🐬 Dolphins Weekly Newsletter

Week of October 9, 2026

Hello Dolphins Families!

What an exciting start to our swim season! We are proud of all our swimmers and look forward to another great week. Please take a few moments to review this week's team updates, upcoming events, and important reminders.

🏊 First Swim Meet of the Season – Great Job, Dolphins!

Congratulations to all our Dolphins who competed in our first swim meet of the season last weekend against the Summit Family YMCA!

We are so proud of everyone's hard work, effort, and team spirit. It was wonderful to see our swimmers back in action, cheering each other on and representing our team!

Meet Results & Ribbons: There are a few corrections that still need to be made to the official meet results. Once those corrections have been finalized, we will begin preparing ribbons for our swimmers. Thank you for your patience as we work to ensure everything is accurate!

Personalized Dolphins Swim Caps – Order Now!

Want to add a personal touch to your swimmer's gear? We are excited to offer personalized silicone swim caps!

Each order includes:

• Two silicone swim caps per set.
• Your swimmer's first name, last name, or nickname printed on the caps.
• A great way to show off your Dolphins team spirit!

Important: We must receive a minimum of 13 orders before we can place our team order.

Order Deadline: Tuesday, October 20th

👉 Order Here: https://reddiset.com/products/copy-of-personalized...

Don't miss this opportunity to personalize your swimmer's caps!

🎃 Annual Dolphins Cap-or-Treat Event!

One of our favorite Dolphins traditions is returning — Cap-or-Treat!

Each year, we celebrate Halloween with a fun team event after practice. Swimmers are invited to bring their swim caps and trick-or-treat around the pool deck! Our team will fill their caps with candy for a fun Halloween celebration.

🍬 We Need Your Candy Donations!

Help us make this event special for all our Dolphins! We are collecting nut-free, non-chocolate candy donations.

Suggested treats include:

• Skittles
• Starbursts
• Sour Patch Kids
• Swedish Fish
• Twizzlers
• Smarties

A candy donation bucket will be available on the pool deck.

Donation Deadline: Thursday, October 29th

Please drop off your donations at the YMCA before the deadline. Thank you for helping us make this a fun and memorable event for our swimmers!

🍂 Fall Break Swim Practice Schedule

We will have a modified practice schedule during fall break. Please review the following dates carefully.

Monday, October 12th

• Gold and Platinum practices will be held as scheduled.

Tuesday, October 13th

• All practice groups will meet as scheduled.

Thursday, October 15th & Friday, October 16th

• NO SWIM PRACTICE — Enjoy your fall break!

We hope everyone enjoys some time off with family and friends!

🏅 Next Swim Meet – November 7th (HOME MEET!)

Mark your calendars! Our next swim meet will be a HOME MEET on Saturday, November 7th!

RSVP is NOW OPEN on SwimTopia!

Please log in to your SwimTopia account and accept or decline your swimmer's participation as soon as possible.

As the host team, we will also need our Dolphins families to help fill volunteer positions to ensure a successful meet. Please review the available opportunities on SwimTopia.

👉 SwimTopia: https://tgydolphins.swimtopia.com/

💙 Thank You, Dolphins Families!

Thank you for your continued support, dedication, and enthusiasm! We are off to a fantastic start this season, and we couldn't do it without our amazing swimmers, parents, coaches, and volunteers.

Let's keep working hard, supporting one another, and making this a memorable Dolphins season!

Go Dolphins! 🐬💙

Ben Wenham
YMCA Dolphins Swim Team