Individual Membership

Individual memberships are $48 for the 2013 calendar year. Each membership includes a subscription to USMS Swimmer Magazine, a national swimming and fitness publication, with the PacMasters Newsletter inserted into each issue. Membership also includes a secondary accident insurance policy, borrowing privileges from our video tape library, and the privilege of participating in any of our pool and open water events, clinics and training groups.

On line

You can now register on line. By registering on line you will immediately become a member of Pacific Masters and will immediatly get your membership number which allows you to enjoy the privileges of membership. You are eligible to compete in any of the US Masters Swimming events. Pacific offers over thirty swimming events during the year. You just go to the USMS Registration web site to sign up.

Paper registration
To join Pacific Masters, please download the individual application. If you are renewing your membership and forgot or misplaced your Pacific Masters/ USMS number, you can look it up on the individual look up form. It speeds the renewal process if you include your Pacific Masters number.

13 Individual application.pdf it is a nicer looking application (please use this one). This is a pdf fiile.

The registration form is in the November/December issue of US MS Swimmer Magazine.


The send the application along with the application fee to:

Nancy Ridout, Registrar
Pacific Masters Swimming, Inc.
580 Sunset Parkway
Novato, CA 94947
phone (415) 892-0771, 10:30am - 4:30pm weekdays
fax (415) 898-3467

About Club Membership

Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes new Masters swim clubs and encourages Masters swimmers to join an existing club or form a new Masters club. The yearly cost of team membership in PacMasters is $65.. This fee entitles your club to USMS liability insurance coverage as long as certain requirements are met:

• Everyone in the workout must be a registered Masters or USS swimmer (a grace period is allowed as in USA-S) and the group must be supervised bya person currently registered with United States Masters Swimming.

Additionally, you will receive

A USMS Rule Book,
Bi-monthly PacMasters Newsletters,
Free access to our video library,
Quarterly roster updates, and
periodic updates on schedule changes, insurance and other Masters information.

Your members may participate as a team and field relays in any of our pool or open water events and you would be eligible to bid to sponsor an event. Each club has a vote on the PacMasters Swim Committee which meets monthly. A club in good standing must have 4 registered swimmers.

Pacific Masters Swimming has available the USMS booklet, Building A Successful Masters Club, for new clubs. It has helpful information on starting and maintaining a successful Masters program.

To start a Masters club please contact our registrar, Nancy Ridout and she will send you updated forms.