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IN
THIS REPORT
- April Birthdays
- April Dues
- Board Meetings
- Change to Weekly Coaching Schedule
- Let's Strengthen Those Shoulders!
- Grunion Gay Games Scholarships
Update
- Grunions to Host Pride Swim at
Belmont
- Team Swimsuits
- This Week's Schedule
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
2 – Cathy Coon
3 – Joe Iacoponi
3 – Jana Schuldt
5 – Javier Fernandez
23 – Raul Reis
27 – Allen Highnote
28 – Dana Goldberg
APRIL
DUES
It's (almost) that
time of month! Please be sure to turn in your April club
dues to Mike, our Team Treasurer.
If you prefer to use PayPal,
you can also visit our website (www.lbgrunions.com) and sign up for a monthly
subscription to save yourself the hassle of remembering to pay
each month. It's secure, it's fast and it's
easy!
If you would rather mail a
check, our address is:
Long Beach Grunion
Swim Team
Attn:
Treasurer
PO Box 14724
Long Beach, CA
90802
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you will be absent
from practice for the entire month, please let Mike know so
that your membership can be changed to "inactive"
status and we'll not bug you about dues.
BOARD
MEETINGS
The Grunion Board would
like to extend the invitation to any interested Grunions who
would like to attend monthly Board Meetings. All meetings are
open to anyone on the team who would like to attend. In fact,
non-board members are encouraged to attend to provide input
from the team. If you decide to attend meetings
regularly, you may also gain access to the Board
discussion forum on the Grunion web site.
Board Meetings are usually
hosted at the homes of board members. It is helpful for
non-board members to let the host know in advance if you plan
to attend, so that they can be prepared for additional
guests. Information about upcoming Board Meetings will be
posted monthly in the Grunion Report.
GRUNION REPORT SUBMISSIONS
All team members and members of the Grunion community are
welcome and encouraged to submit information or articles to be
included in the Grunion Report, published every Monday. The
editor requests that you submit information or articles no
later than Sunday at 5:00 pm to be included in
the next day's report. Items may be submitted
via e-mail to MattyBear. |
CHANGE TO WEEKLY COACHING
SCHEDULE
Some of the coaches have
made changes to their regular days. Please note the changes
reflected in "This Week's Schedule" below.
Starting this week, Neal
will be the only coach on Saturday mornings, as Peder will now be
coaching Sunday mornings. Coach Erik will be sharing
the Wednesday night coaching duties with Enrique.
As always, THANK YOU to all
of our coaches, who volunteer their time and effort every week to
provide us with great workouts and to help us improve as
swimmers!
 LET'S STRENGTHEN THOSE
SHOULDERS!
Jacquie has offered again to pass out some stretch
cord and lead us in rotator cuff strengthening exercises.
There are four Thera-Band
exercises she passionately recommends for
swimmers' shoulder injury prevention (3 for the delts and 1 for the supraspinatus). Coach Cole says these have
worked for her repeatedly. It takes
about a week of doing them to heal minor
shoulder soreness.
If your shoulder has ever been sore after practice
or if you want to make sure that you won't be
another statistic, please attend 15 minutes
before practice on Tuesday night. Though not
quite a cure all, these strengthening and
rotator cuff stabilizing movements are quick,
easy, helpful for warm-up, and have a great pay
off.
Jacquie will pass out the stretch cord,
demonstrate how-to, and be happy to answer
questions. Have your suit on under something
warm so you are ready to hop in.
Date/Time: Tuesday, March
28, 6:45-7pm
Place: Victoria Pool, right before
practice
GRUNION GAY
GAMES SCHOLARSHIPS UPDATE
Thank
you to all scholarship applicants who applied for the first round of
scholarships. The
applications for the first round of scholarships have been reviewed
and award recipients identified. Watch for the scholarship
awards announcement in the Grunion Report!
The
second round of scholarship applications prior to the Games will
open soon. This is the
last scheduled round before the Gay Games. Interested applicants should
watch the Grunion Report for details and apply immediately once the
process begins! All
eligible Grunions are welcome to apply for the swim
scholarships.
Airline Miles Wanted:
Frequent
flyer miles weighing you down?
Grunions with frequent flyer miles to donate for scholarships
are encouraged to contact JC at j-carl@att.net.
Go Grunions!
GRUNIONS
TO HOST PRIDE SWIM AT BELMONT
On Saturday May 20th, which is Pride Weekend, we are
holding the Grunion Pride Swim and Social at the Belmont
Plaza.
This is an exciting opportunity for all the Grunions and other gay
teams (if they are here for pride) to get together in a
non-competitive environment and have fun with crazy themed relays
and a few 50s. Awards will not be based on time, but on
humorous criteria designated by our own judges. We need your
enthusiasm and creativity and are looking for some volunteers to
head-up/help with various parts of putting on this event including:
check-in, crazy relay ideas, judging, timing, starting, MC'ing
etc. Please email me at ken@supersource.com if you
would like to be a part of this exciting
event.
Kenny
Brisbin
TEAM
SWIMSUITS
With Gay Games approaching
in just a few months, now is a good time
to place your order for a new team swimsuit. In
order to obtain a discounted price, we need to place a
minimum order of 12 suits. There are three suit styles
available, and the current discounted prices are as
follows:
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Men's
Racer: $28
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Men's
Jammer: $34
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Women's:
$49
Carol Kelly is our Grunion
Gear Coordinator, and she will be collecting people's money and
requests for suit orders. She will be able to place the actual
order only after she has received enough requests to get the
discount. She has suggested that interested
Grunions send her a check in the mail, along with suit ordering
information (suit style/size) to:
Carol Kelly
928 Stanley
Avenue
Long Beach, CA
90804
Please make your checks
payable to "Long Beach Grunions".
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
Monday
03/27
Pool: Victoria
Park
Swim Practice: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Coach: Brian
Tuesday
03/28
Pool: Victoria Park
Swim Practice: 7:00pm
to 8:30pm
Coach:
Kenny
Wednesday
03/29
Pool: Victoria Park
Swim Practice: 7:00pm to
8:30pm
Coaches: Enrique /
Coach Erik
Thursday 03/30
Pool: Victoria Park
Swim Practice: 7:00pm
to 8:30pm
Coach: Dr. Tom
Friday 03/31 - OPEN LAP SWIM &
WATER
POLO
Pool: Victoria Park
Open Swim Time/Water
Polo Practice: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Polo Coach:
Jacquie
Saturday 04/01
Pool: Los
Alamitos
Swim Practice: 9:30am to
11:00am
Coach: Neal
Sunday
04/02
Pool: Los
Alamitos
Swim/Water Polo Practice: 7:30am
to 9:00am
Coaches: Peder
(swimming) / Jacquie (polo)
The Grunion Report is
the official newsletter of the Long Beach Grunions. We are a Long
Beach based masters swim team. Our team consists primarily of
gay men and lesbians, but we welcome all those interested in
swimming.
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