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5 September  2013

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Greetings!

Over 30 Pacific Masters members will be traveling to Anaheim to participate in the USMS Convention 10-15 September. They will be volunteering their time to help with the running of United States Masters Swimming. USMS is different from most other NGBs as the volunteers contribute significantly to the running of the organization. The PacMasters office will have limited service as Nancy  will be attending the convention.

 

You can see what will be discussed by going to the USMS Annual Convention Page. It has the reports and the proposed legislation that the delegates will consider.

 

Honoring those who have past on
Each year at the US Masters Swimming convention, the names of current and former Masters swimmers are read  at a House of Delegates meeting. If you know of a member or past member who passed since last convention, please contact Nancy Ridout, registrar, with the information.

 

Service Awards

 Pacific Masters honors its volunteers and members with its service awards. The 2013 service awards will be  presented at this years November annual meeting.The four awards include The Contributor of the Year;  The Appreciation Award, Distinguished Service award and the Personal Achievement award. The awards are normally chosen at the October meeting and the award that will be made at the annual meeting. Please feel free to send your nomination to any member of the executive committee, the chairman, the admin vice chair or the registrar.

 

The discussion of the Service Awards is in our Guide to Operations

 

End of Year Fee Discount

The membership in Pacific Masters/United States Masters Swimming is from 1 January to 31 December. For those who join in September or October, the membership fee drops from $48.00 to $38.00

 

Fun Fitness and Competition

 

-michael
Michael W Moore 

PacMasters Xtras

 

This year we have had a few Pacific Master Extra articles. We are trying to cover interesting people and clubs who are members of PacMasters. With almost 11,000 members and 130 clubs, we have quite an array of personalities who make up our organization.

 

So far this year we have covered:

 

Clubs

  CALM Masters

  Sierra Nevada Masters

  Foothill Masters

Personalities

  Dave Hale (SRM)

  Glenda Carroll (Tam)

  Phil Bowen (WCM)

 

There will be more coming in the upcoming weeks. 

Whiskeytown Lake
Open Water Swim 
This Sunday 
The Redding Swim Club is organizing its Whiskeytown Open Water Swim. The date is 8 September 2013 at Whiskeytown Lake about 10 miles west of Redding. There is a one and two mile swim at the lake.
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PacMasters 
2 x 1 Lake Del Valle 
The Manatees are again organizing the Lake Del Valle 2 x 1 Open Water Swim. In the event you compete with your swimming partner. Besides the regular age groups, there are special groups including mother/daughter, mother/son, father/daughter, father/son, and sibling/sibling.
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Richmond Plunge
Keller Cove 
The Manatees are again organizing the Lake Del Valle 2 x 1 Open Water Swim. In the event you compete with your swimming partner. Besides the regular age groups, there are special groups including mother/daughter, mother/son, father/daughter, father/son, and sibling/sibling.
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Sacramento Pentathlon 
The Sacramento Pentathlon will be held at the Schaal Aquatic Center on the UC Davis Campus, Davis, California. The meet will be on Sunday  6 October. The events are all the 50s, plus the 100 IM.
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Pacific Masters
Short Course Meters Championships 
The 2013 Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships are being organized by the Walnut Creek Masters and will be contested 11 - 13 October at Heather Farms.
 
This has always been a great meet. It is not too large, but the competition is always there. This is a pre-entered meet so you must enter on line by 2 October. (there is also an entry deadline for mail entries.
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2014 PacMasters 
Schedule 

The Pacific Masters local meets are being scheduled. If your club would like to have a sanctioned pool or open water meet to be put on the Pacific Masters 2014 schedule, please conplete the proper form.

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