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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>RESULTS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>BURLINGAME SPLASH AND
DASH</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>SPRING LAKE</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>LAKE
BERRYESSA</b></font></div>
<div>The results for the Burlingame Splash and Dash, the Spring Lake
One Mile Swim and the Lake Berryessa one and two Mile swims have been
posted.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/results.shtml</div>
<div>Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make these events a
success. We could not offer as many swimming events in Pacific Masters
without the dedicated volunteers who work hard so that Pacific Masters
Swimmers have the greatest number of pool and open water events in the
U.S. to compete in.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS LONG COURSE
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Swimming 2007 Long Course Meters
Championships will be hosted by Santa Cruz Masters on the University
of California Santa Cruz Campus. This is a pre entered meet. Posted
entries must be postmarked by 23 June. You can enter on line by 27
June 2007.</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>CHANGE IN PACMASTERS
SCHEDULE</b></font></div>
<div>The June Pacific Masters Swimming Monthly meeting will be
Wednesday 27 June 2007.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>ROBERT PROEBSTRING
1937-2007</b></font></div>
<div>Bob Proebsting, a many-time US Masters All-American and World
Champion passed away Monday, June 4 due to a massive heart attack,
resulting from complications from his long battle with Parkinson's
disease and his weakened condition due to his cancer treatment 12
years ago. He was 69 years old. Dick Thomas wrote a article about
Bob.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/rproebstring.html</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Chabot Pool
Reopening</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Honoring Ross
Shoemaker</b></font></div>
<div>Chabot College Pool will reopen Thursday June 14th 5pm with a
short ceremony to honor Ross Shoemaker. Ross Shoemaker was swimming
there until he passed away a few weeks ago.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>COACH THOMAS HUGGINS MOVING TO
INDIANAPOLIS</b></font></div>
<div>Coach Thomas Huggins of the San Mateo Marlins is moving to
Indianapolis with his wife Jenny. Thomas has been the coach of the
Marlins for the past eight years. He has also served as a delegate to
USMS National convention from Pacific. Everyone wishes Thomas and
Jenny, the best of luck and success in their new local.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS YTD
RESULTS</b></font></div>
<div>There are currently 8,222 members of Pacific Masters Swimming as
well as 112 clubs. Pacific Masters is the largest local masters
swimming committee in the United States with about 23% of the total
national membership. There are 18,500 people on the Update email list.
The Pac Masters largest clubs are:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>Dam<x-tab> </x-tab>569<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Tcam<x-tab>
</x-tab>404<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>WCM<x-tab>
</x-tab>402<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Stan<x-tab>
</x-tab>357<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>USF<x-tab>
</x-tab>291<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Melo<x-tab>
</x-tab>262<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Mam<x-tab>
</x-tab>231<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>MVM<x-tab>
</x-tab>222<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cruz<x-tab>
</x-tab>199<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>SCSC<x-tab>
</x-tab>194</div>
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<div>56% of the swimmers belong to the top twenty clubs (in
membership). 1.3% of Pacific Masters membership does NOT live in
PacMasters geographical territory (I dont know why I threw in that
tidbit, but there are people who think that some clubs recruit from
all over the US- there may be clubs that do that, but not in
Pacific).</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>WHERE ARE THE
CLUBS?</b></font></div>
<div>I have been working on way to show where the Pacific Masters
clubs are located. I have used maps.google.com and Google earth to
show were the clubs are located. This is a work in progress and not
everything is on the map. Many clubs are not on the map, because
the address that we have for your club is the coaches home address. I
did not want to put that address on the map. There are some clubs that
might not want to be on the map, for different reasons. I would
appreciate it if members of a club would check out the map to be sure
that the pool is in the right place and if you have a website to be
sure that I wrote the URL correctly.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Go to</div>
<div>If you have dialup or slow broadband</div>
<div
><http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fpac<span
></span
>ificmasters.org%2Fgeneral%2FPacMasters.kml&ie=UTF8&z=8&o<span
></span>m=1<font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>></b></font>Dialup<font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b> -</b></font> map only</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div>If you have fast broadband:</div>
<div
><http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fpac<span
></span
>ificmasters.org%2Fgeneral%2FPacMasters.kml&ie=UTF8&om=1&<span
></span
>ll=38.419166,-121.481323&spn=3.029755,2.905884&t=h&z=8<font
size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>></b></font> Broadband maps -
picture</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div>If that does not work try:</div>
<div>Go to</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://maps.google.com</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>be sure that "Search the map is highlighted.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In the box between Google Maps and Search maps write:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://pacificmasters.org/general/PacMasters.kml</div>
<div>you can cut and paste.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If anyone would like to contribute an icon that is better than
the pins, please send it to me. If your club is not listed and it
should be, send me the information. If someone want to have an icon
for open water swims or for pool swims, create it and we can set
that up. Send the information to:</div>
<div>chairman at pacificmasters dot org.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>LINKS TO CLUB'S HOME
PAGE</b></font></div>
<div>The PacMasters home page now has a link to the PacMasters clubs,
well at least many of the clubs. If you club has a home page and does
not have a link to your home page, please let me know
mailto:chairman@pacificmasters.org (There are a couple of clubs that
have given me links that do not work).</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>GRANTS AVAILABLE TO CLUBS FROM
USMS ENDOWMENT FUND</b></font></div>
<div>Your club can apply for grant money for anything that advances
Masters swimming. Examples may include:</div>
<div>· Swim clinic for
prospective Masters swimmers</div>
<div>· Transportation from
a local retirement home or college campus to your pool for a one-day
trial membership swim</div>
<div>· Team brochures or
posters to distribute at triathlons, ball fields, rec centers,
etc.</div>
<div>· Formation costs for
a new Masters team</div>
<div>· Relocation costs to
maintain Masters practices at an alternate facility during
construction or renovation</div>
<div>Pacific Masters can't guarantee that your application will be
approved. Read the program requirements at
<http://www.usms.org/admin/lmschb/lmsc_hb_endowment.pdf>http://<span
></span>www.usms.org/admin/lmschb/lmsc_hb_endowment.pdf or call Doug
Church at (317) 773-2190. Applications must arrive by mail on or
before June 1 at the USMS Endowment Fund for payment this year. Take
advantage of this opportunity to market your club.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>IF YOU HAVE
MOVED</b></font></div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/members/memberupdate.shtml</div
>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>SANTA CLARA SWIM CLUB 2007
INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL</b></font></div>
<div>The 40th Santa Clara International Swim meet will be 28 June
through 1 July. Some of the worlds great swimmers will be competing.
You can get your tickets at:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab
>http://www.santaclaraswimclub.org/Meets/2007International/Main.htm</div
>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>NYTIMES ARTICLE ON
SWIMMING</b></font></div>
<div>Jim Thornton write about his recent trip to The Race Club's
training facility and how it has helped his freestyle.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab
>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/sports/playmagazine/0603play-maste<span
></span>r.html</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>USMS is soliciting bids for the 2009 Short Course Yards
Championships, the 2009 :Long Course Meters Championships, the 2008
Open Water Championships. In 2008, Pacific is eligible to bid
on the greater than 3 mile and less than six mile open water
swim.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you are interested in organizing the National Championships,
please contact Barry Fasbender at
<mailto:operations@pacificmasters.org>operations@pacificmasters<span
></span>.org. Barry was the USMS Championships Committee chairman. He
can answer your questions and walk you through the process.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>USMS NOMINATIONS, SUBMITTALS
AND BIDS</b></font></div>
<div>The USMS Fitness Committee is accepting nominations for the 2007
USMS Fitness Award Award. The award is given to the individual or
organization demonstrating outstanding contribution to fitness
programs within UMMS.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>They are also accepting bids for the three USMS Postal
Fitness events (Checkoff Challenge, 30 minutes Swim and Virtual Swim
series. Contact fitness at usms dot org. Deadline 1 July.</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>The USMS RULE BOOK COVER
CONTEST</b></font></div>
<div>USMS is accepting submission for the 2008 Rule Book Cover.
For information contact mailto:susanehr@usms.org</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>PRINTING BIDS</b></font></div>
<div>USMS is soliciting bids to print the 2008 Rule Book. For specs
interested bidders should contact Susan Ehringer at
mailto:susanehr@usms.org.</div>
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<div>Have a good week</div>
<div>michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
michael@mwmoore.org</div>
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