I was wondering if it was the right forum to post this question. I guess so since I am under the impression that some members here are involved in the USMS organization.
Until not long ago, I thought that the Master Swimmers Circuit, worldwide, was very healthy all around the globe in most developed countries. It doesn't seem to be the case though.
Would anyone know about how well organized Master Swimmers are in the UK (GB more specifically) as well as in Croatia?
If you come from a Country other than US, Canada and Australia, I'd like to hear about you too.
Thanks in advance.
Masters in Sweden might not be as large as the USMS but then again we are barely the size of Florida with just around 9 million people.
But we just had our 29th short course masters nationals. and I would say it was a good turn out. the meet was direct finals, 4 sessions with 6 relays. we had 459 registered swimmers and 1877 starts, along with a social dinner on saturday evening with 340 from 68 clubs.
during the course of the meet we had 3 WR, 12 ER, 30 Nordic Records and over 40 national records, all with out supersuits.
our oldest swimmer was 93 and out youngest were the 21 yr old Pre-masters. we had 208 men and 104 women swim the 50 free.
here is how the worlds, Euro and swedish nationals compare as far as frequency.
Worlds1:a Tokyo (JPN) 12-16 juli 1986
2:a Brisbane (AUS) 14-18 oktober 1988
3:e Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 6-13 augusti 1990
4:e Indianapolis (USA) 25 juni-5 juli 1992
5:e Montreal (CAN) 4-10 juli 1994
6:e Sheffield (GBR) 22 juni-3 juli 1996
7:e Casablanca (MOR) 19-30 juni 1998
8:e München (GER) 29 juli-3 augusti 2000
9:e Christchurch (NZL) 24-31 mars 2002
10:e Riccione (ITA) 2-13 juni 2004
11:e Stanford University (USA) 3-10 augusti 2006
12:e Perth (AUS) 16-23 april 2008
EUROPEAN
1:a Blackpool (GBR) 16-20 september 1987
2:a Turku/Åbo (FIN) 30 augusti-3 september 1989
3:e Coventry (GBR) 4-8 september 1991
4:e Sindelfingen (GER) 9-12 september 1993
5:e Riccione (ITA) 6-10 september 1995
6:e Prag (CZE) 3-7 september 1997
7:e Innsbrück (AUT) 25-29 augusti 1999
8:e Palm (ESP) 3-7 juli 2001
9:e Millau (FRA) 26-31 augusti 2003
10:e Stockholm (SWE) 16-21 augusti 2005
11:e Kranj (SLO) 28augusti-2 september 2007
12:e Cadiz (ESP) 15-20 september 2009
Swedish short course nationals
1:a Stockholm, Eriksdal, LCM 15-17 juli 1982
2:a Falun, LCM 28-30 juli 1983
3:e Falun 28-29 april 1984
4:e Stockholm, Forsgrenska 15-17 mars 1985
5:e Ängelholm 25-27 april 1986
6:e Handen 24-26 april 1987
7:e Umeå 25-27 mars 1988
8:e Borlänge 16-16 april 1989
9:e Nacka 23-25 mars 1990
10:e Linköping 22-24 mars 1991
11:e Gävle 27-29 mars 1992
12:e Södertälje 26-28 mars 1993
13:e Stockholm, Eriksdal, LCM 22-24 april 1994
14:e Hudiksvall 31 mars-2 april 1995
15:e Uddevalla 22-24 mars 1996
16:e Södertälje 14-16 mars 1997
17:e Mölndal 20-22 mars 1998
18:e Västerås 19-21 mars 1999
19:e Hudiksvall 17-19 mars 2000
20:e Örebro 16-18 mars 2001
21:e Linköping 26-28 april 2002
22:a Täby 21-23 mars 2003
23:e Malmö 26-28 mars 2004
24:e Linköping 15-17 april 2005
25:e Haninge 24-26 mars 2006
26:e Helsingborg 23-25 mars 2007
27:e Linköping 7-9 mars 2008
28:e Söderhamn 20-22 mars 2009
29:e Växjö 19-21 mars 2010 (largest ever!!! my club hosted)
we have had a 3km OW championships the last 4 yrs, this yr the worlds come to sweden, but there are plans now to implement a long course national championships starting 2011.
there is a masters committee with 7 members, 4 work mostly with swimming, 1 diving, 1 waterpolo and 1 psychronized swimming.
Here is a site (in english) to our 2010 nationals.
www.vaxjosimsallskap.com/.../en.php
Masters in Sweden might not be as large as the USMS but then again we are barely the size of Florida with just around 9 million people.
But we just had our 29th short course masters nationals. and I would say it was a good turn out. the meet was direct finals, 4 sessions with 6 relays. we had 459 registered swimmers and 1877 starts, along with a social dinner on saturday evening with 340 from 68 clubs.
during the course of the meet we had 3 WR, 12 ER, 30 Nordic Records and over 40 national records, all with out supersuits.
our oldest swimmer was 93 and out youngest were the 21 yr old Pre-masters. we had 208 men and 104 women swim the 50 free.
here is how the worlds, Euro and swedish nationals compare as far as frequency.
Worlds1:a Tokyo (JPN) 12-16 juli 1986
2:a Brisbane (AUS) 14-18 oktober 1988
3:e Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 6-13 augusti 1990
4:e Indianapolis (USA) 25 juni-5 juli 1992
5:e Montreal (CAN) 4-10 juli 1994
6:e Sheffield (GBR) 22 juni-3 juli 1996
7:e Casablanca (MOR) 19-30 juni 1998
8:e München (GER) 29 juli-3 augusti 2000
9:e Christchurch (NZL) 24-31 mars 2002
10:e Riccione (ITA) 2-13 juni 2004
11:e Stanford University (USA) 3-10 augusti 2006
12:e Perth (AUS) 16-23 april 2008
EUROPEAN
1:a Blackpool (GBR) 16-20 september 1987
2:a Turku/Åbo (FIN) 30 augusti-3 september 1989
3:e Coventry (GBR) 4-8 september 1991
4:e Sindelfingen (GER) 9-12 september 1993
5:e Riccione (ITA) 6-10 september 1995
6:e Prag (CZE) 3-7 september 1997
7:e Innsbrück (AUT) 25-29 augusti 1999
8:e Palm (ESP) 3-7 juli 2001
9:e Millau (FRA) 26-31 augusti 2003
10:e Stockholm (SWE) 16-21 augusti 2005
11:e Kranj (SLO) 28augusti-2 september 2007
12:e Cadiz (ESP) 15-20 september 2009
Swedish short course nationals
1:a Stockholm, Eriksdal, LCM 15-17 juli 1982
2:a Falun, LCM 28-30 juli 1983
3:e Falun 28-29 april 1984
4:e Stockholm, Forsgrenska 15-17 mars 1985
5:e Ängelholm 25-27 april 1986
6:e Handen 24-26 april 1987
7:e Umeå 25-27 mars 1988
8:e Borlänge 16-16 april 1989
9:e Nacka 23-25 mars 1990
10:e Linköping 22-24 mars 1991
11:e Gävle 27-29 mars 1992
12:e Södertälje 26-28 mars 1993
13:e Stockholm, Eriksdal, LCM 22-24 april 1994
14:e Hudiksvall 31 mars-2 april 1995
15:e Uddevalla 22-24 mars 1996
16:e Södertälje 14-16 mars 1997
17:e Mölndal 20-22 mars 1998
18:e Västerås 19-21 mars 1999
19:e Hudiksvall 17-19 mars 2000
20:e Örebro 16-18 mars 2001
21:e Linköping 26-28 april 2002
22:a Täby 21-23 mars 2003
23:e Malmö 26-28 mars 2004
24:e Linköping 15-17 april 2005
25:e Haninge 24-26 mars 2006
26:e Helsingborg 23-25 mars 2007
27:e Linköping 7-9 mars 2008
28:e Söderhamn 20-22 mars 2009
29:e Växjö 19-21 mars 2010 (largest ever!!! my club hosted)
we have had a 3km OW championships the last 4 yrs, this yr the worlds come to sweden, but there are plans now to implement a long course national championships starting 2011.
there is a masters committee with 7 members, 4 work mostly with swimming, 1 diving, 1 waterpolo and 1 psychronized swimming.
Here is a site (in english) to our 2010 nationals.
www.vaxjosimsallskap.com/.../en.php
