2012 Presentation Night and Christmas Party

 Thank you to Lucy Mandarano for organising our annual Christmas Party at Asquith Bowling Club on Saturday evening.

Our Patron, State MP for Hornsby Matt Kean attended to present the club trophies to the bowlers ... and he also presented a cheque for $10,000 - a very generous and very welcome donation from the Minister for Disability Services, Andrew Constance, towards the cost of sending a team to the Australian Disability Championship in Canberra in June, 2013.  Our grateful thanks to the Minister, and to Matt for supporting our application.

Patron Matt Kean MP with the bowlers, and the presentation cheque

2012 Captains, Georgette and Natham handed over to 2013 Captains-elect Tayla and Adam

Gary Wallace provided the music ...

... with a little assistance from Warren

Thanks to everyone for a very good year - have a great Christmas and New Year, enjoy the holidays, and we'll be back in action from Saturday 19th January, 2013.

Hornsby Rockets medallists at Lachlan Tigers Invitational

Lachlan Tigers held their Invitational at AMF North Strathfield 24th - 25th November.  Hornsby Rockets bowled on 24th, winning these medals and trophies:

MEN'S SINGLES
Adam Mandarano  3rd  A grade
Stephen Smith  1st C grade
Natham Constable  3rd C grade
Warren Seymour  1st D grade

WOMEN'S SINGLES
Karina Peters  1st A grade
Emma Crompton  2nd B grade
Emma Matthews  2nd C grade
Candice Lundie  3rd C grade
Amy McFadden  1st D grade
Georgette Du Pille  3rd D grade

DOUBLES
Adam Mandarano and Mark Milner  1st A grade
Declan O'Connor and Stephen Smith 1st B grade
Emma Crompton and Karina Peters  2nd B grade
Natham Constable and Timothy Wilson  3rd C grade
Warren Seymour and Amy McFadden  1st D grade

TEAMS
Karina Peters, Adam Mandarano, Timothy Wilson and Mark Milner  1st A grade
Emma Crompton, Ben Barber, Nick Marsionis and Stephen Smith  1st B grade
Candice Lundie, Declan O'Connor, Emma Matthews and Natham Constable  1st C grade
Warren Seymour, Georgette Du Pille, Angela Moxham and Robert Klabbers 1st D grade
Amy McFadden, Lizzie Gosson, Jeremy Orr and Paul Musolino (Lachlan Tigers) 2nd D grade

ALL EVENTS
Adam Mandarano 1st A grade men's
Karina Peters 1st A grade women's
Ben Barber  3rd B grade men's
Emma Crompton 1st B grade women's
Stephen Smith 1st C grade men's
Candice Lundie 1st C grade women's
Emma Matthews  2nd C grade women's
Angela Moxham 3rd C grade women's
Warren Seymour  2nd D grade
Amy McFadden  1st D grade women's

HIGHEST PINS OVER AVERAGE (GAME)
Amy McFadden  D grade women's (87)

HIGHEST GAME
Adam Mandarano A grade men's (193)
Karina Peters  A grade women's (178)

HIGHEST SERIES
Adam Mandarano A grade men's (528)
Karina Peters  A grade women's (440)

That's 40 medals and 15 trophies - congratulations!

Special mention to Jeremy Orr who was bowling in his first competition and won a silver medal in teams.

NSW TBA Disability Masters Championship 2012

Amy McFadden, Tim Wilson, Mark Lagden, Candice Lundie, Mark Milner, Karina Peters, Adam Mandarano, Emma Crompton, Tayla Walley and Warren Seymour - Masters

Ten Hornsby Rockets members qualified to compete in the NSW TBA Disbaility Masters Championship  held on Sunday 25th November at Strikers Albion Park, and did very well. This competition was held the day after each of the bowlers had competed in the Lachlan Invitational.

Adam Mandarano won the Open Men's division trophy, with Mark Milner taking second place.

Warren Seymour was placed third in the Restricted Men's division.

In the Restricted Women's division, Candice Lundie took second place (coming within 5 pins of the winner in a series that cam down to the last frame), and Karina Peters took third place.

Every Hornsby Rockets member competing won at least one medal.

Congratulations on your fine efforts!

Lachlan Tigers Invitational

Our bowlers did well at the Lachlan Tigers Invitational on Saturday 24th November, although we don;t have the final medal tally yet.

Jeremy Orr, bowling his first ever tournament scored three strikes in the very first game.

Adam Mandarano scored a turkey in his first game (in the teams event), and another in the doubles event (which included five strikes altogether, and a 193 score).

Karina Peters scored a four bagger (four strikes in a row) in a doubles game in which she scored 178.

Nick Marsionis bowled a turkey to finish his doubles series.

Amy McFadden scored a four bagger in doubles.

Stephen Smith scored a four bagger  in his singles series, and bowled six strikes altogether in that game.

Well done all, and thanks to the carers who supported both the competition bowlers at North Strathfield, and those who ensured that regular Saturday bowling went along smoothly at Hornsby.

Well done

Congratulations to Sarah Martin, who scored her first ever Turkey (3 strikes in a row) at Saturday bowling today!

NSW State Championships - congratulations Hornsby Rockets

Each of the Hornsby Rockets bowlers who competed in the NSW State Championships at Albion Park last week came away with at least one medal, and some won trophies as well. They were very happy to receive their awards at bowling this week. Congratulations to you all.

Some individual highlights:

• Adam Mandarano scored a 201 game 
• Mark Ladgen scored a five bagger (5 strikes in a row) and 27 pins over average in doubles 
• Emma Crompton and Natham Constable scored Turkeys (3 strikes in a row)
• Natham Constable scored 48 pins over average in a sinfles game
• Candice Lundie scored 32 pins over average in singles
• Georgette Du Pille 67 scored pins over average in doubles
• Karina Peters scored 50 pins over average in a singles game of 179
• Liz Gosson was competing in her very first tournament

NSW State Championship 2012 - Hornsby Rockets results

Women's D grade singles
Amy McFadden, 1st
Georgette Du Pille, 3rd

Women's C grade singles
Candice Lundie, 1st
Tayla Walley, 3rd

Women's B grade singles
Karina Peters, 1st
Emma Crompton, 2nd

Men's D grade singles
Warren Seymour and Robert Klabbers, equal 2nd

Men's C grade singles
Stephen Smith, 2nd

Men's B grade singles
Ben Barber, 2nd
Mark Lagden, 3rd

D grade doubles
Liz Gosson and Georgete Du Pille, 2nd
Tayla Walley and Amy McFadden, 3rd

C grade doubles
Emma Matthews and  Natham Constable, 3rd

B grade doubles
Mark Lagden and Kelvin Abela, 1st
Tim WIlson and Stephen Smith, 3rd

D grade teams
Amy McFadden, Emma Matthews, Tayla Walley and Liz Gosson, 2nd
Warren Seymour, Georgette Du Pille, Declan O'Connor and Robert Klabbers, 3rd

C grade teams
Emma Crompton, Candice Lundie, Tim Wilson and Natham Constable, 1st

B grade teams
Mark Lagden, Ben Barber, Karina Peters and Stephen Smith, 1st

A grade teams
Kevin MacPherson, Adam Manarano, Mark Milner and Kelvin Abela, 1st

Women's D grade, All Events
Amy McFadden, 1st
Georgette Du Pille, 2nd

Women's C grade, All Events
Candice Lundie, 1st

Women's B grade, All Events
Karina Peters, 1st
Emma Crompton, 2nd

Men's D grade, All Events
Warren Seymour, 1st

Men's C grade, All Events
Stephen SMith, 1st

Men's B grade, All Events
Mark Lagden, 1st
Ben Barber, 3rd

Men's A grade, All Events
Adam Mandarano, 2nd

Men's C grade, Highest pins over average
Stephen Smith

Women's C grade, Highest pins over average
Candice Lundie

Thanks to Sue Charlesworth from the NSW Committee for organising a great tournament.

Thanks to the carers who accompanied the team, and to those who ran regular Saturday bowling for the bowlers not competing.

Hornsby Rockets' bowlers selected to compete in the TBA Masters, 25th November
Eleven Hornsby Rockets bowlers were selected to participate in the TBA Masters Championship next Sunday.  Congratulations, and good luck, especially as you are bowling in the Lachlan Tigers Invitational on the previous day:

Open: Adam Mandarano, Kevin MacPherson, Mark Milner 

Restricted:  Mark Lagden, Warren Seymour, Tim Wilson, Candice Lundie, Emma Crompton, Tayla Walley, Amy McFadden, Karina Peters.

National Disabilities Championship: Canberra, June 2013.

• Members will have recently received a request for expressions of interest from Hornsby Rockets members in the National Disabilities Championship in Canberra in 2013. Please return them by 17th November.

Tenpin Bowling Australia media release, 1 November 2012:

Who is that team in black and red chosen by TBA to help illustrate the announcement of the unified National Disabilities Championship in 2013?

Following detailed discussions and planning, Tenpin Bowling Australia Limited (TBA) and Australian Disabilities Tenpin Inc. (ADT) are pleased to announce the staging of a unified National Disabilities Championship in Canberra in June 2013.

For several years, each organisation has staged its own National Championship and the affiliation is designed to provide the best outcomes and benefits for people with a disability and the sport of tenpin bowling throughout Australia.

In July 2012, TBA established a joint management committee (JMC) to oversee the unification and provide a framework to develop the best experiences and competition opportunities for bowlers with a disability.

“This move is a wonderful step forward for the sport of bowling in Australia,” said TBA’s National Inclusion Coordinator, Matthew Dunstan. “Although there is still a lot of work to do and logistics to manage, the decision by TBA and ADT to come together is a historic one. The JMC is committed to ensuring the work that has been going on for a number of years will continue to develop and grow,” he said.

TBA CEO Cara Honeychurch commented, “Both organisations have run very successful championships for many years for bowlers with a disability and we are excited to be joining forces to make the combined championship even more successful in 2013 and beyond. I would like to thank and acknowledge the ADT Board for agreeing to a unified championship where the winners will undoubtedly be the extensive number of bowlers with a disability throughout the country.”

The Chairman of ADT Michael Cooke added, “The unification of the National Disabilities Championships is something that I and the Board of the Australian Disabilities Tenpin Inc have been working towards for many years. I am pleased we have been able to come to an agreement with TBA to run a unified championship that will benefit all bowlers with a disability and improve the opportunities for participation in a sport that only focuses on their ability and not on what they cannot do’.

The combined National Disabilities Championship will be held from 8-15 June 2013 at AMF Tuggeranong Bowl in the ACT. Further tournament information will be announced shortly by the JMC which has established a contact list for all stakeholders to provide tournament updates.

For further details or to join the mailing list, please email enquiries@tenpin.org.au

Challenge Night 2012 ... thanks, and some photos

Thank you to everyone who made our annual Challenge Night such fun on Friday, especially to our community supporters and guests. Your participation is much appreciated.

The Rockets kicked off proceedings with an impressive list of achievements
in competition over the last year, laying down the challenge for the night's bowling - taken up by 78 bowlers.

Berowra Probus Club joined us again, as did our Patron, local  MP Matt Kean and
staff from his Hornsby Electorate office.

Other teams included family and friends - not all of them as experienced bowlers as the Rockets!

Matt Kean wrapped up the evening, and presented the trophies, 
including to the Peters family team who successfully defended their 2011 title.
Congratulations to (from left) Megan, Jacob, Anna and John Peters, Adam Mandarano, and Karina Peters, with Matt Kean. 

Competitions for the rest of 2012

Saturday 10th November 2012
NSW State Championships at Strikers Albion ParkExpression of interest to be returned by Saturday 6th October

Saturday 24th November 2012 
Lachlan Disability Bowling Championships at AMF North Strathfield 
Expression of interest to be returned by Saturday 27th October

Sunday 16th December NOTE: this event has been postponed until 13th February 2013
NSW State Roll Off  - venue to be notified
Bowlers must compete in the NSW State Competition on the 10th November 2012 and must have competed in singles, doubles and teams to achieve an All Event score to be eligible for the NSW State Roll Off nomination. If you feel that you would like to try out for the NSW State Team Roll Off, fill out the nomination form emailed to you,  and return to the Hornsby Rockets Committee by 3rd November. But remember that the fee of $40 is non refundable.

Hornsby Rockets committee 2012 - 2013

The Hornsby Rockets Ten Pin Bowling Team Inc 2012 Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 15th September 2012 at Hornsby.

The business of the meeting was to recieve the annual reports from the President and Treasurer, and to elect a new committee for the coming year.

The President's and Treasurer's reports form part of the Annual Report, available to download here.

All committee positions were declared vacant, and a new committee was elected. One nomination only was received for each position, and as required by our Constitution, the committee was therefore elected without contest.

The incoming committee for 2012 - 2013 is:

Ron Crompton  (President)
Lesley Constable  (Vice-President)
Jill O'Connor  (Secretary)
Annette Seymour  (Treasurer)
Natham Constable (Committee member)
David Orr  (Committee member)
Margaret (Maggie) Du Pille  (Committee member)

The President, Ron Crompton thanked retiring committee members Anna Peters, Lucy Mandarano and Trish McNamara for their time and work, and welcomed the new committee members on behalf of the Hornsby Rockets.

Hornsby Rockets Annual Challenge Night 2012

Please join us ...

Friday 2nd November 2012
7.00 pm for 7.30 pm start 

AMF Hornsby
George Street, HORNSBY  2077


A fun night of bowling with for everyone!!

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

$20.00 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:  20th October 2012 as lanes need to be booked well in advance.

• Download registration slip here.

Travelling Rockets ...

When they're not bowling, Hornsby Rockets members do all sorts of things, like going to work, hanging out with friends, pursuing other interests, keeping up with family ... and going on holidays!  Jaime has recently been to Africa with her family, and Declan has been to Uluru.  Thanks for sharing your photos.

Thanks for sharing your photos.

Hornsby Rockets in TBA reports on the 2012 Australian Disabilities Championship

Hornsby Rockets have featured in two reports about the recent national championships in Hobart, published by Tenpin Bowling Australia:

Our home bowling alley, AMF Hornsby submitted this report.

And Georgie's lovely smile lights up the TBA's own news item (and it looks like a couple of Rockets are in the background).

“Tenpin Bowling Australia is committed to growing participation in the sport for people with a disability as well as continuing to grow events such as the TBA National Disability Championships ,” stated Tenpin Bowling Australia CEO, Cara Honeychurch. 

“We are truly excited about the future of the sport for people with a disability and this is a strong focus area for Tenpin Bowling Australia moving forward,” she said. 

Change of date for North Strathfield competition

The date of the  North Strathfield Championships, hosted by the Lachlan Tigers has been postponed from 6th October as advised earlier.

A tentative date has been set: 24th November, but is still to be finalised.

Further information will be made available to bowlers when details are confirmed.

2012 Annual General Meeting

All members are invited to attend the

2012 Annual General Meeting

of

Hornsby Rockets Ten Pin Bowling Team Inc 

Saturday, 15th September, 2012

at 11.30 am

at Office Works, Hornsby

(meeting room, first floor)

Official business:

•  At this meeting, the current Committee members and office bearers will stand down and a new Committee and office bearers will be elected.

•  A motion will be put to confirm the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting

• The Hornsby Rockets Annual Report and Accounts will be tabled.

The AGENDA can be downloaded here.

The MINUTES of the 2011 AGM can be downloaded here.

Nominations:
Nominations for three Committee members and the positions of

       President
       Vice President
       Secretary
       Treasurer

must be received by the Secretary by 8th September, 2012

A nomination form for committee positions can be dowloaded from here – additional forms can also be obtained from the Secretary (Jill O’Connor) or the President (Ron Crompton).

Premier's certificates

Six Hornsby Rockets members were chosen to represent NSW in the Interstate Challenge at the TBA Australian Disabilities Championship in Hobart in June.  They bowled for NSW, and then they bowled for Hornsby Rockets as well.

Our Patron, State MP for Hornsby, Matt Kean called in bowling last Saturday to present the NSW State team members with certificates of achievement from the NSW Premier.

Karina Peters, Candice Lundie, Emma Crompton, Warren Seymour and Tim Wilson with their Premier's Certificates of Achievement, after the presentation by Matt Kean.  Jenny Jones was absent.

More photos from Tasmania

Mount Wellington

In the morning, the road to the pinnacle was closed - this is about half way up. 

It was cold and windy (ask Karina and Adam!) ...

... but clear and sunny, and you could still see the magnificent view over Hobart and the Derwent. 

 Look at the brilliant colour of the sky behind Natham and Lesley.

Later in the afternoon the road to the pinnacle was open, so up we went.  

Tim and Denis are bracing again the ferocious wind, it is slippery and much, much colder than lower down. You really did have to hold onto your hat.  We were not out of the buses for very long!

Thanks for your photos Anna

There was much to see and many animals to hand-feed at ZooDoo.

Thanks for your photos, Ron

Tasmania - when we were not bowling ...

 There was a LOT of bowling at the Nationals (as you would expect), but we had some free days for sightseeing.  There is so much to see in and around Hobart that we could only take a sample ...

The Mercure on Bathurst Street, Hobart looked after us very well - thank you!

We had to drop into the Cadbury plant - what do you think is those purple bags?

It was chilly, but fine most days. There was snow on Mt Wellington - at the pinnacle we were nearly blown away by the Roaring Forties, and it was much, much colder! 

The Cascade brewery is on a historic site ...

... and incorporates a beautiful garden.

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

We also visited the fabulous Tahune Air Walk in the Huon Valley (above), Bellerive Oval, Old Hobart Town, Salamanca Markets, and Zoodoo Wildlife Park.

Thanks Lesley for organising the sightseeing, to Ron and Denis for driving us to so many interesting and fun places, and to Natham for the photos.

2012 TBA National Disabilities Championships

29 Hornsby Rockets bowlers, parents and carers travelled to Tasmania for the 2012 TBA National Disabilities Championships held in Hobart from 23rd - 29th June.

Our thanks go to Annette Seymour, Lesley Constable, Natham Constable and Ron Crompton for all of the organising, planning, time and effort that they put into making the trip possible, smooth running, comfortable and fun.  They organised the competition aspects, travel, accommodation, meals, sightseeing and safety of all 29 travellers.  In addition, Ron and Denis Wilson drove the buses to transport us around Hobart, to and from competition, many kms for sightseeing, dinners out and home safely.  We really appreciate it all.

The bowlers competed in two series each of singles, doubles and teams, and six bowlers were members of the NSW State team as well (so that each bowler could win more than one medal in each event, and sometimes did!)

Hornsby Rockets members who also bowled for the NSW State Team: 

Emma Crompton, Karina Peters, Jenny Jones, Tim WIlson, Warren Seymour and Candice Lundie

One for all and all for one!

The Mercure Hotel packed lunch for us on each competition day.

After seven busy days of competition (with some free days for rest, sightseeing, and two days for travel) a presentation dinner was held on Friday evening, and the following 20 medals were won by Hornsby Rockets members, much to their excitement:

Georgette Du Pille should be 2nd place in D grade women's all event.

Men's singles, D grade
First: Warren Seymour (322) *
Third: David Hunter (311) *

Women's singles, D grade
First: Tayla Walley (330)

Women's singles B grade
Equal first: Emma Crompton (448) (tied with Michelle Christensen, NT)
Third: Karina Peters (419)  bowling in a series for the NSW State team

Men's singles A grade
Second: Kevin Macpherson (522)

Women's singles A grade
First: Jennifer Jones (455)
Second: Jennifer Jones (449) bowling in a series for the NSW State team


Doubles C grade
First: Emma Matthews and Natham Constable (842)

Doubles B grade
Second: Emma Matthews and Mark Milner (940)

Teams D grade
Second: Warren Seymour; Georgette DuPille; Carolyn Michael; David Hunter (1201)

Teams A grade
First: Steven Smith (Hornsby Rockets); Greg Mehonoshen (Garden City Qld); Will Short (Rockhampton); Jarryd Lutch (Garden City Qld) (1894)

Men's all events D grade
Second: David Hunter (846)

Women's all events D grade
Second: Georgette DuPille (814) *

Women's all events C grade
Second: Emma Matthews (1097)

* amended following correction of TBA results table

Congratulations to every bowler, and well done to all bowlers who participated - you are a credit to your club.


The 2012 TBA Australian Disability State Team Challenge - Scratch was won by Queensland 1, on 28 points and a Pinfall of 4297.

The 2012 TBA Australian Disability State Team Challenge with HY/C was won by Queensland 2, on 34.0 points and HCP Points 7124.

Jenny Jones after receiving her first medal.

David Hunter being presented with the first of his three medals.

Emma Matthews with all three of her medals.

All results from the Championship can be viewed now on the TBA website here.

More photos (from our sightseeing days) to come!

Thanks for the photos, Natham

Thanks

Thanks to Maggie DuPille, Neville Michael and David Orr who managed Saturday bowling at Hornsby AMF the last two Saturdays while some of us were in Tasmania at the 2012 TBA National Disability Championships.  

The bowlers really appreciate your time and support, as does the committee.