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11/2/2008

Winter Water Polo

Registration forms are now available on the Brentwood SeaWolves website for the winter session coached by Derek Perkins.  Senior and Junior groups available.  The program will run for November 17th - January 31st at the Heritage pool from 7 - 9 pm..

Senior practice is scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

Junior practice is scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday.

Sign up soon as space is limited!  See our website for more details and registration forms at www.brentwoodseawolves.com.

 

High School Pre-Season Swimming

We are extremely excited to offer yet another program in our first year coached by Pam Araujo.  We have worked hard to come up with an affordable program that will offer high school swimmers a chance to get ready for the upcoming swim season!

Session I is scheduled for November 17th - December 18th.

Session II is scheduled for January 5th - February 5th.

All practices are at 7 - 8:30 pm at Freedom High School pool.

Sign up soon as space is limited!  See our website for more details and registration forms at www.brentwoodseawolves.com.

 

SeaWolves Compete

The SeaWolves ended the month with a big splash, our team attended a meet hosted by Orinda Aquatics on October 25th and 26th.  We had not only a strong turn out of Fall swimmers participating, but had a few first time qualifiers for the Junior Olympics!  Congratulation to 13 year old Walker Thaning and to 9 year old Katherine Young!

For all members

Make sure to visit www.usaswimming.org.  Create your swimmer(s) a free account and read about the I.M.Extreme challenge.  This is a fun way for your swimmer to earn points for the team and to track their improvements over the season with a point system.  There are certain events that each age group must compete in to participate.  If you are unsure about your swimmers capability in an event, please have your swimmer talk to their coach first.

7/25/2008

Introducing the 2008 SeaWolves Fall Swim Program!

We are extremely excited to offer a fall program in our first year. We have been working hard to come up with an affordable program that will offer swimmers a great fall experience. Our coaching staff is prepared to make the fall swim time fun and challenging. We hope you choose to . swim with the Pack!

The Program
The fall swim program is designed to instruct and refine swimming techniques for competition and to improve conditioning. It is not a replacement for regular "swim lesson" type instruction. The technical part of practice includes stroke work, distance work, sprint work, starts, and turns.

Group Instruction
The SeaWolves have divided practice into 3 major groups, Gold, Silver and Cub. You'll signup for one of these groups when joining. Go to our website on Monday, July 28th for additional details on these groups.

Details
The 14 week fall program will run from September 10th thru December 14th.
Fall Gold Pack2 hour practices4 days per week$295.00*
Fall Silver Pack1 hour practices4 days per week$250.00*
Fall Cub Pack45 minute practices3 days per week$195.00*
* Program participation requires current USA swimming registration

Additional details and registration forms can be downloaded from the SeaWolves website starting Monday July 28th at www.brentwoodseawolves.com

4/24/2008

Summer Water Polo

Registration forms are now available on the Brentwood SeaWolves website for the summer session.  Sign up soon as space is limited!  See our website for more details at www.brentwoodseawolves.com.

 

SeaWolves Compete

The SeaWolves competed in their first USA sanctioned swim meet this past weekend at a long course meet in San Ramon.  Leading the pack with 6 new Junior Olympic times was Kurt Holzmuller. We also had 2 swimmers compete in their first meet under USA swimming.  Every swimmer who competed improved times in at least one event, with most improving in several events.  We look forward to competing at the Tiger meet at the end of May.

2/15/2008

No Practice on Monday, February 18th.

We are off to a great start! Both the coaches and swimmers have had a fantastic first week. We have some new faces to swimming as well as swimmers that have been on swim teams for years. Coaches Nicole and Derek have worked hard with the swimmers to create a practice that is challenging for the advanced swimmers as well as keeping new swimmers excited about coming to practice. 

Our team sponsor Finis brought by some great new equipment for the team to try out last night.  Ask your swimmer what they thought about the cool equipment.  They have also left some swim suits and warm ups for the swimmers to try on before practice tonight. You can go to www.finisinc.com to purchase suits and equipment at 30% off of the retail prices. Please see your swimmer's file for a catalog and the discount code.

Reminders:

  • Get a friend to join the SeaWolves before the end of February and receive a swim suit, Jamba Juice card and movie passes.
  • We will continue to have hot chocolate after practice. If you have any hot chocolate mix that you can donate to the team it would be appreciated.
  • Some Pacific Swimmer cards have come in.  Check your swimmer file on deck.
  • Continue to check your e-mails for updates. 
  • Please make sure your swimmers have warm clothing for after practice. Even though the days are getting warmer it is still very cold in the evenings.

1/29/2008

Meet and Greet

Come for the first few minutes of practice on February 4th for hot chocolate and cookies! Meet the coaches if you have not already had the opportunity. Members from the Board will also be available to answer any questions that you may have.

Important Message:
Please make sure that your registration paperwork and fees are in before January 31st so that we can submit it to USA Swimming for swimmer insurance. If your payment is late your swimmer will not be able to get into the water until their insurance has come through.

Thank you for your support in getting a great swim program up and running. See you at the pool!

1/23/2008

We have great news! We are ready to get into the water and begin practice. Coaches Nicole and Derek are looking forward to seeing the swimmers for the first day of practice on Monday, February 4th at the Freedom High School pool. Both the Silver and Gold Packs will begin at 6:00 pm with the Silver Pack practice ending at 7:00 pm and the Gold Pack ending at 8:00 pm. If you are unsure which level your swimmer is at, the coaches will be evaluating the swimmers and placing them in the appropriate group.

If you have not already done so, please send in your registration fee and first months swimming dues. The LUHSD is requiring payment up front for our monthly pool usage so we would appreciate prompt payment.

SeaWolves Winter Polo Update:
It is with great disappointment that we have to cancel the winter water polo session. The process for securing the pool space for the early January start turned out to be a much more time consuming process than we had anticipated. If you have already registered and paid for the winter session, refunds will be sent. We apologize for not being able to offer a winter program. Coach Derek will be coaching winter/spring swimming for anyone interested in getting in shape for the summer polo season. Check the SeaWolves website for more information on our swimming program.

SeaWolves Summer Polo Update:
Coaches Derek and Sam have a great summer polo program planned. The SeaWolves have already secured the pool space for this program and anticipate that it will fill up quickly. Look for more information on the summer polo program in the early spring.

Please make sure that your registration paperwork and fees are in before the first day of practice. Your swimmer will not be covered by USA swimming insurance and will not be able to swim if your paperwork and payment are not in. Tina Oteri will be available at the beginning of practice on February 4th to answer any questions or to help fill out any missing paperwork. Thank you for your support in helping us get a great swim program up and running. See you at the pool!

1/14/2008

We hope you've had a safe and memorable holiday season and Happy New Year to everyone! We are looking forward to an exciting first year with the team. The SeaWolves board wants to thank everyone for being so patient during this difficult startup time. Like all new endeavourers, it always takes more time then originally planned. We're confident the programs will exceed your expectations once we are in the water. We have worked hard to create affordable programs with high caliber coaching. We look forward to seeing you at the pool very shortly.

The board had hoped to get our programs started early January. Because of holiday schedules and the complexity of pool facility scheduling we will not be able to start the polo or swim programs for about 1-2 more weeks. We are in the final stages of pool space negotiations with the City of Brentwood and the Liberty Union High School district. We should have our contracts in place very shortly, which is great news!

We have meetings scheduled with the pool owners this coming week to finalize our summer time space and contracts. We also heard that our winter and spring contracts are being finalized this week as well. We will notify everyone the minute we have contracts secured.

We are extremely excited to let you know that over the holiday season the team has secured corporate sponsorship from one of the major manufacturers associated with our sport. We will announce the team's sponsor as soon as we have all the paperwork signed with them in the next couple of weeks. Check the website regularly for updates on this.

Thank you again for supporting your hometown team and we look forward to having a great year with everyone!

11/26/2007

Now on the website under staffing you can find more information on Coach Derek Perkins, the Brentwood SeaWolves Assistant Swimming Coach / Polo Instructor!

Also, just a reminder in person sign-ups will be held this Wednesday, November 28th from 6pm to 8pm at Round Table Pizza in Brentwood at 2540 Sand Creek Road, near Raleys. Community members are welcome to meet and greet coaches Chris Danesi, Nicole Flud, and Derek Perkins who will be available promptly at 6pm.

Go visit the Brentwood SeaWolves at www.brentwoodseawolves.com for more information on coaches, possible facilities, prices and updates on practice times. Signup forms will soon be available to download from the website.

11/21/2007

Brentwood is soon to have its own USA Swimming all year round swim club - the Brentwood SeaWolves. The SeaWolves will be based in Brentwood but open to all East County residents with swimmers of all levels. In person sign-ups will be held on Wednesday, November 28th from 6pm to 8pm at Round Table Pizza in Brentwood at 2540 Sand Creek Road, near Raleys. Community members are welcome to meet and greet coaches Chris Danesi, Nicole Flud, and Derek Perkins who will be available at 6:30pm. The coaching staff will be happy to answer questions about training philosophies or about the program.

A home based swim club has been something the community has looked forward to for some time. One of the Brentwood SeaWolves main goals is to build a positive, safe, supportive, yet competitive swim environment for East County swimmers right in their home town. Another goal has been to make it a highly competitive swim club yet affordable for all who want to participate.

The Brentwood SeaWolves staff will focus on developing swimmers endurance, speed, technique, and self-discipline and help them reach their potential to compete at their highest levels. The SeaWolves are excited and feel very fortunate to have an outstanding USA Swim coaching staff in place who have years of experience and knowledge of USA swimming. The Program Consultant Chris Danesi has over 15 years of competitive swim coaching experience and has been recognized for his excellence in this sport by the USA swim world community. The head Coach Nicole Flud and Coach Derek Perkins are dynamic coaches with lots of USA swim team experience.

The SeaWolves board and staff have a common goal, which is to make the team successful not only in the community but also in the USA arena of swim competition as well. The SeaWolves have received affiliation with the City of Brentwood that will allow them to reserve pool space at any of the Brentwood pools.

Go visit the Brentwood SeaWolves at www.brentwoodseawolves.com for more information on coaches, possible facilities, prices and updates on practice times. Signup forms will soon be available to download from the website.

11/11/2007

SeaWolves Swim Team Signups to be announced November 15th!

Cost Schedule is released.

11/1/2007

With the help of our program consultant, Chris Danesi, we've negotiated a contract with an awesome coach. Check out our staffing page in the coming weeks for an announcement. We can't wait to tell you about our new coach!

We are continuing to make progress on pool space with the city of Brentwood. We hope to announce our schedule soon.

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We are working fast to finalize our Water Polo staff and program so we can get the Polo wolf pack in the water! We hope to have an announcement very soon. Don't forget to sign-up for our email newsletter!

10/12/2007

We are currently negotiating with coaching staff and will announce coaches as we are able to sign and bring them on board. Check often for exciting news about our top tier staff we are building. We just negotiated with Chris Danesi to provide programming consultation for us. Chris is a well known coach of some of the top swimmers in East County! Check our Staffing page for more details.

If you've tried to sign-up on the contact page for our email newsletter but it's not working, don't worry we're working on it!

Chris Danesi joins SeaWolves as Program Consultant.