sugarbear board has approved the purchase of a Weather-proof Outdoor Ping Pong Table!

In addition, Coach Jordan attended our recent board meeting and brought to our attention an available and affordable device to video record underwater. With the device, any video camera with a standard A/V jack can be used.

The device was demonstrated at the Coaches clinic Coach Jordan and Allison attended in Napa. The device, which comes with a pole attachment kit, has also been used up at Sierra College with very favorable results and feedback. Underwater visual viewing of a swimmer's stroke has been proven to be very helpful and valuable. Click here for the vendor's website for the underwater camera device.

So, get ready for a very fun and productive summer. Sugarbears not only ROCK, they have the technological edge!

Some Additional Quick Note and Updates:

RSB Board Meetings
RSB President, Jef Huber, clearly has our Club Cruise’n towards another fantastic and fun-filled summer.
Our Next RSB Board Meeting is Tuesday, March 11th at 6:30PM at the Club Cruise office.

RAGE – Roseville Aquatics Gala Event
Over 50 Tickets have sold for the Roseville Aquatics Gala Event (RAGE) which will be held Friday, April 4th. Tickets can be purchased on-line.
The planning for this event has been going well and we expect to sell out.
Next RAGE planning meeting is Thursday, March 6th at 7PM at Rolf & Carrie Hoehenrieder’s house (of the Aquabunnies).
Deadline for turning in RAGE sponsorships and donated items is March 3rd.

Spring Swim Clinics and Lessons
On-line Registration for City of Roseville Spring Swim Clinics and Lessons begins this Friday, February 15th.

Sugarbear Swim Team Registration
If you swam last summer as a Sugarbear, you should have received your priority registration packet by now in the mail. If not, please call the Roseville Sports Complex at 774-5990.
Deadline for returning priority registration is March 14th.

Update on Sugarbear Coaching

The RSB Board wanted to give a quick update concerning our coaches for 2008.

Jordan Haley, Allison Pieracci and Marytess Taylor are returning this summer as Sugarbear coaches. Jordan and Allison will be co-head coaches this summer, with each assigned lead responsibility for three of the age groups.

Jordan Haley and Allison Pieracci recently attended a two day coaches clinic in Napa on January 5th-6th. Our Sugarbear Parents Club covered the cost for them to attend the clinic.

In addition, there is an upcoming Northern California Recreational Swim Coaches Clinic scheduled locally for mid-March, which our Sugarbear coaches plan to attend. This clinic is being presented by the City of Roseville and Sanders Consulting Group.

The Goals and Objectives of the Clinic are the following:

• To give coaches the tools to prepare for a successful season.
• Provide insight on how to effectively communicate with parent boards and city representatives.
• Provide knowledge of effective practice drills and stroke instruction.
• Create a place where coaches from Northern California can come together to network and share information.

Keynote Speaker will be Roque Santos "Looking towards the future: The Importance of Recreational Swim Coaches."
Jeff Jungk of Glen Oaks Sealions, "Case Study of a Successful Team".
Brian Botsford of Cordova High School, "Drills and Stroke Instruction"
Dee Duenas of Elk Grove Piranhas, "Making Practice Competitive and FUN".
Kim Berrios of Rollingwood, Topic TBD.

Click here if you would like to view the entire brochure and more details on the clinic.

Jameson Ferris and Stacey Olveda will not be returning this summer as Sugarbear coaches.
We wish them the best!

The City of Roseville currently have the available assistant coaching positions posted on their website.http://www.roseville.ca.us/jobs
If you know of potential candidates, please make them aware of the opportunity.

Our RSB Board plans to have representation during the interview process. Swim parents Steve Lawrence and Mickey Langley are currently who we have recommended for participating. If you are a swim parent with a strong swimming and/or coaching background and interested in being considered for participation, please contact a board member.

Megan Henry plans to have weekly meetings with the Sugarbear coaches this summer and is open to having parent representation at the meetings.

Registration packets for returning Sugarbears are expected to be mailed out by the end of this month. Returning Sugarbears have priority if their registration is received before the priority registration cutoff, which is typically around mid-March. The registration packet will provide the exact date.

For new swimmers wanting to join the Sugarbear team this year, the City of Roseville Tryout Information packet for 2008 is now accessible on our sugarbear website as well as on the City of Roseville Aquatics page.

GO SUGARBEARS!!!

Tickets to Gala Event now available for sale on-line!

Roseville Aquatics Gala Event

You Are Invited to our 1st Annual Event!

Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club is establishing a new and outstanding annual Dinner/Dance social that promises to be a blast and one you will not want to miss!
It’s Mardi Gras Time!!
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Maidu Reception Hall

6-11pm


Come celebrate Roseville area aquatics with other alumni and aquatic team members!
Help spread the word and invite other friends, family and alumni!!

The Roseville Sugarbears 50th, Aquabunnies 50th and Woodcreek Seawolves 20th year anniversaries are approaching. So, time to put some beads on and get this party started!

Swim parents Craig and Monica Busby used to live in New Orleans, where Craig worked on a Shrimp boat. The Busby’s promise to share some real Cajun cooking.

Price is $25/ticket which includes dinner, dessert, dancing, slide show, raffle and auction.

No host bar. Tickets can be purchased on-line at rosevilleaquatics2008.eventbrite.com
Come mingle with the beautiful, fun and loving people that you know are typically involved in aquatics.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you for your support!!

Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club


p.s. If you have a business that would like to donate an item or service in exchange for advertising and exposure, we would appreciate hearing from you. Great opportunity.
Contact Monica Bautista at 772-7830 or Michael Taylor at 782-6977.

Happy New Year!

A THANK YOU to the Jeffers family for their recent Sponsorship for the Roseville Sugarbears! We welcome Competitive Electric as a 2008 Title sponsor!!

Enrollment for Sugarbear sponsorships is officially open for 2008, so if anyone owns or knows a business that would like to sponsor this year, please have them contact Charles Knabe or Michael Taylor. Our updated sponsor agreement form can also be found on our website.

Note that sponsorships received before March 3rd will also have the added bonus of being recognized in our Roseville Aqauatics Gala Event (RAGE) catalog program!

Speaking of which, a quick reminder that our next RAGE planning meeting is this Thursday, January 10th at 7pm at Lakeview Hills Clubhouse (www.lakeviewhills.org). If you have yet to find your way on to a committee, feel free to stop in and mingle with those that have been planning and organizing this fabulous event.

Lastly, our first Sugarbears Board Meeting in 2008 is next Tuesday, January 15th from 6:30-8:00 pm. Feel free to contact Jef Huber if you are interested in attending and/or being on the board.

We look forward to another fun and exciting year!!!

Podcast #32: Bob Jellison Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of former Head Coach Bob Jellison. The Roseville Sugarbear team was named after Bob Jellison from the nickname he picked up shortly after joining Roseville High School. Bob shares his background and stories on the early years of the team and area aquatics. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is required. The podcast is 17MB in size and 18 minutes in length.

It's all the RAGE - Roseville Aquatics Gala Event

Tickets are expected to go on sale in January with an on-line option to buy.
Price of ticket is only $25/person, so we expect the tickets to go fast.

Here is a preview of some items already donated and in hand which is valued over $2,500:

Rocklin Aquatics Masters Swimming
Annual Registration Fee and 1 month swim

Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club
Big Bang Fireworks

Papa Murphy's
Pizza Coupouns

Wookcreek Oaks Golf Club
One round of golf for 4, including cart

Diamond Oaks Golf Club
One round of golf for 4, including cart

Color Me Mine
Gift Card

Curves
One month membership plus T-shirt

Sugarbowl
Adult lift tickets

Fitness MD
One month membership to Fit-Club

East Wind Yoga
One of free yoga

Coach Chuck Neep
Master Swim Lessons OR Child Swim Lessons

StinkyCheeseMan
Podcast Interview ;-)

Several other businesses have been contacted and have provided a verbal to donate, but we could really use your help in contacting additional businesses and collecting more donated items. If able to assist, please contact Monica Bautista or Julie Lawrence to let them know which businesses you are able to contact or to be assigned a specific category, so we can avoid having the same businesses being contacted twice.

We also have an on-line ReadySetAuction.com website account which should make it easier for us to centrally keep track and manage the prospects and donations. If you would like to be sent an invite to join the site, please contact the StinkyCheeseMan.

Click here to view the latest solicitation letter for this event.

Click here to view the latest Sugarbear sponsorship agreement form for 2008.

Click here to view the Woodcreek Seawolves sponsorship agreement form for 2008.

Note that an aquatic team sponsor received before March 3rd will have the added value of being listed in our Gala Event Catalog.

Our next meeting of the Gala Event committees will be Thursday, January 10th at 7PM at the Lakeview Hills Clubhouse. If you have yet to join a committee, feel free to surprise us and come to the meeting. Directions to the clubhouse can be found at http://www.lakeviewhills.org/

Sierra offering Winter/Spring Water Polo Clinics

Water Polo clinics are open to both male and female athletes from 7-12th grade. Click here to view the flyer for the upcoming winter clinic which runs from December 3rd -January 24th (No practice Dec 24th thru Jan 1st) at Sierra College. Cost is $150.

While on the subject of Water polo, Sierra College just completed their season. This was the first year for the re-instated Sierra College Men's team. They had a very successful season. Congrats to Coach Jordan Haley and former Sugarbear and OHS standout Mike Mayall. A very fun recap on the men's recent success can be found in our Sugarbear Bulletin Board under the topic of "Other Programs - Sierra College" entitled "Never Been Done Before!". The men's team won four games including TWO conference games, including an upset of 3rd place Merced. The men advanced and competed for a spot in NORCAL Championships. Marks the first time in conference history that a first-year program has won a league game, let alone two!

RATBC Mardi Gras Event Update!

Our Spring Mardi Gras (Dinner/Dance/Auction) Event plans for Friday, April 4th, 2008 are progressing well.
But we could use your help!

Feel free to access the current spreadsheet of captured info at http://www.sugarbears.org/share/RATBC-FundraiserDinner-v5

We hope to have letters available soon to help solicit the acquisition of items for the auction.
If you know of a business that you think would be able donate a item or service, please be sure and ask.

An auction is most successful when there is a wide variety of items to choose from.
Consider the many different categories that can provide items for the auction:

- Trips
- Services
- Crafts
- Goodies
- Celebrities
- Merchant Donations

We will be holding a conference call on Tuesday, November 13th at 7pm.
If you can make the call please RSVP to Michael Taylor (stinkycheeseman23@yahoo,com).
Upon RSVP, we will provide you with the toll free number and conference id to enter.

For an agenda, we will simply run through the following on the conference call:

Event overview and status
Committees
- Acquisitions
- Advertising
- Arrangements
- Audio Visual
- Bar
- Catalog
- ComputerOps
- Conductor
- Decorations
- Invitations
- Live Auction
- Major Sponsors
- Office Personnel (collection points)
- Publicity
- Raffle
- Reservations
- Silent Auction

We thank you for your support and look forward to a very fun and exciting event!

Podcast #31: Garret Smith Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of swimmer Garret Smith. Last summer, Garret went big and posted personal bests at both VFCAL Champs and Meet of Champions (MoC) and was awarded the Most Improved for the 7/8 Boys age group. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 14MB in size and 15 minutes in length.

Podcast #30: Rebecca Brandt Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of swimmer Rebecca Brandt. Last summer, Rebecca scored the most points (165.50) and was awarded Sugarbear's overall MVP. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 8MB in size and 9 minutes in length.

RSB Meeting Update

Last week, as previously announced, we held our first Sugarbear board meeting to recap last summer, review our survey results and begin our initial discussion and planning for next season. Also began our planning for our first annual off-season Dinner/Auction fundraiser. Sugarbear parents from the following families were present:

• Huber
• Langley
• Morel
• Thomason
• Ostrander
• Johnson
• Busby
• Shafto
• Taylor

Outgoing president from the Seawolves, Jennifer Pointer, joined the meeting for the dinner/auction discussion.

Our League Representative Megan Henry also attended and provided several updates. A key one to note is that the VFCAL Meeting is scheduled for October 24th. Megan, Head Coach Jordan and three Sugarbear Board Members will be attending. Responses from our recent survey responses are used as input.

Not to overwhelm anyone, but it was suggested from the surveys that the Sugarbears board provide more visibility and understanding to what all goes into the planning and execution for a swim season. Please click here to view our current 2008 season todo list. We have tried to keep it simple and have those not as involved in the team to focus on their two key responsibilities:

• Volunteer Meet Support (14 hours minimum)
• Signout at least 7 days in advance (minimize scratches)

But, if you see anything on the list that you would like to take the lead on or assist, please let us know.

Also, if you are willing to serve on the Board or a committee, we would LOVE to hear from you. Feel free to contact Jef Huber or Michael Taylor.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 10th and will be held at Lakeview Hills Club House. Focus of the meeting will primarily be on the planning for the Dinner/Auction. Meeting will begin at 7pm, feel free to arrive as early as 6pm to first socialize and enjoy the surroundings. Directions to the clubhouse can be found on the Lakeview Hills website: http://www.lakeviewhills.org/

A THANK YOU to the Hubers for hosting our last meeting.

Switching gears, for anyone interested in seeing Coach Jordan and/or Marytess play waterpolo. Sierra College has a match against their main rival, American College, this Wednesday, September 26th at the Orangevale Community Pool. Mens match begins at 3:30pm, followed by the ladies team.

Hope to see you there!

Kids Health & Fitness Expo

Sunday, September 23rd at the Roseville Sports Center from 1-5pm is this year's Kids Health & Fitness Expo.
FREE admission for all and kids get a FREE T-shirt!

We had several Sugarbears go last year and they seemed to have a good time. Hope to see you there this year! Click here to view the flyer.
For more information, or to become a volunteer, visit
www.roseville.ca.us/kidsexpo or call, (916) 774-5990.

2007 Sugarbears Evaluation Results Available

Results and responses from our 2007 year end evaluations are now accessible on our Sugarbear website.

Thank you to those that took the time to fill out this year's survey.

With a very young coaching staff and batch of swimmers, we are very optimistic about our Sugarbears' future.

Never underestimate what you can do to make our team more special and enjoyable. You can make a difference!

The Sugarbear board members will be holding their next meeting, Thursday, September 20th.

If you are at all interested in being on the board, or in helping with the planning of our upcoming, off-season dinner/auction in April, please contact Jef Huber or Michael Taylor.

GO SUGARBEARS!!

Back to School!

Hello Sugarbears!

Hope everyone is getting back to school and enjoying themselves; seeing all of their classmates once again, increasing their knowledge and learning lots of new skills.

While parents go over Back to School Forms, please take the 5-10 minutes to enroll for eScrip.

It is a very good program to bring extra and easy dollars into our local schools. You can designate up to three groups who can benefit from your registration. Please consider the Sugarbears, with our GroupID 500004186 as being one of your designated groups. Additional information on eScrip can be found on our Sugarbear website, under our "Ways and Means" section. If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to ask our board members. In particular, Jef Huber and Michael Taylor are both knowledgeable and supporters of the eScrip program.

A quick reminder that this Friday, August 31st, is the deadline for filling out a Sugarbear survey and becoming eligible for the drawing. Your feedback and suggestions from this past summer is highly valued. Please take the 5 minutes to complete our on-line survey before Friday so it will be included in our summarized reports.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe Labor Day Weekend!

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Podcast #29: Go Big! 2007 VFCAL Champs

Jef Huber interviews several Sugarbears during our July 21st, 2007 VFCAL Championship Meet. Click here to listen to the podcast. Highlights include our team cheer and interviews with Luke Bussey, Lauren Sims, Julia and Sarah Thomason. Also our very first and successful experimental trial of a Sugarbear doing an interview! The podcast is 21MB in size and 22 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Sugarbears Sponsor, Dr. Mark Holt, hosts an Ice Skating Party

Dr. Holt’s 10th Annual Ice Skating Party

FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES, FRIENDS & SUGARBEARS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th 6:00 to 8:00pm

Come Early- 5:45 to Size Your Skates

At: SKATETOWN 1009 Orlando Avenue, Roseville

FREE ICE SKATING AND SKATE RENTAL

Friends Welcome!

OHS Water Polo Alumni Game

Oakmont High School will be holding their 2nd Annual Water Polo Alumni Game a week from this Saturday, August 18th, from 10:30am to noon at Oakmont Community Pool. Admission is FREE.

Great opportunity for Sugarbears and parents to come out and catch the action and be introduced to the exciting sport of water polo. Great fun. Be sure and sport some of your Sugarbear wear. A Sugarbear T-shirt should draw the attention of some of the players that are current and former Sugarbears.

For example, we hope to see Josh Collison, Jonathan Wieneke, Nick Bennett, Ryan Cole, Kyle Cole, Ryan Cornilsen, Casey Cornilsen and Taylor Rusk to name a few. Note that Oakmont Water Polo Coach, Mark Plank, is a Sugarbear swim parent and also expected to be in action.

2007 Sugarbears Slideshow now online!

Our 2007 Year End Slideshow is now accessible from the Sugarbears website!

Note that a broadband internet connection is required in being able to download and view.

A great wrap up to a fantastic year. We hope you and your family had an enjoyable season and we look forward to seeing you next summer, back out on the pool deck!

A thank you to David Thomas for creating this year' slide show and a thank you to David Thomas, Jerry Thomason and everyone else who provided photos for this year's show.

Best of luck to our Sugarbears that are competing in this weekend's Meet of Champions!

GO SUGARBEARS!!!!

MoC Meet Entries for review

Please click here to review the current MoC Meet entries that are to be submitted tomorrow night for the Sugarbears. If there are any additions or changes, please contact the coaches or Stinky before 6pm tomorrow (Sunday), July 29th. Their contact details can be found on our website under the "Coaches "Profile" and "2007 Officers" page of our website.

If you are scheduled to participate in a relay event at the MoC, please honor your commitment to your team mates by attending.

Information on the MoC, including the schedule of the events over the two days can be found on the following site:

http://www.swimglenoaks.com/meetofchamps.asp

Also a quick thank you to those that have completed our Sugarbear Survey.
We have received over 20 surveys so far.

It would be great to receive at least 50 so, if you have yet to fill one out, please take the 5 minutes to provide us with your feedback on this season. Links to the on-line survey and document can be found on our Sugarbear website.

2007 Sugarbears Year End Survey

The Sugarbears hope you and your family had an enjoyable experience this summer.

For some final housekeeping on this season, please take a minute to fill out a season evaulation. Your feedback is very important to our board, coaches and City of Roseville Parks and Rec department.

On our website, you have your choice of filling out our survey online, or printing out a document which can be filled out and sent into the city. Your choice on which ever way you prefer.

Either method will also put your name in (if provided) for a drawing for a FREE 2008 swimmer registration fee.

Evaluation responses will be summarized and posted shortly after September 1st.

We value your feedback and strongly encourage you to fill out a survey.

Thank you!

2007 VFCAL Champs Meet is in the books!!

Excellent job today!
We are so proud of ALL our Sugarbears.

Click here to view a report of Sugarbears that went especially big today, by posting an improvement against their seed time!

In addition, click here to view Sugarbear performances that placed in the Top Ten which, to my understanding, should qualify them to this year's Meet of Champions (MoC). The MoC is an optional meet that will be held in Woodland on August 4th and 5th. Please check and talk with your coaches to verify your qualification and participation in the MoC.

The additional reports, such as improvements, top times and high points (both for Champs and Overall Season) have been posted on our website. The previously posted Champs meet results have also been updated to show DQs.

We look forward to seeing everyone at our Awards Night tomorrow! David Thomas has finished our slide show and it eagerly awaits. For those new to the team, David has some mad skills at creating a slide show, so you will not want to miss it.

GO SUGARBEARS!!!!

Time to get PUMPED!

A reminder that this Friday night at Maidu Community Center is our PreChamps Party!
Please RSVP using the binder at the pool deck or by contacting Megan Hoppes or Karen Salatti so we know how much food to provide.

Doors will open around 5pm for initial setup and for swim families to begin decorating their cars. The core activities should be underway at 6pm with Sugarbears decorating posters, painting toes, eating and getting pumped. Our Swim-A-Thon awards will be presented from 7-8:30pm, along with the long awaited events of the Captain and Stinky getting their heads shaved and Jameson being transformed into a girl in celebration of our team reaching the goal of raising over $10,000! Woo Hoo!!



Please note that checkin time for Champs on Saturday is 6:30AM!
Scratches will be deletions only. There will be no adds/changes.
Additional information concerning this year's champs, including volunteer assignments, rules and team area map, can be found on our Sugarbear website.

Our Awards Nite is Sunday, July 22nd at Oakmont Community Pool.
Bring your swim suit and towel for an open swim that begins at 6:00pm.
Feel free to bring your own dinner to enjoy on the pool deck or eat ahead of the event.
Awards start at 7:30pm followed by our annual year end slide showing at 9pm.
Swimmers and parents may want to bring a lawn chair or sleeping bag in order to be comfy for the slide show.

Go Big!

The Final Week

Some quick notes and reminders as we enter our final week before Champs!

Results and additional reports from our meet with Orangevale are now posted on our website. Be sure and fill out your Beary Best forms this final week to claim any prizes. Julie Lawrence is typically at the pool on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Coaches have called an additional practice for tomorrow (Monday, July 16th).

Standard practice times apply.

Pre-Champs party is this Friday, July 20th at Maidu beginning at 6pm.

On our website, we have posted a spreadsheet for the volunteer shifts needing to be filled for Champs. Please note that we have extracted out what is just required of the Sugarbears for Champs and that there are many other jobs, roles and shifts being filled by other teams. Your help in filling our assigned volunteer positions is greatly appreciated. Many hands make little work.

Michele Shafto is the current, main contact for the spreadsheet, but she may elect to have certain heads assist with recruiting certain areas (ie., Head Timer for Timers).

We will also have a copy of the spreadsheet printed and available at the pool deck near the family folders.

The support this year by our Sugarbear parent volunteers has been superb, so let's finish this season off on the high note that it deserves and show the entire league just how well this team really has it together.

SUGARBEARS ROCK!!

Sugarbears prepare to go Wikki-Wikki...

Aloha Sugarbears! A reminder that our final home meet is this Saturday with the Orangevale Tigersharks and our Meet Theme is Island!

So, get out those grass skirts, coconuts and perhaps share some colorful leis with your swim buddies!

The progress this year has been remarkable. A large number of you have reached your Personal and/or MoC Goal Times, or just on the verge. Be sure and update your times and achievements in our on-line Buddies & Goals Database, before we head into this final dual meet. We will have our Board of Champions at this meet. So in addition to ringing the bell, we will be updating the board, getting it ready for display at our Pre-Champs Party!

Also a reminder that tomorrow night (Thursday from 5-8pm) is our 8&Under age group social at Hillsborough Park. If you have yet to RSVP, please contact Karen Salatti or Megan Hoppes asap.

Mahalo,

Stinky

Podcast #28: Interviews at 2007 Woodcreek Meet

The StinkyCheeseMan interviews several Sugarbears and coaches during our July 7, 2007 dual meet with the Woodcreek Seawolves. Also includes several interviews with Sugarbear swim parents, such as Jenifer Cox reporting on our awesome Swim-A-thon results, Head of Computer Ops Mike Hynes, Photographer Jerry Thomason, VP Michele Shafto, and our Ribbon ladies. Also includes an interview with Seawolve President Jennifer Pointer and her son, Chris Lomeli, after Chris broke the Seawolve's Boys 15-18 50 yard Backstroke Team Record.

Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 18.5MB in size and 17.5 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

8 & Under Social!

A reminder that our 8 and Under age group social is this Thursday, July 12th at Hillsborough Park from 5pm to 8pm.

The social is for this particular age group (8&Unders) and flyers were put in the Family Folders of each 8&Under.

If you have yet to RSVP, please sign the social sheet contained in the vacation book on the pool deck. Or email/phone Karen Salatti or Megan Hoppes. Their contact info is contained in our on-line roster.

Click here for a link to Hillsborough Park and directions.

Lastly, all the additional reports (ie., Improvements, Top Times, High Points, etc) from our WC meet have been posted on our website.

Happy 4th of July! I Love America!

Our Theme for this Saturday's Meet with the Woodcreek Seawolves is "I Love America!". So, be sure and keep the patriotic spirit going and wear your "Stars & Stripes" and "Red, White & Blue" Bear Wear proudly!

A thank you to swim parent Paul Shafto for creating our Board of Champions. If you have yet to see it, be sure and check it out. Paul did an outstanding job. Thank you Paul! The board was designed to not only post Sugarbears who have reached their Meet of Champion (MoC) goal times, but also for Sugarbears to post whenever they achieve a new Personal Best or achieve a Personal Goal above or on their way towards the MoC Goal Times.

MoC Goal Times are the 10th place finish times from last year's VFCAL Champs and are an excellent marker for swimmers to strive and track their progress against. Visually watch the board as we continue to grow and improve as a Sugarbear swim team!

Parents can help by writing their swimmer's name and particular achievements (times) on the supplied metal label rings for the Board of Champions.

A reminder that our Swim-A-Thon pledges are due this Friday, July 6th. Thank you for everyone that participated in our Swim-A-Thon. Excellent! The number of laps completed by each swimmer is accessible on our Sugarbear website.

We are soooo close to our Swim-A-Thon goal. As of 7-3-07 we have raised $7,671.75 towards our $10,000 goal. Here is how you can help get us the rest of the way there:

1. If you haven’t turned in your envelope yet, get it in before Friday so we can get your t-shirts ordered.

2. If you can’t collect all your pledges before Friday, turn in what you have and then turn in the rest as you get them (you can let us know if you have more coming by writing a note on your envelope).

3. Mark a t-shirt size on the envelope if you collected $50 or 10 pledges.

Remember our goal is for EACH swimmer to get about $50 in pledges and every dollar counts. Please turn in envelopes and pledges even if you don’t have the full amount (no amount is too small). We need everyone’s help to get to our goal. We are almost there—lets get those heads shaved (and we really want to see Jameson in a dress).

If you have questions concerning the Swim-A-Thon, feel free to contact Jenifer Cox 780-5433 nate-jenabc@yahoo.com or Megan Hoppes 773-9608 mhoppes@infostations.com

Thank you for your support. Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!

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.

REMINDER: Swimmer, Team Pictures before Time Trials

Reminder: Swim Pictures will be taken Saturday June 2nd before Time Trials .

Pictures will include each swimmer's picture taken and once we finish these, we will take a Sugarbears Team picture.

Taking these pictures before Time Trials allows us to hopefully get the most individual swimmers picture taken as well as the most swimmers for our overall team picture. It's a process that requires lots of coordination and cooperation in order to get these done within an hour!

Spectrum Photography is our team photographer and they do a great job in the quality of pictures at a reasonable prices. (details have been put in family folder in terms of what is available and pricing)

In order to get all of this done before we start TT, it is imperative that:

* Photos start @ 7:30 am sharp
* Get there earlier; first come first serve and there will we a line (there will be 2-3 photographers snapping pictures)
* Have cash or check; no credit cards can be accepted.
* Line for pictures will be outside the fence behind Oakmont Pool's bleachers.
* No swimmers or parents will be allowed inside the pool; ensures nice background pool image and not a bunch of folks walking past.
* After picture has been taken, swimmers need to stay out of immediate pool area again to minimize potential of folks being in pictures background.
* Once all individual pictures have been taken, all swimmers picture will be taken for team picture. Swimmers, please make sure that you are in the area behind the bleachers so that we can get everyone quickly lined up.
* Make up picture dates and data for individual age/gender team photos date/time -- TBD

Any questions? Contact Carmen Morel @ 662-4300 or leave note in Morel Family folder

Podcast #23: Mary Tess Taylor Interview

Caution: Proud Dad Alert. Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of new Assistant Coach Mary Tess Taylor. Mary Tess is a long-time Sugarbear swimmer and also joins the Sugarbears coaching staff this summer. She is currently attending Sierra College and reached All-American status from her recent California Junior College State Finals by ranking within the top sixteen in the nation in all four of her events. She is pictured here holding her fourth place medal from State Finals. In this podcast Mary Tess shares her recent success and what it has been like for her growing up as a Sugarbear. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is required. The podcast is 15MB in size and 16 minutes in length.

Swim-A-Thon Date Change

Attention Sugarbears:

After reviewing the schedule we have determined that it would be more beneficial to have the swim-a-thon earlier in the season so we have changed the date. The new date will be on Wednesday June 20th. That means it is only one month away. It is time to start collecting pledges so that we can make this our biggest and best swim-a-thon ever. Look for information this week in your family folders and if you have any questions please contact Jenifer Cox or Megan Hoppes. Their contact info can be found in our on-line roster. Thank you for your support!

No evening Make Up practices this summer

Due to budget constraints, the City of Roseville will not be providing evening Make Up practice sessions this summer.

The City of Roseville made the decision prior to the start of the season, but it was an update that our Parent's Club did not previously catch and communicate out. Sorry.

We apologize for this limitation, inconvenience and late notice.

Our Sugarbear website had incorrect information posted within our "Workout Schedule" page showing Make Up practices beginning after June 11th. The page has now been corrected.

The City of Roseville will re-evaluate their decision after this season.

Sugarbears Fundraiser Dinner at Fresh Chioce Thursday 05/17/07

Dear Sugarbear Friends & Families,
This Thursday, May 17th is the Family Dinner Fundraiser at Fresh Choice in Roseville from 6-8pm. Fresh choice will donate 15% of your bill to the Roseville Sugarbears!

Simply present the Fresh Choice Sugarbear Fundraiser Certificate at the register. You can download a Fundraiser Certificate at http://www.freshchoice.com/flyers/roseville_sugarbears.pdf

You will also find some extra certificates at the pool during practices. Make copies and give them to your friends and family, but remember, the event is only Thursday night, so come one, come all! Thank you for supporting the Roseville Sugarbears by taking your family to dinner.

Swim Buddies - Our Space

The swim buddy assignments and forms completed last night have been entered into our on-line swimmer's database.


Please login and check your assignments and learn more about your buddies. The swimmer's database is accessible from the Sugarbears website's left side menu.
The link is entitled "Buddies & Goals" under the Swimmers section.

Note that this year the coaches have assigned teams of swim buddies, where each team is combining older, mid-age and younger swimmers together.


The swimmer's database allows swimmers to share their preferences, personal goals, goal times and achievements.


Goal sheets will be distributed soon to the swimmers on the pool deck. Or, feel free to enter your goals directly on-line.


For those who may have missed it, this year's coaches rap intro from last night has been posted into our bulletin board under "Fun".

Parent Kickoff and Swim Suit Reminder

Sugarbears Parent Kickoff Nite Reminder
Tuesday, May 8th at Maidu Community Center.

6:30pm for hors d"oeuvres, boutique and volunteer signups.

Meeting will begin at 7pm and expected to be kept to an hour.

Reminder that 14 hours of volunteer service is required this summer from each swim family.

This is Sugarbears "tough love" in our wishes for everyone having a memorable experience. You and your family will honestly connect and enjoy this season much more when you assist with our swim meets.

Sugarbears Swim Suit Reminder
A reminder that new and returning swimmers need to order their swim suit on or before this Wednesday, May 9th, in order to have their swim suits in time for our team pictures. Click here for details on the swim suits. NorCal will be on the Oakmont Pool deck this Wednesday May 9th to take orders, 4:15-7:00pm. Or stop by our nearby NorCal swim shop on Sunrise Blvd (Near Douglas) before Wednesday evening.

Our Head Timer, Patrick Bussey, Introduced

Just want to take the opportunity to introduce Patrick Bussey, our Head Timer for the Roseville Sugarbears, to our new swim families.

Patrick and his family joined the Sugarbears in 2005. During Tryouts in 2005 Patrick immediately approached and asked "Now how does this work? What can I do to help?".

Patrick is a teacher and the wrestling coach for Oakmont High School. Patrick and his wife Carey have three of their four children on the Sugarbears. Camryn (5), Caitlin (9) and Luke (11). Their fourth child, Levi, just turned one so he is first learning to walk before joining the team. ;-)

To run an effective meet, we typically have a crew of 16 timers work in two 3 hour shifts. That is almost 100 hours of parent volunteer effort required for a single meet in just timing alone!

But no worries. Timing is popular since it is a great way for a swim parent to be close to the action, secure some shade, meet other parents and get their feet wet. No previous experience is necessary and it physically only requires for you to have a single working digit on at least one of your hands.

If you are interested in timing this summer, Patrick is the guy to checkin with. You can also assign yourself directly to a shift (timing or any other task) within our on-line volunteer database. If you don't know the password yet, just ask a coach or fellow swim parent on the pool deck. We appreciate your support!

2007 Season Checklist - Let's Get this Party Started!

First day of swim practice! Woo Hoo!!!

• Order your new swim suit on or before Wednesday, May 9th
  


• Have your parents mark their calendar for our Parent Kickoff Meeting
  Tuesday, May 8th beginning at 6:30pm at the Maidu Community Center
  


• Consider buying a pair of swim goggles and/or swim cap
  


• Have your parents look over the volunteer descriptions
  Note that a minimum of 14 hours of volunteer support from each swim family is required this year
  


• Have your parents add themselves to our on-line volunteer database
  


• Have your parents enter your known vacation times into our or on-deck Signout Book or on-line Signout Log
  Note that if you cannot make a meet, YOU MUST SIGNOUT at least a week prior to the meet
  


• Subscribe your email address into our Sugarbear group to receive email updates
  Look for the "Subscribe to sugarbears" graphic on the main page of the Sugarbears website
  


• Review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  


• If you have any additional questions, please contact one of our board members
  


• It is assumed you have already registered, but if not, please register asap
  


• Get ready for another fun and exciting summer!

Podcast #22: Stacie Olveda Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of new Assistant Coach Stacie Olveda. Stacie joins the Sugarbears coaching staff this summer and is a graduating senior from Christian Brothers High School and has been coaching CCA. Stacie was ranked nationally as a 12 year old and provides some insight in what it was like for her swimming on year round teams in the area. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is required. The podcast is 19MB in size and 20 minutes in length.

For personal reasons, Assistant Coach Jocelyn McGrath was unable to join us this summer, but the Roseville Sugarbears wish her the best.

Modified Workout schedule first 3 days of practice (9-12 age group)

Due to conflicts with diving next week we have to modify our workout schedule from Monday through Wednesday (April 30 through May 2) . Practice will be as follows:

13-18: 4:30-5:45
8 & Under: 5:45-6:30
9-12: 7:15-8:15

After Wednesday, May 2nd, we go back to the normal practice schedule.

The City of Roseville plans to phone the families of the 9-12 age group to notify them, but if you have a neighbor or friend who is new to the team, please make an attempt to let them know.

Most of our new families have not yet registered for email notifications and so may not see this message.

New Style of Swim Suits for 2007!

The swim suit style for the Roseville Sugarbears is changing this year.

So, both returning Sugarbears and new swimmers will need to buy a swim suit this year.

In order for swimmers to have their swim suit before time trials and our team picture day, it is important that they order their new suit before 7pm May 9th.

Our website provides more detailed information on the style, sizes and prices.
Under the lower left side menu, look for the updated "Swim Suits" link under "Boutique".

Suits can now be purchased directly by visiting the nearby NorCal Swim Shop on Sunrise Blvd, near Douglas Blvd.

On deck orders at Oakmont will also be taken (rain or shine) Tuesday May 1st, 4:15-7:00pm and Wednesday May 9th, 4:15-7:00pm.

The Sugarbear boutique will be taking prepaid orders for team latex and silicone caps from May 1st-9th (on pool deck and at Parent Kickoff Meeting).

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!

Jordan Haley named Head Coach of the Sugarbears!

Welcome to the "Jordan Haley" Era!

Jordan Haley has been named the new Head Coach of the Roseville Sugarbears. In addition, we have two new assistant coaches joining the staff. Here is our list of coaches for 2007.

Head Coach: Jordan Haley
Assistant Coaches: Allison Pieracci, Jameson Ferris , Jocelyn McGrath and Mary Tess Taylor

Roseville Sugarbears providing ROOTS and WINGS!

Megan Henry is now our VFCAL swim representative. So, even though she is no longer our head coach, we expect to still see her on the Roseville pool decks in a different capacity.

Podcast #21: Nick Mater Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of swimmer Nick Mater. Last summer, at the age of 16, was Nick's first year as a Sugarbear. Nick shares his experience as a Sugarbear and also as a swimmer/water polo player for Roseville High School. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 9MB in size and 10 minutes in length.


Roseville Invitational Swim Meet

Also, while I have your attention, please mark your calendars.
The Roseville Invitational Meet for High Schools is scheduled for March 23rd and 24th and will be held at the Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC).

There are 15 High School teams entered and the meet promises to be fast and fun to watch.

Sugarbear parent volunteering at the Roseville Invitational can earn our team $ from the City of Roseville, which can be applied towards equipment or facility rental for our program. The value earned is $10.00/hr. So, basically if we have 10 volunteers per day for 5 hours each, that would be $1000.00 for our team for the weekend! So, if you were one of those that enjoyed our pre-champs party or awards night at Maidu last year, here is your chance to help our team pay and secure similar facility use this summer.

If you are able to assist with the Roseville Invitational it would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact Scott Marchetti or Megan Henry at 774-5990.
Here is a list of available work assignments.

Meet Set Up (3+ People)
Thursday, March 22nd – 6:00-8:00PMish
Pop Up Tents/Shade Structures/Tables/Chairs/Colorado Timing/Garbage Cans/Hospitality Area/Awards Area/Check In Area/Coaches Area/Starters & Computer Operators Area

Meet Tear Down (3+ People)
Saturday, March 24th – 1:30-3:30PMish
Opposite of Meet Set Up

Awards/Ribbons (1 Person)
Friday, March 23rd – 3:00-6:00PMish
Saturday, March 24th – 9:00AM-2:30PMish

Hospitality (1 Person)
Friday, March 23rd – 10:00AM-6:00PMish
Saturday, March 24th – 8:00AM-2:30PMish

Meet Runners/Results Posters (1 Person)
Friday, March 23rd – 11:45AM-6:00PMish
Saturday, March 24th – 8:45AM-2:30PMish

Swimmer Check In/Event Posting (1 Person)
Friday, March 23rd – 11:45AM-6:00PMish
Saturday, March 24th – 8:45AM-2:30PMish

Dive, Kick, Swim!

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Our 2007 Swim Meet Schedule has been finalized and posted on our Sugarbear website. The dates are the same as previously posted, just a couple of our opponents were switched around.

Super Huber; 2007 Sugarbear Officers Announced!

If you look up "Super Ball" in Wikipedia, you will find the following description...

Super Ball is an extremely elastic ball made of Zectron, which contains the synthetic rubber polymer polybutadiene vulcanized with sulfur at a temperature of 165 degrees Celsius and at a pressure of 80 atmospheres. The Super Ball has an amazingly high coefficient of restitution. Dropped from shoulder level, Super Ball snapped nearly all the way back; thrown down, it could leap over a three-story building.

Well, the Roseville Sugarbears are releasing in 2007 their own amazing and fun Sugarbear President, The Super Huber!

The following is our list of 2007 Sugarbear Officers and Board Members.

• Carmen Morel - Outgoing President
• Jef Huber - President
• Michele Shafto - Vice President
• Amanda Huber - VP Ways and Means
• Mickey Langley - Treasurer
• Cheryl Wall - Secretary
• Karen Salatti - Co-Social
• Megan Hoppes - Co-Social
• Susan Brandt - Boutique
• Michael Taylor - Communications

Please join in congratulating Jef Huber and the rest of the 2007 officers in their ability to bounce into position and make an impact for another fantastic year!

Last year's officers, Pete Hradecky and Lisa Callaghan, both have swimmers that have decided to swim year round. We wish to thank them for their service and certainly wish them the best!

While Mickey Langley has agreed to serve a third term as Treasurer, the parent board would like to bring a new member on board to assume the role, or at least shadow Mickey for this term. Last year's numbers and the 2007 budget are already completed. So, if you are interested and can balance a checkbook, please contact a board member.

2007 Tryout Information Packet now available!

Last year's Sugarbear swimmers were mailed their priority registration packets today!
If you don't receive your packet in the mail by the end of the first week of February, then please call the City of Roseville at 774-5990. Priority registration cutoff date for returning swimmers is March 9th.

For those new to the Sugarbears this year, including siblings, please click here to view the 2007 Tryout Information Packet.

New families may call the Roseville Sports Center (774-5990) beginning April 9th to confirm openings in their child's age group.

Tryout A is on April 14th and Tryout B is on April 19th (Both at Oakmont) for the Roseville Sugarbears.

Hope to see you on the pool deck soon!

Just Keep Swimming!!

Podcast #20: Michelle Lawrence Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of swimmer Michelle Lawrence. Last summer, Michelle broke Sugarbear team records and set a new VFCAL meet record. She shares her experience. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 11MB in size and 11 minutes in length.

The Official website for Gordon Korman, one of Michelle's favorite authors, is http://gordonkorman.com/

Also mentioned in the podcast is the Rocklin Aquatics Masters (RAMS) program for adults. More information is available by visiting their website http://www.ramsswim.org

Lastly, our 2007 Swim Meet and Practice Schedule has been posted on our Sugarbears website.
However, the meet schedule is still tentative, awaiting final confirmation from the league.

2007 Registration and pre-season schedule of events

Returning Sugarbear swimmer online registration begins February 19th and ends March 9th.

Please be aware that if a returning Sugarbear does not register before March 9th, they may be required to attend tryouts.

• Feb. 1 Tryout packets available to be mailed out
• Feb. 1 Returning swimmer packets will be mailed out this week sometime
• Feb. 19 Returning swimmer online registration begins
• March 9 Returning swimmer registration ends
• Feb. 15 Registration for Spring Clinic begins
• March 5 Spring Clinic Starts
• April 9 New families may call the Roseville Sports Center (774-5990) to confirm openings in their child's age group.
• April 14 Tryout A
• April 19 Tryout B
• April 2-6 Spring Break Pre-competitive/Competitive Lessons
• April 30 First Day of Practice
• May 29 Stroke and Turn Clinic at the Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC)
  (Stroke and Turn clinic is for Judges and starters, not swimmers)

The 2007 swim meet schedule is being finalized and should be posted on our website next week.

The 2007 Tryout packet will be posted on our website as soon as it becomes available (~February 1st).

Sugarbears Ice Cream Social!

Sugarbears will be having an Ice Cream Social at Leatherby's (Antelope Rd/Sunrise Blvd) in Citrus Heights.

Saturday, January 6th beginning at 7pm.

This is a very simple and easy "no host" open event, providing an opportunity for you come visit with fellow swimmers, coaches and swim families!!

If you have a friend or neighbor who is interested or thinking about joining our team this year, be sure and invite them along. Board members will be present to help assist any new families who may want more information or assistance.

Hope to see you there!!!

Spring Swim Clinics

CCA will not be running a spring clinic in 2007.
The City of Roseville will be running a clinic for those swimmers who are interested in doing some pre-season training. The focus of this clinic will be primarily stroke technique/development, race strategy, and conditioning. Here are the details.

Open to all recreational competitive swimmers with at least one year of swim team experience.

Dates: March 5- April 27
*No practice April 2-6 (Spring Break)

Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays

Location: Oakmont Pool

Times:
8 & Under: 6:00-6:45 PM
9 & Up: 6:45- 8:00 PM

Fees:
8& Under- $100.00
9& Up- $120.00

If you have any questions concerning the clinics you can contact Megan Henry at (916) 774-5983.

VFCAL Meeting Update

Yesterday, November 14th, VFCAL held a meeting to discuss and plan for 2007.
Click here to view the notes from the meeting. Some decisions to note.

• VFCAL Champs is scheduled for Saturday, July 21, 2007
• Touch pads will be used for 2007 VFCAL Champs
• Backstroke start will adopt High School and USS rule
  (Toes may be out of the water, but not curled)
• Team Manager 4.0 and Meet Manager 2.0 software required
  (Roseville Sugarbears Computer Ops already compliant)

Podcast #19: Will's Walk

Strong Will Kicks Leukemia. Interviews and shoutouts to William Jeffries during Will's Walk in Roseville on November 5th, 2006. This community event was organized and led by Eich and Sierra Gardens PTCs. LaRae Bustamante, Jim Robinson and Colleen Hendon interview the supportive family, teachers, classmates, friends and community members. Roseville Sugarbears were just one of the many sponsors and participants for the event.

Eich Principal, Chris Hudson and Sierra Gardens Principal, Vicky Raymond provide the event's welcoming messages.

Just click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 23MB in size and 25 minutes in length. iTunes or an iPod are not required to enjoy our podcasts. A broadband internet connection is required.

If your browser has problems playing the podcast with a left mouse click, consider installing QuickTime. You can download a free version at http://www.apple.com/quicktime

Alternately, for downloading the podcast, click on the link with the RIGHT mouse button. A menu should be displayed. Select "Save Target As..." Enter a location and filename for the RSBPodCast19.mp3 to be saved on your hard drive or mp3 player and select "Ok".

Click here to access the original Press Tribune article for Will's Walk.

Sugarbears receive donated laptop

Agilent Technologies has donated an HP Omnibook 6000 laptop computer to the Roseville Sugarbears for their computer operations. The additional laptop will be very helpful, since it will allow a separate computer operator to make meet changes resulting from scratch sessions independently from the computer operator running the meet. The HP Omnibook has an Intel Pentium III (800 Mhz) processor, 256MB RAM, 14 inch screen and power adapter. The hardware specs are above the minimum requirements needed by our Meet Manager software. Thank you Agilent!

Board members to meet with City of Roseville

Roseville Sugarbear and Woodcreek Seawolve board members will be meeting with the City of Roseville this coming Tuesday, October 24th. Click here to see the agenda. Suggestions and feedback from our Sugarbear families from our year end surveys are used as input. Two strong, main themes we noticed as being voiced from our swim families, but not limited to, was the desire and ideas to improve champs and support for some type of mandatory hours of service. If you did not fill out a survey, or have any other recently raised issues or concerns (ie., after reviewing the recent VFCAL meeting notes), please contact one of our board members. We would be happy to hear from you and try to assist.

Sugarbears support Will's Walk

A friend to our Sugarbear family, William Jeffries, was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks ago. Members of the Eich and Sierra Gardens PTCs have organized a WALK-A-THON to help the Jeffries family. Several Sugarbear families plan to show their support by joining the walk. It would be great to have additional Sugarbears join in our representation at the walk. Mark your calendar for Sunday, NOV 5th - Will’s Walk, a fundraising walk-a-thon, on a course that runs between Eich Middle School and Sierra Gardens Elementary School . We will be walking in support of William and his strong will to kick leukemia from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon (This is a rain or shine event). Click here to view the current flier for the event. Roseville Sugarbear parent LaRae Bustamante can be contacted for additional info.

VFCAL End of Swim Season Meeting

VFCAL End of Swim Season Meeting was recently held on September 18th, 2006 in Auburn. Click here to review the notes from the meeting. Here is a brief outline of the agenda from the meeting:

1. Dinner
   
2. Introductions/Meeting Expectations
   
3. 2006 Pre-Season Meetings
   A. Stroke & Turn Meeting
   B. Starters Meeting
   C. Computer Meeting
   
4. 2007 VFCAL Swimming Rule Changes
   A. Backstroke starting toe position
   B. Other rule changes upcoming
   
5. 2007 VFCAL Championships
   A. Touch pads vs plungers
   B. Meet delays
   1) Swimmers not on blocks at race time
   2) Return to ready bench
   3) Return to scratch session
   4) Deck restrictions
   C. False starts
   D. Other comments or concerns
   E. Spirit award
   
6. Changes to VFCAL League/Teams in 2007
   A. Cordova Blue Marlins not participating in Swim Division in 2007
   
7. Proposed 2006 VFCAL Swim Schedule
   A. Return to six week season
   B. Swim Champs date July 14th or 21st?
   C. To BYE or not to BYE - June 30th, July 7th, or not at all
   
8. Other - Mike Rapozza recognition

No rules or decisions were actually made at the meeting. The VFCAL swim League Representatives will meet over the next few months to review the comments, recommendations and suggestions that were made at the meeting and begin planning for a successful 2007 swim season.

The Sugarbears and Seawolves have jointly requested, that if July 7th is a BYE in 2007, that a dual meet with each other be scheduled for June 30th. If we are fortunate to have a fireworks booth again this year, we may hold our dual meet on July 7th in order to keep the June 30th date open and available for the fireworks booth.

FFG performs this Friday, September 29th

Coach Jordan's Band, FFG, will be performing this Friday, September 29th at "It's A Grind" on Sunrise and Cirby. Performance is scheduled to begin at 8pm. Sugarbear board members have attended a couple of the band's performances to give it a preview and make sure it would be good to have our swim families attend. The band's music and lyrics are fine, but can be quite loud in live, electrical venues. This performance is recommended since this is an acoustic show and there is also no cover charge. Jordan is joined in the band by his fraternal twin brother, Jarret and their life-long friend, Mike Casewell. Please consider coming out this Friday to give the band a listen and visit with some of your swim buddies during the off-season. Bonus points for Sugarbears to yell out "Aye, Aye Captain" between the songs! Sugarbears ROCK!!

Also a reminder for the Kid's Health & Fitness Expo at the Roseville Sports Complex (near the RAC) from 1pm-4pm today, September 24th. Also FREE Admission!! Hope to see you there!!!

Placer Hill Water Polo starting this Friday @ RAC

Click here to view a flyer for more details on a youth water polo program running this Fall. Starting this Friday, September 15th at the RAC for Boys and Girls 14’under. The Fall session runs until October 29th. This is a great opportunity for area kids to get some instruction and game time before they get to high school. Placer Hill will also be following up with Winter, Spring and Summer youth Water Polo sessions.

2006 Sugarbears Evaluation Results Available

Results and responses from our 2006 year end evaluations are now accessible on our Sugarbear website.

Thank you to those that took the time to fill out this year's survey. An effort was made to keep the responses anonymous.

As we continue to grow as a swim team/family, please keep in mind that "lots of hands make little work". Never underestimate what you can do to make our team more special and enjoyable. You can make a difference!

Podcast #17: Scott Decker, Sierra College Aquatics Director Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of Sierra College's Aquatic Director, Scott Decker. Sugarbear swimmers and parents should find this podcast very interesting and enlightening. Scott has been running a very successful aquatics program in our area, where winning is experienced by far more than just in the Ws. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is required. The podcast is 17MB in size and 18 minutes in length. Scott Decker's bio from Sierra College can also be found by clicking here. It was not covered in the podcast, but Sierra College Women's Swim Team has taken 2nd in State the past two years! This past season, 2006, they missed taking first by just 12.5 points.

Back to School. Please register with eScrip

It is back to school and time to signup with eScrip!

We know everyone is extremely busy this time of year and adjusting to their new schedules, but please take the 10 minutes and go through the 6 simple steps to register with eScrip at www.escrip.com.

The Sugarbears and our area schools can greatly benefit, receiving significant dollars, from you simply registering! No additional expenses out of your pocket, nothing additionally required to buy, just register.

On registering, please consider the Sugarbears as one of your three benefiting organizations. The Sugarbears' GROUPID is 500004186

If your family patronizes Safeway, the Sugarbears strongly urge you to include a school with your registration. For your convenience, click here to receive more Sugarbear details, participating merchants and a list of our area schools participating with their corresponding GROUPIDs .

Note that one of our sponsors clubcruise is an eScrip vendor and gives up to 5% of a cruise purchase to the program!

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact one of our board members.

Thank you for your support!!!

Two Additional Fall Aquatic Programs in our area - PAC and AASA

Besides CCA, Placer Aquatics Club (PAC) and the All American Swim Academy (AASA) are providing fall programs for 2006. Both are in the process of accepting registrations.

PAC's website does not currently appear to provide information, but our Sugarbears Message Board provides a link to a flyer providing more information and also includes the registration, medical and release forms. PAC is offering both a swim team and water polo program. PAC operates out of the Granite Bay High School Pool.
PAC Fall programs begin September 11th.

Information on AASA can be found on their website allamericanswimacademy.com
The AASA clinics are being held at the Sierra College Aquatics Complex.
Sugarbear swim parent, Susan Brandt, was kind enough to bring this offered program to our attention and added some addtional comments to our message board. Thank you Susan!
AASA Fall programs begin September 12th.

CCA Fall Swim Program

California Capital Aquatics (CCA) is offering a Fall Swim Program for swimmers who want to swim with CCA during the fall season. The Fall Swim Program will run from August 28th through November 19th, 2006.

Purpose: The objectives of the Fall Swim program are to allow swimmers to continue to swim after the summer season, further develop technique skills, introduce swimmers to the CCA program and USA swimming. Swim meets will be held locally about once per month on weekends.

Where: Practices will be held Monday through Friday in the evenings at the Roseville Aquatic Complex.

Cost: The program fees are determine by the swimmer's practice group level and fees range from $240.00 to $300.00.

Sign-ups: The Fall Program tryouts were held at the Roseville Aquatic Complex this past Monday, August 14th. Sorry for the late notice via this blog/email update. Flyers were provided earlier in our family folders.

Space is limited and signups are conducted on a first come, first serve basis.

For more info, please visit the CCA website. www.ccaswimming.org
or call CCA at (916) 772-6370.

Please note the following VFCAL rule concerning eligibilty of recreational swimmers and year round swim clubs.

VFCAL RECREATIONAL SWIMMER ELIGIBILITY:
1. No participant of the League may compete with any organized group during the period of January 16th to April 30th, with the exception being on a high school or college swim team. League participants may workout with any organized group prior to the official starting date (May 3), with a mandatory rest period January 16-February 29. Then they must work out exclusively with their VFCAL team once the VFCAL season begins. High School and College swimmers' are the only exceptions to these rules.

Year End Slide Show DVD available. Survey Deadline Approaching

Your very own copy of our 2006 Year End Slide Show on DVD can now be purchased from our website. Cost is $10. We accept paypal or credit card payments on-line. Or, if you prefer, mail a check to Michael Taylor payable to "Roseville Sugarbears".

Also, a reminder that the deadline, September 1st, for our on-line surveys is approaching. If you have not filled out a survey yet, please take a few minutes to fill out a survey. Surveys must be completed before September 1st to be eligible for the drawing for a FREE 2007 registration! Click here to complete the survey.

Today's Legal Dose of Sugarbears

Any future lawyers out there?

Added to our list of Frequently Asked Questions today...

Does the Roseville Sugarbears Parent Club have bylaws?

The Roseville Sugarbear officers are recognized as a Standing Committee under the bylaws of the Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club (RATBC). Click here to access a scanned copy of the original Bylaws of the RATBC signed by former Sugarbear President, Diane Dawson. The Bylaws of the RATBC were created by former Roseville Sugarbear swim parent Marcus LoDuca. The current officers of the Roseville Sugarbears are not aware of any previous bylaws created specific to the Roseville Sugarbears Standing Committee. We are researching to see if previous ones had ever been created, but may have been lost over time.

Meet of Champions Results

Hello Sugarbears!

Full results from the Meet of Champions (MoC) can be accessed at the following link.
www.swimglenoaks.com/2006meetofchamps.asp

Sugarbear and team results from the MoC are available on our website.

Please take a quick look at the MoC results for the Sugarbears!
A lot of swimmers went BIG and posted new Personal Bests!!
Sugarbears also moved up into Division I this year and took 9th place overall, which is incredible progress!!!

We also have a new Sugarbear Team record in the 9-10 Girls 50 Free!
Michelle Lawrence broke a *NEW* team record, posting a 29.52 in the 50 Free!
So, Michelle now holds both the 25 and 50 Free team record for 9-10 Girls.
Congratulations Michelle!!!

Go Sugarbears!!!!

StinkyCheeseMan

Podcast #16: Go Big! Interviews and shoutouts at 2006 VFCAL Champs

Through the heat wave, Jef Huber interviews several Sugarbears during our July 22nd, 2006 VFCAL Championship Meet. Click here to listen to the podcast. Podcast includes a bonus track follow up phone interview with Justin Sutter's Mom by the StinkyCheeseMan. The podcast is 18MB in size and 19 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Some 2006 Season Wrap-ups

Surveys

If you didn't complete a survey at our awards night, you can complete the survey on-line.

Just click on the following link...
2006 Roseville Sugarbears Season Evaluation

If your family has yet to fill out a survey, please take just a couple of minutes and complete the survey.
Your feedback is highly valued and very important for our planning of next year.

Complete a survey before September 1st and your name will go in for a drawing for a FREE 2007 registration! Those that filled out and submitted at our awards night are already entered. Thank you. We have already received over 50 surveys which is already a higher percentage of families responding than last year, which is a very good and healthy sign by itself.

We forgot to draw a name at the awards ceremony for an additional immediate prize for filling out a survey. The winner is Melissa Lind. Melissa Lind wins a FREE Papa Murhpys Pizza and stays in the hat for the drawing for the FREE 2007 registration! Congratulations Melissa.

Unclaimed Trophies

We have some unclaimed trophies from our Awards night. But fewer than we have seen in the past, which is another really good sign. If you were unable to make our awards night, please contact Michael Taylor @ 782-6977. The trophies are at his house. Do you have any issue with your trophy? Incorrect spelling, wrong age group listed? Please let us know. All Awards is normally very good about assisting with any required corrections. Their phone number is 729-0505.

Slide Show and Champs Podcast

The 2006 Slide Show should be made available on our website soon. The board will be discussing if they should have DVD copies made of the slide show. Please respond if that interests you. Thanks again to David Thomas for doing such an AWESOME job! David also took many of the pictures along with Colleen Cole and Mark Hoppes. Great Job!!! Thank you David, Colleen and Mark.

A Podcast from Champs is also in the works and should be posted later this week.

Stay Tuned...

Unlike many other swim teams and websites, we will not go completely dormant during the offseason. The Sugarbear Board Members meet on a monthly basis throughout the year. Look for additional updates concerning new board positions/selections, fireworks lottery picks, 2007 swim suit selections and status updates on any league issues (ie., touchpads at Champs), to name a few.

It is also hoped that we can have some more podcasts published during the offseason.

Sugarbears are clearly on the rise!

Go SUGARBEARS!!!

Awards Ceremony and Slide Show moved to Maidu Center

Due to the weather forecast and everyone still being parched from today...

Tomorrow's Awards Ceremony and Slide Show has been moved to Maidu Center.

Open swim at the Oakmont Community Pool will still be available for Sugarbear families who would first like to cool down in the pool beginning at 6pm until 7:15pm.

At 7:30pm, we will begin the Awards Ceremony at Maidu.
Families which have had enough of the heat are welcome to just meet up with the team at Maidu at 7:30pm.
The slide show will begin immediately after the Awards (ie., ~8:30pm or 8:45pm).

Families are welcome to bring their own picnic tomorrow night at Oakmont,
or eat before they come. Sugarbears will be providing popsicles for
the swimmers. Maidu Center wil be providing the A/C.

On the Slide Show...
Sugarbear parent, David Thomas, has skills and has been working on
the year end slide show. This is a show you will not want to miss!!!
Thank you Dave for doing the show this year!!!

Hope to see everyone at the pool and/or Maidu!!!!!

Until then, stay cool!

TSCM

Health Risks/Concerns at Champs

The following email exchange was between a Sugarbear parent and the City of Roseville. The Sugarbear Board thought the information was valuable and worth sharing.

---- Email to City of Rosevile Parks and Rec ----

The Weather Channel is predicting the temperature at Saturday's
Championship Swim Meet at the Roseville Aquatics Complex to reach 112
degrees. It will be much hotter for those having to be in direct sun
light and having to perform chores like barbequing. In addition, air
quality is expected to be poor and a "Spare the Air Advisory" might well
be in effect.
Prolonged exposure and physical activity under these conditions poses a
serious health risk to the athletes, volunteers, and spectators at this
event.
The City of Roseville and the participating swim clubs need to accept
the responsibility of informing everyone about the dangers of heat
exposure and poor air quality. It is important that the following is
provided to ensure general safety:

1) Trained first-aid or emergency medical personal on site.
2) Written information and periodic public announcements on the
prevention and symptoms of overheating and respriatory distress.
3) A means for people to cool off.

This event is intended to be a fun and competitive climax to the swim
season. Please see that every precaution is staken to ensure everyone's
safety from the heat during the competition.

Sincerely,
David Callaghan
Roseville Surgarbears parent

--- The City of Roseville Park and Rec Response ----

We do thank you for your concerns.

Here are some answers to your questions.

1) We will have plenty of trained lifeguards on staff ready to go if
anything should happen. Along with that we have contacted the fire
department, which is located around the corner from the pool, that we
will be having this meet.

2) Before the meet the Program Coordinator will discuss with the announcers that they will periodically need to be announcing, prevention and symptoms of
overheating and respiratory distress.

3) The outside showers located next to the restrooms will be available
for people to cool off. We should also have hoses on either side of the
deck to keep the deck cool. There is also the possibility that if it
gets hot enough we will close the warm-up pool and allow people to use
the pool to cool off.

Thanks again,

City of Roseville Parks and Rec

Podcast #15: Pool deck interviews and shoutouts at Auburn Meet

Jef Huber interviews several Sugarbears during our July 15th, 2006 meet with the Auburn Robalos. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 9MB in size and 10 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is recommended.

Waterpolo Exhibition Thursday Night at Oakmont

This Thursday night, July 13th from 7:30pm to 8:30pm there will be a waterpolo exhibition at the Oakmont Community Pool. Sugarbears and parents are invited to come and be introduced to this exciting and fun sport! Sugarbear swim parent, Mark Plank, is the waterpolo coach at Oakmont High School and Sugarbear Coach, Jordan Haley, is the waterpolo coach at Roseville High School. Come checkout the action and learn a bit about the sport and the programs being offered. Stinky tunes will also begin streaming on the pool deck at 6pm, with our Sugarbear make up practice running from 6pm-7pm prior to the exhibition. Hope to see you there!!!

Podcast #14: Pool deck interviews and shoutouts at home meet with Gators

Jef Huber interviews several Sugarbears during our July 8th, 2006 home meet with the Gators, capturing them after they swim a new personal best. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 19MB in size and 20 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Family BBQ and Relays this Saturday, July 8th

Roseville Sugarbears Family BBQ and Relays this Saturday, July 8th, at the Oakmont Community Pool beginning at 6pm and running till around 9pm.

Sugarbears will be providing the cooks, BBQ, meat, bread, paper products and condiments.

Please sign up in the Social Binder by this Friday, July 7th.

Families are asked to bring one of the following based on the first letter of their last name:
A-H: Please bring a salad
I–R: Please bring a dessert
S–Z: Please bring a 2 liter soft drink

Also bring your swimsuit, towels, lawn chairs, blankets and perhaps your goggles.

This is a really fun event which you will not want to miss!
I could be wrong, but I think the coaches may also have some surprises up their sleeves too.

Several swim relays will be held with prizes awarded.
For example, Mom and Dad's 25 yard race, Family Relay, etc.

No Stinky music at this event...
Music will be provided by EXTREME PRODUCTIONS.

Swim-A-Thon prizes will also be awarded at the Family BBQ, so we need all envelopes and money turned in by this Friday. Prizes will be awarded for the following age groups, both boy and girl, for most laps and money raised:

• 6 and under
• 7-8’s
• 9-10’s
• 11-12’s
• 13-18’s

So far, we have received 49 envelopes from the 82 swimmers who participated. Please turn the envelopes into the Hoppes family folder. Checks can be made payable to "Roseville Sugarbears".
Thank you for your support!

Hope to see you at the pool!!!!

Fireworks Recap and Thank you!

Thank you for everyone that patronized and assisted our Fireworks booth this year!
We had another fantastic year!!
Here is a list of Sugarbear families who worked at least one shift at this year's booth!!!!



Bachman
Barnsdale
Battise
Berner
Bishop
Brandt
Bussey
Callaghan
Christensen
Cotterill
Cole
Cox
Culp
Dear
Denly
Feller
Flodin
Fuchs
Giddings
Hradecky
Hill
Hynes
Jornlin
Kannan
Koutney
Langley
Lawrence
Lind
Lucas
Hoppes
Hoffman
McWilliams
Mercer
Morel
Murphy
Nightengale
Osborne
Poulos
Salatti
Shafto
Simms
Skibo
Smith
Snyder
Taylor
Thomas
Thomason
Valdelon
Voris-Knabe
Wall
Walling
Weist
Ziegenhorn


Our apologies if we missed anyone. If so, please don't hesitate to email Stinky for a correction.

Special thanks to Lisa Callaghan, Christine Feller and the Morel family for doing night watches.
Our fearless leader, Carmen Morel, also worked all day yesterday along with the Langley's.
Also a special thanks to Colleen Cole and Cheryl Wall for pulling additional shifts in times of need.

The Langley family deserves special mention for this year's fireworks booth.
Jon and Mickey Langley, besides allowing the use of their trailer, put in many hours and effort into the booth.
Mickey is a superstar.
When you also consider she is still recovering from surgery to remove cancer and a broken arm still in a cast, she is simply amazing.

Thank you!!!

Crazy Hat Day Theme!

A reminder that our theme for this Saturday's meet with the Granite Bay Gators is Crazy Hat Day! So, be sure to make or bring your crazy hat for this weekend's meet.

For parents, we still have some unassigned lane timer shifts which need to be filled before this Saturday. Please contact Pete Hradecky if you are able to time. Or better yet, add your assignment directly onto our on-line volunteer database. This is our last home meet for 2006, so please assist in making this an enjoyable and memorable meet for everyone.

For added fun and incentive, the Sugarbears will be awarding a prize to both the AM and PM shift timers, for the lane which has the most occurences of exactly the same two stop watched timed results (down to the 100th of a second) for an event. The prizes will be coupons for a free large Papa Murphy's Pizza or Lasagne. Go Sugarbears!!!!

Introducing Sugarbear Lite for families with Dialup

As our Sugarbear website has grown over the years, it has come to our attention that the home page may be slow to come up and display for those families accessing the internet with a dialup connection.

So, introducing Sugarbear lite...
You can access a lighter, quicker home page by using either of the following URLs.

http://lite.sugarbears.org
or
http://www.sugarbears.org/lite

If you are using a dialup connection you may want to access and bookmark one of the above URLs.

Open to suggestions and feedback if there are certain graphics or content that you want to have included in the lite version.

Cheers,

StinkyCheeseMan

Fireworks Display and Coaches Review

A reminder that this Wednesday @ 9pm in the Oakmont parking lot, we will have a display and coaches review of fireworks. BYOLC - Bring Your Own Lawn Chair. Also, please help ensure our Sugarbear's safety by keeping the swimmers back from the fireworks. There will be just a select, few parents lighting the fireworks.

Our Fireworks booth will begin setting up tomorrow. We will be open for business at noon on Wednesday, June 28th. The location of our booth is in the Target parking lot (Douglas Blvd and Rocky Ridge). Our website has plenty more details.

Our signup sheet is also available on-line in the "Fireworks" page under "Ways and Means" and also within the "On-line Forms" under "General Info". Please check your signups. If you are able to work an available shift please email or call the StinkyCheeseMan.

Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July. The Fireworks booth is a great social activity and is also our #1 fundraiser for the team. Your help and support is greatly appreciated.

Podcast #13: John Lucas Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of recent graduate and retiring swimmer John Lucas. John joined the Sugarbears this summer from the Willow Creek Swim Team along with his three brothers Mike, James and Peter. John shares his interests, background and his experience from his recent trip to Europe. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 14MB in size and 15 minutes in length. John didn't mention it in the podcast and the StinkyCheeseMan was unaware at the time, but John's older brother, Rick Lucas, is in the Marines and currently stationed in Iraq.

Sugarbear Swim Buddy and Personal Goals area

Roseville Sugarbear swimmers now have their own area on our website to share their swim buddy information and personal goal times with their fellow swimmers and coaches. Parents can initially access the area with this season's standard password and see the password which can be shared and used directly by the swimmers.

Great way for swimmers to note and track their progress and achievements against their own goals and the 2005 Meet of Champion (MoC) times for their particular age group's events. The MoC times are the 10th place finish times from last year's VFCAL Championships, which were the qualifying times for the swimmers to advance to the MoC. These are the same times which the coaches use to highlight the Sugarbear swimmers on our Board of Champions on the bulletin board at the pool deck. Go Sugarbears!!!!!!!

Podcast #12: Pool deck interviews and shoutouts at Cordova Meet

Jef Huber continues his magic and interviews several Sugarbears during our June 17th, 2006 home meet with Cordova on the pool deck, capturing them after they swim a new personal best. The improvements are phenomenal and an absolute joy to listen to. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 23MB in size and 25 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is required.

Podcast #11: Jef Huber unleashed. Pool deck interviews and shoutouts at OV Meet

Swim parent Jef Huber takes it to the pool deck and interviews several swimmers during our June 10th, 2006 Orangevale Meet, giving them a chance to shout out about the meet and their performance. Click here to listen to the podcast. The podcast is 11MB in size and 12 minutes in length. A broadband internet connection is recommended.

Sugarbears swam wikki-wikki!

Aloha!!

Wikki-Wikki is Hawaiian for quick/fast.
We saw a lot of Wikki-Wikki Sugarbears in the water today!!!!

Congratulations!!!

Meet results from today's meet with Orangevale have been posted to our website.
Along with Highpoints, improvements and top times by event.

Overall Top times by name and an improvement report between our Woodcreek Meet and Orangevale meet will hopefully be added soon.

A public thank you to Mike Hynes who has come up to speed wikki-wikki and been a tremendous help this year in ComputerOps. Thank you Mike!

It was a thrill to see so many Sugarbears ripping through the water today!
Keep working on those personal bests and everything else will just naturally take care of itself!

A reminder that this Wednesday (June 14th) is our 8 & Under Social at Hillsborough Park from 5:00-8:00pm.

Aloha!!!

TSCM

Change in practice times and no more Mondays!

We will be switching to AM practices next week (June 13th).
In addition, we no longer have practices on Mondays for the rest of the summer!

Here are the new practices times beginning next week.
No practice on Monday, June 12th.

Age Group June 13-July 21
6&U/7-8 9:15-10:00 AM
9-12 8:15-9:15 AM
13-18 7:00-8:15 AM

Also, no practice tomorrow (June 9th) due to Oakmont High School Graduation.

Aloha! Hawaiian Theme this weekend! Directions to our meet Saturday with Orangevale is the following:

From Roseville/Douglas Blvd east:
Turn ri