Mon, July 27 (5-8pm) — Food trucks and Swim Meet

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On Monday, July 27 we will have Kona Ice and Frank’s Monster Munchies back in the neighborhood. Please come on out and support this local vendor as well as the swim team as they kick off their last week of swim camp with an intra-squad meet. Please feel free to cheer on the kids from outside the fence as we will be limiting access to the pool deck in order to provide a safer environment for all.

PLEASE NOTE: Frank’s Monster Munchies will NOT be taking pre-orders this time.

Head up to the park, order some food, cheer on the kids while you wait, and then enjoy the delicious food from Frank’s Monster Munchies…support local and support someone who supported us while we were still in Phase 1!

2020 Patriot Swim Camp starts June 29th

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COVID-19 may have altered our regular season, but the VG Patriots are ready for an exciting swim team experience this summer!  Join us as we develop and strengthen swimming skills, participate in motivating intra-team competitions and challenges, make new friends, and have FUN!

Ages: 4-18, No swimming experience necessary—all skill levels welcome!

Practice Schedule:  Mon-Fri, 6/29-7/27

TimeAge Group
10:00-11:0011-18
11:00-12:007-10
12:00-12:306 and under/beginners
*Coach may move swimmers depending on skill level

Intra-team Meets:  Monday 7/6 and 7/27, 6:00 PM (warm-ups start at 5:30)



A Note from Coach Amy:  As coach I am excited to get back in the water!!!  We will work on fitness and skills to see how much time you can drop in just a few weeks. Who is up to the challenge? I cannot think of a better place to be than at our beautiful outdoor pool!

Registration Information:  

Cost: $30 per swimmer (checks payable to VGST)

      **VGCA Recreation Membership Required

  1. Complete Registration Form online
  2. Turn in payment to Rachel McBride (728 Prescott Circle) or at one of our sign-up sessions (see VG Facebook Page for info)

***Registration and payment MUST be complete before swimmers enter the pool.

Village Green Swim Team 2019

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The Village Green Patriots had a great 2019 season that ended Saturday with the 2019 VPSU Championship meet. We had 12 swimmers that competed in 17 events along with a girls 18 and under 200m medley relay.

Ashley Calva swam in the girls 11-12 50 fly and dropped 2.06 seconds and placed 26th with a time of 44.57.

Lindsay Calva, at age 9, swam the girls 9-10 50m breast stroke and dropped 4.09 seconds earning 5th place and 18 points for the team.

Dylan Dennis had time drops in both his events, dropping .43 seconds in his 50m Free, earning 25th place and 2.55 second drop in his 50m giving him a time of 40.29 and earning 16th place and 5 points for the team.

Lexie Dennis joined her brother with more time dropped (1.96 seconds) in 50m breast, resulting in a time of 49.35 time and 27th place.

Zion Goodwin had a good swim and earned the team some points with his 43.43 second 50m breast, placing 18th and grabbing another 3 points for the team.

MK Maciejewski earned 1 st place in 25 Free (18.07) and 25 Breast (24.59). She earned 2 nd place in 25m backstroke with a time of 21.94, breaking the team record for the 3 rd time this season. With 69 points earned, MK tied with Lilly Younica of Governor’s Land, for 1st place overall 7-8 girls.

Kameron Moore, age 5, qualified for 2 events, swimming 6 and under 25m free with at time of 34.73 and 25m back with a time of 40.63.

Flannery Piercy, age 15, swam the Women’s 15-18 50m breast stroke and finished 22nd with a time of 46.35.

Kat Piercy earned 19 th place in her 50m freestyle, with a time of 35.78 seconds, earning 2 more points for the team and dropped 1.53 seconds on 50m breast, finishing 27th with her time of 49.35.

Abby Poole adds to the time drops, dropping 2.27 seconds and earning 16th place adding 5 more points to the team score with her time of 43.79 on the girls 13-14 breast stroke at age 13.

Emma Poole follows her older sister’s lead and dropped 3.43 seconds on her 25m Fly, with a time of 29.13 and gave Village Green 2 more points and earned 19th place.

Giselle Rivera finished up the afternoon swimming alongside Emma and dropped 3.36 seconds in the 25m Fly, and grabbed an additional 3 points for the team, landing in 18th place with her 29.09 finish.

Finishing up the morning session and starting the afternoon, Abby (back), Lindsay (breast), Flannery (fly) and Kat (free) competed in the 200m Medley Relay against 12 other teams and finished with a time of 3:08.91.

Overall it was an exciting day with a lot of personal bests for our athletes. We are sad to see the season end but look forward to another great season in 2020.

Special thank you to our wonderful coaches Amy Lewis and Kelly Owens. You both put in a very long day after a great season and support and care for our athletes 110%. Thank you for all you do!!

Help support our Village Green Swim Team…

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Help us send our swimmers off in style next weekend. We’re looking for a few items to be donated from friends and neighbors.

Sign up if you’re able and thank you in advance for the support.

https://m.signupgenius.com/?fbclid=IwAR1BAsF5yvfIRdO1KBcO50bE-3yI1tp-g24FLJCPhfXIpkeJ7DXudg3WBzU#!/showSignUp/20F0548A5AB2DA4F58-goodie

Reach customers in great subdivisions and support the Village Green Swim Team at the same time.

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If you would like to reach great customers in Village Green and the Williamsburg area this is a great place to advertise. Rachel and Teresa Chalsma are helping the Village Green Swim Team sell ads in the Virginia Peninsula Swim Union Championship Meet Program. You will reach over a 1000 swimmers and their families. You will also be listed in the Village Green Business Directory. The Roofing Company has participated in this for over 18 years and has always found it to be a great deal. Let Rachel or Teresa know if you are interested. Thank you! Please share!

Village Green Swim-a-thon funds new lane ropes, a cover, and improvements

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New and improved Anti-Wave lane ropes. Guaranteed to make our swimmers faster than last year!

Last summer one of our swim team parents (thanks Janelle) had a great idea to raise some money for the swim team. The neighborhood as well as family and friends were quite generous and we raised over $3000. The Village Green Swim Team purchased new lane ropes and we had a few swimmers help us get them on the cart.

Old ones…I am not sure how old they are, but heard rumors they were as old as some of the houses in Village Green.
A couple of my helpers.
New wheels and new paint.

The cart also got a make-over. New paint job, new wheels, and some marine epoxy on the plastic discs to help extend their life. Thanks Jonathan McBride for the Village Green paint job as well as installing the new wheels.

If you haven’t joined the swim team already, this is the year to do so…Village Green will be looking great in and out of the water!

We were able to buy a cover as well, so our lane ropes will last for the next generation of Village Green swimmers!

Swim team registration on Sat, May 11 7:30am-9am

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The swim team is offering an early bird discount on registration for the summer season. Come up to the VG Swim Team Fundraising and Registration table in front of the pool on Saturday, May 11 7:30am-9:00am.

ATTENTION parents of young and/or new children to the neighborhood — this a great program and Coach Amy is the BEST! This is instructional but also teaches team spirit and personal growth. As parents of two young boys that learned to swim on the team, we LOVE IT! Stop by and talk to one of the swim parents.

Practices start the week of Memorial Day!

You can also sign up online at https://vgnn.org/swim

Thank you for supporting the VG Swim Team!

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The Village Green Swim Team sold nearly 100 boxes of donuts this past Saturday and Sunday. (They might have eaten a few too.) With your help, they proudly and enthusiastically raised nearly $400 which will be used to buy the team VG swim caps and VG drawstring bags.

The team is looking forward to a great season. If you know a child (4-18 yrs old) who wants to swim send them to https://vgnn.org/swim for additional info.

THANK YOU for your support this past weekend!

Support a wonderful neighborhood tradition and a great team!

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Support the 2019 Village Green Swim Team on March 9th and purchase a box (or two) of Krispy Kreme donuts. For more information visit this link.

Coaches Reflection

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As I reflect on our summer league swimming season, I have to first say how truly blessed Kameron and I are to be a part of this team. Village Green is a well-kept secret in Newport News, with a great community. When you coach a team and see former swimmers, and parents of former swimmers coming to home meets and timing and doing concessions when they do not have children on the team, and neighbors who walk their dogs and show interest in the team, it shows a neighborliness than cannot be found everywhere.

Of course our swimmers are the stars. Being a great swimmer is a combination of what you can do in the pool, such as speed and technique, and good character out of the pool, also known as sportsmanship. This season, the improvement in technique was so drastic that Mom’s and Dad’s at practice suddenly saw the younger kids looking like the big kids swimming. We moved from 10% of the team doing flip turns to about 90% of the team doing flip turns and the time drops were quite frankly jaw dropping!! Eight swimmers qualified for Champs meet and three of those dropped times at Champs meet!

Our older kids provided great role models and leadership to the younger ones, cheering them on, congratulating them and anchoring our team. The younger swimmers reminded us that summer league swimming is fun, sometimes too much fun. Which brings me to the Blue Jay, known as Bobo. It’s not often a Coach is upstaged but this happened frequently whenever Bobo made an appearance at practice. Bobo has the kids trained to bring him mealworms, bread, and leaves (the kids think they have trained him). When he arrives, everyone had to say hello to him and of course feed him. I am surprised Bobo can still make it off the ground, as much food as he eats. He is certainly the smartest bird I know!!

A summer league team is volunteer-heavy and this season would not have happened if parents and neighbors hadn’t stepped up and helped with setups for home meets, concessions, timing and officiating, scoring table, crafts at practice and even helping to put flags and blocks up at practice. Thank you for your support.

It is my wish as a coach to create great memories and instill a love of swimming in every swimmer, to see that blossom into lifeguarding, coaching or a future career in the Coast Guard, or as an instructor, or maybe the next great Olympian. Thank you to Village Green for providing the environment where those kinds of dreams can begin.

Coach Amy