[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update JANUARY 25, 2005
pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org
Wed Jan 26 01:10:50 EST 2005
UPCOMING EVENTS
USMS ONE HOUR POSTAL
This is a great event for seeing how your long distance swimming has
improved over the past year. All it takes is a 25 yard pool and
someone to count for you. Set yourself up a goal. Maybe 25 yard than
you did last year.
2005 USMS One Hour Postal Championships
PST-LD; Mel Goldstein
5735 Carrollton Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46220
317-253-8289, goldstein at mindspring.com
TAMALPIAS 1650
For those swimming the one hour swim they can also enter the Tam one
hour postal.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/05tamscypostal.pdf
FOG CITY QUADRATHON
The Fog City Quadrathod is Sunday, January 30th, 2005 at the Herbst
Natatorium. There are four events, the 500 FR, 200 FR, 100 FR and 50
FR. It starts at 2 PM (there is no professional football this weekend
- And NASCAR does not start for 3 weeks).
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/05fogscy.pdf
USF VALENTINES DAY AFFAIR
The USF Valentines Day Affair Swim meet will be Saturday, February
12th, 2004 (Lincoln's Birthday). It is a mixture of the 50's and
200's. Plus it has the world championship 200 yard mixed Centipede
Relay. The early pre-registration deadline is February 2nd.
The USF meet is a very popular meet, with many competitors.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html
SACRAMENTO BIDDING FOR THE 2008 USA SWIMMING OLYMPIC TRIALS
Sacramento will be bidding for the 2008 USA Swimming Olympic Trials.
The organizers plan to build a temporary pool at the Cal Expo area.
The Cal Expo area has plenty of space and parking to hold the meet.
Bud Meyer's daughter Debbie is one of the organizers of the
organizing committee. Sacramento swimmers may wish to help with the
effort.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/sports/story/12096018p-12966075c.html
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INTERESTING WEB SITES
In the Blue Shield of California member news letter, there was a
mention of two web sites. The first was one to find out your risk for
cancer, stroke, osteoporosis and other serious diseases at
http://yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu
and other on how old are you now - to find out your real age
http://www.realage.com
INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION
2005 is here. You can now re-register for the 2005 year.
http://pacificmasters.org/admin/application.shtml
Part of your registration fee pays for Pacific Masters Swimming so we
can provide services to you. Services that include, competitive
swimming program, secondary insurance for your club, the Pacific
Masters web site and the newsletter.
Your registration also pays for the magazine from USMS on swimming.
TEAM LISTS
The list of members has been posted on the web. The team member who
is the clubs representative (or the email address of the club) is the
email address where the list can be sent. Congratulations to all the
clubs, there are almost 4000 members of Pacific Masters signed up so
far this year.
USF LOOKING FOR OFFICIALS
USF is looking for certified officials for it Valentines Day meet. If
you are certified and willing to help, please contact Bryan Andrews
(415) 647-3537 andrews_bryan at yahoo.com.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK
--
Michael Moore
XI FINA Masters World Championships
Stanford, California, USA
August 2006
For information about Pacific Masters Swimming, go to
http://www.pacificmasters.org
--
michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org