Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Varsity Night League Concludes Tonight:  Our Varsity Night League will conclude tonight at the Avery Aquatic Center.  The first game, scheduled for 6:30 pm, will have Gunn vs. Paly in a rematch of last week’s thrilling game.  The second game, to take place at 7:20 pm, will showcase St. Francis vs. Sacred Heart.  The final game, scheduled for 8:10 pm, will have the Stanford team taking on Menlo.  Come on out and cheer on these great athletes for one last night league.

Club Pictures/Video Request By Coach Barnea:  If any parents have some good pictures or video from any Stanford Club games that were played this summer Coach Barnea would appreciate if you could pass those along before the end of the week.  If you only have a couple of pictures, feel free to email them to jbarnea@gmail.com.  Any large files/videos should be handed in on cd/dvd or Mini DV.  Feel free to email Coach Barnea with any questions.

Summer Session Ends This Week:  Just a reminder that this is the final week of our 2006 summer session.  It is hard to believe that the summer is almost over, but time flies when you are playing some great polo!  We would like to thank all our athletes for making this such an incredible season.  Your hard work, enthusiastic approach, and dedication have helped to make this one of the elite programs in the country.  We would also like to thank all the parents for the assistance they provided to all of our athletes and coaches.  It is in large part due to your unwavering support that we are able to accomplish such great things.  We are excited to see all our club athletes competing locally this fall, and look forward seeing you all back in the Winter.  Best of luck to all our athletes that are moving on to college, we wish you the very best in your experiences, wherever they may take you.

Fall Age Group Information Coming Soon:  Please stay tuned for information for our upcoming Fall Age Group Season.  We hope to have information posted on our web site by the beginning of next week.

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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Weekend Tournament Schedule:  Rosters, game times, and pool locations are now posted below for this weekend’s Bellarmine Tournament.  Please have athletes at the pool ready for warm up no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of their games.  Please contact Coach Barnea at jbarnea@gmail.com with any questions.

Age Group Games Added On Saturday 7/22: We have set up some scrimmage games this Saturday for some 14&U and 12&U athletes. This is the last weekend of competion for the summer and unfortunately there were no open age group tournaments in our zone. We have however been able to set up a scrimmage/game with LaMorinda on Saturday from 5-7 pm at Sacred Heart. We will be running 2 simultaneous scrimmages side by side, one for the 14's, and the other for the 12's. A roster is posted below. Please have athletes at the pool at 5 pm for warm up. The games will begin promptly at 5:30 pm.

Varsity Night League Continued 7/18:  Our Varsity High School night league continued Tuesday night.  In the first game St. Francis took on the Stanford team, the second game showcased Paly and Gunn, and the final game had Sacred Heart taking on Menlo.  Tuesday marked the conclusion of our regular season High School Night League. The finals will be played next Tuesday at The Avery Aquatics Center. Come on out and enjoy some great water polo!

JV/Age Group Night League Wraps Up This Friday:  The JV/Age Group night league will finish up this Friday 7/21.  The games will once again be played in the Belardi pool.  Game 1, scheduled for 6:30 pm, will have our Stanford Red taking on our Stanford White.  Game 2, scheduled for 7:15 pm will have Stanford Black taking on Menlo.  Game 3, scheduled for 8:00 pm, will have Stanford Cardinal taking on Sacred Heart.  Please come on out and enjoy our final night of the JV/Age Group night league.

Bellarmine Tournament 7/22 and 7/23, 2006
All Games played at Bellarmine High School
click here for map

Stanford 18 Red. Saturday, 7/22 Game Times: 8:40 am, 10:00 am, 11:20 am	Stanford 16 White. Saturday, 7/22 Game Times: 12:00 pm, 1:20 pm, 4:00 pm
Agramonte, Will Ang, Randolph Arthur, Ronan Bishop, Brian Dagman, Daniel Fischer-Colbrie, Tyler Gary, Cyril Hale, Matthew Heagy, Matthew Hendrickson, Timothy Huang, Brian Jozefov, Alexander Minnis, Joshua Nusse, Ben Nusse, James Olson, Michael Pance, Marko Preston, Christopher Reamey, Paul Rengifo, Rodrigo Rogren, Garrett Simon, Will Stewart, Eric Winterbotham, Paul	Bishop, Scott Butler, John Clark, Gerrard Cole, Ryan Crow, Kielan Goodenough, Matthew Horsley, Hunter Johnson, Aaron Roller, Will Sample, John Villeneuve, Grant Wang, Geng Whittam, Alex Winterbotham, Neal Wishart, Michael

Stanford 16 Red. Sunday 7/23 Game Times: 12:40 pm, 2:00 pm 3:20 pm	Stanford 14 Red. Sunday 7/23 Game Times: 8:00 am, 9:20 am, 10:40 am	Stanford 14 White. Sunday 7/23 Game Times: 12:00 pm, 1:20 pm, 4:00 pm
Cho, Thomas Cook, Adam Cowperthwaite, Sutton Edwards, Matthew Fong, Michael Greene, Alex Hoberg, Zachary Ives, Richard Jahanghir, Hyaan Kadifa, George Kim, Jeremy Kim, Sung Kircher, Ryan Koehler, Derek Lei, Michael Maggi, Stefano Mann, Gregory Meadows, Jeffrey Moheimani, Amir Olson, Peter Rollinson, Kevin Sawyer, Kevin Shen, Nick Stephens, Scott Valencia, David Wilson, Benjamin Wong, Michael	Abbott, Bobby Agramonte, Thomas Bailey, Alex Bamberg, Philip Dearborn, Benjamin Dunlevie, Robert Garner, Mark Holland-McCowan, John Simon, Peter Still, Connor Straube, Zack Wright, Eric	Avery, Wade Broom, Christian Christiansen-Salameh, James Cole, Kevin Conrad, Mark Constantz, Andreas Crossfield, Nicholas Guslani, Greg Hyrne, Samuel McClelland, Graham Mulcahy, Colin Navarro, Evan Springer, Jed White, Nathan

Age Group Games vs. LaMorinda
5:00-7:00 pm @ Sacred Heart
7/22/2006

14&U @ Sacred Heart. Sat 7/22	12&U @ Sacred Heart 7/22
Buncke, Neal Dickens, William Elson, Carl Feliz, Michael Fritsch, Emilien Garvin, Graham Gerstenschlager, Kyle Gertridge, Jack Hamilton, Mitchell Harris, Matthew Kircher, Will Krautkramer, Devon Merrill, Reed Naruns, Nick Peleg, Roy Rollinson, Tim Schwanke, Garrett Simon, Alex Vitakis, Justin Wan, Michael	Abbott, Matthew Avery, Gavin Crossfield, Joel Deal, Zachary Ferkol, Benjamin Freudenstein, David Hale, Nicholas Holland-McCowan, Harrison Reynolds, Scott Rozenfeld, David Valentine, Colton Znidarsic, Michael

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Great Showing At National Club Championships For Stanford:  This past weekend two Stanford teams competed at the inaugural National Club Championship Tournament.  The tournament featured some of the top clubs and athletes in the country.  Our 14&U team placed 7^th, competing in some thrilling games.  The 18&U team won the championship by defeating Santa Barbara in an exciting final match.  Travis Bickham was named MVP of the 18&U division.  Congratulations to all of our athletes that participated in this year’s tournament!  We are already looking forward to competing again next year.

High School Night League Continues Tonight:  Come on out to the Avery Aquatic Stadium and cheer on your athletes as our High School Night League gets back on track tonight.  The first game, to be held at 6:30 pm will feature Paly taking on St. Francis.  In the second game, at 7:20 pm, the Stanford team will go against Sacred Heat.  The final game of the evening will showcase Menlo and Gunn, with a start time of 8:10 pm.

Age Group/JV Night League Friday:  On Friday, July 14^th, our 5^th round of Age Group/JV Night League games will be played in the Avery Aquatics Stadium.  The schedule includes Stanford Red vs. Stanford White at 6:30 pm, Stanford Black vs. St. Francis at 7:15 pm, and Stanford Cardinal vs. Menlo at 8:00 pm.  An updated roster of teams can be found on the “Practice Groups and Schedule” link on the navagation bar to the left. 

Weekend Games at Las Lomas High School:  Rosters, game times, and pool location are posted below for this weekend’s tournament to be hosted at Las Lomas High School.  Please make note that Stanford Red plays on Saturday, 7/15, while Stanford White and Stanford Red play on Sunday, 7/16. Athletes should be at the pool no later than 30 minutes prior to their game for warm up. Please contact Coach Barnea with any questions regarding the tournament.

East Bay Water Polo Tournament 7/15 and 7/16, 2006
All games played at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek
click here for map

Stanford Red. 7/15 Game Times: 8:20 am, 10:00 am, and 11:40 am	Stanford White. 7/16 Game Times: 7:30 am, 10:00 am, 10:50 am	Stanford Black. 7/16 Game Times: 12:30 pm, 3:20 pm, 4:10 pm
Bishop, Scott Butler, John Clark, Gerrard Cole, Ryan Crow, Kielan Goodenough, Matthew Horsley, Hunter Johnson, Aaron Nusse, Ben Sample, John Villeneuve, Grant Whittam, Alex Winterbotham, Neal	Abbott, Bobby Agramonte, Thomas Bailey, Alex Bamberg, Philip Dearborn, Benjamin Dunlevie, Robert Garner, Mark Holland-McCowan, John Simon, Peter Still, Connor Straube, Zack Wright, Eric	Blackmore, Jonathan Brown, David Cho, Thomas Cook, Adam Cowperthwaite, Sutton Edwards, Matthew Fong, Michael Greene, Alex Healy, Zachary Hoberg, Zachary Ives, Richard Jahanghir, Hyaan Kadifa, George Kim, Jeremy Kircher, Ryan Koehler, Derek Lei, Michael Maggi, Stefano Mann, Gregory Meadows, Jeffrey Moheimani, Amir Nee, Kevin Olson, Peter Rollinson, Kevin Sawyer, Kevin Shen, Nick Stephens, Scott Valencia, David Wessbecher, Christof Wilson, Benjamin Wong, Michael

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Thursday, July 6, 2006

Night League Continues Tomorrow:  The Age Group/Junior Varsity night league will continue tomorrow 7/7.  The first game (6:30 pm) will have Stanford Red versus Stanford White.  The second (7:15 pm) game will have Stanford Black versus Sacred Heart, and the third game (8:00 pm) will have Stanford Cardinal versus St. Francis.  All games will take place at the Avery Aquatics Center, rosters can be found below. 

Updated Marin Age Group Tournament This Sunday:  Updated rosters, game times and pool location are now listed below for the Age Group tournament this Sunday, 7/9, in Marin. Please have athletes at the pool no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of their game for warm up.

National Club Championships This Weekend: We want to wish our 14&U and 18&U teams the best of luck in this weekend’s National Club Championship tournament.  We encourage all club athletes and families to come over to the East Bay and cheer on our teams.  A link to the games schedule and team rosters can be found below.

European Coaches Clinic Continues Next Week:  Our European coaches will continue their coaching clinics next week.  They will be at the 16&U and 18&U practices on Monday, the Age Group Intermediate and Advanced workouts on Tuesday, and the Elite practice on Wednesday.  Don’t miss out on this great experience.

Age Group Night League Teams

Stanford Red	Stanford White	Stanford Black	Stanford Cardinal
Abbott, Matthew Buncke, Neal Crossfield, Joel Deal, Zachary Elson, Carl Ferkol, Benjamin Fritsch, Emilien Gertridge, Jack Hale, Nicholas Harris, Matthew Krautkramer, Devon Naruns, Nick Reynolds, Scott Rollinson, Tim	Avery, Gavin Crossfield, Nicholas Dickens, William Feliz, Michael Freudenstein, David Garvin, Graham Guslani, Greg Hamilton, Mitchell Holland-McCowan, Harrison Kircher, Will Merrill, Reed Peleg, Roy Rozenfeld, David Valentine, Colton Znidarsic, Michael	Avery, Wade Broom, Christian Christiansen-Salameh, James Conrad, Mark Constantz, Andreas Fong, Michael Gerstenschlager, Kyle Hyrne, Samuel McClelland, Graham Mulcahy, Colin Navarro, Evan Schwanke, Garrett Springer, Jed Vitakis, Justin Wan, Michael White, Nathan	Koehler, Derek Bishop, Scott Cole, Kevin Edwards, Matthew Hoberg, Zachary Ives, Richard Mann, Gregory Nee, Kevin Roller, Will Simon, Alex Stephens, Scott Winterbotham, Neal Cook, Adam Kircher, Ryan Meadows, Jeffrey Sawyer, Kevin Shen, Nick Rollinson, Kevin

Marin Age Group Tournament. Sunday 7/9/2006
Games will be played at Indian Valley Campus Aquatic Facility
1800 Ignacio Blvd. Novato, CA (click for map)

Age Group Red Game Times: 2:15 pm and 4:30 pm or 5:15 pm	Age Group White Game Times: 8:15 am and 10:30 am or 11:15 pm	Age Group Black Game Times: 3:00 pm and 5:15 pm or 6:00 pm
Avery, Wade Broom, Christian Christiansen-Salameh, James Cole, Kevin Conrad, Mark Constantz, Andreas Crossfield, Nicholas Fritsch, Emilien Guslani, Greg McClelland, Graham Mulcahy, Colin Navarro, Evan Springer, Jed Vitakis, Justin Wan, Michael White, Nathan	Buncke, Neal Dickens, William Elson, Carl Feliz, Michael Garvin, Graham Gerstenschlager, Kyle Gertridge, Jack Hamilton, Mitchell Harris, Matthew Kircher, Will Merrill, Reed Naruns, Nick Schwanke, Garrett Simon, Alex	Abbott, Matthew Avery, Gavin Carlisle, Alexander Crossfield, Joel Deal, Zachary Ferkol, Benjamin Freudenstein, David Hale, Nicholas Holland-McCowan, Harrison Krautkramer, Devon Peleg, Roy Reynolds, Scott Rozenfeld, David Valentine, Colton Znidarsic, Michael

National Club Championships
Click Here For Schedule

18&U	14&U
Agramonte, Will Benedetti, Brian Bickham, Travis Bishop, Brian Fischer-Colbrie, Tyler Gertridge, Kyle Hohl, Ben Hudnall, Matthew Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Matthew Pance, Marko Roach, Brian Samuels, Elliott Smith, Tyler Sorgenfrei, Michael Vallone, Eric	Abbott, Bobby Agramonte, Thomas Bailey, Alex Bamberg, Philip Dearborn, Benjamin Dunlevie, Robert Garner, Mark Holland-McCowan, John Hyrne, Sam Simon, Peter Still, Connor Straube, Zack Wright, Eric

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

European Coaches Clinics Underway:  The first of four clinics to be run by a group of former European players began this week.  The group includes several former 1^st division Italian professionals as well as two former national team players from Serbia and Montenegro and Croatia.  Over the next several weeks these coaches will be coming to each of our workouts once a week to cover every aspect of the sport of water polo.  Don’t miss out on these unbelievable workouts!  Their schedule is as follows: Mondays-16’s and 18’s, Tuesdays-Intermediate and Advanced Age Group, and Wednesdays-Elite.

Holiday Reminder:  As a reminder we will not be holding any workouts from Saturday July 1^st through Tuesday July 4^th.  Practices will resume Wednesday July 5^th.  We hope that everyone enjoys a safe 4^th of July weekend!

Night League Reminder:  As a reminder, we will not have any night league games until next Friday, July 7.

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Thursday, June 22, 2006.

There have been some changes to the JO qualifying schedules for this weekend's tournament. Please make sure you thoroughly check the schedules posted below.

JO Quals This Weekend:  The schedule for this weekend’s Junior Olympic Qualifier is posted below.  Also posted are links to maps of the pools that will be used and a link to the master tournament schedule.  Some teams will only know what time their first game is, as the rest of the tournament will depend on wins and losses.  Please have athletes at their specific pool 1 hour prior to the start of their game for team meetings and warm up. Please note: The 12&U team plays on Sunday, 6/25, only.  If you have any questions please email Coach Barnea at jbarnea@gmail.com.

Night League Continues This Week:  Our night High School and Age Group night leagues will continue this week.  The High School games will take place tonight, 6/20, and the Age Group games will be played on Friday, 6/23.  Please check the Practice Groups and Schedule link on our web site for rosters and game times.  As a reminder, athletes should arrive 30 minutes prior to their game for warm up.

Clothing Orders:  Any family that has ordered clothing please make sure that you turn in your clothing order confirmation sheet along with you payment.  Orders will not be processed until both these things are turned in.  The confirmation sheet and payment should be sent to the following address: PO Box 60662.  Palo Alto, CA 94306.  Please email Dawn at stanfordwaterpoloclub@yahoo.com with any questions.

2006 Boys Junior Olympic Rosters, Schedules and Pool Locations.
Master Schedule (click here) and Brackets (click here)

Stanford 18&U A Pool: SODA Aquatic Center (click) Game Times, Saturday 6/24: 7:30 am, 10:30 am, and 1:30 pm.	Stanford 18&U B Pool: Diablo Valley College (click) Game Times, Saturday 6/24: 8:15 am, 10:30 am, 2:15, and possibly 5:15 pm or 6:00 pm	Stanford 16&U A Pool: Las Lomas High (click) Game Times, Saturday 6/24: 10:30 am and 1:30 pm or 3:35 pm	Stanford 16&U B Pool: Las Lomas High (click) Game Times, Saturday 6/24: 9:45 am and 2:15 pm
Benedetti, Brian Bickham, Travis Bishop, Brian Gertridge, Kyle Hohl, Ben Hudnall, Matthew Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Matthew Roach, Brian Samuels, Elliott Smith, Tyler Sorgenfrei, Michael Vallone, Eric	Agramonte, Will Ang, Randy Fischer-Colbrie, Tyler Hale, Matthew Heagy, Matthew Hendrickson, Timothy Minnis, Joshua Pance, Marko Preston, Christopher Rengifo, Rodrigo Simon, Will Stewart, Eric Winterbotham, Paul	Avery, Alex Balassone, James Bausback, Michael Brown, Ryan Cole, Tom Dellinger, Evan Espinosa, Toby Hudnall, Mark Martin de Bustamante, Miguel Norton, Tim Platshon, Scott Rudolph, Paul Wenzlau, Tim	Bishop, Scott Butler, John Clark, Gerrard Cole, Ryan Crow, Kielan Goodenough, Matthew Horsley, Hunter Johnson, Aaron Sample, John Villeneuve, Grant Whittam, Alex Winterbotham, Neal Wishart, Michael

Stanford 14&U A Pool: Diablo Valley College (click) Game Times, Saturday 6/24: 8:15 am	Stanford 14&U B Pool: Diablo Valley College (click) Game Times, Saturday 6/24: 9:45 am, and possibly 12:45 pm	Stanford 12&U Pool: Diablo Valley College (click) Game Times, Sunday 6/25: 8:45 am, and 2:00 pm
Abbott, Bobby Agramonte, Thomas Bailey, Alex Bamberg, Philip Dearborn, Benjamin Dunlevie, Robert Garner, Mark Holland-McCowan, John Simon, Peter Still, Connor Straube, Zack Wright, Eric	Avery, Wade Broom, Christian Christiansen-Salameh, James Cole, Kevin Conrad, Mark Crossfield, Nicholas Guslani, Greg Hyrne, Samuel McClelland, Graham Mulcahy, Colin Navarro, Evan Springer, Jed White, Nathan	Abbott, Matthew Avery, Gavin Crossfield, Joel Deal, Zach Ferkol, Benjamin Freudenstein, David Hale, Nicholas Holland-McCowan, Harrison Reynolds, Scott Valentine, Colton Znidarsic, Michael

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006.

This Weekend's Schedule:  Below you will find information on this weekend’s practice and game schedule.  Please note that there is no practice on Sunday due to Stanford University Graduation.

Saturday 6/17/2006.  No Practice Sunday.
- 18&U:  Practice 3:00-6:00 at Stanford
- 16&U:  Practice 3:00-6:00 at Stanford. Only for 16’s NOT playing in West Valley Tournament.
- Age Group Intermediate and Advanced:  Practice 2:30-4:00 at Stanford. Only for Age Group athletes NOT playing in the West Valley Tournament.
- Select 14&U athletes will participate in the West Valley Tournament.  Team roster and game schedule are posted below.
- Select 16&U athletes will participate in the West Valley Tournament.  Team roster and game schedule are posted below.

West Valley Tournament Saturday 6/17:  We will have a 14&U and 16&U team playing in this Saturday’s West Valley Tournament.  Team rosters, game times and a map to the pool can be found below.  For athletes attending the tournament, there will be no practice Saturday afternoon or Sunday.  Please have athletes at the pool ready to get it no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of their game.  Also note, there is a $2.00 parking fee at West Valley College and the tournament host will be charging a $2.00 gate fee for adults.  They have communicated that the gate fee is to help the club offset costs in their summer traveling/training trips.

Summer Schedule Begins on Monday:  Just a reminder that we will be beginning our full time summer schedule this coming Monday, June 19^th.  Please refer to the Practice Groups and Schedules link on our web site for your practice group assignments, practice days, practice times, and practice locations as well as your upcoming league nights.

Junior Olympic Teams Announced:  This years Junior Olympic teams have been announced and are now posted on the Junior Olympics link on our web site.  Congratulations to all athletes that have been selected.  If you were not selected to one of this year’s teams your name is on a list of alternates.  Alternates will be contacted as soon as possible in the event that roster spots open up.  For athletes that have been selected, we need to confirm your participation by Monday, June 19^th, at 10 am.  To confirm, please email Coach Barnea at jbarnea@gmail.com.  If we do not hear from your roster spot will be opened up to an alternate.

West Valley Tournament 6/17/2006

Stanford 14&U @ West Valley Game Times: 8:00 am, 11:20 am, 2:40 am Click here for map

Stanford 16&U @ West Valley Game Times: 8:50 am, 12:10 pm, 3:30 pm Click here for map

Abbott, Bobby Agramonte, Thomas Bailey, Alex Bamberg, Philip Broom, Christian Christiansen-Salameh, James Cole, Kevin Dearborn, Benjamin Dunlevie, Robert Garner, Mark Holland-McCowan, John Hyrne, Samuel Mulcahy, Colin Navarro, Evan Simon, Peter Springer, Jed Still, Connor Straube, Zack White, Nathan Wright, Eric

Cho, Thomas Cook, Adam Cowperthwaite, Sutton Dharap, Shounak Edwards, Matthew Fong, Michael Greene, Alex Hoberg, Zachary Ives, Richard Jahanghir, Hyaan Kadifa, George Kim, Jeremy Kim, Sung Kircher, Ryan Koehler, Derek Lei, Michael Maggi, Stefano Mann, Gregory Meadows, Jeffrey Moheimani, Amir Nee, Kevin Rollinson, Kevin Sawyer, Kevin Shen, Nick Stephens, Scott Valencia, David Wilson, Benjamin Wong, Michael

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Thursday, June 8, 2006

Several Changes have been made to this weekend's tournaments. Please thoroughly check the schedule and team rosters below.

Stanford Water Polo Club Parents and Athletes:

High School Night League Began Tuesday:  Our Night League began Tuesday when our varsity high school athletes hit the water at the Avery Aquatics Center.  Game times and a roster for the Stanford team, a select group of high school athletes, can be found on the Practice Groups and Schedule page.  We thank family members and friends for coming out and cheering from the stands! 

Age Group Night League Began Wednesday:  Our Age Group Night League began this past Wednesday.  Rosters and game times for the entire session are posted on the Practice Groups and Schedule portion of our web site.  Athletes should arrive at the pool 30 minutes prior to their game time for warm up.  Parents and siblings, thanks for coming out and cheering on your athletes!

JO Declaration Forms Due Tuesday:  All Junior Olympic Declaration forms were due Tuesday, 6/6.  If any athlete would like to participate in this year’s Junior Olympics, they must turn in your JO Declaration of Commitment form and $100.00 deposit check to ensure the opportunity to take part on one of this year’s JO teams.  All JO teams will be announced and posted on the Junior Olympics page of our web site by Tuesday, 6/13/2006.