[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update August 23, 2005

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PINECREST LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM
The Pinecrest Lake open water swim is on Saturday, August 27th. 
Shiela Monaghan wrote that she swam in Pinecrest lake for 2 hours and 
it was absolutely lovely. The temperature was perfect for long swims. 
There is an error in the pre-entry deadline. The real deadline is 
August 13th.

WHISKEYTOWN ONE AND TWO MILE SWIM
Sunday September 11th is the one and two mile Whiskeytown Lake Open 
Water swim. Whiskeytown Lake is about 15 miles from Redding. The 
pre-entry deadline is August 31.

PACIFIC MASTERS MONTHLY MEETING
The August Monthly meeting will be held at Heather Farms, Wednesday 
evening August  24th, 2005. The Committee will consider Pacific 
Masters Championships for next year. The Committee will also discuss 
the upcoming USMS Convention. All members are invited to attend.

CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
There was a problem with the Heather Farms pool schedule. The 2005 
Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships have been moved to 
November 4th, 5th and 6th. This meet is the first meet where the 
distance events will be held on the last day.

COACH NEEDED
Davis Aquatic Masters is looking for an energetic assistant coach 
with previous coaching experience to begin work ASAP. This position 
involves 20-25 hours of on deck coaching per week. Salary will be 
approximately $20,000 + health insurance + partial dental and eye 
insurance + 2 week vacation. Two additional hours a day with the 
Aquadart age group club can add an additional $7,000 to salary. 
Interested candidates call DAM coach Rick Powers at 530-759-0861,
or <mailto:rpswimmer at hotmail.com>rpswimmer at hotmail.com .

STROKE CLINIC
DAVIS AQUATIC MASTERS will host stroke clinics for fitness 
swimmers from 1-2:30 pm on the following dates at the Civic pool in 
Davis just off the corner of 5th and B St.
  Clinics are $10 each, pre-paid, for non-DAM members. Coach Rick 
Powers has given more than 100 clinics in 30 countries. DAM staff and 
swimmers will assist you in the water with your technique.
  Freestyle on Sat. Oct. 8; Backstroke Sun. Oct. 9; Butterfly Sat. 
Oct. 15; Breaststroke Sun.
Oct. 16.

INFO ON ACTING
For all those who contacted me about being an actor

If you think you have what it takes, the Fincannon's will be doing
interview/auditions throughout the Southeastern United States during the week
of August 16-19, 2005 in New Orleans, LA.

If interested, contact the Fincannon's via email at Fincannon at aol.com with
your name, phone number and photo (if possible) and you will be contacted
about location and time for interview. or
Lisa Mae Fincannon

(910) 251-1500

It is nice to know the Update is being read - especially the the 
19-25 year old. Sorry I did not respond individually to each of you.

SEEKING MALE AND FEMALE SWIMMERS

Age Early - Mid 20's

To portray rescue swimmers in the United States Coast Guard

Boy...do we have a challenge here.  We have been hired to cast the 
upcoming Kevin Costner/Ashton Kutcher film entitled 'The Guardian'. 
It will shoot in New Orleans beginning November 14, 2005 and film 
through February 2006.

This film documents the intensive training process of US Coast Guard 
rescue swimmers and their personal and physical sacrifices required 
of the job.

Therefore, we need to cast swimmers (actors) to portray students of 
the 'A' school for the Coast Guard Rescue School.  The actors cast 
for these roles will begin training at the Coast Guard Rescue 
Swimmers training center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in 
September or October.  These actors (swimmers) will be part of an 
ensemble cast that will work throughout the production.

We will cast the remaining roles in the film in New Orleans later 
this year.  But for now.......we need to look for competitive 
swimmers of any ethnicity who would be comfortable in challenging 
ocean conditions (including athletes who compete in Water Polo, 
Diving, Crew, Triathlons, or are certified life guards).  This is an 
opportunity for you to contact local swim clubs, universities (for 
students who have just graduated), military bases, reservists, etc., 
to land a role for run of show.  Obviously, we are looking initially 
for actors who are very good swimmers.  But if you so desire to go 
outside your agency, we recommend that.  This is a unique casting 
challenge.  These guys and gals are the toughest in the military. 
Out of 75 in each class less than half graduate.  They must be able 
to handle crisis situations in the water and tread water for a long 
time.

Check out this web article about how hard the requirements are at:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2004/n09092004_2004090908.html

SOME RESULTS OF THE 2006 USMS LCM CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Mud Sharks set the world record in the Men's 200+ 200-meter 
medley relay, breaking the Olympic Club's record from 1994. Philipp 
Djang, Lee Rider, Bill Adkison, and Eric van Boer were on the relay. 
I am sorry about overlooking their fine swim.

2006 CHAMPIONSHIPS

An email was sent out to the clubs earlier this month about 
Championships for next year, a few came back so here is the 
information if your club is interested in hosting a Pacific Masters 
Championship for next year or hosting a sanctioned meet.
	There were a couple of items that were passed at the June 
meeting that may affect your considertion of a bid.
	1. There will be a long course championships
	2. The XI FINA World Masters Championships, which is hosted 
by Pacific, will be August 4-11 (the swimming events).
	3. The long course season for 2006, for meet re-imbursement 
will start April 15. There may be may swimmers who would like to swim 
a long course meet before the world championships entry deadline of 
June 3rd. We hope that you consider holding a meters meet between 
April 15 and June 3rd.
	4. Your meet information sheet must be in a computer file, 
either a pdf file or .doc (Microsoft Word file).
	5. If you are running a pool meet you must use a meet 
management program. Results must be produced in an sdif format and a 
results format that can be put on the web. (You can rent a hy-Tek 
swim management program for about $100 for a meet).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLO SHIRT AVAILABLE
A few polo shirts for the upcoming XI FINA World Masters 
Championships are available. They are gray cotton with the meet logo 
and the championship name over the left breast. They are available in 
mens XL, L, M and there is ONE small. The price is $34.00 and that 
includes shipping. Contact anne at 2006finamasters.org

These are cool shirts and you can be the first on your block to 
support the championships that are coming to the Bay Area next year.


Have a good week


-- 
michael
Michael W. Moore