Podcast #32: Bob Jellison Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of former Head Coach Bob Jellison. The Roseville Sugarbear team was named after Bob Jellison from the nickname he picked up shortly after joining Roseville High School. Bob shares his background and stories on the early years of the team and area aquatics. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is required. The podcast is 17MB in size and 18 minutes in length.

It's all the RAGE - Roseville Aquatics Gala Event

Tickets are expected to go on sale in January with an on-line option to buy.
Price of ticket is only $25/person, so we expect the tickets to go fast.

Here is a preview of some items already donated and in hand which is valued over $2,500:

Rocklin Aquatics Masters Swimming
Annual Registration Fee and 1 month swim

Roseville Aquatic Teams Booster Club
Big Bang Fireworks

Papa Murphy's
Pizza Coupouns

Wookcreek Oaks Golf Club
One round of golf for 4, including cart

Diamond Oaks Golf Club
One round of golf for 4, including cart

Color Me Mine
Gift Card

Curves
One month membership plus T-shirt

Sugarbowl
Adult lift tickets

Fitness MD
One month membership to Fit-Club

East Wind Yoga
One of free yoga

Coach Chuck Neep
Master Swim Lessons OR Child Swim Lessons

StinkyCheeseMan
Podcast Interview ;-)

Several other businesses have been contacted and have provided a verbal to donate, but we could really use your help in contacting additional businesses and collecting more donated items. If able to assist, please contact Monica Bautista or Julie Lawrence to let them know which businesses you are able to contact or to be assigned a specific category, so we can avoid having the same businesses being contacted twice.

We also have an on-line ReadySetAuction.com website account which should make it easier for us to centrally keep track and manage the prospects and donations. If you would like to be sent an invite to join the site, please contact the StinkyCheeseMan.

Click here to view the latest solicitation letter for this event.

Click here to view the latest Sugarbear sponsorship agreement form for 2008.

Click here to view the Woodcreek Seawolves sponsorship agreement form for 2008.

Note that an aquatic team sponsor received before March 3rd will have the added value of being listed in our Gala Event Catalog.

Our next meeting of the Gala Event committees will be Thursday, January 10th at 7PM at the Lakeview Hills Clubhouse. If you have yet to join a committee, feel free to surprise us and come to the meeting. Directions to the clubhouse can be found at http://www.lakeviewhills.org/

Sierra offering Winter/Spring Water Polo Clinics

Water Polo clinics are open to both male and female athletes from 7-12th grade. Click here to view the flyer for the upcoming winter clinic which runs from December 3rd -January 24th (No practice Dec 24th thru Jan 1st) at Sierra College. Cost is $150.

While on the subject of Water polo, Sierra College just completed their season. This was the first year for the re-instated Sierra College Men's team. They had a very successful season. Congrats to Coach Jordan Haley and former Sugarbear and OHS standout Mike Mayall. A very fun recap on the men's recent success can be found in our Sugarbear Bulletin Board under the topic of "Other Programs - Sierra College" entitled "Never Been Done Before!". The men's team won four games including TWO conference games, including an upset of 3rd place Merced. The men advanced and competed for a spot in NORCAL Championships. Marks the first time in conference history that a first-year program has won a league game, let alone two!

RATBC Mardi Gras Event Update!

Our Spring Mardi Gras (Dinner/Dance/Auction) Event plans for Friday, April 4th, 2008 are progressing well.
But we could use your help!

Feel free to access the current spreadsheet of captured info at http://www.sugarbears.org/share/RATBC-FundraiserDinner-v5

We hope to have letters available soon to help solicit the acquisition of items for the auction.
If you know of a business that you think would be able donate a item or service, please be sure and ask.

An auction is most successful when there is a wide variety of items to choose from.
Consider the many different categories that can provide items for the auction:

- Trips
- Services
- Crafts
- Goodies
- Celebrities
- Merchant Donations

We will be holding a conference call on Tuesday, November 13th at 7pm.
If you can make the call please RSVP to Michael Taylor (stinkycheeseman23@yahoo,com).
Upon RSVP, we will provide you with the toll free number and conference id to enter.

For an agenda, we will simply run through the following on the conference call:

Event overview and status
Committees
- Acquisitions
- Advertising
- Arrangements
- Audio Visual
- Bar
- Catalog
- ComputerOps
- Conductor
- Decorations
- Invitations
- Live Auction
- Major Sponsors
- Office Personnel (collection points)
- Publicity
- Raffle
- Reservations
- Silent Auction

We thank you for your support and look forward to a very fun and exciting event!

Podcast #31: Garret Smith Interview

Roseville Sugarbear Podcast interview of swimmer Garret Smith. Last summer, Garret went big and posted personal bests at both VFCAL Champs and Meet of Champions (MoC) and was awarded the Most Improved for the 7/8 Boys age group. Listen to this podcast by clicking here. A broadband internet connection is recommended. The podcast is 14MB in size and 15 minutes in length.