From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Jul 3 09:47:35 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Mon Jul 3 09:49:23 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update June 27, 2006 Message-ID: FINA WORLDS PSYCH SHEETS POSTED Psych Sheets for the swimming events of the XI FINA World Masters Championships are posted. Please note that we have not finished inputting swimmers into our data base, so there will be a few more entries to be made. http://www.2006finamasters.org/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=106 Please review your times and events. If you submitted a paper entry and we made a mistake, please let us know and we will corect the mistake. If you made a mistake in inputting your events or times in the on line entry, you will have to swim that event and time. If there is an error with the spelling of your name or if you have your family name and given name reversed, let us know, we will correct it. If there is an error about your age, let us know. Send your changes to info@2006finamasters.org . We will make changes and they will be posted by 14 July. UPCOMING MEETS LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Pacific Master Long Course Championships will be at Santa Cruz, July 7,8, and 9 at the University of California Santa Cruz. OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS The Pacific Masters Open Water Championships have been moved from Lake Sonoma to a one mile course at the Russian River near Healdsburg. The race will take place from Memorial Beach in Healdsburg on Saturday, July 15th, 2006. You can register online You can also register on the day of the meet. MASTERS INDUCTED INTO THE SWIMMING HALL OF FAME The International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame will be inducting its new class in inductees. The new class includes swimmers Drury Gallagher, Katherine Pelton, Walter Pfeiffer , Rita Simonton , William Specht and Lavelle Stoinoff. Induction will take place on Friday, the fourth of August at 6:00 in the evening for a Welcome Reception and 7:00 for Dinner and the Induction Ceremony. Everyone is welcome to attend. Information about the Ceremony is at http://ishof.org/ The reception, dinner and ceremony is $100.00. All Pacific Masters Swimmers are encourage to attend. POWER BOAT OWNERS Attention all boat-owning PMS members! We need your help to make the FINA August 12 Alcatraz swim a safe and enjoyable event. If you have a power boat between 15 and 25 feet in length (Rigid Inflatable, Boston Whaler, etc., sorry no sail boats) and would like to volunteer to pilot the swim, please contact Swim Director, Gary Emich, at 650.359.3773 or email him at SFBaySwimmer@sbcglobal.net. Primary responsibilities are to form a protective flank around the swimmers and keep an eye out for non-event boat traffic. Water conditions in the Bay may be choppy and in the event of an emergency you may need to pull swimmers from the water - no novice pilots please - experienced only. The more pilots the safer the swim. Come on out and enjoy a morning on the Bay." Have a good week michael -- michael w. moore chairman@pacificmasters.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20060703/27dcf149/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Tue Jul 25 01:47:17 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Tue Jul 25 01:52:12 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Help Needed for Worlds Message-ID: Help We need help for the World Championships. Pacific Master Swimming is the host for the 2006 FINA World Masters meet being held at Sanford's Avery Aquatic Center August 3-17. Nearly 8,000 swimmers, divers, water polo players, open water and synchronized swimmers from 74 countries have entered this meet.. Many people and teams have already signed up to help but many, many more volunteers are needed. Here is the list of the volunteers still needed to get through this week long swim meet: We need timers. You get a great seat and watch the swimmers from the best seat in the house. There are going to be great fast heats. There are over 170 Olympians who have entered the meet. You will have shade and we will feed you. If you are swimming in the morning, work the afternoon shift or vice versa. We need help in accreditation. You will help swimmers get their badge so they can get on to the pool deck. You will work on a computer in Maples Pavilion. If you are familiar with computers and work well with people, we can use your help there. We need your help. Go to www.2006FINAmasters.org and check on "volunteer." For those who are bringing a significant other, maybe they would love to sit in the best seat in the house to watch the competition. You can sit together in the shade. If you know of any volunteer organizations who would like to help let us know. The success of the meet will greatly depend upon our volunteers who will be the ones who make this meet work. The Organizing Committee can only do so much. We have brought the meet here and we are in position to have a great meet. Now it is up to you to bring the meet home. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. -- 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/20060725/d184a906/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Wed Jul 26 01:53:56 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Wed Jul 26 02:37:21 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Update 25 July 2006 Message-ID: UPCOMING MEET Santa Cruz has the Santa Cruz Pier Swim and the Cruz Cruise this weekend. You can deck enter this meet. The Cruz Cruise is a two mile ocean swim. The pier swim is a little shorter. With all the heat this week, the ocean should be a little warmer. DONNER LAKE The Donner Lake Open Water Swim will be on Saturday August 12th. This is a 2.7 mile straight swim on Donner Lake. With the recent heat wave, the water should be warmer than usual. ---- ====== Lifeguards needed Stanford is looking for lifeguards to work the FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. We need lifeguards to fill shifts from Aug. 1st through Aug. 17th. In order to work the event you will need to attend one of our orientation sessions prior to your first shift. The orientation sessions will be held at the venue, Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center. During the sessions you will learn about our facility and procedures, fill out the appropriate employment documents and sign-up for event shifts. Orientation Sessions Dates & Times: Wednesday, July 26th at 6pm, Avery Aquatic Center Tuesday, August 1st at 6pm, Avery Aquatic Center E-mail jody.smith@stanford.edu and let her know which session you want to attend. Please bring the following materials to the Orientation Session: Your valid Lifeguard Training & First Aid Card, CPR Card, AED Essentials Card (if you have it) Your passport OR Drivers License & Social Security Card OR Drivers License & Original Birth Certificate Jody Smith Avery Aquatic Center Manager jody.smith@stanford.edu === Thank you to all who signed up to work at worlds. I realize that many swimmers just want to relax during their break, but this is a great time to sit in the shade and watch the meet. We still need timers - lots of timers. Thanks to all who have volunteered. We still need many more. (For volunteers, the parking is free the day you work) have a good week. michael -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20060726/5c8c55b1/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Fri Jul 28 02:17:10 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Fri Jul 28 02:19:22 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Update 27 July 2006 - Drivers Message-ID: DRIVERS NEEDED We need volunteers to transport special guests of XI FINA World Masters Championships from the airports and around Palo Alto during the Championships August 1 - 17th. You may either provide your own transportation or drive a car provided for the occasion. You must be 25 years of age or older with a valid driver's license and good driving record. Volunteers receive logo sportswear from World's sponsor Speedo. Please fax a legible copy of your driver's license to Anne Cribbs at (650) 856-6816 for consideration and email J?rgen Padberg at volunteer@2006finamasters.org. -- thank for all the volunteers for timing. Three days are filled up. We need a few volunteers for the Start of the championships - on Friday 4 August. It is coming together.I hope you are there. It is going to be great. Great swimming, Great friends and a great time. michael -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20060728/0ea1adc0/attachment.htm From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Tue Aug 15 22:36:19 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Wed Aug 16 00:08:16 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Worlds Message-ID: Hi The swimming portion of the XI FINA World Masters Championships has been completed. The results are on the FINA Worlds website: http://www.2006finaMasters.org As we tear down the Worlds site, we have surplus equipment available for sale. The FINA worlds committee has eleven Dell Deminsion 3100 computers that need new homes - Excellent for students, email and home use. They have 160 GB Hard Drive Pentium 4 processor wireless card installed Ethernet port 17 inch LCD Flat Screen monitor keyboard and mouse DVD RW- CD Drive 512 MB RAM Microsoft XP Pro operating system. They have the documentation and original disks. The computers have been used for about three weeks at the FINA World Championships. For sale at $600.00/each . You can pick pick it up at Stanford Wednesday or Thursday.If you are interested contact me at mailto:michael@pacificmasters.org . Also for sale HP1022n Laserjet printer. $225.00 each (three available) - not until thursday afternoon. Flowered shirts ($20), yellow volunteer shirts ($10) are also available- limited sizes. If you come to Stanford, the Speedo booth is also open to purchase swim gear, and event mementoes (beer mugs, wine glasses, t-shirts) as well as logoed, athletic gear. Stop in. michael -- Michael Moore XI FINA World Master's Championships Stanford, California, USA August 2006 From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Mon Aug 28 02:13:50 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Mon Aug 28 02:15:12 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update 27 August, 2006 Message-ID: IF YOU HAVE MOVED If you have moved and want to still receive your copy of Swimmer Magazine, please go to the Pacific Masters On-Line Change of Address page. Fill it out and your address will be changed and you will continue to receive USMS Swimmer Magazine. http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/members/memberupdate.shtml --------- UPCOMING MEETS Whiskeytown Open Water San Mateo SCM MVM Alan Liu Sac Sprint Pentathlon WCM Pac Masters SCM Champ The last open water meet of the season is at Whiskeytown, near Redding, California. It will be on September 10th. Information about the meet is found in the July-August Pacific Masters newsletter. This year there are four short course meters meet. The first will be the San Mateo Marlin's Penthathlon September 24th at the Joinville pool in San Mateo. The Mountain View Masters Alan Liu Short Course Meters Meet will be October 1st at Eagle Pool in Mountain View. The 33rd Annual Sacramento Sprint Pentathlon will be held at the Schall Aquatic Center at UC Davis. October 7th The last short course meters meet of the season will be the Pacific Masters Championships held at the Heather Farms Diving Tank, Walnut Creek California, October 13-15th. OPEN WATER RESULTS Results some of the open water meets have been posted on the web site. Results include the TOC Trans Tahoe Relay, the Santa Cruz Rough Water Swim, and the Cruz Cruise. Thanks to the TOC and Santa Cruz Masters for organizing the meets. OPEN WATER SWIM CANCELLED The Oktoberfest swim that was scheduled for September 23 has been cancelled. This means that there are two fewer open water points-eligible events on the schedule. Consequently, this decreases by one the total number of swims that an individual can use to earn open water points for the open water points competition. If you were holding off on doing your last swims for the last event of the season, that will now be Whiskeytown. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER NEWSLETTER The Pacific Masters September / October Newsletter has been posted on the web site. There is a list of all the age group swimmers of the year, the upcoming meets and other interesting items for Pacific Masters members. Thank you to Joanne Berven for putting editing and writing the newsletter. --- Pacific Masters affiliate Lands End Pacific Masters entered into a new affiliate relationship with Lands' End Apparel . Lands' End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the active person. If you click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site (like the link above or the link in the navigation bar) Lands' End will receive a rebate from your purchase The Pacific Masters Logo'ed shirts that meet officials wear are from Lands End. ===== Have a good week What Happened at Worlds? There were 1440 Pacific Masters Swimmers from 93 clubs who entered the XI FINA World Masters Championships. I appreciate all the support that swimmers gave by entering the meet. Many Pacific Masters swimmers also helped with the running of the meet. I am very grateful as the meet could not be run without the timers, meet marshals and hundred of other jobs that had to be done so that swimmers would have a great meet. I have heard from many US and foreign swimmers who said this was the best organized championships they had ever been to. This could not be done without the help of Pacific Masters swimmers. Stanford Masters is to be thanked as they sacrificed their pool time for 18 days so that the meet could be held there. There were also many volunteers from Stanford - Stanford also finished in sixth place in the Combined team high point totals. On Monday of the swimming competition, Walnut Creek took care of all the timing. Walnut Creek also finished at the top of Combined High Point Team scores. Only this weekend have I been able to review the results of the meet. There were many Pacific Masters swimmers who had great meets. I will try to acknowledge them in a later Update. The times were blazing fast. In the men's 45-49 100 M Free a 1:00.00 would get you a 36th! A 1:13.00 would be 151st. I saw very little of the competition at Worlds. For me it was a blur that started on 1 August and somewhat ended with the completion of the Open Water Swim. The only races that I remember were: The fastest heat of the 200+ Mixed Free Relay was awesome. I wanted to see that heat as some of my friends from Walnut Creek were in it and then looked to see who was on the Florida and Colorado teams. All the swimmers on those teams were at least a top ten swimmer. On the last exchange, Colorado's 61 year old Rich Abrahams had a 1.36 lead over Florida's 47 year old Rowdy Gaines. Could Rowdy make up the difference? He had 14 years on him. It was a very fast last fifty, with Abrahams holding off the Olympian. The World record was broken by almost five seconds. The first four teams broke the record. All the teams in the heat broke the meet record. I saw the meets executive director Anne Cribbs swim the breaststroke and freestyle. She had fun. I saw Debbie Meyer swim the 200 freestyle and I saw Jacki Hirsty win one of her events from the outside lane. It looked like swimmers were have a great time in the tent village that sprang up on the west side of the aquatic center. There appeared to be a lot of trading of t-shirts and swim caps there. On Saturday morning, I watched the USMS Fighting Flamingos win their match to secure the bronze medal, later that night there were four very good water polo games in the Avery Aquatic Center. I did swim the 400 freestyle. If I would have swum it 39 seconds faster, I would have made the qualifying time. It did feel good to be in the water. I would be interested in hearing any stories or vignettes about worlds and also if you were able to do well trading t-shirts or pins. Please add your story to the forum section of the USMS web site: http://forums.usms.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6584 I would like to read about your experiences at the meet and the exciting races you saw. For those who would like to see great pictures of the meet go to http://www.isiphotos.com If anyone has pictures taken at the open water swim from the bridge with the houses and docks on both sides of the chute, I would love to see them. -- michael Michael W. 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The Convention will discuss The World Championships Executive Director for USMS Dues Increase The Host for the Long Course Meters and Short Course Yards Championships SHIRTS AVAILABLE FROM WORLDS And a few notes: 1. Floral shirts - a limited number of large and x large shirts remain. They are for sale for $25.00 including postage and handling in the US and $35 international. Send an email with your credit card number to tshirts@2006finamasters.org , call 650.856.2234, or mail a check to Anne Cribbs BASOC - Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee 201 California Ave., Suite 1450 San Francisco, CA 94111. 2. For those who ordered a complete results package, it will be sent to you by October 1, 2006. 3. The LOC will send a CD of the results to all federations who had competitors participating in the meet. 4. Any comments or suggestions about the World Championships that you wish to pass on to Perth can be emailed to comments@2006finamasters.org and will be included in the final report.Until Perth, SWIM ACROSS AMERICA IN SAN FRANCISCO On San Francisco Bay there will be a relay on Sept. 23. It's a fundraiser for the UCSF Children's Hospital Cancer Survivorship program and they are hoping to recruit more swimmers. The website for the San Francisco swim is: http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/san_francisco/index.html This is the first year and they still could use more swimmers. If it's a success we'll continue doing it. Carol Hyman UCSF Public Affairs 415/502-9553 UPCOMING MEETS San Mateo SCM MVM Alan Liu Sac Sprint Pentathlon WCM Pac Masters SCM Champ This year there are four short course meters meet. The first will be the San Mateo Marlin's Penthathlon September 24th at the Joinville pool in San Mateo. The Mountain View Masters Alan Liu Short Course Meters Meet will be October 1st at Eagle Pool in Mountain View. The 33rd Annual Sacramento Sprint Pentathlon will be held at the Schall Aquatic Center at UC Davis. October 7th The last short course meters meet of the season will be the Pacific Masters Championships held at the Heather Farms Diving Tank, Walnut Creek California, October 13-15th. OPEN WATER SWIM CANCELLED The Oktoberfest swim that was scheduled for September 23 has been cancelled. This means that there are two fewer open water points-eligible events on the schedule. Consequently, this decreases by one the total number of swims that an individual can use to earn open water points for the open water points competition. If you were holding off on doing your last swims for the last event of the season, that will now be Whiskeytown. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER NEWSLETTER The Pacific Masters September / October Newsletter has been posted on the web site. There is a list of all the age group swimmers of the year, the upcoming meets and other interesting items for Pacific Masters members. Thank you to Joanne Berven for putting editing and writing the newsletter. --- Pacific Masters affiliate Lands End Pacific Masters entered into a new affiliate relationship with Lands' End Apparel . Lands' End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the active person. If you click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site (like the link above or the link in the navigation bar) Lands' End will receive a rebate from your purchase The Pacific Masters Logo'ed shirts that meet officials wear are from Lands End. ===== Have a good week For those who would like to see great pictures of the World Championships please go to http://www.isiphotos.com If anyone has pictures taken at the open water swim from the bridge with the houses and docks on both sides of the chute, I would love to see them. -- michael w. moore michael@mwmoore.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The first will be this weekend the San Mateo Marlin's Pentathlon September 24th at the Joinville pool in San Mateo. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06smmmscm.pdf ALAN LIU SHORT COURSE METERS MEET The Mountain View Masters Alan Liu Short Course Meters Meet will be October 1st at Eagle Pool in Mountain View. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06mvmscm.pdf SACRAMENTO SPRINT PENTATHLON The 33rd Annual Sacramento Sprint Pentathlon will be held at the Schall Aquatic Center at UC Davis. October 7th. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06sacscm.pdf PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The last short course meters meet of the season will be the Pacific Masters Championships held at the Heather Farms Diving Tank, Walnut Creek California, October 13-15th. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06wcmscm.pdf OPEN WATER RESULTS Results some of the open water meets have been posted on the web site. Results include the Donner Lake Open Water Swim, the Manatee 2x1 Relay and the Whiskeytown One and Two Mile Open Water Swims. Thanks to the Sierra Nevada Masters, Manatee Masters and Redding Aquatic Masters for organizing the meets. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/results.shtml DAVIS AQUATIC MASTERS FALL STROKE CLINIC FOR FITNESS SWIMMERS Where? Civic Pool, corner of 5th and B St. When? Freestyle Saturday Sept. 30, Backstroke Sunday Oct. 1, Butterfly Sunday Oct. 8 and Breaststroke Sat. Oct. 21. All clinics from 1-2:30pm. Clinics stress technique through specific stroke drills and include the turn of that specific stroke. Coach Rick Powers and ass'ts will give you individual attention to help improve your skills and efficiency in each stroke. Cost? $10 pre-paid. $15 on the day. Contact Rick at rpswimmer@hotmail.com. Rick has given hundreds of clinics in 30 countries over the last 40 years. PACIFIC MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Short Course Pacific Masters Championships will be organized by the Walnut Creek Masters and the Tri Valley Masters in late April. The meet will be held in Pleasanton. The Short Course Meters Meet will be organized by the Walnut Creek Masters and be held in the diving pool at Heather Farms in October of 2007. 2008 US MASTERS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2008 USMS Short Course Yards Championships will be held at the University of Texas in Austin. The long course championships will be held at Mount Hood, Oregon. OPEN WATER SWIM CANCELLED The Oktoberfest swim that was scheduled for September 23 has been cancelled. This means that there are two fewer open water points-eligible events on the schedule. Consequently, this decreases by one the total number of swims that an individual can use to earn open water points for the open water points competition. --- Pacific Masters affiliate Lands End Pacific Masters entered into a new affiliate relationship with Lands' End Apparel . Lands' End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the active person. If you click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site (like the link above or the link in the navigation bar) Lands' End will receive a rebate from your purchase The Pacific Masters Logo'ed shirts that meet officials wear are from Lands End. MICHAEL MOORE AWARDED RALEIGH AREA MASTERS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD At the recent United States Masters Swimming held at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, MI, Michael Moore was awarded the Raleigh Area Masters National Chapionships Award. The award is presented annually to the person who has contributed the most to USMS National Championship meets. This year the rules were stretched as there was no USMS Long Course Championships, but the World Championships attracted the largest number of USMS swimmers ever. Michael served as chairman of the XI FINA World Masters Championships. 2007 RULE BOOK DEDICATION Susan Ehringer, the USMS Rule Book Coordinator, announced to the House of Delegates at the USMS Convention that the dedication of the 2007 Rule Book will be to the Organizing Committee of the XI FINA World Masters Championships. This was in recognition of the work done ===== Have a good week michael For those who would like to see great pictures of the FINA World Masters championships http://www.isiphotos.com If anyone has pictures taken at the open water swim from the bridge with the houses and docks on both sides of the chute, I would love to see them. -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20060922/879efc3b/attachment.html From pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org Wed Sep 27 01:22:31 2006 From: pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org (pacmasterupdate@PacificMasters.org) Date: Wed Sep 27 01:23:24 2006 Subject: [PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update 26 September 2006 Message-ID: IF YOU HAVE MOVED If you have moved and want to still receive your copy of Swimmer Magazine, please go to the Pacific Masters On-Line Change of Address page. Fill it out and your address will be changed and you will continue to receive USMS Swimmer Magazine. http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/members/memberupdate.shtml --------- UPCOMING MEETS MVM Alan Liu Sac Sprint Pentathlon WCM Pac Masters SCM Champ THIS WEEK ALAN LIU SHORT COURSE METERS MEET - SUNDAY The Mountain View Masters Alan Liu Short Course Meters Meet will be October 1st at Eagle Pool in Mountain View. You may deck enter. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06mvmscm.pdf SACRAMENTO SPRINT PENTATHLON The 33rd Annual Sacramento Sprint Pentathlon will be held at the Schall Aquatic Center at UC Davis. October 7th. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06sacscm.pdf PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE METERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The last short course meters meet of the season will be the Pacific Masters Championships held at the Heather Farms Diving Tank, Walnut Creek California, October 13-15th. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06wcmscm.pdf The mail deadline is Saturday 30 September. You can enter on line until midnight Wednesday 4 October. No deck entries. http://wcm.mastersswim.com SWIM ACROSS AMERICA SWIM ACROSS AMERICA had a swim in the bay on Saturday. The swimmers swam from Chrissy Field to the Gate to Alcatraz and back to Chrissy Field. They raised almost $100,000. that money will go to UC San Francisco Childrens Hospitla Survivors of Childhood Cancer Program. Team Tsunami was singled out for honors by raising $15,000 for the swim. Matt Chappell celebrated his one year anniversary of the start of chemo by swimming in the event. Congratulations to all the swimmers! SHIRTS AVAILABLE FROM WORLDS And a few notes: 1. Floral shirts - a limited number of large and x large shirts remain. They are for sale for $25.00 including postage and handling in the US and $35 international. Send an email with your credit card number to tshirts@2006finamasters.org , call 650.856.2234, or mail a check to Anne Cribbs BASOC - Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee 201 California Ave., Suite 1450 San Francisco, CA 94111. 2. The LOC will send a CD of the results to all federations who had competitors participating in the meet. 3. Any comments or suggestions about the World Championships that you wish to pass on to Perth can be emailed to comments@2006finamasters.org and will be included in the final report. OTHER FINA CHAMPIONSHIPS MERCHANDISE Merchandise and mementos are still available for purchase on line. There are Polo shirts, t shirts, wine glasses, seals and other items. Go to http://www.2006finamasters.org Then Click STORE OPEN WATER RESULTS All the Open Water Swim Meet Results for 2006 have been posted on the web site. http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/results.shtml Thank you to all the meet directors and volunteers for putting on the meet. Congratulations to all who participated in the meets. DAVIS AQUATIC MASTERS FALL STROKE CLINIC FOR FITNESS SWIMMERS Where? Civic Pool, corner of 5th and B St. When? Freestyle Saturday Sept. 30, Backstroke Sunday Oct. 1, Butterfly Sunday Oct. 8 and Breaststroke Sat. Oct. 21. All clinics from 1-2:30pm. Clinics stress technique through specific stroke drills and include the turn of that specific stroke. Coach Rick Powers and ass'ts will give you individual attention to help improve your skills and efficiency in each stroke. Cost? $10 pre-paid. $15 on the day. Contact Rick at rpswimmer@hotmail.com. Rick has given hundreds of clinics in 30 countries over the last 40 years. PACIFIC MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Short Course Pacific Masters Championships will be organized by the Walnut Creek Masters and the Tri Valley Masters in late April. The meet will be held in Pleasanton. The Short Course Meters Meet will be organized by the Walnut Creek Masters and be held in the diving pool at Heather Farms in October of 2007. 2008 US MASTERS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2008 USMS Short Course Yards Championships will be held at the University of Texas in Austin. The long course championships will be held at Mount Hood, Oregon. --- Pacific Masters affiliate Lands End Pacific Masters entered into a new affiliate relationship with Lands' End Apparel . Lands' End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the active person. If you click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site (like the link above or the link in the navigation bar) Lands' End will receive a rebate from your purchase The Pacific Masters Logo'ed shirts that meet officials wear are from Lands End. ==== Have a good week michael For those who would like to see great pictures of the FINA World Masters championships http://www.isiphotos.com If anyone has pictures taken at the open water swim from the bridge with the houses and docks on both sides of the chute, I would love to see them. -- michael Michael W. Moore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/pacmasterupdate/attachments/20060927/b21de558/attachment.html