A great start to 2011

Karina, Emma, Candice and Warren attended State Squad Training and Team Selection at Macarthur at the weekend, after several months of training squads.  Karina was selected for the team - congratulations!  Congratulations to all of you for your wonderful performance, and for doing the Hornsby Rockets proud!

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.