It looks like Vancouver BC is hosting the first ever Americas Masters Games in August 2016:
www.vancouversun.com/.../story.html
It seems like there will be summer sports as well as some indoor ice sports. Very little info available so far.
Vancouver is a lovely city!
For the record, European Masters Games, 1-11 October 2015, are in Nice, France (also a nice place!) Pool swimming is Oct 2-4.
emg-nice2015.fr/
World Masters Games, 21-30 April 2017, are in Auckland, NZ (a nice place, as far as I know!) Pool swimming dates haven't been set yet.
www.worldmastersgames2017.co.nz/
If only spare money and free time were unlimited!
I've been to Vancouver, Nice, and Auckland; and, they are all wonderful cities! I would love to go to the Games in Vancouver and New Zealand. Swimosaur: Donna Hooe and Ed Saltzman are planning on organizing a Georgia team for Auckland. Start saving your :2cents:!
I saw nothing in the booklet either.
I also don't see any lines across the pool in the picture you attached to give any indication that it is sometimes used short course. So I'm going with LCM.
Thanks!
don't see any lines across the pool
When the rest of the world swims short course they swim 25 meters not 25 yards. So they swim wall to bulklhead not widths, and therefore don't need extra
lines across the pool.
The venue, Complexe Jean Bouin, has a 50 meter pool, depth is 1.8 m (about 6 feet).
www.nice.fr/.../complexe-jean-bouin
pic here --> www.nice.fr/.../piscine_jbouin.jpg
That looks like a nice pool, but the spectator seating looks rather meager for a hemispherical event. (It's pretty clear from the light pattern that the side we can't see in the picture has windows, not bleachers.) Also, the ceiling looks quite featureless - not good for backstrokers.
When the rest of the world swims short course they swim 25 meters not 25 yards. So they swim wall to bulklhead not widths, and therefore don't need extra
lines across the pool.
I've swum in Europe SCM so I realize they do not swim 25 yards. It's hard to see the far end of the pool in the picture, so it's hard to say if there is a bulkhead or not.
When the rest of the world swims short course they swim 25 meters not 25 yards. So they swim wall to bulklhead not widths, and therefore don't need extra
lines across the pool.
Not sure what this has to do with yards versus meters. The pool could be 25 meters wide.
The European Masters Games look interesting. I can't find where they say if it is LCM or SCM. I'm thinking SCM because they are not offering a 100m IM. Does anybody know?
It looks like Vancouver BC is hosting the first ever Americas Masters Games in August 2016:
www.vancouversun.com/.../story.html
It seems like there will be summer sports as well as some indoor ice sports. Very little info available so far.By that point, the new pool at UBC should be ready.
Maybe they can do the open water race in Kitsilano ;)
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