The FINA Bureau approved the dates, the schedule of events and the qualifying times for the XI FINA Masters Championships that will be held at the Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford University, Stanford California - August 4 - 17, 2006
Qualifying Times
The qualifying times are now posted. These times are easier than the USMS Long course times, however, remember if you do not swim at or faster than the qualify time you will receive "no time" for your effort - your swim will not count.
Schedule of Events
The schedule of events is up. The swimming portion will take place August 4th through 10th; and will include a day of relays. The open water swim will be on August 11th. There are also schedules for the other aquatic disciplines.
Hotel Rooms
The organizing committee has been working with a destination management company to get hotels at a good rate for swimmers. Those rates are only available if you book through the Internet portal that has been set up that has been set up or if you call the toll free number. Once to the home page of the hotel registration select your stay dates and number of guests in the room first then you will get a list of available hotels.(Also the Internet portal works best with IE 5.01 and IE 6.0+) .
Web Site
All of the above information can be found at the XI FINA World Masters Championship web site - www.2006FINAMasters.org .
Vacation destination
San Francisco and northern California is one of the premeire tourist destinations in the world. Besides the great swimming venue, there will be many day trips scheduled for you or your significant other (or children). This will be a great time to plan a vacation to the golden state.
The Organizing Committee is working on days trips and discounted airfares. Announcements will be made as the plans are made final.
michael
Michael W. Moore, president
XI FINA World Masters Championships - 2006
Stanford Unversity
Stanford California
I am happy to debate the relative merits of sandbagging with anyone on any thread. Most of the threads here seem to morph into something other than the original thought posted anyway. My inference to another Discussion Forum was in response to the irrational fear and loathing that some people have about the practice. Perhaps some introspection would help, rather than lashing out at a perfectly legal and sometimes practical manouver.
The fact is that sandbagging, even if it is done at every meet, is done by very few people, and fewer yet are regular sandbaggers. The annoyance one may feel towards the person who chooses to sandbag is more likely the guilt of the annoyed for not trying harder, once one has seen the results and discovered that one has been bested by a sandbagger.
Sandbagging is not easy to make work to one's own advantage. You have to be particularly keen to swim your own race, and not fall into the trap of merely being a heat winner. It is fun to be ahead, but without real competition, you can easily lose your focus or the pace that is required for the maximum effort and best possible result.
I have sandbagged on occasion, and feel no remorse. I have even done it at nationals, when I wanted to get the most rest possible between my 800 free and next day's 200 butterfly. No apologies here, folks.
Sandbagging is not dishonest, and it is quite well within the unofficial spirit of Masters swimming.****JOKE ALERT****THE FOLLOWING IS A JOKE****..use old age and guile to defeat youth and talent.
I am happy to debate the relative merits of sandbagging with anyone on any thread. Most of the threads here seem to morph into something other than the original thought posted anyway. My inference to another Discussion Forum was in response to the irrational fear and loathing that some people have about the practice. Perhaps some introspection would help, rather than lashing out at a perfectly legal and sometimes practical manouver.
The fact is that sandbagging, even if it is done at every meet, is done by very few people, and fewer yet are regular sandbaggers. The annoyance one may feel towards the person who chooses to sandbag is more likely the guilt of the annoyed for not trying harder, once one has seen the results and discovered that one has been bested by a sandbagger.
Sandbagging is not easy to make work to one's own advantage. You have to be particularly keen to swim your own race, and not fall into the trap of merely being a heat winner. It is fun to be ahead, but without real competition, you can easily lose your focus or the pace that is required for the maximum effort and best possible result.
I have sandbagged on occasion, and feel no remorse. I have even done it at nationals, when I wanted to get the most rest possible between my 800 free and next day's 200 butterfly. No apologies here, folks.
Sandbagging is not dishonest, and it is quite well within the unofficial spirit of Masters swimming.****JOKE ALERT****THE FOLLOWING IS A JOKE****..use old age and guile to defeat youth and talent.
