The Update -10 October 2013 -

Pacific Update

07 October 2013

Serving Northern California and Northwestern Nevada

In this Update

Keller Cove Results

Sacramento Pentathlon

Freestyle and Backstroke Clinic

PacMasters SCM Championships

Thoughts and Prayers

By the Numbers

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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 is presented 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 year 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.

Open Water Points Competition
The unofficial Open Water Points Competition results are posted. Please check your point total, to be sure the points have been totaled correctly. There were 17 events and each swimmers seven best swims are the ones that are tallied. There were 1300 swimmers who competed in at least one event, and 1110 of those swimmers earned points.

Fun Fitness and Competition

-michael

Michael W Moore

Richmond Plunge
4th Annual Swim for Kids
Results

The results of the Richmond Plunge's Keller Cove Open Water Swim have been posted. This was the last open water event of the year. Thanks to all the Richmond Plunge volunteers who worked hard for the event.

Sacramento
Pentathlon

The results of the Sacramento Pentathlon have been posted on the website. Thanks to Andy Brenan and the Sacramento Masters for organizing the meet.

PacMasters
Coaches Clinic

There is an upcoming four hour clinic on the freestyle and backstroke at the College of San Mateo. Two hours in the class room followed by two hours in the pool. The clinic will be lead by Tom Reudy of San Mateo Athletic Club and Cokie Lepinski of Swymnut Masters. The date is Sunday 20 October 2013 and starts at 9am.

For swimmers who want to improve their strokes and have plenty of time to practice to perfect the stroke, this is a great time for a clinic.

Pacific Masters
Short Course Meters Championships

Entries are Closed

The Pacific Masters 2013 Short Course Meters Championships will be held this upcoming weekend at the Clarke Swim Center, Heather Farm, Walnut Creek.

The meet is held in very deep water. The meet is usually fast. There are 365 swimmers signed up for the meet. While meet entries have closed, you can come to cheer your fellow swimmers at the championships.

Live results will be on the Pacific Masters Website at

www.pacificmasters.org/swmeets/2013_10_11_PMS_SCM/index.htm

Thoughts and Prayers

Harrison and Lois Race's daughter passed away suddenly in August. Harrison and Lois have been meet officials at many of our meets.

George Cleveland spent five days in the hospital in September, George has also been a meet official at many of our meets. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Pacific Masters by the Number

As of 6 Ocbober, Pacific Masters had just over 11,200 members. Clubs with over 100 members include:

1 DAM 677

2 STAN 553

3 WCM 494

4 TCAM 456

5 MELO 352

6 CRUZ 313

7 MVM 295

8 USF 285

9 NBA 262

10 TEME 260

11 SCSC 242

12 MAAC 230

13 TSUN 228

14 SMM 211

15 DC 209

16 TOC 207

17 MAM 206

18 TVM 202

19 BAY 193

20 SERC 187

21 SNM 186

22 BAC 183

23 PCCM 157

24 RAMS 130

25 CALM 127

26 AAM 126

27 RINC 110

28 QSS 107

29 SRM 105