Karina was at the Better Homes and Gardens Expo last weekend, and ran into chef Fast Ed - she introduced herself as the Women's Captain of the Hornsby Rockets and thanked him for supporting our Trivia Night this year (with the autographed cook book).  She then did some good PR work, asking him if he would give us his support again next year - and he said he would love to!

Rockets Annual Challenge Night - Hornsby

Friday 19th November 2010

AMF Hornsby
George Street
HORNSBY 2077

Time: 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm start

A fun night of bowling with Rotary, Lions Club, Bendigo Bank, Studio Artes and Building Code & Bush Fire Hazard Solutions.

There will be prizes, games and Trophies for the Best Team Score

Cost: $16.00 per bowler - 2 games (includes shoes hire & ball)
Teams of 6 - Don’t worry if you don’t have 6 bowlers as we can team you up!!

RSVP: 29th October 2010 as lanes need to be booked well in advance.

The "other" bowling ..... and a wonderfully generous donation!

We recently had a very friendly morning of lawns bowls, as the guests of Asquith Bowling Club

After a few tips from the professionals, we gave it a go .....

......and found it is very different from ten pin bowling!

Asquith Bowling club provided a delicious sausage sizzle just when we needed it .....

... and the Club Secretary-Manager,  Mary Houghton, presented a very generous donation of $1,000 to the Hornsby Rockets!

Hornsby Rockets captain, Katrina Peters thanked Asquith Bowling Club on behalf of the Rockets.

It wasn't all bowling and work in Perth .....

Regular Saturday Bowling

After a short break, regular Saturday morning bowling recommences for the Hornsby Rockets on

Saturday, 19th June 2010

at 9.00 am

at AMF Hornsby

(our team numbers are increasing, so we need to have you on your lanes, and bowling by 9.30 am - please help us to achieve that by arriving at 9.00 am)

See you there!

Nationals 2010 - Perth: congratulations and thanks

Hornsby Rockets  travelled to Perth 29th May - 5th June, with a party of 20 members to take part in the 2010 TBA Australian Disabilities National Championships at AMF Joondalup.

They were competing against some of the nation's best bowlers and the Hornsby Rockets did us all proud with their bowling, friendship and behaviour towards other bowlers and family on every day that they played. 

At the the dinner on the final night the Rockets were over the moon when the medal winners were read out - the team achieved a total of 22 medals, a really great achievement for a first time attendance at the TBA Australian Disabilities National Championships.

Candice Lundie: 1st, C grade singles

Kevin MacPherson and Tim Wilson:  3rd, B grade doubles

Warren Seymour, Tim Wilson, Georgie DuPille, Emma Crompton:  3rd, D grade teams

Warren Seymour, Emma Matthews, Candice Lundie, Emma Crompton:  1st, D grade teams

Mark Milner, Tim Wilson, Karina Peters, Kevin MacPherson:  1st, B grade teams

Emma Matthews:  1st D grade, all events

Warren Seymour:  2nd, D grade, all events

Tour of the WACA - a great way to spend a "day off" from bowling.

President Ron Crompton would like to pass on his thanks to all the carers who helped to support the team in Perth, to the community groups and members of the public that supported the Hornsby Rockets at funding raising events so that the team could travel to Perth. Without your support members of the Hornsby Rockets would not have the opportunity to compete at this level of bowling.

Those of us unable to accompany our sons and daughters would also like to thank Ron Crompton and the other parents and carer - Esther Bardy, Anna Peters, Annette and Ian Seymour, Jo Elsick, Robyn and Denis Wilson - for the support they gave to the whole team during their trip.

Thanks to sponsors

Hornsby Rockets is able to offer sporting, social, recreational and personal development opportunities to its members with disabilities only with the support of sponsors.  We thank all of those who have appreciated our achievements and potential in many generous ways. 

Donations helping to subsidise the cost of new winter jackets for Hornsby Rockets:

• Warren Scott, of Promania Pty Ltd (53 Jersey Street, Hornsby, ph. 9482 9888) has donated $250 through his firm's Community Spirit Award - a monthly award to a community group.
• Cremorne Prestige Services (Greg and Gary) donated $350
• AMF donated $500

On 15th May we manned the second hand bookstall at Berowra Heights shopping centre for the Lions Club of Berowra, who in return donated the day's proceeds not only from the stall, but from the op-shop, of $503.50- our very grateful thanks.

Hornsby Invitational 2010 - results

The Hornsby Rockets Invitational was held on the weekend of 17th - 18th April at AMF Hornsby.  The tournament was a great success, with 96 bowlers attending over the two days, and two additional teams joining us.

The complete results are are available to view and download from these links:

• Highest scores
• All results, women
• All results, men
• Doubles
• Singles, women
• Singles, men
• Teams

Thank you to everyone who participated, and to the Hornsby Rockets volunteers who made the weekend possible. We will see many of you throughout the year at your own tournaments, and the Nationals.

Nationals 2010 - Perth

It's Nationals week again.  12 members of the Hornsby Rockets are in Perth to compete with teams from around Australia in this annual TBA event.

Good luck Tim, Karina, Kevin, Emma M, Emma C, Candice, Declan, Warren, Georgie, Simon, Mark and Peter.  Enjoy your week, and bowl well!

And thanks to Ron, Esther, Annette, Ian, Anna, Jo, Denis and Robyn who are travelling with them, providing the support needed for this adventure.

They return next Saturday, 5th June.

A reminder that Saturday bowling is suspended for three weeks, re-commencing on Saturday 19th June - see you then!

Trivia and Games Night 2010 - a great success!

A big thank you to Anna Peters and her band of helpers for organising  a wonderful Trivia and Games Night last Saturday,  and congratulations on the successful fund raising result. It was a lot of work, and you did a tremendous job.

The crowd arrived and found their seats, the room was ready ..... 

..... Brooke welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming. 

She introduced the MC, Mrs Wilson (who, like Anna, was too shy for a photo), and the games began.

The Rockets had collected the tickets for the lucky door prize draw, and were ready to help wherever they were needed.

Before the quiz started, our wonderful supporters bought their prize pins, and lined up to collect their wins - most bought more than one, and we could hardly keep up with them.

Esther started the trivia rounds, and everyone got thinking  ..... either of the answers, or ways to bribe them out of Denis and Ron.

In between trivia rounds, to rest our brains and open our wallets, we had games like Mr Squiggle (you remember him - he lived on the moon and travelled in a rocket .......

Everyone of these balloons contained  the name of a prize.  Our guests paid $1 to popthe balloons so they could collect their prizes.  It took no time to pop them all.

Mrs Wilson auctioned off larger donated items .....

And we sold table mascot challenge kits - the guests made a rocket from the various crafty items in the kit, and the winner was awarded a prize.

The entries were creative and fun ...

.... a bit bizarre ....  one included a rocket blast-off sound effect!

..... and personalised!  Karina's family put her in the rocket ....

Competition was fierce ....  here's the winner:

Musician Gary Wallace donated his talents - thanks Gary!

Long time supporters, Bendigo Bank ....

...... and the Rotary Club of Berowra were among the community groups who took tables.

Hunter's Playgroup had the best food!

And the quiz winner were .....

Table 9. Commonwealth Connection with 90 Points

2nd  were Table 2 - Mix 'n' Match with 85.75 points

3rd were Table No. 11 - Berowra Rotary with 78.50 points

Our thanks to all of our guests, supporters, donors and everyone who helped in the lead up, and on the night.  Thanks to Lucy and Anna who baked a delicious supper, Annette who looked after the money, Esther the Quizmaster, Robyn, MC, scorers John, Trish and Jill, Bribe Masters Denis and Ron, everyone who helped set up the hall and clean up afterwards.