[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update 24 December 2006

[Update on Pacific Masters Swimming sent to members and friends.]

MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR
On Behalf of Nancy Ridout, register; Barbara 
Thomas, Barry Fasbender, Karen Duggan, Jennifer 
Zeitler and Bill Grohe, and all the committee 
chairmen, we wish you the best for the holiday 
season and may you have a prosperous and 
successful 2007.

LYNN COX ON 60 MINUTES

FROM CBS
A Story that will be running this Sunday, Dec. 24 
(7PM ET/PT on CBS) on ì60 MINUTESî that I thought 
you might be interested in. Itís a great piece on 
an amazing athlete youíre probably familiar with: 
ocean swimmer Lynne Cox. When Cox, who had 
already set records in the English Channel and 
performed other extraordinary swimming feats, 
needed a new challenge a few years back, she 
picked a doozy: trying to swim a mile in the 
coldest water on earth. So did she succeed?

  Itís a great and inspiring story, and weíre 
trying to get word out about it to people we 
thought would be particularly interested. To that 
end, we were hoping youíd consider sending out 
something to your listserve and/or posting 
something on your website. Further information 
will also be available on our website 
(<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13502.shtml> 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13502.shtml).

You can listen to 60 Minutes on KCBS Radio - I 
think you might be able to download the story 
from the CBS 60 Minutes web site.


NEW REGISTRATION YEAR
The 2007 USMS registration year is upon Pacific 
Masters. All club and individual registrations 
expire on 31 December. From 1 November, clubs and 
individuals can register for 2007. The individual 
membership is $35 / year, the same as 2006 and 
includes a subscription to USMS Swimmer Magazine, 
the Pacific Masters newsletter. Membership also 
includes a secondary accident insurance policy, 
borrowing privileges from the video library and 
the privilege of participating in any of our pool 
and open water events.

The 2007 individual application is available 
along with the 2007 Club and Individual 
Registration instructions and the Frequently 
Asked Questions.

OFFICIALS CLINIC
The 2007 Pacific Swimming Clinic will be on 
Saturday January 6th at the Gresham Center, US 
Coast Guard Island Alameda. This is for All 
Officials - new to experienced and Lunch is 
provided. More information can be found at
	http://www.pacswim.org/07clinic.pdf

COACHES CLINIC
The Pacific Swim Coaches Clinic is 4-7 January at 
the Marriott Hotel in Napa, California. Speakers 
include Randy Reese, Tori Eubanks, Scott Shea, 
Keith Moore, Mike McDonald and Jozsef Nagy. 
Information about the swim clinic can be found at
	http://www.swimshop.com/norcal/assets/images/pcc/PSCC%2007%20EMAIL.pdf

FOR SALE - TOUCH PADS
There are touch pads that are available for sale. 
They will fit into a 25 yard wide pool. The touch 
pads were only used at one meet and are in very 
good condition. If you are interested please 
contact Michael Moore at michael at 
pacificmasters.org

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	mailto:chairman at pacificmasters.org


SWIM MEET IN SINGAPORE
From Singapore Masters
The Standard Chartered Masters Swimming Series 
will stage its first event of the 2007 season 
with the Asia Pacific Masters Swimming Meet from 
9-11 Feb 2007 in Singapore. With the support of 
title sponsor Standard Chartered Bank, we are 
looking to roll out a series of masters swimming 
events to grow local and regional interest in 
masters swimming.

We would like to extend an invitation for you to 
participate / encourage your membership to 
participate and assist us in promoting the event 
to anyone who may be interested in taking part in 
masters swimming. We encourage adult swimmers of 
all ages and ability to come take part in the 
spirit of fitness, fun and friendship. The event 
takes place a week prior to Chinese New Year and 
it will give overseas visitors a chance to come 
see the festivities and savour the Chinese New 
Year atmosphere in Chinatown.

Your help in spreading the word about Masters 
Swimming and upcoming events, to friends in 
Singapore and around the region would be much 
appreciated. We'd like to get participants from 
the Asia Pacific region to come to Singapore for 
the event. We've had interest from Australia, 
Hong Kong and Taiwan so far and we're looking to 
contact swimming enthusiasts from Japan, Korea 
and the region to come participate as well. The 
website is the best source of information and we 
will update the site periodically. Please share 
the website link with anyone who may be 
interested.

www.singaporemasters.org

If you need further assistance, please do not 
hesitate to contact us at 
helpdesk at singaporemasters.org or call us at +65 
6435 0930.


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Have a good week

michael

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michael
Michael W. Moore