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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 BERRYESSA</b></font><font
color="#FF0000"><b> PRE REG ENDS MONDAY 1 JUN AT 7PM</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>
<div>You can preregister on-line until 7pm 1 June. Late registration
is possible with a payment of a late fee.</div>
<div>For those who want to swim at Lake Berryessa but have not yet
signed up to be a member of Pacific Masters this year, go to</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38</div>
<div>After you have signed up, you can immediately print out your
membership card.</div>
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<div><b>LAKE MENDOCINO JUNE 27</b></div>
<div>The Lake Mendocino two mile swim is Saturday 27 June at Lake
Mendocino. Last year was the first time there was a Masters Open water
swim at Lake Medocino.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>Tiburon Mile</b></font></div>
<div>The Tiburon Mile has had a date change. The swim will be held on
13 September. For more information go to:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.rcptiburonmile.com/</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The 2009 PMS Open Water championship will take place at the Santa
Cruz Roughwater Pier Swim, August 2, 2009. Lake Mendocino is not the
championship swim this year as indicated in Swimmer Magazine.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER POINT COMPETITION</b></font></div>
<div>There is a link on the Open Water Pacific page
http://www.openwaterpacific.org/ to a page that is keeping an
unofficial total of the open water points. Currently, the total of the
first three have been posted to the page.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>FACEBOOK</b></font></div>
<div>After the last Pacific Masters Committee meeting, Carolyn Lambert
has started a FACEBOOK Page for members of the Pacific Masters
Swimming Community. Anyone can join Facebook, then you can search for
Pacific Masters to join the Pacific Masters network. There are also
many Pacific Masters Clubs who have also established a Facebook group.
There are currently 150 people who are members of the Pacific Masters
groups</div>
<div> <x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.facebook.com</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>NEW MAILING LISTS</b></font></div>
<div><b>PACIFIC MASTERS CONTACTS</b></div>
<div>We are establishing two new mailing lists. The first is for the
club contact for Pacific Masters. It would be greatly
apprecaited if you are the club contact that you accept the invitation
to join the group. You will receive minutes and other information
about Pacific Masters. When your invitation arrives, please subscribe
to the Pacmastercontacts mailing list</div>
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<div>You can subscribe by going to</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pacmastercontact<x-tab
> </x-tab></div>
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<div><b>PACIFIC MASTERS COACHES</b></div>
<div>We are creating a mailing list for coaches. All who said they
were a coach will receive an invitation to join the mailing list. This
mailing list will be so that help facilitate information between
coaches.</div>
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http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pacmastercoaches</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>NEW OPEN WATER PAGE</b></font></div>
<div>Pacific Masters now has a new home page for open water.</div>
<div> http://www.openwaterpacific.org</div>
<div>The page describes the Pacific Masters open water swims and has
a few pictures of open water swims.</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>
<div><br></div>
<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>
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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>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>US MASTERS SWIMMING LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
REGISTRATION OPENS</b></font></div>
<div>The complete meet information, paper entry form (PDF) and online
entry system are now available for the 2009 USMS Long Course National
Championships to be held in Indianapolis August 6-10. The Long Course
Championships will feature a relay day on Saturday, August 8, where
all the long course relays will be contested.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/comp/lcnats09/meetinfo.php</div>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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