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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION
STATEMENT:</b></font></div>
<div>As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of
Pacific Masters is:</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to
gain and maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to
foster this mission.</b></div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>Lake Del Valle</b></font></div>
<div>The Lake Del Valle1.5 mile will be a national championship meet
next year. This year's meet will be a great time to practice for next
year.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09triow.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>LAKE BERRYESSA</b></font></div>
<div>The Lake Berryessa swim will be held June 6th. This is one
of the most popular swims in the United States with about 1,000
Masters swimmers competing in the fresh water of Lake Berryessa. There
is the two mile swim and the one mile swim for Masters Swimmers.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09damow.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>5K and 10K M POSTAL</b></font></div>
<div>May 15th was the opening of the 5K and 10K Meters Postal event.
If you swim the five or ten K swim you can submit your times and be
entered in the event.</div>
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<div>More information can be found at:</div>
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</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats09/5k10kpostalentry.pdf</div
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<div><font size="+1"><b>JULIE PAQUE HEATHER RECEIVES RANSOM J. ARTHUR
AWARD</b></font></div>
<div>The Ransom J. Arthur Award is the most prestigious of the U.S.
Masters Swimming awards. It is presented to a person who
displays great volunteerism and enthusiasm for the sport of swimming
and for U.S. Masters Swimming as an organization. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Last weekend, at the U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National
Championship Rob Copeland, President of U.S. Masters Swimming,
presented the award. Julie was chairman of Pacific Masters ten
years ago before she moved to Pasadena to marry Mike Heather.
Congratulation Julie on getting US Masters Swimming top award!!</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/features.php?id=135</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS MEETING THIS
WEDNESDAY</b></font></div>
<div>This month the Pacific Masters Swimming Committee meeting will be
at Heather Farms on Wednesday, 20 May at the community center of the
Heather Farms area. All swimmers are invited to attend, all clubs are
encouraged to send at least one delegate. The committee will be
receiving nominations for Coach of the Year (the chair has determined
that a nomination can be by a club member) and will be deciding on
delegates to the US Masters Swimming Convention that will be held in
Chicago in September.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER 101</b></font>- Moved to Lake Del
Valle</div>
<div>Want to learn about open water swimming, but not sure how to
start? Concerned about cold water, crowded starts, open water culture,
Pacific Masters is sponsoring Open Water 101 a clinic for new and
developing open water swimmers. It will cover Breathing and sighting,
coping with panic, pack swimming, water entry and exit and mental
Preparation.</div>
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<div>There will be dry land talks by Suzanne Heim-Bowen and Suzie Dods
as well as other local, national and international open water
swimmers. The location has been moved to Lake Del Valle. There is a
limit of 50 swimmers so register early:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09pmsow101.pdf</div>
<div>Tell your triathlete friends they can take the course, but you
must be a member of US Masters Swimming to attend the class.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SEND US MASTERS SWIMMING A STORY FOR THE USMS
ARCHIVES</b></font></div>
<div>The USMS History and Archives Committee would like each LMSC to
identify a few of its key people, who have been a part of USMS for a
long time. Then someone in the LMSC can interview these valuable
members about their swimming. Their "Creating a Story" has
several questions they 've put together to get you started.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/hist/content/yourstory</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDDING FOR NATIONAL POOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>You can create an exciting opportunity for your club by bidding
to host either the 2011 United States Masters Swimming National Short
or Long Course Championships. The USMS Championship Committee to
strongly encourage you to work with facilities within your LMSC to
consider bidding for either of these showcase events. All entries are
now processed by USMS, which takes away much tedious work from the
host. The short course meet (25 yards or meters) typically takes place
mid-May, however, it may be held anytime between April 15th and May
31st in accordance with USMS rules. The long course meet typically
takes place mid-August although its allowable range is August 1 -
September 15th.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>FITNESS NOT FATNESS PREDICTS A LONGER
LIFE</b></font></div>
<div>Steven Blair of the University of South Carolina did a study of
body, fitness and longevity in 26,03 men. What he found was that it
was fitness not fatness that lead to a longer life and swimming was
the best way of staying fit. The findings were published in the 5
December 1980 of the Journal of the American Medical Association and
was summarized by Steven Reinberg at</div>
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>http://myhealth.ucsd.edu/healthyliving/fitness/nov08fitness.htm</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SWIM ACROSS AMERICA</b></font></div>
<div>The San Francisco Swim Across America (SAA) event is
scheduled for Saturday October 3, 2009 and features a 0.5 mile
and 1.5 mile swim from the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge
to Crissy Field in the Presidio. Swim Across America is
dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research,
prevention and treatment. To date, Swim Across America has
raised over $20 million nationally; and last year the San Francisco
event raised over $200,000 for the UCSF Children's Hospital and the
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. If you would
like more information or if you would like to swim, donate or
volunteer please visit
http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/Page.aspx?pid=317 or contact
Gary Emich at gary@swimacrossamerica.org. In addition, on
Wednesday June 17th between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. the Presidio
Sports Basement (610 Mason Street, San Francisco) will host a kick-off
party with free snacks, beverages and 20% off coupons. Save the
date and come join the Swim Across America family to learn more about
the October 3rd swim and about how SAA is helping to find a cure for
cancer through athleticism, community outreach and team bonding.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDDING FOR NATIONAL OPEN WATER
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The Long Distance Open Water Committee is soliciting bids for
postal events for 2011 and the Open Water events for 2011. The Postal
events are the One Hour Postal, the 3,000-6,000 yard postal and the
5,000 and 10,000 M postal Clubs are encourage to bid for those
events.</div>
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<div>For the open water events, in 2011 it is the West region's turn
to host and organize the one mile Open water swim, the 1 Mile cable
and the 3-6 Mile swim. The national championships would be a great way
to get swimmers from all over the US to come to your swim.</div>
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<div>Next year Lake Del Valle wil be the venue of the 1-3 Mile
national championship. This year Millerton Lake was the scene of the
one mile national championship.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>UPDATING THE PACIFIC MASTERS MAIL
LIST</b></font></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters email list has almost 20,000 subscribers on
it. We are limited to 20,000 subscribers on the list, so it is time to
do a little pruning. I went back to the 2007, 2008 and the current
rosters and pulled all the email addresses from those lists. All
members on those lists will be re-subscribed to the updated list. If
have not registered with Pacific Masters, but wish to continue getting
the Update, you can subscribe by going to the Pacific Masters web page
after 11 May.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>COACH OF THE YEAR</b></font></div>
<div>The coach of the nominations are due at the May Pacific Masters
meeting (20 May 2008). This is the time to publicly show your coach
how much you mean to him. Coaches are underpaid and overworked. They
do the job for the love of the sport and Pacific Masters honors one
coach a year as the Coach of the Year.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you want to nominate your coach I would suggest that you write
a one page letter telling the committee why s/he should be the coach
of the year. Read the nomination procedures (at bottom of page), let
the committee know what the coach has meant to you and your team
mates.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>After you write your letter and if you have letters from your
team mates send it to chairman@pacificmasters.org. Unfortunately,
there is only one person who can be coach of the year. Many times the
coach of the year has been nominated before. Those who have been
nominated will be listed at the long course championships (where
the coach of the year presentation is made). Also since Pacific
has such a plethora of great coaches, we have not yet awarded the
Coach of the Year to the same person twice.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>REGINA BRITTINGHAM</b></font></div>
<div>Regina Brittingham had great swims at Nationals and deeply
appreciated the support she received. In the next few weeks she will
be pursuing treatment at Stanford for the melanoma that they have
discovered. Please continue with e-mails as these have been very
motivating and inspiring. Rbswimrun@sbcglobal.net</div>
<div>Regina is a member of Walnut Creek Masters and has been a member
of Masters clubs in the Chico area.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BY THE NUMBERS</b></font></div>
<div>Number of People registered with Pacific Masters: 8,643;
SPMA 3,610</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>TO REPLY OR COMMENT Or
Remove</b></font></div>
<div><b>To reply or comment</b> about anything in this email, please
write to</div>
<div>mailto:update06@pacificmasters.org</div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>DO NOT use the above address to remove your
address</b></font></div>
<div><br>
If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may
not</div>
<div>be seen in a timely manner. Use only the update06 address
please.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>If you are wishing to get off
the list,</b></font> mail to</div>
<div>mailto:pacmasterupdate@ six.pairlist.net, then put</div>
<div><b>Remove</b></div>
<div>i<b>n the subject line. </b> i try to keep track of everyone
who wants to get off the email list -they go on a separate list, so
that when we add to next year, we try to keep people who want to be
off the list off the list. Sending emails to other than
pacmasterupdate will not keep our want to keep of the list list
current.</div>
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<div><b>TO REPLY OR COMMENT Or Remove</b></div>
<div>To reply or comment about anything in this email, please write
to<br>
mailto:update06 at pacificmasters.org</div>
<div>DO NOT use the above address to remove your address<br>
<br>
If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may
not</div>
<div>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, mail to<br>
mailto:pacmasterupdate at six.pairlist.net, then put<br>
Remove</div>
<div>in the subject line.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>michael</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>Coach of the Year</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">1.The purpose of
this award is to recognize the Pacific Masters Swimming coach who has
demonstrated outstanding coaching qualities. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">2.The award criteria
are as follows:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> a.The coach
and Club held current PMS registration during the year under
consideration.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> b.The
criteria for the award will be considered first, since January 1 of
the preceding year, and second, over the coach's career with his or
her club. Outstanding contributions to his or her club and its
individuals are measured by the following competitive and
non-competitive factors:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">
i.Competitive factors shall include club and individual performance at
PMS and USMS Championships in any sanctioned course, as well as relay
and individual PMS, USMS and World records that reflect the coach's
skill and inspiration.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> ii.Non-competitive
factors shall include club vigor, size and growth, club participation
and volunteering, and club having hosted well-run events.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> iii.Outstanding service
to PMS, USMS and to other public or private community
organizations.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> iv.Outstanding
professional contributions, such as participation in clinics and
published works.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">3. Nominations and
Selection</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> a.There shall
normally be one award given.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> b. A
nomination announcement shall be published in the appropriate PMS
Newsletter. Nominations may be made by any registered PMS club
officer in the form of a written statement addressing both the
criteria above and the instructional and inspirational qualities of
the coach. The nominating letter and a maximum of four
supporting letters from registered PMS swimmers shall be submitted to
the Chairman at or before the May meeting of PMS.</font></div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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