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Welcome to the 2010 Dolphin Website!

CONGRATULATIONS to our entire Dolphin team on our win against the Valencia Hills Wave; it was a very close meet – Good job! Thanks go out to all our volunteers for their hard work and effort at last Saturday's swim meet. The team counts on our parent involvement to help run a swim meet and to help maintain our excellent program for our children. Thanks again!

Our FINAL swim meet of the season, the much anticipated event Championships, is just a couple of days away! On Saturday, July 17th we will be swimming against all three swim teams (Old Orchard II Sharks, Valencia Hills Wave, and Valencia Summit Seals) - this will be an Away Meet. All our swimmers have been preparing for this BIG event; this is where all our swimmers hard work is put to the test to determine our 2010 Swim League Champion. As a reminder, meet begins at 8:00 am and our warm-up time is at 7:10 am. Therefore, coaches are requiring all swimmers arrive at Valencia Hills pool (24060 Oakvale Drive, Valencia) no later than 7:00 am. Make sure the kids get to bed early on Friday night, have a light breakfast Saturday morning, stay away from sugar until after their final swim, drink plenty of liquids, shake hands after their races and cheer for their teammates!

Upcoming activities are listed below. Remember, these activities are FREE to all our Dolphin swimmers, Booster Club participants and their families:

Parents, please remember to remind the children that our main focus is to have fun! We want all of our Dolphin swimmers to maintain the OOI tradition of setting a good example of sportsmanlike conduct and behavior. Feel free to contact anyone on the OOI Swim Team Committee with questions you may have about the swim season and upcoming events. Most members of the OOI Swim Team Committee are always at the swim team practices or contact information is located on our website

P.S. A friendly reminder that another OOI HOA summer activity is about to begin immediately after Dolphin Swim Team Championships - WATER POLO! Registration is now open and forms can be located at the OOI Clubhouse or on-line. Please CLICK HERE for more information!

Should you have any comments and questions please feel free to contact me or anyone on the OOI Swim Team Committee; contact information is located on our website. See you around the pool…

Yvette R. Barrios,
OOI Dolphin Webmaster

NOTE:  As a reminder, the parents involved on the Swim Team Committee are all volunteers.  They were recruited, and not elected (a policy that has been in effect since the organization of the OOI Swim Team).  Therefore, they do their best to provide a fun and safe program for our children.  If any of you have special talents and are interested in becoming more involved with the operations of the swim team, please come forward and let any committee member know what position you are interested in.  Thank you!

Dolphin History

The swim team is open to residents of Old Orchard I who are between the ages of 4 through 16.  We are part of a network of local neighborhoods that formed a league with friendly competition. The Dolphin organization strives to give our children an opportunity to acquire and improve their swimming skills in a competitive environment while at the same time generating a strong sense of community sprit.  The program is only six weeks long!

In order to assure its success, the team counts on extensive parent involvement.  It takes over 50 volunteers to run a swim meet and volunteers are also needed to help with swim team social activities.  Please sign-up for at least one volunteer position and help assure that we maintain our excellent program.

Come be a part of a team with a winning tradition!                      

This page is being updated by Yvette Barrios
Revised: 07/23/10