RE: 2 questions

Former Member — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:58:13 GMT

Thank you both. Good ideas.

RE: 2 questions

Former Member — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:44:25 GMT

Kathleen, There are only two clubs currently registered in Michigan. One of them, Great Lakes State Masters, has 6 members. The other one, Michigan Masters, has 727 members. (There are also 51 unattached swimmers in the Michigan LMSC.) If you poke around the older threads in these forums, you'll see that Michigan Masters is what is called a "regional club" or a "super club". It was formed for the exact purpose that you mentioned - so that the members can all swim on relays together when they go to meets. If you look at this list, you'll see that many of the club MICH members have a "workout group" listed next to their names. The workout group denotes the group of people that they swim with: www.clubassistant.com/.../usms_members.cfm You could go a couple of different ways here. You could start your own club and register it. Or you could join the Michigan Masters club and form a workout group to swim with. (Or, if you're lucky, maybe we can find a workout group near you that is already in existence.) The Michigan registrar, Ken Cooper, can help you transfer you to the Michigan Masters club, or start your own club. Send me a PM and give me your email address. I can put you in contact with Ken. I can also tell you whether there are any other swimmers from your area who are USMS members. I did a quick look at all of our Michigan members but I don't see any who live in Suttons Bay. So you'll have to let me know what city you live in and which other ones are nearby. Anna Lea

RE: 2 questions

Michael Blatt — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:46:23 GMT

Others can better answer your question about what it takes to register a team. But please keep in mind that you can affiliate with any club you want to. It doesn't have to be the club you work out with, or even one in your LMSC. It may depend on the individual clubs out there whether or not they'll want to have swimmers who don't swim with them affiliating with them, but most I'm aware of have no problem with the practice. Then you'll have a team to swim with at meets and do relays with. And you won't have to worry about the upkeep of a separate team.