[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update January 2, 2006
pacmasterupdate at PacificMasters.org
Tue Jan 3 01:14:26 EST 2006
Happy New Year
XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Meet book for the XI FINA World Masters Championships has been
posted on line. The has the meet sheets, the schedule and many things
you would need to know about the meet. It also has the meet entry
forms. Early entry is encourage.
http://www.2006finamasters.org/documents/meetbook120805.pdf
Frequently asked questions
http://www.2006finamasters.org/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=18&id=49&Itemid=65
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Thursday, January 5, 2006 between 8 and 9 a.m. (wherever you are), we
will appear on NBC's TODAY Show (barring a late-breaking news story).
The segment will be 4-5 minutes.
If they present what we think they will, they will tell the world
what makes their Swimming for Adults Afraid in Water system and
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A GREAT YEAR COMING UP
2006 will be a great year for swimming in northern California.
Pacific Masters will be having it regular Short Course Yards, Long
Course Meters and Short Course meters championships. Stanford
University will be the site of the XI FINA World Masters
Championships, where we expect over 5000 swimmers to compete over
seven days for the World Championships. Besides the championships,
there will be the regular high quality pool meet where swimmers can
compete.
There will also be great open water competition this year. Besides
the normally great open water swims available, the XI FINA World
Masters Championships Open Water swim will be at Crown Point,
Alameda, California. The World Championship will be a 3KM swim.
The 2006 schedule is on the Pacific Masters website
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html
UPCOMING MEETS
The first meet of the new year is the Monterey Bay Masters, Bob
Walthour III Masters Clambake on January 21st, Seaside, California
Fog City Masters has the Quadrathon will be on January 29th at the
Herst Natatorium, St Ignatius College Prep, San Francisco.
On February 11th is the University of San Francisco Masters
Valentine's Day meet.
DO YOU HAVE SWIMMING FRIENDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES?
If you have swimming friends in other countries and know the coaches
and teams in other countries, would you be interested in telling your
friends about the XI FINA World Championships that will be held in
Northern California next year.? Much of business is done by person
to person contact, we would like you to just inform your foreign
friends about the upcoming championships and about northern
California. Please see the article at the end of the email if you are
interested. We could use your help.
NEW YEAR REGISTRATION
So far 60 clubs have re-registered for 2006. People who have sent in
their individual registration form that belong to any of those 60
clubs have been sent their registration card. For swimmers who have
registered with a club that has not re-registered, you registration
will be held for a couple of weeks to give your club a chance to
re-register. If your club does not re-register, you will be
registered as "unattached". (Just a note, to swim in the FINA
championships, you must be registered with a club.
A list of all the clubs that have re-registered is at:
http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/teamlist.html
Re-registration forms that are available are
Individual Registration Form
http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06memberappform.pdf
The Club Application http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06clubapp.pdf
FAQs http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regfaqs.pdf
Registration check list
http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06regchecklist.pdf
Registration instructions
http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/06reginstruction.pdf
You should have at least Adobe Acrobat Reader v5.0 or later.
JNUARY-FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
The January - February newsletter is available on line. The
newsletter includes all the meet sheets for December and a couple for
January. It also has the individual membership registration.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/06/06janfeb.pdf
OFFICIALS CLINIC
The Pacific Swimming Officials Clinic will be held at the Community
Center in Vallejo, California. This annual event will be especially
memorable as Charlie Mallery, will speak on the Referee, Janine
Dennis will talk about starting, Pat Lunsford, will speak on being a
stroke and turn judge and Jamy Pfister will speak on being an admin
referee.
Charlie Mallery has been on the rules committee ( I think he was an
official at the Soule, Olympiad). Janine Dennis has been a starter at
the Olympics and World Championships as had Pat Lunceford. These
official will be able to relate a lot of experience. The Q & A ought
to be great!!
http://www.pacswim.org/06clinic.pdf
545 Magazine St
Vallejo, CA 94590
COACHES CLINIC
This year's Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic is set for January 5-8 at the
Marriott Hotel in Napa. Information can be found at
http://www.pacswim.org/2006pscc.pdf
Happy New Year
michael
Wanted: International Team liaisons for 2006 FINA Masters World Championship
Much business is done because of a relationship that one has with
another person or company. If you have a relationship with some
Masters swimmers or teams in a country outside the United States, we
would like to call upon you to contact your foreign friends to tell
them about next years FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford.
Sign up today to be an international team liaison or "Foreign Team
Captain" for the 2006 FINA Masters World Championships. Competitors
from over 60 countries will attend the event in August 2006 at
Stanford. We are looking for Pacific Masters Swimmers who have a
relationship with Master swimmers and teams from other countries.
Here are some of the suggested tasks:
1. Customize and translate the cover letter that has been written to
be applicable for usage in the team you are representing.
2. Compile list of target teams and individuals that you can contact
to tell about the 2006 XI FINA World Masters Championships at
Stanford.
3. Recruit your fellow swimmers or friends to help you spread the
word and work with other teams to make your countries representation
as significant as possible..
4. Create a link on your team's website as well as the websites of
other teams to help spread the word about 2006 XI FINA World Masters
Championships at Stanford.
5. Provide a monthly update via email to Brian Boeggeman -
(brian at 2006finamasters.org) on how your recruiting activities are
progressing in your country.
We promise all the foreign team captains will have a great time...and
receive a gift from our sponsor - Speedo!
To sign up, email mailto:anne at 2006finamasters.org and let us know the
foreign team you would like to represent.
Many thanks for your interest in and your support of the 2006 FINA
Masters World Championships!
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michael
Michael W. Moore