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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>UPCOMING
MEETS</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>21st ANNUAL PACIFIC MASTERS INDOOR
RELAYS</b></font></div>
<div>The 21st Annual Pacific Masters Indoor Relays will be at the
Oceana High School Pool, Paloma Avenue, Pacifica, California, on
Sunday 26 February 2006. This is a chance for you to get your relay
team together and practice for the relays that will be coming up at
the Pacific Masters Championships Short Course Championships, Long
Course Championships and the FINA Championships.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>There is no pre-entry for this meet.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06smmmscy.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>RINCONADA MASTERS SPRING SHORT
COURSE MEET</b></font></div>
<div>The Rinconada Mastesr Spring meet will be held at the Rinconada
Pool in Palo Alto on March 11th. The pre-entry deadline is February
24th. For those who have no prior competitive Masters experience there
are three special events: the 50 yard Free, and the 50 yard Back.
For those who are feeling studly, there is the 1650 yard fly. (you
must finish the event within 45 minutes).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The 1000 yard freestyle is the first event, there is no deck
entries for 1000 free only - you must pre-enter.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab></div>
<div><b><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06rincscy.pdf</b></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>DATE CHANGES</b></font></div>
<div>The Strawberry Canyon Meet will be on Sunday, March 19th
2006 at the Spieker Pool, University of California, Berkeley,
California</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06scamscy.pdf</div>
<div>The Pacific Short Course Yards Championships will be 7-9 April in
Pleasanton, California.</div>
<div><font size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>NEW MEET THIS
YEAR</b></font></div>
<div>Menlo Masters is holding a Long Course World Qualifying Meet at
Sacred Heart High School, Atherton, California 22 April.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/06wcmscy.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>SOCIAL EVENTS NEED YOUR
LEADERSHIP</b></font></div>
<div>Want to help with the parties at the 2006 FINA World
Championships? If so, please contact Anne Cribbs at
anne@2006finamasters.org with your contact info including email.</div>
<div><br>
Event planning responsibilities include<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>1. Liaison with event company and 2006 Local
Organizing Committee<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>2. Oversee
marketing efforts and outreach to competitors<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>3. Recruit
volunteers to help with day of event set up, greeting, and clean
up<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>4. Provide guidance and inspiration for all to
have a great time!<br>
<br>
Events include:<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>1. Ice cream
social<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>2. Taste of California</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>3. Real
Texas BBQ</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>4. DIne
out in Palo Alto<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>5. South of
the Border Feast<br>
</div>
<div>Thanks for your support of the 2006 FINA World Masters
Championship</div>
<div>====</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>HELP WITH MAIL LIST
REQUEST</b></font></div>
<div>Are there any volunteers out there who would like to take over
the entry of the FINA MASTERS mail list requests? We're up to
about 20 per day now, so it's adding up fast the amount of time
required to move these names onto the email list, forward out of
context dialog on to the appropriate place, etc. If anyone who
would like to take on this task, please email
mailto:webmaster@2006FINAMasters.org</div>
<div><font size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>DORM ROOMS</b></font></div>
<div>The FINA Worlds Organizing Committee has secured a limited number
of Stanford Dorm rooms. Please note as Stanford says "Dorm Rooms"
are not hotel rooms and Stanford is not in the hotel business. These
rooms are used for students during the academic year and for
conferences during the summer season. More information is at the end
of this email.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>====</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS</b></font></div>
<div>Pacific Masters honors it volunteers who have contributed to the
sport of Masters Swimming. There are four awards for volunteers that
are given out at the Pacific Masters Short Course Yards Championships
to be held at Pleasanton.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The four awards are</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Contributor of the Year (multiple awards)</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Personal Achievement Award (only three)</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Distinguished Service award</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Appreciation Award</div>
<div>The criteria for the awards are at the end of the Update.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/06/06janfeb.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Committee voted to extend the deadline.
Nominations are due to Chairman Michael Moore by Pacific Masters
Monthly meeting on March 15th. If you wish to email them (Please email
them by Tuesday, March 14th evening awards@pacificmasters.org)</div>
<div>====</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Top Ten SCM 2005 Preliminary
lists are posted.</b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The USMS Short Course Meters 2005 Preliminary Top Ten have been
posted on the USMS web site. If you think you swam fast enough to be
on the top ten, please review the list:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/</div>
<div>If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Ridout
mailto:registrar@pacificmasters.org .</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>====</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>XI FINA WORLD MASTERS
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>FREE DRAW STRING BAG</div>
<div>The meet book for the XI FINA World Masters Championships is
posted on the 2006 FINA Masters Championships web site.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.2006FINAMasters.org</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In the meet book is the entry forms. The first 1000 athletes who
register will receive a quality nylon Drawstring Tote bag with the XI
FINA Masters logo when the are accredited at the meet. It does not
make any difference if you register by mail or on line. This
drawstring tote is make of 210D nylon and will be not be available for
sale. If you register now, you can change your times later on-line
(you have to submit your final entry times by 3 June).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The on-line meet entry system is still be worked on. Please check
the 2006 FINA web site on 15 Feb for further update. When the on-line
meet entry system is ready, it will be announced in the Update.</div>
<div>====</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>LOGO'ED ITEMS OF
APPAREL</b></font></div>
<div>Teams who are interested in special items of apparel, using the
XI FINA World Masters Championships log should contact
mailto:worldmastersproduct@speedousa.com</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Pacific Masters
affiliate</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Lands End</b></font><br>
<br>
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.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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</div>
<div><br>
The Pacific Masters Logo'ed shirts that meet officials wear are from
Lands End.</div>
<div>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<x-tab> </x-tab></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#007700"><b>SANTA CLARA SWIM
CLUB</b></font></div>
<div>Santa Clara Swim Club 55 Year Reunion & Tribute to George
Haines, June 23-25, 2006. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>This exciting, star-studded extravaganza will coincide with
the 39th Annual International Invitational Swim Meet, which will once
again host elite swimmers like Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Aaron
Peirsol and Brendan Hansen.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Activities Include:</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Friday,
June 23: SCSC Olympian Introduction Ceremony 4:30 PM. We will
introduce all 46 SCSC Olympians.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Friday,
June 23: Hosted Cocktail Reception</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Saturday, June 24: Reunion Gala Dinner, featuring Donna de
Varona, Mark Spitz, Don Schollander and many others.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Sunday,
June 25: Hosted Alumni Breakfast.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Tickets: $175 per person; Table Sponsorships available.
Check out information online.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Please visit their website for more info!
http://www.santaclaraswimclub.org. We also welcome volunteer
workers! mailto:scscalumni@santaclaraswimclub.org</div>
<div>====</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>TO REPLY OR
COMMENT</b></font></div>
<div>To reply or comment about anything in this email, please write
to</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>mailto:update06@pacificmasters.org</div>
<div>If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may
not be seen in a timely manner. Use only the update06 address
please.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you are wishing to get off the list, hit the reply key, then
put</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Remove</div>
<div>in the subject line.</div>
<div>=====</div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>HILDA BUEL</b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Hilda sends her regards to all of you. She turns 92 this
month, and dutifully did the one hour postal swim. She'll see
you all at Stanford this summer, God willing!</div>
<div>==</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Have a good week</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>michael</div>
<div>-------</div>
<div><b>Guest Article:</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>LEADING OFF</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>BY JEANNE
ENSIGN</b></font></div>
<div>from<b> THE WET SET (PACIFIC NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION)</b></div>
<div>Welcome to a new year - twelve full months of swimming! I have
never been the sort to make New Year's resolutions, setting goals
which are often too ambitious for me to achieve. My willpower has been
known to desert me early in the morning, in the face of a sumptuous
feast, or disappear completely part way through the year. Instead, I
thought it would be fun to set out twelve swimming related activities
to bring some variety and newness to our swimming day.<br>
<br>
1. Help a new swimmer. Invite someone you know to give team-training a
try. Let them know what to expect at a workout and check in to see how
it's going. Make them feel welcome. Invite them back. Or do the same
for a new swimmer who drops in to try out your team.</div>
<div><br>
2. Buy a new swimsuit, cap and goggles - all at once.<br>
<br>
3. Swim with people you don't know or don't regularly swim with.
Go to a workout with a different group in your area. I always grumble
when my pool is closed for maintenance, but it is the perfect
opportunity to swim with a different team. Find a group to swim with
while you are traveling. Ask your coach to mix up the lanes for a
workout so you're swimming with different people on your own team.
This works well in a sprint workout which has lots of rest between 50s
or 100s.<br>
<br>
4. If you swim in the morning, go in the evening or vice versa and
note the difference in how your body feels.<br>
<br>
5. Go to a swim meet. If you've never been to a meet, try it out. It
is a lot of fun and an opportunity to meet other swimmers. Check out
the calendar in this issue for area meets. If you are a regular choose
your events and schedule. I use meets as a benchmark for my fitness
and also as a motivator to make it to practice. Who wants to compete
when they're not ready?<br>
</div>
<div>6. Go for a swim in the Pacific or in the Bay. Or find another,
warmer, smaller lake. There's no hurry; you can wait until the
weather warms up. I know some of you already took a dip on New Years
Day. Fools rush in . . .</div>
<div><br>
7. Help with a swim meet. Maybe you've never been to a Masters meet;
if not, come help out to see what it's like. If you're there to
swim, find out if you can time or help out otherwise while you're
not swimming. Your home pool may be host to an age group meet - what
fun kids to be around - offer to be a timer.<br>
</div>
<div>8. Find out what you can do for Pacific Masters. From time to
time, we ask for a volunteer for a particular one-time project. Come
to a Pacific Masters board meeting. If you would like Pacific
Masters to enhance an area of particular interest to you, let me know.
We have been noting, jokingly, but in earnest that the Pacific Masters
board is getting older. Help reverse the trend. Not by making us
younger (wouldn't that be nice) but with younger participants. We
can always use your help. </div>
<div><br>
9. Set a particular goal for one of your strokes - better your best
stroke or salvage your worst stroke. Set yourself an achievable goal,
be it time or distance.<br>
<br>
10. Introduce some dryland training to your routine to enhance your
swimming. Stop in the doorway each time you walk through and stretch
your shoulder, or, maybe, just maybe, introduce something a little
more substantive. Check out information and links at www.usms.org for
a myriad of resources. If you belong to a health club, get a trainer
to help tailor a program for you.<br>
<br>
11. Do something other than swimming with your regular swimmates. Go
out to coffee or travel to an out of town meet together.<br>
</div>
<div>12. Participate in one of the USMS Postal Swims. T Check out
other fitness swims including the Check Off Challenge (hosted by
Federal Way Masters).</div>
<div><br>
These are for you and me both, so have fun. Help me out during the
year if you think I've missed a few. Do them all at once or
spread them out during the year. Write about it, submit it to The
WetSet editor and make him very happy. We all love reading about your
experiences. Have fun and Happy New Year!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>======</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>DORM ROOMS</b></font></div>
<div>The Organizing Committee has secured a limited number of Stanford
Dorm rooms. Please note as Stanford says "Dorm Rooms" are
not hotel rooms and Stanford is not in the hotel business. These rooms
are used for students during the academic year and for conferences
during the summer season</div>
<div><br>
<b>DORM ROOMS</b><br>
The Dorm rooms include a bed, sheets (not changed daily), bathroom /
toilets (WC) down the hall. The dorm rooms include breakfast and
a sack lunch or a lunch at the dorm. Due to Stanford policies, the
food plan is included with the dorm room package. The dorm rooms are
on the Stanford campus.<br>
</div>
<div><b>TIME</b><br>
You may only reserve dorm for certain periods of time. The first
period of time is the swimming/water polo time: 3-11 August
(eight days).<br>
<br>
The second period of time is the Diving / Synchronized Swimming time
from which is 11-18 August (7 days).<br>
<br>
Stanford's policies require that you reserve the dorm for the entire
period of time. There is no credit given if you stay in the room for
less time.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>PREPAYMENT</b></div>
<div>You must prepay the entire amount.<i><b> If you do not use the
rooms, there is no credit given if you do not use the
rooms.</b></i><br>
</div>
<div><b>SINGLE OR DOUBLE</b></div>
<div>You may choose either single or double occupancy. most of the
rooms have two beds in them.<br>
</div>
<div><b>INTERNET ACCESS</b><br>
Internet access is available for a fee it can be reserved in advance
via the Internet, so it will be ready when you arrive. You may arrange
for Internet access once you arrive by going to the Stanford Internet
Service.<br>
</div>
<div><b>PRICE:</b><br>
The price per night for a single (including breakfast and a sack
lunch) is $108.05/ night. The price for a double (including breakfast
and a sack lunch) is $185.10 (92.55/person).<br>
</div>
<div><b>RESERVATIONS</b><br>
You can make your reservation by going to the XI FINA World Masters
Web site<br>
<x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.2006finamasters.org<br>
then clicking on hotel reservations<br>
</div>
<div><b>FURTHER QUESTIONS:</b></div>
<div>If you have further questions, please contact RJ at
mailto:dorms@2006finamasters.org</div>
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<div>michael<br>
Michael W. Moore</div>
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