[PacMasterUpdate] The Update 18 January 2009

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

PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION STATEMENT:
As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of Pacific Masters is:

Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to gain and 
maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to foster 
this mission.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009
To all of you, may you have a very happy and prosperous  and healthy 2009

GO THE DISTANCE
US Masters Swimming continues its fitness program of tracking your 
swimming millage in the "Go The Distance" program. The program is 
just to track your daily yardage on an Excel spreadsheet. Once a 
month send the total to the Go the Distance chief - Mary Sweat.

There are two forms that one can use. The first is the easy form of 
just tracking yardage, for those who realy want to track how that 
yardage was achieved - swimming, kicking, by stroke there is the 
advanced version of the swim sheet. (I am lucky I can just remember 
what the total yardage was for the day - let alone break it out).

Linda Schoenberger wrote about the program in her "Come Join in the 
Fun" article on the US Masters Swimming web site 
(http://www.usms.org/fitness/articleofthemonth.php?a=170).

I encourage all swimmers to track their yardage over the year and to 
have fun. (bet with your lane mates who will swim the most miles - 
loser buys dinner). It would help of Coaches posted the total yardage 
for the workout at the bottom of any workout board that they use.

UPCOMING MEETS
FOG CITY QUADRATHON
The Fog City Quadrathon will be at the Herbst Natatorium on campus of 
St Ignatius College Prep. The Fog City meet is the first competition 
of the year. It is the 500 Free, 200 Free, 100 Free and the 50 Free.
The pre-entry deadline is 20 January ($20 for the four events) You 
can deck enter the meet at ($35 for the four events)
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09fogscy.pdf

USF VALENTINES MEET
The USF Valentines Day meet will be February 7th. This is one of the 
Pac Masters Swimming most popular meets attracting about 350 
swimmers. All swimmers are encouraged to enter the meet on-line.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09usfscy.pdf

JON STEINER MEMORIAL MILE - TAM'S1650 POSTAL
The Jon Steiner Memorial Mile is Tam's 1650 Postal event. You can 
swim the event from now until the end of February. You just need to 
have a person to be your timer. You can enter the event on line by 
going to http://tammasters.org/PoolMileEntry (a four dollar discount 
from the paper entry).

US MASTERS SWIMMING ONE HOUR SWIM
The US Masters Swimming One Hour Postal Championship is a National 
Championships that you can compete in while not having to leave the 
comfort of your home pool. The objective is to swim as far as 
possible in one hour. The total number of yards swum determines the 
order of finish

http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats09/

You can swim the One Hour and the Jon Steiner 1650 at the same time, 
so you can get a two fer for your efforts.

Workouts Available to Members Online

How would you like to have workouts delivered directly to your e-mail box?
U.S. Masters Swimming has four coaches who post weekly workouts on 
our Discussion Forums. As a U.S. Masters Swimming member, you can 
subscribe to these workout threads and have them delivered to you by 
e-mail.
The 2009 online coaches are Mo Chambers, Nate McBride, Jacki Hirsty 
and Patrick Cantrell
To use this feature you will have to first create a Discussion Forums 
account. To create your account, just fill out the forms here and 
follow the link that will be sent to you via e-mail in order to fully 
activate your account.
	http://www.usms.org/features.php?id=103


APPLICATION TO OFFICIATE AT THE US MASTERS SWIMMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
An application to  officiate at the US Masters Championships is at
	http://TinyURL.com/9jfjph
An  application is needed if you wish to work an assigned position 
(deck ref, starter, chief judge). Officials can apply for their N2, 
N3 certification.



REGISTRATION UPDATE
As of Monday evening there were 5545 Pacific Masters members, and 99 
clubs. The club with over 90 members are:
DAM Count	466
TCAM Count	359
WCM Count	313
STAN Count	254
USF Count		210
SCSC Count	190
MAM Count	184
MELO Count	169
CRUZ Count	159
MVM Count	152
TEME Count	138
BAC Count		126
RAMS Count	118
TVM Count	115
MAAC Count	108
TSUN Count	107
SCAM Count	101
RINC Count	100
BAY Count		  95

OFFICIALS CLINIC AT HEATHER FARMS
2009 Zone 2 Officials clinic on Saturday January 24, 2009 at the 
Heather Farms in Walnut Creek. Please invite any friends and other 
parents on your club that are interested to become a swimming 
official. This is for current officials to stay up to date on the 
rules, and for parents who want to become an Official.  (No prior 
experience is necessary, just an eagerness to learn, and help the 
swimming community.)

Date:          Saturday January 24th,

Time:          Set up and Registration    8:00 - 8:30
                     Clinic/Training                8:30 - 12:00

Location:    Heather Farm Park, "Club Room" - by the Pond (not by the Pool)
                     301 North San Carlos Drive
                    Walnut Creek
Directions: From I 680 North, take the Ygnacio Valley Road Exit and 
turn right.  Turn Left onto North San Carlos Drive, past Heather 
Drive and take the next left into the parking lot.
 From I 680 South, take the Treat Boulevard Exit.  Turn left onto 
North Main, and left onto Treat Boulevard.  Turn right onto Bancroft 
Road.  Turn right onto Ygnacio Valley Road.  Turn right onto North 
San Carlos Drive, past Heather Drive and take the next left into the 
parking lot.) 

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Cost:            FREE!

Light refreshments will be provided.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Coach Richard Quick was diagnosed  with a brain cancer. Quick who 
coached at Stanford from 1988 to 2005  moved to Auburn in 2007

A new Prayer Pager has been set up for Coach Quick at 334-742-5237. 
Whenever someone says a prayer for him, they can send a page to that 
number anonymously to cause his pager to vibrate.

INDIVIDUAL  RENEWAL
You can now renew your membership for 2009. You can register on line, 
it is very easy, just go to:
	https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38
and start filling out the forms. If you are a member of the clubs 
listed below you can register with your club.

If your club is not one of the clubs listed above, you will have to 
register as "unattached." And then when your club registers you can 
change membership.

For those who do no want to register on-line, Pacific Masters still 
has a paper registration form to send to Nancy.

   http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09memberapp.pdf

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