[PacMasterUpdate] 31 January 2010

[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.

USF VALENTINE'S AFFAIR
The 2001 USF Valentine's Day Affair will be held on Saturday 6 
February 2010 at the Koret Recreation Center, 2926 Turk Street 
(Corner of Parker) San Francisco. Please enter on line at
     https://www.clubassistant.com/meets.cfm
You can enter by on-line unitil 11:59PM 3 February 2010. Swimmers can 
also deck enter the meet for an additional charge.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/10usfscy.pdf
This is a fun, well attended meet in a fast pool.

WALNUT CREEK INTENSIVE TRAINING CAMP
The 2010 Walnut Creek Intensive Training Camp will be held 5-7 March 
at the Clark Swimming  Center, Walnut Creek, California. The Camp 
will consist of two in-water workouts per day. The morning practice 
will be a general conditioning session, with the afternoon sessions 
being divided up by Distance, Mid-Distance, and Sprint Specialties. 
Here the Coaching Staff will strive to meet the specific needs of 
training for your best events. Each morning session will conclude 
with a hearty breakfast.
     http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/10wcmitc.pdf

The camp usually sells out, so if you would like to attend, register.


PACIFIC MASTERS JANUARY FEBRUARY NEWSLETTERS
The Pacific Masters January-February News letter is posted on the 
Pacific Mastesr Web site. Information about all the January, February 
meets is in the newsletter. Thanks to Joanne Bervan for editing and 
organizing the newsletter.

NEW REGISTRATION YEAR
If you have not registered yet, you can registered on-line.
	https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38
All Pacific Masters memberships expire on Thursday 31 December 31. It 
is very important that you register. Your registration fee helps 
supports US Masters Swimming and PacMasters. Your membership fee pays 
for the secondary insurance, the USMS Swimmer, and the webs sites. 
Swimming is a great exercise; exercise that our bodies need. We hope 
you continue to swim, as we are "Swimming for Life."

For clubs to be covered by USMasters Swimming Secondary insurance, 
all swimmers must be currently registered. You can still register 
using a paper registration, by going to the PacMasters home page
    http://www.pacificmasters.org

2010 MEMBERSHIP
Currently there are 6343 swimmers and 110 clubs registered with 
Pacific. Last year at this time, there were 5818 members of Pacific 
(about 9% ahead of last year). Thanks to all the coaches and clubs 
that work so hard with the swimmers - Pacific is here because of the 
work of the clubs and coaches. The  clubs with 100 or more  members 
are:
       Grand Count 	6343
	DAM 	491
	WCM 	373
	TCAM 	350
	STAN 	252
	MELO 	212
	SCSC 	200
	USF 	198
	CRUZ 	187
	MAM 	183
	MVM 	167
	TVM 	151
	SCAM 	141
	TEME 	134
	MAAC 	129
	BAC 	122
	TSUN 	118
	BAY 	111
	PCAM 	107
	RAMS 	104
	CLOV 	103
	SNM 	103
	SERC 	102
In about a month we will have the final numbers of club registration 
for 2009, along with the club registration. Congratulations to all 
the coaches and clubs that have done so well



RULE BOOK
The 2010 USMS Rule Book is available on-line at

	 http://www.usms.org/rules/
The Rule book also lists the current USMS and World records. If you 
want a hard copy of the rule book, please contact Nancy Ridout, 
mailto:registrar at pacificmasters.org . Pacific will give each deck 
official a current copy of the rule book.

CHANGE IN SWIM SUIT RULES
The FINA Bureaua meeting in Bankgok, Thailand,  has approved the 
Masters Committee recommendation that the swimwear be the same as for 
the elite pool swimmers. They made the ruling effective 1/1/10. (two 
weeks before the meeting)  The USMS Rules Committee met by phone to 
discuss the implementation for SCY. After the Rules Committee makes a 
determination, that will be forwarded to the Executive Committee of 
USMS. When information becomes available, it will be posted on the 
USMasters Swimming web site and we will let you know via the update.

OPEN WATER SWIMWEAR
Open Water swimwear for both Men and Women, shall not cover the neck, 
extend past the shoulder, nor shall extend below the ankle. All Open 
Water swimsuits shall comply with the FINA Criteria for Materials and 
Approval Procedures. Until June 2010, the 2009 models can be used in 
order to protect the athlete from sunburn, jellyfish etc. Again the 
Rules committee will issue a determination of how this will apply to 
US Masters Swimming.


PLACES TO SWIM
US Masters Swimming has a Places to Swim spot on their web site:
    http://www.usms.org/placswim/placswimform.php?LMSCID=38
It would be very helpful if each club checked its  name, address and 
swim times that are posted against actual. If there are any 
corrections to be made, please fill out the form provided on the web 
site.


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michael w. moore
michael at pacificmasters.org
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