The Rocketeer

Dear Rockets Families,

You may be aware the figures of the Club presented at the AGM were incorrect.

The financial statement attached to this newsletter are the actual figures. These figures have been resubmitted to the auditor.

Last season it was decided by the committee not to increase the fees to see what effect the GST would have on the club. As you can see fees will have to be increased for next

season as the Club can not continue to carry the expense created by the GST.

I would like to thank the families who participated in the Club survey. It is important for the committee to know your thoughts and ideas. Many families have indicated in the survey that you would like the players looked at more thoroughly when assessing them for next season. To do this we require two extra Co-ordinators. With approximately 350 players in the club, extra help is needed. Please contact me if you wish to help your child, it is not that difficult a job to do.

Finally for those of you who have access to the internet, Rowville Rockets has its own web site. It is very well done and I would like to thank Aldo Sedecvich for setting it up, so please visit the site and pass on your thoughts to us.

Go Rockets.

Peter Farragher

President - Rowville Rockets Basketball Club

We are very excited at Rowville Rockets Basketball club

to advise all members that we have launched a new

web site for anyone interested in gaining

more information about our club.

Our address is:

http://rowvillerockets.tripod.com

Please note that this address does NOT begin with the

letters www. as usually occurs.

Why not book mark this as a favourite site and check back

regularly for updates.

Our thanks go to Aldo Sedevcich for all of his hard work in developing the site.

A Note from the Club Secretary

I’d like to thank all the families who attended the AGM. I also wish to apologise for arriving very late on the day. I was sitting at the Doctors with my son due to a football injury.

I would also like to give a HUGE thanks to the 29 families who put in the effort to sell their full book of raffle tickets.

Those families were :

Balkos, Bedome, Bendle, Buckingham, Church, Craik, Copeland, Ellul, Fawkner, Garner, Glenn, Harris, Kay, Kelaart, Knowles, Lehmann, Locic, Maher, Matthews, Maxwell, McCombe, McWilliam, Pottenger, Robbins, Rudd, Templeton, Unsworth, Wastle and Wilson.

The prize winners were Mrs. Margaret Walker of Knoxfield—$500.00 petrol and the Lehmann family won the Mark Bradkte singlet that was kindly organized by Neil Jebb. The Knowles family won the Converse pack that was kindly donated by Dean Templeton. Tyson McWilliam won the $50.00 Coles Voucher.

Congratulations to all our prize winners.

To everyone who sold tickets, Thankyou for helping your club to raise much needed funds. The raffle raised $2019.00 profit.

Well done everyone.

Raelene Unsworth

“Rebel Sport”

All members and their families will

receive a 5% discount on purchases made at Rebel Sport.

The club also receives a 5% rebate

on your purchase

(paid to the club annually).

Simply quote the Rowville Rockets Club I.D. number 24687

When you make your purchase.

Save yourself some money and help out the club as well.

Buy from Rebel & quote “24687”

Welcome to the new committee members

recently elected at the Annual General

Meeting. You will find a list of members with phone numbers attached to this newsletter.

To ensure the ongoing success of the Rowville Rockets Basketball Club, a new initiative for this year will be the introduction of sub committees. The general committee positions have been split into 3 new sub committees that are relevant to the roles they will be performing.

The sub committees will be

· Finance

· Operations

· Development

Each one of these committees have been set individual goals and objectives and is committed to the delivery of each of them throughout the course of the year.

All sub committees will continue to report back to the executive committee and will be chaired by a member of the executive committee. The general committee will continue to meet

bi-monthly to ensure continuity and involvement by all members in the running of the club.

This initiative will allow members of each sub

committee to concentrate on the goals and

objectives for their committee and ensure that more time is given to achieving more for the basketball club.

The incoming committee is very excited about this new initiative and is looking forward to working within this new structure. We believe it will allow the committee to offer more to you, our members.

Of course if you have any issues that you would like to discuss about this new initiative or any matter, please feel free to contact me on

9795 7477

Peter Farragher

President

GENERAL COMMITTEE
*Teams Controller*	Ros Copeland 9755 5004
*KOPS*	Sue Ellul 9759 6068
*Co-ordinators*	Peter Farragher 9795 7477 Nicola Johnson 9759 7259 Sharon Waterhouse 9763 2737
*Registrar/Assistant Secretary*	Debbie Wardrope 9764 8179
*Uniform/Property*	Sue Ewin 9752 9951
*Marketing/Communications***	Diane Lehmann 9752 7653
*Development Officer*	Dean Templeton 9753 2762
*Coaching Co-ordinator*	Aldo Sedevcich 9763 4665

Sponsors/Advertisers Wanted

The club needs your help in finding sponsors and/or advertisers for our monthly newsletter. If you are able to assist directly, or help find sponsors or advertisers, please call

Dean Templeton on 0413 737 667.

The newsletter reaches approximately 235 families per month and is a great opportunity for local businesses to reach their customers.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY in AUGUST to

Scott Kellar 2/8/84

Ashleigh Maron 3/8/90

Alvin Locic 3/8/92

Simon Girardo 4/8/91

Lachlan Allen 5/8/87

Christian Anetoudis 12/8/93

Aaron Rose 12/8/94

Matthew Heap 13/8/87

Krystel Bendle 14/8/86

John Horton 14/8/86

Sarah Groves 14/8/92

Nathan Kuhlwind 15/8/94

Ben Maher 15/8/87

Vanessa McLachlan 17/8/89

Brianna Smith 17/8/91

Jenna Van Wamel 21/8/89

Jake Ruschmeyer 21/8/91

Michael O’Connor 24/8/86

Steven Rajasingham 28/8/87

Renee Banjanin 30/8/94

Brayden Burge 31/8/90

Chris Plumridge 31/8/87

Megan Murfit 31/8/90

OUTSTANDING TROPHIES

Trophies from the summer 2000—2001 season

are available for collection from the Property Manager

Sue Ewin

6 Constance Close

Ferntree Gully

PH: 9752 9951

The following players have trophies to be collected:

Joshua Abell U/10

Victor Hill U/8

Christopher Hill U/8

Nathan Canning U/11

Matthew Armstrong U/12

Kerry Trevillian U/18

Brendan Moseley U/16

Matthew Limogiannis U/18

Daniel Banac U/14

Michael O’Connor U/16

A summary of rules regarding player injury and the blood policy

Player Injury

¨ It is recommended that no person be moved where there is a possibility that further injury or illness may result. The referee in charge shall stop play until the individual has been attended to by qualified medical personnel.

¨ First aid kits are to be provided by the teams.

¨ In the event of illness/injury it is the individuals responsibility to seek medical advice.

Blood Policy

¨ Any player who is bleeding or has an open wound must leave the court.

¨ The wound must be treated and covered before returning to the court.

¨ If there is blood on the uniform the Player must change the uniform immediately. The player MUST NOT

resume play with wet or dry bloodstains on their uniform. If the numbered singlet is unable to be replaced it may be replaced with a t.shirt. Shorts may be replaced with trackpants.

¨ Blood on the court must be cleaned by the parent of the injured player.

COACHES

We would love to hear

from the coaches with

some updates as to how

your team is progressing.

This information will be

included in the

monthly newsletter.

Knox Junior Raiders

Recruitment for the

Knox Junior Raiders

program for the 2002 season,

which will begin at skills

sessions for new players,

will be held on:

SUNDAY

September 2nd, 9th and 16th 2001

Under 14 12.30 — 2.00 p.m.

Under 12 2.00 — 3.30 p.m.

Anyone interested in being involved in the program as coach

or assistant coach

are invited to contact

Damien Cotter

via the stadium office.

SEPTEMBER

SCHOOL HOLIDAY

TOURNAMENTS

Coaches please note details of the following

tournaments to be held during the

September school holidays.

If interested, please call organisers directly.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
*President*	Peter Farragher 9795 7477
*Secretary*	Raelene Unsworth 9763 4450
*Treasurer*	Neil Jebb 9763 1845
*Vice President—Development*	Mark Plumridge 9752 8998