[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update September 20, 2005

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ALAN LIU MEMORIAL SCM MEET
Sunday, September 25th 2005
The second annual Alan Lie Memorial SCM Meet will be held at Eagle 
Park Pool, 651 Franklin, Mountain View. It is a cardless meet  that 
begins at 9:00 am. This will be a great meet to begin the short 
course meters season.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html

CHANGE IN SWIMMING RULES
Starting Sepetember 19th Backstrokers could start with their toes out 
of the water (but not curled over the gutter).

The Breaststoker can now do a dolphin kick off the wall. I would not 
try it now, as everything has not been sorted out. So there is a 
chance you could do it leagally and get dq'ed or do it wrong and get 
away with it. As USA Swimming and US Masters figure it out, 
information will be in the update.

SAC AND DAVIS MASTERS
The Sacramento and Davis Masters Short Course Meters meet will be on 
Sunday, October 2nd.
Sunday, October 2, 2005

Location (NOTE: SAME NEW POOL LOCATION AT UCD AS 2004): Schaal 
Aquatic Center on the UC Davis campus.  From I-80 (east or west), 
take Highway 113 north (toward Woodland), exit on Hutchinson and go 
east.  Take the very first right onto Health Science Drive (there is 
no stop sign or light).  The road quickly T's, take a left and follow 
this road around to the right.  Park in the first parking lot on the 
left and the pool will be right in front of you.

Facility: Schaal Aquatic Center is an outdoor 8 lane x 50 meter pool 
with ample warm-up space.  The course will be set up as a short 
course meter swim meet.  Snack Bar available.

Time:  Warm-up at 10:00 a.m., meet starts at 12:00 noon

Check In: Deck entries will close at 11 a.m. and check in for 
pre-entered swimmers will close at 11:30 a.m.

Entry Fees: $2.50 per event plus a $5 surcharge if postmarked or 
received by September 27th, 2005.  Late and deck entries are $3.50 
per event plus $5 surcharge.  $4 per relay.  Make checks payable to 
Sacramento Masters.

Entries: Mail consolidated entry form, a copy of your 2005 USMS 
registration card and your check to: Sacramento Masters P.O. Box 
188205, Sacramento, CA 95818.

Awards: Special awards to those with the fastest combined time for 
all five events in each age group.

Meet Director: Andrew Brenan (916) 923-5174; Andy at Brenan.net

Referee: Mel Knapp

Events: (Odd=Women, Even=Men)
     1-2    50 yd. Fly
     3-4    50 yd. Back
     5-6    50 yd. Breast
     7-8    50 yd. Free
     9-10    100 yd. IM
     *11    200 yd. Women, Men, or Mixed Medley Relay
             * Relay event will be deck entered by 2 p.m.




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.

2006 LOCAL MEETS / NON-CHAPIONSHIPS

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).

PACIFIC MASTERS SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
The Pacific Masters Swimming September - October Newsletter has been 
posted to the web site. The newsletter includes the meet sheets for 
meets in September October and November.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/index.shtml


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