[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update 27 February 2007

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

BAY AREA SENIOR GAMES Deadline extended
The 2007 Bay Area Senior Games will be held at Stanford University 
March 10-11 (Swimming will be held on the 11th of March). You must be 
least  50 years old to compete.

At Stanford there will be the 24th Annual Fitness Weekend where there 
will be a Health Fair and Exhibition. Final registration is March 5. 
All invited to participate.

The 2009 National Senior Games will be held at Stanford in August of 
2009. For more information about the Senior Games go to:

<http://www.2009seniorgames.org/2007_web/pdf/registration07.pdf>http://www.2009seniorgames.org/2007_web/pdf/registration07.pdf

JON STEINER MEMORIAL MILE (POSTAL)
The Jon Steiner Memorial Mile (Postal) is taking place during the 
months of January and February. If you are registered with US Masters 
Swimming, you are eligible to compete. Just swim 1650 yards, while 
swimming have someone track your times and submit your entry.
Jon was the meet director for the Tamalpias event for many years. He 
passed away this year - Tam renamed the mile in his honor. Jon was 
one of the good guys - you can use your times from the USMS hour 
postal.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/07tamscy.pdf

You must swim it by the 28th

RINCONADA MASTERS SPRING SHORT COURSE MEET
The Rinconada Mastesr Spring meet will be held at the Rinconada Pool 
in Palo Alto on March 17th. The pre-entry deadline is 2 March. 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.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/07rincscy.pdf

STRAWBERRY CANYON AQUATIC MASTERS MEET INFORMATION
The SCAM invitational meet will be on SUNDAY 25 March 2007 at the 
Spieker Aquatic Complex, UC Berkeley. This is one of the most popular 
meets on the Pacific Masters Calendar. The 500 will be preseeded. The 
early deadline is 12 March.

  	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/07scamscy.pdf

PACIFIC MASTERS CONTINUES TO GROW
Last year Pacific had a good year with a total increase in membership 
of 547. Of the ten largest non-LMSC clubs, Pacific has seven of the 
top ten. It is through our coaches who work so hard that Pacific has 
the best group of swimmers in the nation.

1. DAM  679 PC
2. TCAM 490 PC
3. FACT  471
4. WCM  463  PC
5. ISF     414  IN
6. STAN  392  PC
7. USF   347  PC
8. MELO  300  PC
9. UCLA  288  SP
10 MHSC  283 PC

Congratulations to Morgan Hill Swim Club and Tuolome County Aquatic 
Masters who had the best growth in numbers of any established club 
(+84 and +56 members). Total Pacific Membership was 10,185 which is 
23.4% of the entire USMS membership (43424)

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/07/07janfeb.pdf

Nominations are due to Chairman Michael Moore by March 14th. If you 
wish to email them (Please email them by Wednesday, March 14th 
evening awards at pacificmasters.org)

TO REPLY OR COMMENT
To reply or comment about anything in this email, please write to
	mailto:update06 at pacificmasters.org


If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may not 
be seen in a timely manner. Use only the update06 address please.

If you are wishing to get off the list, mail to 
pacmasterupdate at six.pairlist.net, then put
	Remove
in the subject line.
If you do not put Remove in the SUBJECT line, it may take weeks 
before your email address is removed from the Email list.




====
Have a good week

-- 
michael
Michael W. Moore