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Written by Mike Miranda
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Thursday, 01 January 2009 00:00 |
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My Fellow Grunions, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish all of you a happy and safe new year and to reflect on a fantastic 2008!
2008 was a great year for the Grunion Swim Team! It started out with a bang with our annual Las Vegas bus trip/swim meet and ended with our fabulous Holiday Party/Gift Exchange at Anita Cole's beautiful home in Rancho Palos Verdes. And in between we swam, partied and danced all the way!
Highlights include: - Hosting TWO Naples Island swims this year....and actually swimming one of them!
- Hosting the nationally recognized SPMA SCM Champioship Meet and at the same time winning the 4th place team trophy behind Irvine Novaquatics, San Diego Swim Masters and Mission Viejo Nadadores.
- Winning the Medium Team division at IGLA 2008 in Washington D.C. We now have won this trophy 3 out of the last 6 years and we are the first back-to-back winners of this division. Can we win it in again in Copenhagen?
- And finally winning the coveted Pink Flamingo trophy!
Individual Grunions accomplished some amazing feats this past year as well! Whether it was swimming in their first swim meet, completing their Ultimate Check Off Challenge, running in the Long Beach marathon, all they way to completing an Iron Man Triathlon, Grunions were all over the place accomplishing individual acheivements with their fellow Grunions cheering the entire time and showing the world what Grunion Love is all about!
2009 promises to be just as fantastic. So if you've been swimming and participating with the team at practice, swim meets or other social events, keep it up! If you've been absent, we want to welcome you back with open arms and look forward to seeing you, we've missed you!
Please don't forget to bring your 2009 USMS registration card with you to practice in the month of January. Our coaches and board members will need to verify all swimmers have registered with USMS prior to letting you in the pool. It's fast and easy on the www.spma.net site, you'll be able to print your registration card immediately!
Here's to a great 2008 and an even better 2009!
It's great to be a Grunion in 2009!
With lots of Grunion Love,
Daisy
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