[PacMasterUpdate] update 10 September

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PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE CLOSED/USMS CONVENTION
Pacific Masters Swimming Office will be close from September 12 to 
September 17th  while Nancy attends the USMS Convention. It will re 
open on 18 September.

About 20 member of Pacific Swimming will be attending the United 
States Masters Swimming annual convention in Dearborn, Michigan. At 
the annual convention, the committees get together to decide how do 
run the different parts of Masters Swimming. The Convention will 
discuss
    The World Championships
    Executive Director for USMS
    Dues Increase
    The Host for the Long Course Meters and Short Course Yards Championships

SHIRTS AVAILABLE FROM WORLDS
And a few notes:

1. Floral shirts - a limited number of large and x large shirts 
remain. They are for sale for $25.00 including postage and handling 
in the US and $35 international. Send an email with your credit card 
number to tshirts at 2006finamasters.org , call 650.856.2234, or mail a 
check to

Anne Cribbs
BASOC - Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee
201 California Ave., Suite 1450
San Francisco, CA 94111.

2. For those who ordered a complete results package, it will be sent 
to you by October 1, 2006.

3. The LOC will send a CD of the results to all federations who had 
competitors participating in the meet.

4. Any comments or suggestions about the World Championships that you 
wish to pass on to Perth can be emailed to 
comments at 2006finamasters.org and will be included in the final 
report.Until Perth,


SWIM ACROSS AMERICA IN SAN FRANCISCO
On San Francisco Bay there will be a relay on Sept. 23. It's a 
fundraiser for the UCSF Children's Hospital Cancer Survivorship 
program and they are  hoping to recruit more swimmers. The website 
for the San Francisco swim is:

http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/san_francisco/index.html

This is the first year and they still could use more swimmers. If 
it's a success we'll continue doing it.

Carol Hyman
UCSF Public Affairs
415/502-9553


UPCOMING MEETS

San Mateo SCM
MVM Alan Liu
Sac Sprint Pentathlon
WCM Pac Masters SCM Champ

This year there are four short course meters meet. The first will be 
the San Mateo Marlin's Penthathlon September 24th at the Joinville 
pool in San Mateo.

The Mountain View Masters Alan Liu Short Course Meters Meet will be 
October 1st at Eagle Pool in Mountain View.

The 33rd Annual Sacramento Sprint Pentathlon will be held at the 
Schall Aquatic Center at UC Davis. October 7th

The last short course meters meet of the season will be the Pacific 
Masters Championships held at the Heather Farms Diving Tank, Walnut 
Creek California, October 13-15th.

OPEN WATER SWIM CANCELLED
The Oktoberfest swim that was scheduled for September 23 has been 
cancelled. This means that there are two fewer open water 
points-eligible events on the schedule. Consequently, this decreases 
by one the total number of swims that an individual can use to earn 
open water points for the open water points competition. If you were 
holding off on doing your
last swims for the last event of the season, that will now be Whiskeytown.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
The Pacific Masters September / October Newsletter has been posted on 
the web site. There is a list of all the age group swimmers of the 
year, the upcoming meets and other interesting items for Pacific 
Masters members. Thank you to Joanne Berven for putting editing and 
writing the newsletter.
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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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Have a good week



  For those who would like to see great pictures of the World 
Championships please go to
http://www.isiphotos.com

If anyone has pictures taken at the open water swim from the bridge 
with the houses and docks on both sides of the chute, I would love to 
see them.

-- 
michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org