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.