From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Oct 3 01:35:36 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Mon Oct 3 01:40:41 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update October 2, 2005 Message-ID: CHANGE IN SWIMMING RULES Starting Sepetember 19th Backstrokers could start with their toes out of the water (but not curled over the gutter). The Breaststoker can now do a dolphin kick off the wall. I would not try it now, as everything has not been sorted out. So there is a chance you could do it leagally and get dq'ed or do it wrong and get away with it. As USA Swimming and US Masters figure it out, information will be in the update. UPCOMING MEETS Wine Country Invitational Santa Rosa Masters will be holding the Wine Country Invitational in Healdsburg, October 14 and 15 . You can enter online or you can enter on race day. Tuolumne County Masters Tuolumne County Asked to change the date of their meet. The Board voted to agree to the change, then we all went off to convention neglecting to tell TCAM of the change. TCAM not not hearing from the Board kept the old date. So the meet is on October 29th The Tuolumne County Masters is October 29. It is a delightful short course yards meet in the Sierra foothill town of Sonora. After swimming in the meet, one can visit the gold rush town of Columbia. PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE CLOSED 3 OCTOBER THROUGH 10 OCTOBER The Pacific Masters office will be closed from 3 October through 10 October while Nancy Ridout takes some time off. SHORT COURSE METERS RECORDS The 2005 Short Course Meters Records (both National And Pacific Masters) have been posted to the web site. It will give swimmers a goal to shoot for. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/records/05scmrec.pdf CHANGE IN SCHEDULE There was a problem with the Heather Farms pool schedule. The 2005 Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships have been moved to November 4th, 5th and 6th. This meet is the first meet where the distance events will be held on the last day. STROKE CLINIC DAVIS AQUATIC MASTERS will host stroke clinics for fitness swimmers from 1-2:30 pm on the following dates at the Civic pool in Davis just off the corner of 5th and B St. Clinics are $10 each, pre-paid, for non-DAM members. Coach Rick Powers has given more than 100 clinics in 30 countries. DAM staff and swimmers will assist you in the water with your technique. Freestyle on Sat. Oct. 8; Backstroke Sun. Oct. 9; Butterfly Sat. Oct. 15; Breaststroke Sun. Oct. 16. BY THE NUBMERS NUMBER OF PACIFIC MASTERS REGISTERED SWIMMERS 9417 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE UPDATE MAIL LIST 15,019 DAYS TO THE XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS: 307 Have a good week michael BOOST YOUR GAS MILEAGE BY ONE-THIRD With the price of gasoline so high, and the price of natural gas going to the stratosphere, it is time to look to save where you can. A recent article in The Week has a few things we could do to cut down on energy expense: 1. use cruise control. Letting a computer maintain your speed can increase your mileage by 14 per cent. 2. trade in your 'lead food' for a feather foot. Drivers who stomp on the accelerators burn as much as 35 percent more fuel than their milder counter parts. 3. A well maintained vehicle will also rack up more miles per gallon. "underinflated tires can reduce gas mileage dramatically because of increased rolling resistance? --- Interesting web site: National Geographic put together an interesting web site. One thing that is particularly great is the "Pete's Pond web cam http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam.html --- UNCLAIMED PROPERTY About a year and a half ago, I mentioned the unclaimed property web site of the secretary of State. It is always good to check it to see if there is money owed you that went to the state. Last time swimmers got over $20,000 back from the state. Try it - better odds than the lotto. http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/index.shtml === LETTER FROM LESOTHO I received a letter from the Pacific Masters swimmer who is farthest away from Pacific. My daughter is a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho. We received a note from her saying the will be coming home in the beginning of December (yippee!!! - before Christmas). anyway A couple of excerpts from two of her letters. Hi Hi Happy September! Almost there! Almost finished ! Spring is here, sort of , and the crops are growing! I did a lot of plating last weekend, so hopefully by next week, I will start seeing some baby plants. the peas that I planted in May are pretty big now and starting to flower. I will be eating pease in a couple of Weeks! Daddy - I just received my latest (July/Aug) copy of swim magazine (ed note - letter dated Sept 3). Saw your picture Contributor of the year! Congrats! I saw all the open water swims I am missing . . . and have picked the ones I will swim in 2006 (All of them!) I realize that I am talking a lot considering that I have aged up ( a couple of years ago) and have put on a pair of goggles in 1 year and 10 months. . . but I am like Lance (Armstrong) and high altitude training ! Well, maybe not the training part, but the high altitude part for sure! Well, maybe not even that because I think if Tahoe is at 7K ft, it is higher than me. Well, whatever it is all mental. I am a mental rock. Wait! no-that is not what I meant! Focused! Eye on the price! Come January the SI pool will be torn up! Call the construction folk, cause I am coming I realize that I may need fins and paddles to keep up with Daddy on his kickboard . . . but I figure 2 months to get to lane 3 and another 3 months to be swimming decently. that puts me at May. . . right in time for Spring Lake (Ed Note: anytime a former synchronized swimmer trys to tell you that you may out kick her, dont believe it). AJM 3 Sept 05 . . . I am doing well. the land is so beautiful and the people are so friendly. I have had to adjust a little (a lot, maybe) to things like walking 1 1/2 hours to catch public transport, and having potatoes, tomatoes and onions being the only fresh produce I can buy, but it has been quite an experience, Right now, it is winter, and we are expecting snow any day now. Who would have thought that there would be snow in Africa? Craziness!!! Amanda Moore 14 Aug 05 -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Contact Rick Powers at rpswimmer@hotmail.com TRANSLATORS NEEDED The XI FINA World Masters Championships needs a couple of volunteers to translate the parts of the FINA Meet Booklet into Japanese and into Chinese (the parts to be translated are about the swimming technical parts of the meet booklet). If you are interested in helping with championships, please contact michael@2006finaMasters.org . We would like to make it easier for people from Japan and China to enter the meet and to understand the procedures for entering the meet and competing at the World Championships. have a good week. -- michael Michael W. Moore, chairman XI FINA World Masters Championships Stanford University Stanford, California michael@2006FINAMasters.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20051003/cc7d5604/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Fri Oct 14 01:11:24 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Fri Oct 14 01:13:18 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update October 13, 2005 Message-ID: MARJORIE SHARPE (1917-2005) After suffering a stroke two months ago, Marjorie Sharpe passed away yesterday. She was 88. Marjorie was known for her love of life. She always had a smile on her face and a gleam in her eye. At the time of her death, Marjorie held six national records in the backstroke. At the end of the Update, there are remembrances of Marjorie. CHANGE IN SWIMMING RULES Starting Sepetember 19th Backstrokers could start with their toes out of the water (but not curled over the gutter). The Breaststoker can now do a dolphin kick off the wall. I would not try it now, as everything has not been sorted out. So there is a chance you could do it leagally and get dq'ed or do it wrong and get away with it. As USA Swimming and US Masters figure it out, information will be in the update. UPCOMING MEETS Wine Country Invitational Santa Rosa Masters will be holding the Wine Country Invitational in Healdsburg, October 14 and 15 . You can enter on race day. STROKE CLINIC DAVIS AQUATIC MASTERS will host stroke clinics for fitness swimmers from 1-2:30 pm on the following dates at the Civic pool in Davis just off the corner of 5th and B St. Clinics are $10 each, pre-paid, for non-DAM members. Coach Rick Powers has given more than 100 clinics in 30 countries. DAM staff and swimmers will assist you in the water with your technique. Butterfly Sat. Oct. 15; Breaststroke Sun. Oct. 16. Contact Rick Powers at rpswimmer@hotmail.com TUOLOMNE COUNTY SHORT COURSE MEET CANCELLED The Tuolomne County Short Course Meet on October 29th has been cancelled. All meet entry fees will be refunded. CHANGE IN SCHEDULE There was a problem with the Heather Farms pool schedule. The 2005 Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships have been moved to November 4th, 5th and 6th. This meet is the first meet where the distance events will be held on the last day. COACH NEEDED Bay Masters (BAY) is in need of an Assistant Masters Coach to run the evening practices at the newly opened UCSF Bakar Fitness Center (at Mission Bay). The facility has an outdoor 6 lane x 25 yard pool on the roof overlooking the bay. Interested candidates should contact Annette Wheeler, Aquatics Manager at: http://awheeler@cls.ucsf.edu or phone: (415) 502-4446. YOUR ANSWERS ARE HELPFUL TO PACIFIC MASTERS SCHEDULING Toulomne County Aquatic Masters (TCAM) regretfully decided to cancel their pool meet scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2005. Pacific Masters would like feedback from you to assist in future meet planning. 1. How far would you travel to a meet? 2. Would you rather attend a one-day meet on Saturday or Sunday? 3. Do you prefer to attend multiple day meets (3-day championship meets) or one-day meets? 4. Are there certain times during the year you prefer to attend a meet (for example, you only go to meets during summer months) 5. Any other comments on the timing or location of Pacific Masters pool meets? Please send any responses to MAILTO:barryfasbender@comcast.net Opportunity Knocks - Swim for Malaria! Pacific Masters Swimming encourages you to support the World Swim for Malaria, a global grassroots swimming initiative partnering with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Speedo, and Microsoft that can be swum on or before December 3rd. The goal is to have a million people participate in this event. 100% of all monies raised will go toward the purchase and installation of mosquito netting - the single most effective way of preventing malaria. Though we don't experience malaria first hand here in the US, at least a million people die from malaria each year. Some put the estimates as high as 2.7 million. 70% of the deaths are of children under 5. You can find all the information you need at http://www.worldswimformalaria including sponsorship forms, how to collect and submit donations, the background and goals of this event, and the pledges of participation of individuals, groups, Masters teams, and corporate organizations around the world. You can swim this event at Stanford Swimming pool this event on December 3rd or you can organize this event at your own pool. Pacific Masters encourages you and your friends and teammates to join in this effort to make a real difference in the world. Have a good week michael --- MARJORIE SHARPE Tim Edmonds, Coach of Stanford Masters It is with a sad heart that I write to tell you that Marjorie Sharpe passed away yesterday morning. Marjorie suffered a stroke about two months ago and was able to have some nice moments with friends following the stroke. Her last days were quiet and peaceful. Marjorie was, without doubt, one of the most vibrant and wonderful individuals whom it has ever been my pleasure to know. She had two great loves in her life, her husband Al, who passed away nearly 9 years ago, and the water. On too many mornings to count you could find Marjorie seeking the perfect backstroke, the perfect flip turn, or the elusive perfect freestyle in her lane. Always there to share a tidbit of advice with a new swimmer or share a story about her travels with Al she was a wonderful ambassador of Swimming and a true reminder of what it can mean to have a long very full life. Swimming well into her 88th year kept her young and gave her a fulfillment that she could never quite put into the right words. She would never argue about being called a "kept woman", constantly seeking the warm embrace and the support of the chlorinated water of the Stanford pools. You will be missed my "sweetheart"......our pools will be a little less full without you in them. A memorial service will be planned in the near future and I'll send out details when they are available. Please feel free to email me or use the Masters Misc. list to share memories or stories about Marjorie. I would love to hear them....more now than ever. Warmly....Tim --- Whenever the alarm goes off at 4:50am on a winter morning, and the rain is pounding my roof, I always ponder the thought of skipping morning Masters swimming. Then, without exception, I would think about Marjorie, walking so tentatively down the pool stairs with both crutches, saying hello to everyone, and absorbing the rain as if it were a petty nuisance. She has always been my inspiration for putting up with the little annoyance of swim practice. She would muscle through anything in life, and make tons of friends along the way. My understanding is that at Ocean competition swims, someone just carries Marjorie out beyond the waves and tosses her in for the start of another great swim. She was an angel, and God is probably thrilled to have her swimming on the Master's Team up top. Brian Avery ---- One of my fondest memories of Marjorie was early in the fall of my freshman year at Stanford. It was 6:50 in the morning and because Marjorie was also an "honorary member" of the varsity team, she often shared our locker room. We were all getting changed after cycling, and I remember being shocked that she had already been in the water for an hour and a half (here I was thinking we were the tough ones!). She was tying her Keds over her swimming socks, and during our conversation I asked her how swimming was going. She lit up and said she was so excited because it was her birthday and she was "aging up" and was ready to break all the world records for the 85+ group. We laughed and I wished her luck, and sure enough, the next week she reported back that she had done just that. Every day Marjorie amazed me with her smiles and motivation. That tiny body housed one of the biggest hearts I have ever known. Tinley Bick ---- Majorie was a regular entrant at open water events all over northern California. I saw her time and time again, usually with Al when he was alive. I'll always remember the Whiskeytown Lake swim one year, which offered both the 1-mile and 3-mile events. Whiskeytown is up by Redding, and Majorie wasn't about to waste a four hour drive each way by entering only one event, so she swam both! She could barely walk on land, but was she a terror in the water! Quite an inspiration, and always ready with a smile and a compliment! Jim Merchant -- I knew right away the first time I met Marjorie that she was a very special and inspirational person. That was nearly a decade ago -- it was after workout in the women?s locker room at Stanford. Marjorie was dripping wet, smiling and making some sort of comment about her time for a swimming event. Being impressed that this older lady was still competing, let alone swimming masters workouts at Stanford, I asked her when she started competitive swimming, assuming she had been competing most of her life. ?Oh no!? she said, ?I only started competing in my 70s. That made a huge impression on me. Now I think of Marjorie every time I think I?m too old to take on something physically challenging or new. I thought of her when I finally decided to learn how to do flip turns in my late 40s I sucked so much water up my nose those first few months, but stuck to it and succeeded knowing there are people like Marjorie in the world. Another incident I?ll never forgot and speaks to the strength, humor and joy of life that Marjorie had. It was at PMS Short Course Yards Championships in Santa Cruz a couple of years ago. Marjorie had slipped off the blocks during her dive on an early event and scraped the skin off one of her shins. That didn?t stop her from swimming her other events that day. One of the meet officials had taped-up her wound and she proceeded to swim her next event. Apparently the tape started to unwind during her swim and by the end she was dragging a long tail of bandage through the water. She finished her swim fine, but was having a hard time untangling the mess and getting herself out of the lane, so I helped her out. I was amazed when I saw the bandage and bleeding wound she was swimming with, but she told me what happened, just shook her head and said chuckling ?That if you live long enough everything is bound to happen to you!? What a wonderful lady! I will miss seeing her at meets and will think of her often. -Lisa Ryner --- I first met Marjorie when I first started swimming Masters in the early 90's with the Peninsula Covenant Community Center Masters. Back then Marjorie was using a walker. But, as time went by she gave up the walker and started using a cane. It was as if the more she swam the younger she became. It has been a privilege to swim Masters with Marjorie. I don't know anyone else who managed to break so many Masters records as she was able to do. She knew all of her competition by name. And she knew what she had to do to win. She just kept showing up and winning. Here's one for a wonderful person and a great Masters swimmer. Ken Merritt -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20051013/116a8fa7/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Tue Oct 18 01:08:10 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Tue Oct 18 01:12:41 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update October 17, 2005 Message-ID: PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships are being held on November 4 - 6, 2005 at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek. At this meet you can see if you qualify for the World Champs at Stanford in August 2006. FINA times for 50s and 100s are easier to meet than USMS Nationals. You may be surprised! It's not too early either - mail-in registration for World Champs is available now, and online registration will be available on January 1, 2006. Worlds qualifying times can be viewed at http://www.2006finamasters.org/documents/Standard_Entry_TimesSF.pdf. Convert your short course meters times to long course meters times at http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/conversions.asp. For example, the Men's 35-39 100 Freestyle qualifying time for Worlds of 1:06 LCM equates to 1:04.09 in SCM. The women's 75-79 100 Freestyle qualifying time for Worlds of 2:12 LCM equates to 2:09.62 SCM. Entries for the Walnut Creek Masters/Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships must be received by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 - no late entries will be accepted. Enter now to get your marks! http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html Remember, this meet is the first meet where the distance events will be held on the last day. PACIFIC MASTERS SWIMMING MONTHLY MEETING The October Pacific Masters Swimming Monthly meeting will be held at Heather Farms, Walnut Creek, California, Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 7:30. All clubs are asked to send a representative. All members are invited to attend. TUOLOMNE COUNTY SHORT COURSE MEET CANCELLED The Tuolomne County Short Course Meet on October 29th has been cancelled. All meet entry fees will be refunded. COACH NEEDED Bay Masters (BAY) is in need of an Assistant Masters Coach to run the evening practices at the newly opened UCSF Bakar Fitness Center (at Mission Bay). The facility has an outdoor 6 lane x 25 yard pool on the roof overlooking the bay. Interested candidates should contact Annette Wheeler, Aquatics Manager at: http://awheeler@cls.ucsf.edu or phone: (415) 502-4446. YOUR ANSWERS ARE HELPFUL TO PACIFIC MASTERS SCHEDULING Toulomne County Aquatic Masters (TCAM) regretfully decided to cancel their pool meet scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2005. Pacific Masters would like feedback from you to assist in future meet planning. 1. How far would you travel to a meet? 2. Would you rather attend a one-day meet on Saturday or Sunday? 3. Do you prefer to attend multiple day meets (3-day championship meets) or one-day meets? 4. Are there certain times during the year you prefer to attend a meet (for example, you only go to meets during summer months) 5. Any other comments on the timing or location of Pacific Masters pool meets? Please send any responses to MAILTO:barryfasbender@comcast.net Opportunity Knocks - Swim for Malaria! Pacific Masters Swimming encourages you to support the World Swim for Malaria, a global grassroots swimming initiative partnering with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Speedo, and Microsoft that can be swum on or before December 3rd. The goal is to have a million people participate in this event. 100% of all monies raised will go toward the purchase and installation of mosquito netting - the single most effective way of preventing malaria. Though we don't experience malaria first hand here in the US, at least a million people die from malaria each year. Some put the estimates as high as 2.7 million. 70% of the deaths are of children under 5. You can find all the information you need at http://www.worldswimformalaria including sponsorship forms, how to collect and submit donations, the background and goals of this event, and the pledges of participation of individuals, groups, Masters teams, and corporate organizations around the world. You can swim this event at Stanford Swimming pool this event on December 3rd or you can organize this event at your own pool. Pacific Masters encourages you and your friends and teammates to join in this effort to make a real difference in the world. Have a good week michael --- October 1985 - October 2005 It is hard for me to believe that it was 20 years ago that I started swimming with a Masters team. I had been running and my knees were starting to bother me. Phil Skarshaug, who was a customer of mine, told me about Masters Swimming. You did not have to be an elite swimmer, just someone wanting to participate in fun, fitness and competition. I was certainly not an elite swimmer, I could not even do a flip turn. He said there was a Masters team in San Francisco. I looked it up - San Francisco Park and Red swam at the Sava Swimming Pool. Like most swimmers, I had no idea what Masters Swimming was. I just wanted a place to swim. It was fun. The people in my lane who were not the fast, elite swimmers, the elite swimmers were six lanes over. I did not get involved in Pacific Masters Swimming until Gail Roper needed someone from USF Masters to represent the team at the Committee meeting. I think I was there to protest something about dual meets not being able to be sanctioned. I have been on the Pacific Masters Board for about twelve years. There was always some job that needs to be done and it normally does not take a who lot of time. I would hope that you will consider coming to the Pacific Masters Swimming meeting. You can voice your opinion, maybe you will be the team representative. There are a couple of committee chairs that need to be done. Plus you meet a group of really great people. I hope you will come out. It is very rewarding. -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20051017/294ca975/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Tue Nov 1 02:24:00 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Tue Nov 1 02:27:15 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update All Hallows, 2005 Message-ID: OFFICIALS CLINIC NOVEMBER 2 The Tsunami hosted Officials clinic on Nov.2 at the Martin Luther King pool community room. It is at the corned of Third street between Keith and Carroll streets, starting at 6:00 pm. Darryl Woo will be leading this clinic. Questions about this clinic can be directed to Cris Meier-Windes at 415-285-5659. PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships are being held on November 4 - 6, 2005 at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek. You can cheer your friends on. PACIFIC MASTERS SWIMMING ANNUAL MEETING The October Pacific Masters Swimming Monthly meeting will be held at Danville, California, Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 at 7:00. All clubs are asked to send a representative. All members are invited to attend. To be considered will be the Dispute Resolution. It is proposed to change the Administrative Handbook to: 101.9 Dispute Resolution A. Disputes during competition shall be resolved at the event, if at all possible. B. Disputes arising within a single club shall be filed directly with such club and handled pursuant to the clubs rules and procedures. C. Disputes arising between two clubs shall be attempted to be resolved between the clubs. If resolution attempts are unsuccessful, both clubs shall file a written summary of their dispute with the Chairmen of Pacific Masters Swimming. D. If a dispute arises outside of competition, or cannot be resolved at the event, the complainant shall inform the Chairman of Pacific Masters Swimming, in writing, of the nature and details of the dispute within 30 days of the incident. E. The Executive Committee shall investigate any written complaints and make a recommendation as to the resolution for action by the Pacific Masters Swimming Committee. (Items B and C are new) NEW YEAR REGISTRATION It is that time again - time to re-register. The 2006 year will be a big one for Pacific Masters Members. There will be the three annual championships as well as the XI FINA World Championships will be held next year at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This will be a great time to compete in great competitive conditions. It is very important that clubs re-register, as we cannot register members for a club UNTIL the club is registered. For athletes that wish to change clubs without an extra cost, you can register with a new club without waiting 60 to compete. Forms that are available are Individual Registration Form http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf Registration check list http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf Registration instructions http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf NOVEMBER-DECEMBER NEWSLETTER The November-December newsletter is available on line. The newsletter includes all the meet sheets for December and a couple for January. It also has the individual membership registration. http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/05/05novdec.pdf YOUR ANSWERS ARE HELPFUL TO PACIFIC MASTERS SCHEDULING Toulomne County Aquatic Masters (TCAM) regretfully decided to cancel their pool meet scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2005. Pacific Masters would like feedback from you to assist in future meet planning. 1. How far would you travel to a meet? 2. Would you rather attend a one-day meet on Saturday or Sunday? 3. Do you prefer to attend multiple day meets (3-day championship meets) or one-day meets? 4. Are there certain times during the year you prefer to attend a meet (for example, you only go to meets during summer months) 5. Any other comments on the timing or location of Pacific Masters pool meets? Please send any responses to MAILTO:barryfasbender@comcast.net Opportunity Knocks - Swim for Malaria! Pacific Masters Swimming encourages you to support the World Swim for Malaria, a global grassroots swimming initiative partnering with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Speedo, and Microsoft that can be swum on or before December 3rd. The goal is to have a million people participate in this event. 100% of all monies raised will go toward the purchase and installation of mosquito netting - the single most effective way of preventing malaria. Though we don't experience malaria first hand here in the US, at least a million people die from malaria each year. Some put the estimates as high as 2.7 million. 70% of the deaths are of children under 5. You can find all the information you need at http://www.worldswimformalaria including sponsorship forms, how to collect and submit donations, the background and goals of this event, and the pledges of participation of individuals, groups, Masters teams, and corporate organizations around the world. You can swim this event at Stanford Swimming pool this event on December 3rd or you can organize this event at your own pool. Pacific Masters encourages you and your friends and teammates to join in this effort to make a real difference in the world. Have a good week michael --- -- michael Michael W. Moore From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Nov 14 01:46:52 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Mon Nov 14 01:49:57 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update November 13, 2005 Message-ID: PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The two World Records were broken through the efforts of Margery Meyer and Laura Val. Margery broke the 1500 free record in the 80-84 age group in a time of 15:30.51 and a set a new Pacific Masters record in the 100 breast (2:27.99.) Laura broke the 200 fly 50-54 record in a 2:39.11. A few swimmers broke multiple Pacific records. Roque Santos broke six Pacific Masters Records, one in each event he swam. He set new records in the 35-39 age group in the 50, 100 and 200 breast (31.20, 1:07.28, 2:24.58) as well as the 100, 200 and 400 IM (1:02.00, 2:12.47,4:44.95.) Liesl Tanner and Jim Clemmons each broke two Pacific Masters Records apiece - Liesl broke the 50 free (27.05) and 200 free (2:13.77) records in the 25-29 age group, and Jim lowered the 55-59 marks in the 200 IM (2:32.44) and 200 Fly (2:33.74.) Single Pacific Masters record breaking swims were seen by the following swimmers: John Engs - 40-44 100 back (1:03.60) Stan Morner - 70-74 100 fly (1:37.08) Barbara Owens - 75-79 100 IM (2:06.72) Gina Pietras - 25-29 100 breast (1:21.73) Linda Schoenberger - 55-59 800 free (11:34.76) Rebecca Tukua - 19-24 200 breast ( 2:56.26) Two Relay teams set new Pacific Records in the 800 Mixed Free Relay. The Walnut Creek Masters 200+ team of John Porcella, Mike McGowan, Lieanne Crittenden and Regina Brittingham lowered the mark in their age group as did the Walnut Creek Masters 280+ team of Bob Mayo, Ann Hirsch, Emory Haworth, and Donna Monroe. PACIFIC MASTERS SWIMMING ANNUAL MEETING Our Annual meeting will be the 16th of November at the Oak Hill Park Community Center, Danville, CA and begin at 7:00 PM. All are welcome. Directions: On I 680, take Stone Valley Rd. EAST. Go approximately 2 miles. Oakhill Park is on the right, just before Monte Vista High School. Parking lot is in front of the building. All teams are invited to send a representative. All Pacific Masters swimmers are welcomed. UPCOMING MEETS The Reno's Winners meet will be Saturday December 3rd in Reno. The meet starts at noon. As this is a small meet, it is best not to schedule back to back events. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/05snmscy.pdf Pre Meet entries must be received by November 28th. For those who are traveling: Dixie Zone Championships are at Delta State University Aquatic Center,Cleveland MS December 2-4. http://www.visitclevelandms.com/index.html Colony Masters Colony Masters will be holding their 2005 Short Course Meters Championship at Wheaton College, near Norton, Ma http://greatbaymasters.org/05scmchamp.php For those in the Gulf region there is the Jesse Coon Memorial Invitation Swim Meet in Byron, Texas http://www.ntmasters.org/meetinfo/2005/051203_info_mob_aerofit_jesse_coon.pdf The Postal Pentathlon Meet is currently going on. For those who would like to participate contact postalpentathlon@usms.org http://www.swimpna.org/pdf/entry_form/2005/2005_postal_pentathlon.pdf COACH WANTED For San Ramon Masters (925) 833-2407 NEW YEAR REGISTRATION It is that time again - time to re-register. The 2006 year will be a big one for Pacific Masters Members. There will be the three annual championships as well as the XI FINA World Championships will be held next year at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This will be a great time to compete in great competitive conditions. It is very important that clubs re-register, as we cannot register members for a club UNTIL the club is registered. For athletes that wish to change clubs without an extra cost, you can register with a new club without waiting 60 to compete. Forms that are available are Individual Registration Form http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf Registration check list http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf Registration instructions http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf Opportunity Knocks - Swim for Malaria! Pacific Masters Swimming encourages you to support the World Swim for Malaria, a global grassroots swimming initiative partnering with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Speedo, and Microsoft that can be swum on or before December 3rd. The goal is to have a million people participate in this event. 100% of all monies raised will go toward the purchase and installation of mosquito netting - the single most effective way of preventing malaria. Though we don't experience malaria first hand here in the US, at least a million people die from malaria each year. Some put the estimates as high as 2.7 million. 70% of the deaths are of children under 5. You can find all the information you need at http://www.worldswimformalaria including sponsorship forms, how to collect and submit donations, the background and goals of this event, and the pledges of participation of individuals, groups, Masters teams, and corporate organizations around the world. You can swim this event at Stanford Swimming pool this event on December 3rd or you can organize this event at your own pool. Pacific Masters encourages you and your friends and teammates to join in this effort to make a real difference in the world. To be considered will be the Dispute Resolution. It is proposed to change the Administrative Handbook to: PROPOSED CHANGE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION 101.9 Dispute Resolution A. Disputes during competition shall be resolved at the event, if at all possible. B. Disputes arising within a single club shall be filed directly with such club and handled pursuant to the clubs rules and procedures. C. Disputes arising between two clubs shall be attempted to be resolved between the clubs. If resolution attempts are unsuccessful, both clubs shall file a written summary of their dispute with the Chairmen of Pacific Masters Swimming. D. If a dispute arises outside of competition, or cannot be resolved at the event, the complainant shall inform the Chairman of Pacific Masters Swimming, in writing, of the nature and details of the dispute within 30 days of the incident. E. The Executive Committee shall investigate any written complaints and make a recommendation as to the resolution for action by the Pacific Masters Swimming Committee. (Items B and C are new) NOVEMBER-DECEMBER NEWSLETTER The November-December newsletter is available on line. The newsletter includes all the meet sheets for December and a couple for January. It also has the individual membership registration. http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/05/05novdec.pdf Have a good week michael --- -- michael Michael W. Moore From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Tue Nov 29 22:01:03 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Tue Nov 29 22:02:25 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update November 29, 2005 Message-ID: PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS For those who noticed Marger Meyer broke the record in the 800 not the 1,500. PACIFIC MASTERS SWIMMING ANNUAL MEETING The Pacific Masters Swimming Committee held its annual meeting on November 16th. Elections were held for the Executive Committee. The results were: Chairman: Michael Moore Vice-chairman Admin: Barbara Thomas Vice-chairman Operations: Barry Fasbender Secretary: Karen Duggan Treasurer: Jenifer Zietler At-Large: William Grohe SWIM FOR MALARIA - POSTPONED The Swim for Malaria at Stanford has been postponed until January. FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET ENTRY BOOK The XI FINA World Masters Championships meet book is available on line at http://www.pacificmasters.org/fina/meetbook.pdf The meet book is a large download at 8.1 MB. The meet book has been printed and it will be available soon. UPCOMING MEETS The Reno's Winners meet will be Saturday December 3rd in Reno. The meet starts at noon. As this is a small meet, it is best not to schedule back to back events. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/05snmscy.pdf Pre Meet entries must be received by November 28th. For those who are traveling: Dixie Zone Championships are at Delta State University Aquatic Center,Cleveland MS December 2-4. http://www.visitclevelandms.com/index.html Colony Masters Colony Masters will be holding their 2005 Short Course Meters Championship at Wheaton College, near Norton, Ma http://greatbaymasters.org/05scmchamp.php For those in the Gulf region there is the Jesse Coon Memorial Invitation Swim Meet in Byron, Texas http://www.ntmasters.org/meetinfo/2005/051203_info_mob_aerofit_jesse_coon.pdf The Postal Pentathlon Meet is currently going on. For those who would like to participate contact postalpentathlon@usms.org http://www.swimpna.org/pdf/entry_form/2005/2005_postal_pentathlon.pdf COACH WANTED For San Ramon Masters (925) 833-2407 NEW YEAR REGISTRATION It is that time again - time to re-register. The 2006 year will be a big one for Pacific Masters Members. There will be the three annual championships as well as the XI FINA World Championships will be held next year at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This will be a great time to compete in great competitive conditions. It is very important that clubs re-register, as we cannot register members for a club UNTIL the club is registered. For athletes that wish to change clubs without an extra cost, you can register with a new club without waiting 60 to compete. Forms that are available are Individual Registration Form http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf Registration check list http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf Registration instructions http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf Have a good week michael OFF THE WALL I am writing this from Santiago, Chile, the site of the 2006 South American Championships. I am here primarily to encourage swimmers to travel to Stanford for the XI FINA World Masters Championships. I was able to swim in the 400M Freestyle, where I took 2nd Place. Again I would like to thank Jim Clemmons, Tod Spieker, Jim Delacey, Jim Miller and Jon Steiner for passing up these championships, allowing me to get another medal. I have been very impressed with Santiago, the people are great. I could not ask for more help that what has been given to me at the championships. The food is very good, the wine is wonderful and the mountains in the background. Santiago is five hours ahead of San Francisco. Michael W. Moore This is the up date for Pacific Masters Swimming. You are on this list because either you wrote your email address on your Pacific Masters Swimming application or you subscribed. If you wish to unsubscribe, click on the proper header listed above. For information about Pacific Masters Swimming, go to http://www.pacificmasters.org -- Michael W. Moore City College of San Francisco IS Administrator 50 Phelan Ave Film Department San Francisco CA 94112 Graphic Communications Multimedia Program Photography Department From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Dec 5 01:49:01 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Mon Dec 5 01:59:15 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update December 4, 2005 Message-ID: MEETS The Reno's Winners results have been posted to the web site. The Reno meet was the first SCY meet of the season and the last meet of the year. Thanks to the Sierra Nevada Masters for putting on the meet. EVEN MODERATE EXERCISE BOOTS LONGEVITY STUDY SAYS Sorry, couch potatoes -- the verdict is in: People who exercise regularly really do live longer. In fact, people who get a good workout almost daily can add nearly four years to their lives, according to the first study to quantify the impact of physical activity this way. This is Rob Stein's Washington Post article reprinted on the SF Gate: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/15/MNG29FOAJP1.DTL&hw=exercise+live+longer&sn=001&sc=1000 XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Meet book for the XI FINA World Masters Championships has been posted on line. The has the meet sheets, the schedule and many things you would need to know about the meet. It also has the meet entry forms. Early entry is encourage. http://www.2006finamasters.org/documents/meetbook112005.pdf SPLASH For those who have access to USA Swimming's Splash Magazine, there are two very good articles in this month's issue. "Aletered Landscape" talks about the major swimming changes in swimming over the past 40 years. "The Altitude Monkey" is about the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. NEW YEAR REGISTRATION It is that time again - time to re-register. The 2006 year will be a big one for Pacific Masters Members. There will be the three annual championships as well as the XI FINA World Championships will be held next year at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This will be a great time to compete in great competitive conditions. It is very important that clubs re-register, as we cannot register members for a club UNTIL the club is registered. For athletes that wish to change clubs without an extra cost, you can register with a new club without waiting 60 to compete. Forms that are available are Individual Registration Form http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf Registration check list http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf Registration instructions http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf NOVEMBER-DECEMBER NEWSLETTER The November-December newsletter is available on line. The newsletter includes all the meet sheets for December and a couple for January. It also has the individual membership registration. http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/05/05novdec.pdf Have a good week michael --- -- michael Michael W. Moore From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Dec 5 10:49:11 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Tue Dec 13 01:40:10 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update December 4, 2005 Message-ID: <2b4.174a94e.30c5bb77@aol.com> Hey not that it matters too much, but I am not listed as part of the LOC in the meet entry book. Phyllis Quinn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20051205/f93bda54/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Tue Dec 13 18:57:14 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Tue Dec 13 19:00:17 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update December 12, 2005 Message-ID: Merry Christmas Happy Chunukah Happy New Year On behalf of Nancy Ridout, the Pacific Masters Registrar, Barbara Thomas, Barry Fasbender, Bill Grohe, Joan Alexander, Clarine Anderson, Joanne Berven and the rest of the Pacific Masters leadership, we wish you a joyous holiday season and best wishes for a prosperous new year. michael moore, chairman The website is decorated in its Christmas finery, the carol of the bells is playing in the background. XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Meet book for the XI FINA World Masters Championships has been posted on line. The has the meet sheets, the schedule and many things you would need to know about the meet. It also has the meet entry forms. Early entry is encourage. http://www.2006finamasters.org/documents/meetbook120805.pdf Frequently asked questions http://www.2006finamasters.org/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=18&id=49&Itemid=65 There are many questions that have already been asked, now the answers have been posted. There will be a test and the test results will go on your permanent record. :-) AN APOLOGY Phylis Quinn who has been a great help with the Local organizing committee sent me a private email which I accidently sent out to all the people who are on this email list. I apologized to her this morning and I am sorry it went out contributing to excess email being sent to your email address. This is also the reason you are getting this email 20 hours later than I had planned. DO YOU HAVE SWIMMING FRIENDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? If you have swimming friends in other countries and know the coaches and teams in other countries, would you be interested in telling your friends about the XI FINA World Championships that will be held in Northern California next year.? Much of business is done by person to person contact, we would like you to just inform your foreign friends about the upcoming championships and about northern California. Please see the article at the end of the email if you are interested. We could use your help. NEW YEAR REGISTRATION It is that time again - time to re-register. The 2006 year will be a big one for Pacific Masters Members. There will be the three annual championships as well as the XI FINA World Championships will be held next year at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This will be a great time to compete in great competitive conditions. It is very important that clubs re-register, as we cannot register members for a club UNTIL the club is registered. For athletes that wish to change clubs without an extra cost, you can register with a new club without waiting 60 to compete. Forms that are available are Individual Registration Form http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf Registration check list http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf Registration instructions http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf JNUARY-FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER The January - February newsletter is available on line. The newsletter includes all the meet sheets for December and a couple for January. It also has the individual membership registration. http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/05/05novdec.pdf OFFICIALS CLINIC The Pacific Swimming Officials Clinic will be held at the Community Center in Vallejo, California. This annual event will be especially memorable as Charlie Mallery, will speak on the Referee, Janine Dennis will talk about starting, Pat Lunsford, will speak on being a stroke and turn judge and Jamy Pfister will speak on being an admin referee. Charlie Mallery has been on the rules committee ( I think he was an official at the Soule, Olympiad). Janine Dennis has been a starter at the Olympics and World Championships as had Pat Lunceford. These official will be able to relate a lot of experience. The Q & A ought to be great!! Have a good week michael Wanted: International Team liaisons for 2006 FINA Masters World Championship Much business is done because of a relationship that one has with another person or company. If you have a relationship with some Masters swimmers or teams in a country outside the United States, we would like to call upon you to contact your foreign friends to tell them about next years FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford. Sign up today to be an international team liaison or "Foreign Team Captain" for the 2006 FINA Masters World Championships. Competitors from over 60 countries will attend the event in August 2006 at Stanford. We are looking for Pacific Masters Swimmers who have a relationship with Master swimmers and teams from other countries. Here are some of the suggested tasks: 1. Customize and translate the cover letter that has been written to be applicable for usage in the team you are representing. 2. Compile list of target teams and individuals that you can contact to tell about the 2006 XI FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford. 3. Recruit your fellow swimmers or friends to help you spread the word and work with other teams to make your countries representation as significant as possible.. 4. Create a link on your team's website as well as the websites of other teams to help spread the word about 2006 XI FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford. 5. Provide a monthly update via email to Brian Boeggeman - (brian@2006finamasters.org) on how your recruiting activities are progressing in your country. We promise all the foreign team captains will have a great time...and receive a gift from our sponsor - Speedo! To sign up, email mailto:anne@2006finamasters.org and let us know the foreign team you would like to represent. Many thanks for your interest in and your support of the 2006 FINA Masters World Championships! --- -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20051213/576ba735/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Dec 19 01:29:32 2005 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Mon Dec 19 01:37:47 2005 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update December 19, 2005 Message-ID: Merry Christmas Happy Chunukah Happy New Year On behalf of Nancy Ridout, the Pacific Masters Registrar, Barbara Thomas, Barry Fasbender, Bill Grohe, Joan Alexander, Clarine Anderson, Joanne Berven and the rest of the Pacific Masters leadership, we wish you a joyous holiday season and best wishes for a prosperous new year. michael moore, chairman The website is decorated in its Christmas finery, the carol of the bells is playing in the background. XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Meet book for the XI FINA World Masters Championships has been posted on line. The has the meet sheets, the schedule and many things you would need to know about the meet. It also has the meet entry forms. Early entry is encourage. http://www.2006finamasters.org/documents/meetbook120805.pdf Frequently asked questions http://www.2006finamasters.org/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=18&id=49&Itemid=65 TRANSPERSONAL SWIMMING INSTITUTE ON NBC'S TODAY PROGRAM NBC's Today Show filmed PMS team Transpersonal Swimming Institute's introductory class of Swimming for Adults Afraid in Water. It will be aired January 3 or 5 as part of NBC's series, New Year, New You. The exact date will be known the day before it airs: another announcement will be sent that day. PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS The Pacific Masters Office will be closed December 23 and December 26th for Christmas. Please contact Nancy either before Friday or after Monday. DO YOU HAVE SWIMMING FRIENDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? If you have swimming friends in other countries and know the coaches and teams in other countries, would you be interested in telling your friends about the XI FINA World Championships that will be held in Northern California next year.? Much of business is done by person to person contact, we would like you to just inform your foreign friends about the upcoming championships and about northern California. Please see the article at the end of the email if you are interested. We could use your help. NEW YEAR REGISTRATION It is that time again - time to re-register. The 2006 year will be a big one for Pacific Masters Members. There will be the three annual championships as well as the XI FINA World Championships will be held next year at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. This will be a great time to compete in great competitive conditions. It is very important that clubs re-register, as we cannot register members for a club UNTIL the club is registered. For athletes that wish to change clubs without an extra cost, you can register with a new club without waiting 60 to compete. Forms that are available are Individual Registration Form http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf Registration check list http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf Registration instructions http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf JNUARY-FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER The January - February newsletter is available on line. The newsletter includes all the meet sheets for December and a couple for January. It also has the individual membership registration. http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/06/06janfeb.pdf OFFICIALS CLINIC The Pacific Swimming Officials Clinic will be held at the Community Center in Vallejo, California. This annual event will be especially memorable as Charlie Mallery, will speak on the Referee, Janine Dennis will talk about starting, Pat Lunsford, will speak on being a stroke and turn judge and Jamy Pfister will speak on being an admin referee. Charlie Mallery has been on the rules committee ( I think he was an official at the Soule, Olympiad). Janine Dennis has been a starter at the Olympics and World Championships as had Pat Lunceford. These official will be able to relate a lot of experience. The Q & A ought to be great!! NO UPDATE FOR REST OF YEAR This is the last update for the year. I will be away for Christmas and celebrating New Years. Time to take some time off before the new year begins. Have a good Merry Christmas michael BACK HOME My daughter has returned home safely from her two year Peace Corps service in the Peace Corps, where she taught English as a Second Language and HIV prevention in Lesotho (Africa). She has a lot of stories about teaching there and the differences between America and sub-Saharan Africa. She arrived home December 8th after a 38 hour trip from Maseru, Lesotho the San Francisco. We asked her what she wanted to eat when she returned home, she wanted a good hamburger, so we took her to Maxs Opera Cafe. She has returned to swimming at FOG City, I could beat her on the first day. I dont think that will last. She was working at 5000 feet so she has decent arobic capacity, but now she is relearning to "grab" the water. (If anyone is going to South Africa and would like to exchange Rand for greenbacks, we can make a deal - she did not have enough time for currency exchange at the airport). Wanted: International Team liaisons for 2006 FINA Masters World Championship Much business is done because of a relationship that one has with another person or company. If you have a relationship with some Masters swimmers or teams in a country outside the United States, we would like to call upon you to contact your foreign friends to tell them about next years FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford. Sign up today to be an international team liaison or "Foreign Team Captain" for the 2006 FINA Masters World Championships. Competitors from over 60 countries will attend the event in August 2006 at Stanford. We are looking for Pacific Masters Swimmers who have a relationship with Master swimmers and teams from other countries. Here are some of the suggested tasks: 1. Customize and translate the cover letter that has been written to be applicable for usage in the team you are representing. 2. Compile list of target teams and individuals that you can contact to tell about the 2006 XI FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford. 3. Recruit your fellow swimmers or friends to help you spread the word and work with other teams to make your countries representation as significant as possible.. 4. Create a link on your team's website as well as the websites of other teams to help spread the word about 2006 XI FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford. 5. Provide a monthly update via email to Brian Boeggeman - (brian@2006finamasters.org) on how your recruiting activities are progressing in your country. We promise all the foreign team captains will have a great time...and receive a gift from our sponsor - Speedo! To sign up, email mailto:anne@2006finamasters.org and let us know the foreign team you would like to represent. Many thanks for your interest in and your support of the 2006 FINA Masters World Championships! --- -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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