Diving at Vienna Woods
| May 27 | Practices start at 5:45 Practice times: 5:45 – 7:00 before school ends and 9:45 – 11:00; 10:45 – 12:00 once school ends M,W,Th from 5:45 – 7:00 |
| June 4 | Swim Suit try/buy at pool |
| June 19 | Practice Meet at VW and Pot Luck |
| June 24 | Truro 46 at VW 26 |
| July 1 | VW 35 at Dunn Loring 37 |
| July 8 | Sideburn Run 27 at VW 45 |
| July 9 | Swim/Dive Picture Day |
| July 10 | B Meet at VW |
| July 13 | 3 Meter Meet at Lee Graham |
| July 15 | VW at Chesterbrook |
| July 20 | Crackerjack at Cardinal Hill |
| July 22 | VW at Cardinal Hill |
| July 27 | Divisionals at Sideburn Run |
| July 31 |
Year end dive party/banquet. Subs will be once againprovided by Purple Onion Catering, owned by Dave and Margot Jones – Treanor’s parents! Each family needs to bring drinks and either a side dish, appetizer or dessert to share. We will have dinner, present the children with their trophies, and then have some fun in the dive well. |
| August 3 | All Stars at Dunn Loring |
We expect to compete well with our returning divers, but could use some new divers for our team. We are especially looking for divers between the ages of 10 to 14. The Dive Team is open to all pool members up to the age of 17.
Younger divers need to be capable of passing their patch test in order to join. No experience is necessary to join and it is a fun and rewarding experience for all team members. Dive team practice will begin one week prior to the official pool opening.
For new divers, the coaches willlet you know tomorrow at practice if you will be diving in this meet. Each team is allowed 32 divers and our freshman divers (10 and under) must be able to complete a front dive, back dive and optional dive. If your new diver is still attaining these skills, there will be other meet opportunities for them to dive.
For each home meet, we are obliged to supply: a referee, 2 judges, an announcer, a meet secretary, and 2 table workers. The visiting team supplies 3 judges and 2 table workers.
I am the Dive Team Representative, and my name is
Lisa Stickel. I
can be reached at wstickel@covad.net.
Like the swim team,
the dive team is run entirely by volunteers (except for our
coaches). It takes at least 10 parents to run each
meet.
We need each family to provide the dates of at least 2 meets where
they can volunteer. Positions will be assigned
according to the
responses I receive. Please either email me the dates that
you are
available, or use sign up sheets at the pot
luck. The dates are as follows.
Please note that if you are new to the team, new divers will have at least 3 opportunities to dive in a meet – 7/10, 7/17, and 7/20.
Parents, we really need help in judging and working the scorers table. Clinics for these activities are being set up and will be posted shortly. Please let me know how you intend to help out this year so I can start getting the schedules organized. Home meets especially require all the help we can get. I have been to many judges clinics and always find them helpful.The Vienna Woods Roll Lizard Dive
Team finished the 2007
season with pride and success on many levels.
The team was awarded the Sportsmanship Award in Division
1, and finished
with a 3 and 2 winning record in this highly talented and competitive
division. We will
be diving again in Division 1 for
the 2008 season. Congratulations
to all
divers and parents for this excellent season!
Over the season, diving successes were recorded on many levels. In the Crackerjack Meet for the newer divers, Vienna Woods produced two first place finishers – Diana Miskell for 7 year old girls and Daniel Wheeler for 9 year old boys. In the Wally Martin 3 Meter meet, we had four divers participate and win medals for finishing in the top six places. Jill Stickel placed second in Freshman Girls; Grayson Campbell placed third in Freshman Boys; Alison Stickel placed first in Junior Girls; and Kelly Lloyd placed sixth in Senior Girls.
Vienna Woods sent 14 divers to
the Divisional Championship Meet and produced seven All Stars -- Megan Miskell, Jill
Stickel, Grayson
Campbell, Alison Stickel, Eli Facenda, Kelly Lloyd and Matt Wheeler. First place finishes were
recorded by
Grayson Campbell in Freshman Boys and Alison Stickel in Junior Girls. In Freshman Girls, Megan
Miskell placed
fourth and Jill Stickel placed sixth.
In Senior Girls, Kelly Lloyd placed sixth.
Over the season, Kelly also broke the 200 point level in
the
senior age group.
Practices for the 2008 season will begin on Tuesday, May 28 at 5:45 until 7:00 pm. We welcome all divers aged six and older at any level of experience. Coaching will be for all levels of ability. We must have a completed registration and fee before participation is permitted. Registration details will be forthcoming. Please remember that the dive team can exist only with parent volunteers, so your participation is required. This will be spelled out on the registration form. We look forward to another exciting season of dive at Vienna Woods.