[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update February 5, 2006

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UPCOMING MEETS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO VALENTINES DAY AFFAIR
On-Line Pre-Entry Deadline Extended
On February 11th is the University of San Francisco Masters 
Valentine's Day meet. The pre-entry postmark deadline is Wednesday, 
February 1st.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html
The on-line pre-entry deadline has been extended to Wednesday, 
February 8th. You may enter on-line at the pre-entry rate. Entering 
the meet early does help meet management as there are many swimmers 
who enter the meet and on-site meet entry sometimes delays the meet.

The Koret Pool was just drained, replastered and resurfaced. The pool 
is in great shape. This is the 15th Valentines Day Affair. The meet 
is known for its fast 50s and fast 200s. In the middle is the world 
championships centipede swim.

This is the first big meet of the season, so you can see where you 
are in your annual workout season. The meet will have the XI FINA 
World Masters Championships Meet books. At the USF meet will be World 
Championship t-shirts for sale.

21st ANNUAL PACIFIC MASTERS INDOOR RELAYS
The 21st Annual Pacific Masters Indoor Relays will be at the Oceana 
High School Pool, Paloma Avenue, Pacifica, California. This is a 
chance for you to get your relay team together and practice for the 
relays that will be coming up at the Pacific Masters Championships 
Short Course Championships, Long Course Championships and the FINA 
Championships.

There is no pre-entry for this meet.

RINCONADA MASTERS SPRING SHORT COURSE MEET
The Rinconada Mastesr Spring meet weill hbe held at the Rinconada 
Pool in Palo Alto on March 11th. The pre-entry deadline is February 
24th. For those who have no prior competitive Masters experience 
there are three special events: the 50 yard Free, and the 50 yard 
Back.  For those who are feeling studly, there is the 1650 yard fly. 
(you must finish the event within 45 minutes).

The 1000 yard freestyle is the first event, there is no deck entries 
for 1000 free only - you must pre-enter.


XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
FREE DRAW STRING BAG
The meet book for the XI FINA World Masters Championships is posted 
on the 2006 FINA Masters Championships web site.
	http://www.2006FINAMasters.org/v2

In the meet book is the entry forms. The first 1000 athletes who 
register will receive a quality nylon Drawstring Tote bag with the XI 
FINA Masters logo when the are accredited at the meet. It does not 
make any difference if you register by mail or on line. This 
drawstring tote is make of 210D nylon and will be not be available 
for sale. If you register now, you can change your times later 
on-line (you have to submit your final entry times by 3 June).

The on-line meet entry system is still be worked on. Please check the 
2006 FINA web site on 15 Feb for further update. When the on-line 
meet entry system is ready, it will be announced in the Update.

SWIM FOR MALARIA
Thanks to Anne Cribbs, Tim Edmonds, Barry Fasbender and all those who 
work hard on the Swim for Malaria project at the Avery Aquatic 
Center, Stanford University. A special thanks to Janet Evans who flew 
up from southern California to answer questions and talk about the 
Olympic experience. A great time was had by all and money was raised 
to buy mosquito nets for those who live in malarial infested areas.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Pacific Masters honors it volunteers who have contributed to the 
sport of Masters Swimming. There are four awards for volunteers that 
are given out at the Pacific Masters Short Course Yards Championships 
to be held at Santa Cruz.

The four awards are
	Contributor of the Year (multiple awards)
	Personal Achievement Award (only three)
	Distinguished Service award
	Appreciation Award
The criteria for the awards are at the end of the Update.

	http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/06/06janfeb.pdf

Nominations are due to Chairman Michael Moore by Pacific Masters 
Monthly meeting on February 15th. If you wish to email them (Please 
email them by Tuesday, February 14th evening 
awards at pacificmasters.org)

LOGO'ED ITEMS OF APPAREL
Teams who are interested in special items of apparel, using the XI 
FINA World Masters Championships log should contact 
mailto:worldmastersproduct at speedousa.com

PACIFIC MASTERS BY THE NUMBERS
As of Friday, February 3rd, 5,047 swimmers have registered or 
re-registered for membership in Pacific Masters. This is a 9.1% 
increase over last year at this time. We thank all the clubs who have 
increased their membership over the past year.  There was about
9,676 registered members last year.

There are 100 clubs that have registered. All the registered club 
leaders can get their roster from the team list on the Pacific 
Masters home page.


DO YOU HAVE SWIMMING FRIENDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES?
So far we have volunteers for Germany, France, Brazil, New Zealand, 
Australia, Sweden and Taiwan.
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.

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.

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Pacific Masters affiliate
Lands End

Pacific Masters entered into a new affiliate relationship with Lands' 
End Apparel . Lands' End is a maker of fine sports apparel for the 
active person.

If you click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web 
site (like the link above or the link in the navigation bar) Lands' 
End will receive a rebate from your purchase

The Pacific Masters Logo'ed shirts that meet officials wear are from Lands End.
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