[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update, May 30, 2005

Mon May 30 23:23:08 EDT 2005

Donn McPhail - RIP
Don McPhail passed away last week. Donn of  DeAnza Cupertino 
Aquatics, was instrumental in bringing the 1996 US Masters Swimming 
Short Course Championships to Cupertion. Donn worked PG&E in their 
marketing department.
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OPEN WATER SEASON
Lake Berryessa Annual one and Two Mile Swims will be on Saturday June 
4, 2005. You can register at www.damfast.org. The Lake Berryessa swim 
is one of the most popular open water swims in the United States. The 
two mile swim around the island is great swim. Of course, if you 
breath on the left, you see very little of the island.

DEL VALLE OPEN WATER SWIM date change
The Lake Del Valle Open water swim date has changed from Saturday to 
Sunday. The meet will be on Sunday June 19th - Fathers day. Lake Del 
Valle is a great swimming lake above Livermore, about one hour from 
San Francisco or San Jose.

DONNER LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM
The Donner Lake 2.7 mile Open Water swim will be Saturday, August 6th

SPLASH AND DASH
The Burlingame Splash and Dash will be Sunday June 12th. This will be 
the only long course meet before Championships. It is a great way to 
see how your times compare to the qualifying times for Worlds.
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XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS EMAIL LIST
The XI FINA Masters World Championships has an email list list to 
inform people about the Championships taking place at Stanford 
University in 2006.

If you would like to be on the email list go to 
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/finamasters to sign up.

  The first email has gone out. All email will be archived at 
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/finamasters/
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COACHING CLINICS
SWIM CLINICS at Foothill College - all ages/all levels
OLYMPIC COACH AND OLYMPIC SWIMMER
ROSS GERRY AND KATRINA RADKE OFFER SWIM CLINICS AND LEARN TO SWIM
NOVICE TO EXPERT: AGE 5 AND UP (ADULTS WELCOME)

FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FOR CLASSES: PLEASE CALL KATRINA AT 
650-906-0022 or email katrinaradke at aol.com

Private lessons (1-3 kids) also available by appointment.
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Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen and her husband and coach Eric Neilsen will be 
in the Northern California in July and August and are available to a 
conduct a Freestyle Swim Technique clinic at your facility during a 
scheduled masters practice. They teach a "wide entry, early catch" 
freestyle technique that Karlyn has been using since 2000 with 
tremendous success (still doing lifetime bests at 43).

For more information, please contact Karlyn or Eric at:
<mailto:aquaticedge at hawaii.rr.com>
aquaticedge at hawaii.rr.com or call  808 331-1766

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THE SOUTH-END ROWING CLUB'S 10TH ANNUAL ALCATRAZ INVITATIONAL SWIM
COME TEST YOURSELF AGAINST A GREAT 1.25 MILE CROSS-CURRENT SWIM AND 
THEN HAVE BRUNCH!
  Saturday, July 30, 2005, Jump off the boat at 9:15 AM

  Lynne Cox the world's best cold-water open water swimmer and now a 
NY Times best-selling author, will be our guest of honor.

  600 swimmers will be taken to Alcatraz, where the swim begins at 
approximately 9:15 a.m. and ends at our clubhouse at the foot of the 
Hyde St. Pier at 500 Jefferson St, where sauna and showers are 
available.

  Awards Ceremony begins at approximately 11:00 a.m.

  Awards to over-all winners in wet-suit and non-wetsuit divisions. 
T-shirt to all participants.  Finisher Medals awarded to those that 
are able to complete the swim. Electronic Timing by PM EVENTS for 
accurate individual swim times, posted immediately after event ends

  Brunch served after the swim.

Event over by 1:00 p.m.

  Proceeds benefit the South-End's Building Renovation Fund.  Come see 
what your past generosity has produced with our newly renovated Cook 
Shack and Day Room.

  Registration and swim information is available  at www.south-end.org

Have a good week

michael
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michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org