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<div>Donn McPhail - RIP<br>
Don McPhail passed away last week. Donn of DeAnza Cupertino
Aquatics, was instrumental in bringing the 1996 US Masters Swimming
Short Course Championships to Cupertion. Donn worked PG&E in their
marketing department.<br>
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<div>OPEN WATER SEASON</div>
<div>Lake Berryessa Annual one and Two Mile Swims will be on Saturday
June 4, 2005. You can register at www.damfast.org. The Lake Berryessa
swim is one of the most popular open water swims in the United States.
The two mile swim around the island is great swim. Of course, if you
breath on the left, you see very little of the island.</div>
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<div>DEL VALLE OPEN WATER SWIM date change</div>
<div>The Lake Del Valle Open water swim date has changed from Saturday
to Sunday. The meet will be on Sunday June 19th - Fathers day. Lake
Del Valle is a great swimming lake above Livermore, about one hour
from San Francisco or San Jose.</div>
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<div>DONNER LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM</div>
<div>The Donner Lake 2.7 mile Open Water swim will be Saturday, August
6th</div>
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<div>SPLASH AND DASH</div>
<div>The Burlingame Splash and Dash will be Sunday June 12th. This
will be the only long course meet before Championships. It is a great
way to see how your times compare to the qualifying times for
Worlds.</div>
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XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS EMAIL LIST<br>
The XI FINA Masters World Championships has an email list list to
inform people about the Championships taking place at Stanford
University in 2006.<br>
<br>
If you would like to be on the email list go to
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/finamasters to sign up.<br>
<br>
The first email has gone out. All email will be archived at
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/finamasters/</div>
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<div>COACHING CLINICS</div>
<div>SWIM CLINICS at Foothill College - all ages/all levels</div>
<div>OLYMPIC COACH AND OLYMPIC SWIMMER</div>
<div>ROSS GERRY AND KATRINA RADKE OFFER SWIM CLINICS AND LEARN TO
SWIM</div>
<div>NOVICE TO EXPERT: AGE 5 AND UP (ADULTS WELCOME)<br>
</div>
<div>FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES: PLEASE CALL KATRINA
AT 650-906-0022 or email katrinaradke@aol.com<br>
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<div>Private lessons (1-3 kids) also available by appointment.</div>
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<div>Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen and her husband and coach Eric Neilsen will
be in the Northern California in July and August and are
available to a conduct a Freestyle Swim Technique clinic at your
facility during a scheduled masters practice. They teach a "wide
entry, early catch" freestyle technique that Karlyn has been
using since 2000 with tremendous success (still doing lifetime bests
at 43).</div>
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<div>For more information, please contact Karlyn or Eric at:</div>
<div><mailto:aquaticedge@hawaii.rr.com></div>
<div>aquaticedge@hawaii.rr.com or call 808 331-1766<br>
<br>
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<div>THE SOUTH-END ROWING CLUB'S 10TH ANNUAL ALCATRAZ INVITATIONAL
SWIM</div>
<div>COME TEST YOURSELF AGAINST A GREAT 1.25 MILE CROSS-CURRENT SWIM
AND THEN HAVE BRUNCH!</div>
<div> Saturday, July 30, 2005, Jump off the boat at 9:15 AM<br>
<br>
Lynne Cox the world's best cold-water open water swimmer and now
a NY Times best-selling author, will be our guest of honor.<br>
<br>
600 swimmers will be taken to Alcatraz, where the swim begins at
approximately 9:15 a.m. and ends at our clubhouse at the foot of the
Hyde St. Pier at 500 Jefferson St, where sauna and showers are
available.<br>
<br>
Awards Ceremony begins at approximately 11:00 a.m.<br>
<br>
Awards to over-all winners in wet-suit and non-wetsuit
divisions. T-shirt to all participants. Finisher Medals
awarded to those that are able to complete the swim. Electronic Timing
by PM EVENTS for accurate individual swim times, posted immediately
after event ends<br>
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Brunch served after the swim.<br>
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Event over by 1:00 p.m.<br>
<br>
Proceeds benefit the South-End's Building Renovation Fund.
Come see what your past generosity has produced with our newly
renovated Cook Shack and Day Room.<br>
<br>
Registration and swim information is available at
www.south-end.org<br>
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Have a good week<br>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
michael@mwmoore.org</div>
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