[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update September 27, 2005

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PACIFIC MASTERS MEETING
The Pacific Masters Swim Committee will be meeting at Heather Farms, 
Walnut Creek Wednesday September 28th at 7:30. On the agenda will be 
the meet schedule for 2006.

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.

UPCOMING MEETS
Wine Country Invitational
Santa Rosa Masters will be holding the Wine Country Invitational in 
Healdsburg, October 14 and 15 . You can enter online or you can enter 
on race day.


Tuolumne County Masters
The Tuolumne County Masters moved their meet 
to October 29. It is a delightful short course yards meet in the 
Sierra foothill town of Sonora. After swimming in the meet, one can 
visit the gold rush town of Columbia.

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.

PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE CLOSED 3 OCTOBER THROUGH 10 OCTOBER
The Pacific Masters office will be closed  from 3 October through 10 
October while Nancy Ridout takes some time off.

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).

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.

Have a good week


-- 
michael
Michael W. Moore