Sat 20th May, 7pm Cripps Auditorium, Magdalene College, 10 Chesterton Lane
The auction was very successful, raising over £6,000. We would like to thank
everyone who helped, by donating, buying or organising.
We needed to raise £10,000
to sponsor places for 10 children from Peru to attend the Global Village international camp which was held in Kent during August this year.
Below is the list of promises sold.
Lot number and brief description of Promise
1 Boomwhacker Beat Bag session - party activity for younger children. 30-45 minute
session for up to 12 6-9 year olds to inspire children to make music together
2 Cake baked by Fiona Westlake as letter or number
3 Three reflexology sessions by Carol Holloway
4 4 hours expert Computing help from science park expert Tim Bergel.
5 Newmarket National Stud Tour
6 Bodyshop products worth £50 and facial,
plus half-price order up to £100
from Sally Matson
7 Opportunity to work half day on Prospects Trust organic market garden in Reach
and pick your own fresh produce (weekdays only).
8 Five unspecified favours of your choice from Jim Holloway
9 Full day of spring cleaning by Josie Burchell
10 Signed matchball, donated by Everton FC
11 4 hours of interviewing practice, inc a professional psychometric test.
12 Week’s membership at Greens for two adults
13 Golf lessons
14 3 nights at Darsham for up to 20 people
15 Decorated sponge cake made by Kit Westlake
16 Conducted tour of Cambridge Folk museum
17 Hand knitting for garment by Sara Randall. Any pattern, could include photo,
etc (buyer supplies yarn)
18 Two one-hour soft pastel painting lessons from Artist Anne Rivington
19 Minibus transport, evening, up to 15 mile from Cambridge for 16 passengers,
driven by Richard Robertson
20 Acoustic Guitar
21 10 hours’ dog walking by Maggie Bending
22 Candlelight Punting with champagne for up to 6 persons, chauffeured by Brendan
Burchell.
23 4 hours Web Design or computing advice from John Collins
24 Ely museum tickets for two adults (children free)
25 Three professional deep tissue massages from Hilary Painter
26 1 night's babysitting by Cecy Marden (CRB checked)
27 Cream tea for four people created by Fiona Westlake
28 2 hours Life Coaching from Lynda Burchell (Chartered Psychologist)
29 Antique Restoration morning: advice and restoration in your own house by WR
Parr antique furniture restorers
30 Tour of Marshalls airport for four people
31 Vegetarian Indian meal for four at your house by Chef Supremo Peter Westlake
32 Lift to or from Stansted Airport for four passengers by Richard Robertson
33 Chocolate cake made by Woodcraft wonder Hilary Taylor
34 Voucher for £100 off a Birdy or Brompton folding
bike, or 10% off a
bike less than £500 from Drake’s Cycles.
35 Trax Cycle tool kit - all the specialist cycle tools you need in a large wooden
case.
36 Shop voucher (£60), for decorative mirror
or similar from Go Glass
37 Family portrait and free 10X8 print from Dumbletons Studios
38 Shop voucher, towards luggage or repairs or anything in Ben Hayward Cycles
39 Meal voucher for the Cambridge Blue (£25)
40 Bottle of St John’s College Port
41 Tea at Old Vic, Granchester with Mary Archer and Jeffrey (if available)
42 A meal for two at the Robin Hood & Little
John Restaurant, Cambridge (up to
£30 towards food)
43 Arts Picturehouse 2 X year’s
Membership
44 Stained glass fan lamp or similar. You choose the stained glass.
45 Circus activity party for 15 people, includes use of equipment, entertainers
and games, from Ian Willis and Gill Miller
46 Trish Langley will deal with a large basket of ironing for you
47 Restaurant voucher for £40 for
the Plough, Coton.
48 Backpack Picnic set from Mountain Warehouse.
49 Voucher for Hair Style (£30)
from Nutters
50 A full day for two adults at Club Motivation luxury fitness centre and sauna
(or one adult, two children)
51 Pepys Library tour by the Pepys Librarian, for a party of up to 8 visitors
52 20 handmade cards by a professional artist
53 Home Made 12” Pizza with Garlic Bread baked
by Woodcraft gourmet chef
Fiona Westlake (and a bottle of wine)
54 2 hours conflict resolution by Maggie Bending
55 2 hours chauffeured drive in Lancia Fulvia 1973 classic car
56 Voucher for £70 for purchase of a bike, spares,
repair or hire from
Cambridge Station Cycles
57 1 hr introduction to Spanish for up to 4 people
58 Babysitting by Adult Steph Macek for two evenings anywhere in or near Cambridge
59 Personalised violin or viola made to buyers specification by Woodcraft craftsman,
Huw Richards (including £100
worth of wood)
60 Introduction to Scottish Fiddling for fiddler or novice, by Tom Ling
61 2 pairs walking socks hand-knitted by Helen Pinder
62 Drive to and day’s guided birdwatching
around Tichwell (Norfolk) for
2 adults, with birders Helen Pinder and Tim Bergel
63 Meal for four cooked by famous Woodcraft chef Sue Kington, to be eaten at
your place or Sue’s
or anywhere else!
64 Three 5-day adult passes
65 15" AMW M159-S TFT Flat Screen computer Monitor 1024x768
donated by MKC
Computers Ltd
66 Greetings card made to your spec by Kit Westlake
67 2 main stand adult tickets for any Cambridge United league game in the 2006-7
season
68 Two tickets for any performance at Cambridge Arts Theatre
69 Two nights’ B&B
for two adults in Richmond, (5 minutes walk
to Kew Gardens or the National Archives)
70 2, two-hours Spanish conversation from Bethan Rees
71 Painting “shadowless” from
famous local artist <http://www.issamkourbaj.co.uk/>
72 3 hours GCSE or A-level physics tuition by ex-teacher Len Freeman
73 A 4-course meal, meat or veggie, at your own home created by Pete Mottershead.
74 Borrow up to two bikes of your dreams for 1 week, worth up to £4,000
each from Mike’s Bikes
75 Mid-week lunch or dinner for two at the Pink Geranium, excluding drinks,
to
a value of £55
76 Singing Lessons (2 X 1 hour) from Rowena Whitehead
77 Two tickets for any performance at The Junction.
78 Jo Mottershead will DJ plus provide equipment for one night (any music style)
79 Personality testing by a Management expert, Stuart Morgan-Shelbourne
80 Complimentary entry tickets for Ely Cathedral, plus free drinks in the Refectory,
for a family of four.
81 One night B&B for two at organic smallholding
in Waveney Valley (further
nights available at half price). See http://www.bikeways.org.uk/
82 Acoustic Guitar donated by Ken Stevens Music & Instruments
83 A dinner party meal for up to 6 people cooked by Pat Williams
83 One Week’s holiday in a 3-bed house in Treignac,
near Limoges, (walking
country) France.
84 2 tickets for the launch event of Hotbed 2006, the new writing theatre festival
at the Junction, Thursday July 6th, includes food, drink and 3 plays (donated
by Menagerie Theatre Company).
85 Week’s use of Cottage in Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk
(sleeps 4/5) http://uk.geocities.com/patrick.schicker@btinternet.com/
86 Hamper of Fair Trade produce
87 6 hours of Latin American Spanish conversation classes
88 Restaurant-style music for a meal by James Ingram
89 7 days individual dog boarding in family home by
professional, experienced
dog carer Rowena Richards
90 Two tickets for “the Farndale Avenue Housing
Association’s Women’s
Institute’s production of Macbeth” at the ADC (25,26,27 May).
91 Web site design, registration and two years'
fees, donated by Klebos
Ltd
92 Martin Smart will bake you a “Global
Village Cake”, full of all
sorts of good things!
93 Various electrical goods
94 One Family ticket (2+2) to the National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket
95 Family ticket (2+2) for Farmland museum and Denny Abbey
96 Two summer sleeping bags donated by Open Air.
97 Three Peruvian musical instruments
98 A dinner party meal for up to 6 people cooked by Pat Williams
99 “Antique clock repairs”: Housecall to repair / restart an old clock
100 3 Nights’ Bed and Breakfast in Brittany
101 Electric Drill donated by Ridgeons
102 Golf lesson with a Pro at Newmarket Links, 30 minutes.
103 Voucher for £10 for Pampas (beauty shop in Sawston).
104 Tour of the Guildhall and tea with the Mayor
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