Live Auction Items A Night with Olympic Champions 1. Turning 30? 40? 50? Have an anniversary or bachelorette party coming up? A child s birthday party? Consider the Dreyer s Ice Cream bus! The bus can take you anywhere you d like to go within an 80 mile radius of Oakland CA for up to 8 hours. Celebrate by wine tasting in Napa, hosting a group of people to a football game, or bar-hopping in San Francisco. The possibilities are endless! We recommend reservations well in advance of your selected date. Donated by Dreyer s Ice Cream and Black Tie Transportation. 2. Improve your water polo game with 2004 Olympian, 2008 hopeful, and Cal graduate Heather Petri! Heather will teach a one-hour water polo clinic for up to 8 players of any skill level, boys or girls. The Soda Center at Campolindo High School will be the pool location, and Heather s national team training schedule probably requires a late summer 2007 date for the clinic. An exact date will be a mutually agreed upon by the purchasing parties and Heather. Donated by Heather Petri. 3. She holds 17 American, 11 Cal, seven NCAA, and six current World records, and she d like to give you a swimming clinic! Natalie Coughlin will teach a onehour stroke and turn clinic for six (6) lucky Page 1 of 6
swimmers. The pool site will most likely be in the East Bay, but other options are a possibility. The clinic shall be arranged for a mutually agreed upon date. Bidding will start at $720. Donated by Natalie Coughlin. 4. The VIP Experience can be yours next weekend: Two tickets (donor seats) for the Cal vs. UCLA game on November 4, 2006, early supper with Chancellor Birgeneau in the Chevron Auditorium at the International House, two pre-game field passes and two Hall of Fame Room passes are all a part of this package. (Must be 21 to enter the Hall of Fame Room.) Roll on you Bears! Donated by the Cal Athletic Development office. 5. Think of your closest seven friends. Now think about all eight of you climbing in a limo on Saturday, December 2, 2006, and riding to Berkeley for the 109 th Big Game. Eight (8) game tickets (donor seats), Hall of Fame Room Passes, and pre-game meeting field passes are included in this Big Game Extravaganza package. Limo service home is included, of course. Donated by Jeff Brush of Avalon Transportation, and the Cal Athletic Development Office. 6. Have a swimmer in the Walnut Creek area? Raise your number! Give your swimmer a one-year membership in WCAB. Walnut Creek Aquabears Swim Team started in 1949. Team highlights include 12 Far Western Championship Team titles, three Jr. National Championship team titles, and four Sr. National Top 10 Team Finishes. The Aquabears are a mainstay of the Page 2 of 6
East Bay aquatic community. Donated by Walnut Creek Aquabears. 7. Perhaps your swimmer resides in the Orinda area? This live auction package includes a one year membership in Orinda Aquatics OR a family membership for up to three swimmers in the Orinda Aquatics Fall program. All sorts of extras are thrown into this package: two dinners with coaches and former Cal water polo players Ronnie and Donnie Heidary, two private lessons, and an Orinda Aquatics parka. Orinda Aquatics coaches have trained over 100 national level and high school All- American swimmers, as well as 10 Olympic Trials qualifiers. Over 90% of their swimmers have been placed in collegiate swimming and water polo programs nationwide. Donated by Orinda Aquatics. 8. Dinner at Chez Panisse Café what could be better? How about dinner at Chez Panisse Café with Natalie Coughlin and her date? Three couples will dine on a mutually agreed upon date with Natalie and her date at Alice Waters famous restaurant. The wine for this dinner is included in the package: One case of white wine and one case of Marston Family Vineyards 1998 (Propieter Estate Grown) Cabernet Sauvignon. Donated by Dr. and Mrs. Barry vonhartitzsch, Natalie Coughlin, Marston Family Vineyards. 9. Siesta, anyone? The temperature in the Bay Area is 40 degrees, but not to worry. You and a guest are cruising the Mexican Riviera in 5-star style, where the temperature is 80 degrees with a light breeze! Fly to the LA/Long Beach area (airfare included), board Norwegian Cruise Line s Star Cruise ship, and Page 3 of 6
set sail for eight days on the Mexican Riviera, stopping at Cabo San Lucas, Ixtapa, Puerto Vallarta, and Acapulco. Your room is an ocean view cabin. This package is exclusive of all government fees, taxes, and service charges. You select your date from a variety of dates throughout the year. Donated by Norwegian Cruise Lines and Pam Windle. 10. Don t bid on this one if you re missing a funny bone. It s Saturday Night Live, and you and a guest are there with tickets to the January 13 taping of this American comedy classic. Included in the package: round-trip airfare from Oakland to NY, round trip limo service from airport to your hotel, and two nights in a deluxe queen guestroom, with continental breakfast, at the Flatotel near Radio City Music Hall. Don t let this one get away! Donated by Flatotel, Will Forte of Saturday Night Live, and Jeff Brush of Avalon Transportation. 11. One of two fabulous photographs available at tonight s live auction taken by Australian icon and Olympian, Shane Gould. These are semi-abstract works of art from one of the most famous swimmers in Australia. Signed and simply framed. 33.25 x 25.25 inches. Donated by Natalie Coughlin. 13. Experience Napa Valley at its finest. This package has it all: Stay two nights at the luxurious Meadowood Resort in Napa, and on Saturday night, enjoy dinner for two at Martini House. If that s not enough, experience a bird s eye view of Napa Valley on your own personal one-hour helicopter tour of Napa. Two magnums of Mumm s Sparkling wine and a private Page 4 of 6
tasting and tour top this package off. Cheers! Donated by Bill Harlan, Stu and Ann Sharf, Bill and Carolyn Mitchell, and Mumm Napa. 14. One of a Kind: A magnum of Harlan Estate wine bearing the Cal logo. Donated by Bill Harlan. 15. A second beautiful photograph by Shane Gould, famous for her underwater, bubble and swimming photography. Signed and simply framed. 33.25 x 25.5 inches. Donated by Natalie Coughlin. 16. For the true sportsman: Omega s beautiful Seamaster 300M Quartz Steel on Steel watch with date function. Featuring a Quartz precision movement with rhodium-plated finish, this blue dial watch is simply stunning. Donated by Omega. 17. Have you ever seen a World, American, or NCAA record broken? Or a Cal Bear crowned NCAA Champion? It s a once-in-lifetime experience, and it can happen at NCAAs. Two tickets to each day of the Women s NCAA Swimming Trials and Finals in March, 2007, at the University of Minnesota. Also included in this package are four nights lodging at the Holiday Inn Minneapolis Metrodome (where the Bears will also be staying) in a king, non-smoking room. A Post-meet dinner on Saturday night with the team rounds out this exciting package. Go Bears! Donated by Teri McKeever and the Holiday Inn Minneapolis Metrodome. Page 5 of 6
Cash donations from Mr. and Mrs. John Montgomery, Mrs. John Austin, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Parker helped us round out the packages above. Thank you to those donors. Page 6 of 6