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Welcome Home Olympians Dinner
September 22,The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, 6pm
Meet, greet and celebrate our 2010 and 2012 Olympians from Northern California!
To-date only 18 NCO members have indicated they will attend. This is our primary fundraiser for our Travel & Training Grant program. As an NCO member you may purchase a discounted ticket price for yourself and one guest only at $175 each. Tickets for our additional guests are $300 per person. Table sponsorships start at $3,000 (includes eight guests plus a current Olympian and their guest totaling 10 per table). For more information click HERE or contact Helen Mendel. If you can't attend, will you consider sending a check as a charitable gift to the NCO?
Proceeds are shared between the Northern California Olympians' Travel & Training Fund for future Olympians and the Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee.
Olympic Night at the Giants September 21, AT&T Park, San Francisco, 5:15 pm Dinner, 7:15 pm Game - SF Giants vs. San Diego Padres Only a few tickets remain and the NL pennant race is on! Bring your friends and family to our 12th Annual BASOC Olympic Night at the Giants and special salute to the 2010 and 2012 Olympians (as well as we members of previous Olympic teams). Our newest Olympians will throw out the first pitch; all of us will be on the field for the ceremonies and introductions. Tickets are $50 and include the game and dinner on the Club level. Reserve your tickets now. For more information click HERE or contact Helen Mendel at 650.323.9400.
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Jolly Good Games!
London Smiles and Shines for Four Glorious Weeks
The sun came out, the rings went up on Tower Bridge, the Queen parachuted from a helictopter with 007 and the Games were on!
For four amazing weeks -- three in August and another in September -- many days in balmy breeze under California-style blue skies, the athletes of the world -- Olympic and Paralympic -- swam, ran, rode, spun, dueled, leapt, splashed, laughed and cried their way into our minds and hearts.
The venues were spectacular, the courses iconic, the volunteers friendly and funny, the Olympic Park, venues and Tube packed but moving, and the Londoners welcoming and gracious. The only challenging aspect were ticket prices and access -- a long-time Olympic issue. That was offset by the ten free events that offered the best seat in the house and the best spirit of the Games -- marathons, triathlons, race walks, and marathon swims. Americans cheered for Brits, Brits cheered for the French (well, almost) and we all cheered for every athlete, first or last.
The best quotes of the Games were from a British fellow watching the men's triathlon: "We Brits are known as a dour lot, but these two weeks life is good." And a BBC broadcaster the morning after the Olympic Closing Ceremonies: "For two weeks we are one, then we go back to our lives." Fortunately, the Paralympic Games came two weeks later, easing the hosts' Olympic hangover.
(Pictured above are Northern California 2012 Olympians Alexander Massialas, Fencing; Greg Massialas, U.S. Fencing Coach; Stephanie Trafton, Track & Field, and Gerek Meinhardt, Fencing.)
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Publication Schedule
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Submissions due the 1st of each publication month to
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Credits
| Writing: Kimberly Carlisle
Editing: Anne Warner Cribbs
Design: Annette Shelby |
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Mission
| The Northern California Olympians offer fellowship to members of past and current Olympic teams; coordinate member appearances at youth, community, and corporate events; and support the creation of an active, visible, nationwide and worldwide Olympian organization.
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This Just In - Olympic Salute at 49'ers Game - Thursday, October 18, 2012
5:20 Kick-off
Traditional 49'er Salute
 As we have done in the past, the San Francisco 49'ers, in cooperation with the Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee (BASOC) and the Northern California Olympians (NCO) invite all past and present Northern California Olympians and Paralympians for a Welcome Home Ceremony honoring the 2012 London Olympians. RSVP required to hmendel@basoc.org by October 5th. Fill out the form on the |
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Calendar
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September
21: Olympic Night at the Giants
22: Welcome Home Dinner, Fairmont Hotel, SF October
18: 49'ers Game (Thursday Night Game)
November
12: NCO Board Meeting December
3: NCO Holiday Dinner, MacArthur Park, Palo Alto
All are welcome at NCO Board Meetings. Good food, great fun. Email Greg Massialas to RSVP.
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Membership
2012 Members |
Life
Tommy Angell
Nicole Barnhard
Karen Moe Humphreys
Tim Vanni
Annual
Amor Adams
Peter Arnautoff
Alison Bartosik
Beverley Anderson Brockway
Mike Bruner
Andy Burke
Ed Burke
Kimberly Carlisle
Pete Cipollone
Haley Clark
Jan Corwin
Anne Warner Cribbs
Kelly Crowley
Debby DeAngelis
Chris and MaryBeth Dorst
Edith McGuire Duvall
Stacey Blumer Evans
Tim Evans
Lynn Vidali Gautschi
Millard Hampton
Starr Walton Hurley
Barbara Jordan
Paul Kingsman
Paul Kramer
Karen LaBerge
Claudia Lockwood
Sara Lowe
Greg Massialas
Julian Munoz
Ted Murphy
Mary Ann O'Connor
Matthew Petri
Jim Preston
Susan Heon Preston
Molly Rossiter
Susie Jones Roy
Nate Schierholtz
Jim Schmitz
Ann P. Sheerer
Gary P. Sheerer
Alex Tarics
Stephanie Brown Trafton
Cathy Carr West
David Williams
Mark Zembsch
Annual dues are $50; $1500 for life. Join online at ncolympians.org OR make your check payable to the NCO and mail to:
Starr Walton Hurley
44733 El Macero Drive
El Macero, CA 95618
Please include your Olympic year and sport, email address and phone number(s). Dues fund this newsletter and our grants to future Olympians.Dues also entitle you to receive our news and invitations to special events, and foster collegiality and community.
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