NewsSplash: Updates for Awards Ceremony and Fall Swim Reminder

Benicia Stingrays

Awards Ceremony Raffle

  • Here is an updated prize list for the Awards Ceremony Raffle.  Please note that first prize is your choice--$1,000 gift certificate to Wheels in Motion OR $1,000 cash!!!!
  • Raffle tickets are $1 each and will be on sale at the Awards Ceremony. Please purchase a few raffle tickets when you arrive.  You can turn $1 into $1,000!!!!

 

Awards Ceremony Bake Sale Auction

  • We only have 2 signups for the Bake Sale Auction :(.  We can't have a bake sale auction with no baked goods!  
  • If you can, please sign up to donate a baked good for the auction.  It doesn't even have to be baked in your home!  We would accept cupcakes from Fox and Fawn, pastries from One House, Senorita Bread from Starbread.....anything!!!!  
  • Remember no peanuts, peanut butter, or other nuts please!  
  • Here is the signup genius link to donate an item!

 

Fall Swim Registration

  • Don't forget to register by Wednesday, August 21st for early bird pricing and priority registration!  Registration spots for the younger kids are limited.  The price goes up to $225 after August 21st and we will open up registration to non-Stingray families at that point.  
  • Here is the Fall Swim Info!
  • Please read the Fall Swim info carefully and make note of the requirements and refund policy.  The only swimmers required to go to tryouts are swimmers whose parents are unsure if they meet the skill/safety requirements.  If you are at all unsure, please go to tryouts. If you skip tryouts and your swimmer's skill do not meet the requirements, there are no refunds at that point.  

 

Coach Steve's Bio

  • Some of you have been asking for a little more information about our returning/incoming head coach Steve Mainini.  Here it is!

  • Hello Stingrays,

    My name is Steve Mainini and I am so honored to be joining the Stingray family in a very familiar role as your new/old Head Coach next season. I started swimming competitively at the age of 13 with a small local rec club Canyon Swim Club in El Sobrante, and fell in love with the sport. When I was 15 I joined the Pinole Seals, and continued swimming competitively through high school (De Anza), and college (Diablo Valley College, Chico State).

    I first started coaching for the Pinole Seals at 17 as an Assistant Coach and continued coaching for the next 6 years. At 23, I was offered the Head Coaching position, and I held this position for the next 7 years. I left the Pinole Seals to pursue coaching positions with Diablo Valley College, and The Walnut Creek Aquabears ( USA Swimming). I chose to leave coaching to start a family and focus on my career as a Visual Arts teacher in the WCCUSD and my other passion in Art.

    My wife Leslie and I decided to move our family to beautiful Benicia in 2007, and the following year my daughter’s Alyssa and Ava joined the Stingrays. In 2012, I decided to dip my toe back into the coaching profession, and was offered the Co-Head Coaching position with the Stingrays. I coached the Stingrays until 2020, and then the pandemic hit, and I decided I needed to take a break from coaching to refocus on my Art career.

    Over my decades of coaching, I feel so lucky to have built so many special bonds and memories with the swim team families I have been fortunate to coach and work with, and I look forward to building new memories and relationships with you all.

    GOOOOOO STINGRAYS!!!!