THE ROCKETEER

NEWSLETTER OF THE ROWVILLE ROCKETS BASKETBALL CLUB

NOVEMBER 2002

We look forward to seeing you all at the

ROWVILLE ROCKETS

FAMILY FUN DAY

Sunday November 24th, 2002

Rowville Community Centre

3 PM to 6 PM

Winter season trophy presentations by

ANDREW GAZE!!

Premiership and Runner Up trophies

MVP and Coaches awards

Participation trophies

SPECIAL EFFORT AUCTION

18 ct Gold Fountain Pen rrp $300 reserve - $150

Canon Pack - A Canon BJC 2000 Printer rrp $250

PLUS

- A Canon N640 Pex Scanner rrp $220 reserve - $300

An “Esperance” BBQ from Ultimate Barbeques

valued at $750! reserve - $450

Motorola Prepaid Mobile Phone Pack

- Prepaid phone valued at $199 reserve - $120

Converse Family Pack

- Two pairs of Converse Basketball shoes rrp $260

- Two pairs of Converse casual shoes rrp $200 reserve - $200

HSV Pack, including:

- HSV racing jacket rrp $250 reserve - $150

- 2 HSV caps rrp $40

- Beer glasses, stubby holders, Monaro jigsaw & HSV chamois

New Rockets Tee Shirts for Sale

· New Rockets Logo

· $13 each

· Small, medium and large available

· Limited quantities

Raffle

$2 per ticket or 3 for $5

1st Prize: Stamford Hotel hamper and Dinner for two (total value $120)

2nd Prize: The Little Architect 650 piece block set (rrp $65)

3rd Prize: Video Ezy, $50 of free rental.

LUCKY FAMILY DRAW

You must be in attendance to Win !!

· Bella Pizza Restaurant Dinner Voucher

· Converse Sock Pack

· Mobile Phone Accessory Pack

· A Rockets Wall Clock from EPS consultants

· Rockets Polo Shirts

Hot Dogs & Soft Drinks for all Rockets Players

Beer and Wine for Sale

Free Coffee and Tea

DON’T BE LATE…….3 PM START !!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY In NOVEMBER to

Gavin Cruz 1/11/90

Kelly Marshall 1/11/90

Mitchell Woods 2/11/91

Curtis Rudd 2/11/92

David Bedggood 3/11/90

Jake Vander horst 5/11/94

Adriana Mijac 7/11/90

Kalvin Harrison 8/11/86

Matthew Castellucci 8/11/90

Rachael Dols 9/11/93

Bradleigh Johnson 10/11/87

Jared Kamins 10/11/90

Timothy Buckingham 13/11/90

Daniel Spangler 15/11/91

Bradley Smith 16/11/88

Lauren Goldsmith 16/11/88

Alexandra Copeland 17/11/90

Brad Biviano 17/11/90

Daniel Aggromito 18/11/87

Dean Harris 19/11/92

James Carydias 20/11/89

Simone Adams 21/11/86

Samantha Gallagher 23/11/87

Alex Jenkins 23/11/90

Ashley Peters 25/11/92

Lauren Sedevcich 25/11/92

Troy Towers 26/11/91

Mitchell Gibbons 27/11/95

Jordon Glenn 27/11/93

Shelley Caddy 28/11/90

Matthew Guerin 30/11/91

Scott A Duncan 30/11/90

Committee “Liaison” Members

Below is a list of Committee members and the teams by which they will be representing for this season.

Please note which member is your

team representative, as they will be

liaising with you on a regular basis.

Team	Coach	Representative
DANDENONG
Boys U/9 1	Peter Hall	Christine Peters
Boys U/9 2	Jenny Gibbons	Christine Peters
Boys U/10 1	Greg Thomas	Peter Farragher
Boys U/10 2	Carl Jones	Melinda Visca
Boys U/11 1	Darren Andreola	Melinda Visca
Boys U/11 2	Peter Farragher	Peter Farragher
Boys U/113	Christine Peters	Peter Friend
Boys U/12 1	Gary James	Peter Farragher
Boys U/12 2	Sandra Chapman	Sue Ewin
Boys U/12 3	Bevan Williams	Melinda Visca
Boys U/12 4	Joe Guerin	Allan Billham
Boys U/12 5	Shane Fernandes	Di Lehmann
Boys U/14 1	Peter Farragher	Peter Farragher
Boys U/14 2	Fred Dykman	Mark Plumridge
Boys U/14 3	Steve Heuston/Sue Ewin	Sue Ewim
Boys U/14 4	Colin Bellinger	Edwine Stoove
Boys U/14 5	Luke Ryan	Edwine Stoove
Boys U/14 6	Joe Scerri	Di Lehmann
Boys U/16 1	Mark Plumridge	Mark Plumridge
Girls U/10 1	Mark Alton	Peter Farragher
Girls U/10 2	Teagan Chapman	Sue Ewin
Girls U/11	Shane Paxton/Melinda Visca	Melinda Visca

Team	Coach	Representative
KNOX
Boys U/8 1	Chris Bannister	Christine Peters
Boys U/10 1	Geoff Glenn	Christine Peters
Boys U/10 2	Sharon Waterhouse	Allan Billham
Boys U/10 3	Brett Petrie	Peter Farragher
Boys U/12 1	Rick Feore	Sue Ewin
Boys U/12 2	Adrian Paull	Allan Billham
Boys U/12 3	Greg Marshall	Dean Templeton
Boys U/12 4	Paul Tatlock/ Jessica Mason	Raelene Unsworth
Boys U/12 5	Charles Heap/Matthew Heap	Charles Heap
Boys U/14 1	Julian Szekely	Sue Ellul
Boys U/14 2	Carol Gaulke	Raelene Unsworth
Boys U/16 1	Brad Connors	Edwine Stoove
Boys U/16 2	Ray Wheeler	Edwine Stoove
Boys U/16 3	Daniel Phillips	Mark Plumridge
Boys U/16 4	Phillip Caddy	Peter Friend
Boys U/16 5	Calvin Braga	Sue Ellul
Boys U/18 1	Joe Braga	Sue Ellul
Boys U/20 1	Terry Robbins	Charles Heap
Boys U/20 2	Daniel Phillips	Mark Plumridge
Girls U/10 1	John Shore	Sue Ewin
Girls U/10 2	Paul Goerick	Dean Templeton
Girls U/12 1	Dean Templeton	Dean Templeton
Girls U/12 2	Peter Friend	Peter Friend
Girls U/12 3	Stuart Hocking	Dean Templeton
Girls U/14 1	Peter Friend	Peter Friend
Girls U/14 2	Mal Bendle	Christine Peters
Girls U/14 3	Judy Alabaster	Sue Ewin
Girls U/14 4	Anna Girardo	Sue Ewin
Girls U/16 1	Fred Dykman	Sue Ewin
Girls U/16 2	Arend Slink	Raelene Unsworth
Girls U/16 3	Neil Williams	Allan Billham
Girls U/18 1	Mike Vanin	Nikki Johnson
Girls U/18 2	No Coach	Nikki Johnson
Girls U/18 3	Linda Petrie	Nikki Johnson

Knox Finals Summary

Along with our recent success at Dandenong, the club has performed exceptionally well in the Knox winter finals. We began with 15 teams in the finals and ended up with ten teams in Grand Finals. I had the pleasure of witnessing all games and can report that the club can be proud of all players, coaches and spectators for the manner in which they played and acted during the games. All of our losses were under 12 points, which highlights the competitiveness of the runner up teams. Well done to all!

Final results were:

Date	Age/Grade	Team A	Score		Team B	Score	Coach
BOYS
26-Oct-02	U/10BR	ROW2	14	def	SEE2	11	Adrian Paull
26-Oct-02	U/14BR	STJ2	44	def	ROW2	35	Julian Szekely
25-Oct-02	U/16B	ROW1	27	def	KNX2	18	Joe Braga
25-Oct-02	U/18B	ROW1	51	def	BOR1	30	Wilma Kellar
27-Oct-02	U/20B	ROW1	43	def	BAS1	38	Terry Robbins
27-Oct-02	U/20C	SCO1	49	def	ROW2	38	Daniel Phillips
GIRLS
26-Oct-02	U/10BR	WAS2	12	def	ROW1	8	Ramon Gaggino
26-Oct-02	U/10CR	STS2	8	def	ROW2	5	Paula Maidment
26-Oct-02	U/16B	STJ1	29	def	ROW1	26	Mike Vanin
26-Oct-02	U/16BR	ROW2	27	def	RAN3	19	Scott O'Keefe

MASTERFUL ACHIEVEMENT BY

CLUB PRESIDENT

CONGRATULATIONS to our club president, Dean Templeton on his silver medal performance at the recent World Masters Games held in Melbourne. Dean competed in the 40+ Premier Division in Basketball along with other former Australian and ex-Olympic basketball players. Dean’s team, the Australian Masters Basketball team, competed against other Australian and international teams from Chicago, Lithuania and Latvia, reaching the grand final playoff for the gold medal.

Dean is a former Australian junior age basketball player, former NBL player, former NBL coach and former NBL television commentator. Rowville Rockets Basketball Club is extremely fortunate to have Dean as club president/coach of our junior players and to be on the receiving end of his experience, knowledge and passion for the game.

CONGRATULATIONS

MELISSA AND DARREN ANDREOLA

Darren Andreola also competed in the recent World Masters Games in the 30+ C Grade division in basketball. His team was successful in winning the gold medal in this division — a fantastic achievement Darren!

Darren Andreola is currently coaching the Rowville Rockets boys under 11 (1) team in the Dandenong Association.

While Darren was busy playing World Masters Basketball, wife Melissa Andreola was keeping busy in her role as a basketball referee at the Masters Games. The club passes on its congratulations to Melissa for her important role in this world sporting event.

SPECIAL REQUEST

As the club is now over 55 teams and nearly 400 players, the strains and demands on the committee are increasing. We need more people willing to take on roles for the club. We urgently need a coordinator for the senior boy’s teams at Knox. This job involves team selection and grading for the boy’s under 14, 16, 18.

Please see Dean Templeton if you have any interest in this, or any other role.

PAYMENT OF FEES

A REMINDER TO ALL FAMILIES WHO STILL HAVE FEES OUTSTANDING - THEY ARE NOW OVERDUE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE ENSURE THAT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS DONE BY 22.11.02:

1. FEES ARE PAID IN FULL.

2. IF FEES CAN’T BE PAID IN FULL, THAT AN ARRANGEMENT TO PAY HAS BEEN MADE WITH EITHER RAELENE UNSWORTH or CHARLES HEAP. PLEASE REMEMBER, WE WILL HELP YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IF WE KNOW YOU NEED HELP.

OUR CLUB NEEDS OUR KIDS FEES TO EXIST. WE ARE A VOLUNTARY NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION WHO RELIES ON EVERYONE CONTRIBUTING AND DOING THEIR BIT. IF EITHER OF THE ABOVE ARE NOT DONE BY 22.11.02, THEN THE CLUB WILL HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO IMPLEMENT THE “NO PAY, NO PLAY” POLICY COMMENCING FROM THIS DATE.

SINCERELY,

CHARLES HEAP

TREASURER

It is great to see the number of people paying their fees by internet banking.

I have had a few hiccups, one major problem is people not putting sufficient information on the eft funds transfer form.

Could you please make sure if you pay your fees in this way, that you put the name of the child you are paying for, so this appears on our bank statement.

Thanks for your assistance,

Raelene Unsworth

TEAM MANAGERS

Team managers are required to have an adequately stocked first aid kit at all games.

Please contact Allan Billham who is now handling first aid kits (Ph. 9763 5224),

to advise if you require a new kit or new supplies for a current first aid kit.

UNIFORM

NEWS

The changeover to the new club uniform is currently underway for the U16, U14, U12 teams at Dandenong. Our U8 Knox boys team has also been outfitted and is currently playing in the new uniform.

The speed of the changeover process will be dependant on two main factors:

· The ability of the club to fundraise and subsidize the cost of replacing every players uniform.

· The workload of our uniform lady.

New players to the club are being issued with loan uniforms (of the old style) as an interim measure until their age group crosses over to the new uniform.

Therefore, I will still need old style uniforms to lend out. If you can help the club out in this regard, please contact me on 9752 9951.

Thankyou

Sue Ewin

SPORTSMANSHIP

FOR PARENTS

There are some things we all know, but sometimes forget.

They include:

· Knowing that your responsibilities as an adult involved in children’s sport relies on you knowing that there is more to this sport than just scoring points.

· Kids’ sport needs adults to make it work. If you are a genuine, concerned adult, don’t pass up the opportunity to get involved.

· Please don’t ever stop cheering for ALL children.

· Don’t ever embarrass your child with loud, emotional, uneducated, defensive, incorrect comments, or just as importantly don’t embarrass them with loud, justified educated aggressive, well founded questioning.

· Acknowledge that people are only human and mistakes will be made, but if you make a big scene about it, in the scheme of things do you actually win?

· Cheer and applaud all children, even the opposition and you just might find other parents doing the same for your child.

· Acknowledge that whether children are naturally brilliant or average, the sport they play will help them all grow.

· Don’t pressure you child, too many children turn off sport because of relentless adult pressure on them to perform.

· Encourage all children to enjoy their sport.

· Encourage them to learn and develop their skills.

· Be proud of them when they try their best.

· Encourage them by showing that your pride in their good efforts is more important than winning or losing on the scoreboard.

· Reward them for how they play their sport and how they conduct themselves regardless of the scoreboard result, don’t give rewards for winning and abuse for losing.

· All children play at different levels of skill. Just love them and be proud of their talents and the good use they make of them and please don’t ever forget how much fun playing sport is.

ROCKET CONTACTS
President	Dean Templeton 9753 2762
Secretary	Allan Billham 9763 5224
Treasurer	Charles Heap 9759 7178
Vice President	Mark Plumridge 9752 8998
Assistant Treasurer	Raelene Unsworth 9763 4450
Teams Controller—Communication	Christine Peters 9755 7333
Registrar	Sue Ellul 9759 6068
Dandenong Coordinator 1Coordinator 2	Peter Farragher 9795 7477 Melinda Visca 9764 3317
Knox Coordinators Girls Boys 8—12Boys 14—18	Nikki Johnson 9759 7259 Edwine Stoove 9764 4506
Uniforms/Property	Sue Ewin 9752 9951
Uniform Orders	Angie Rondinella 9759 6264
Newsletter	Diane Lehmann 9752 7653
Coaching Director	Peter Friend 9763 5944

TEAM MANAGERS

The December issue of

the“Rocketeer”

will be available from your committee “liaison”

member during the week of December 2nd, 2002

The Rowville “Rocketeer” is proudly printed by

Snap Printing,

3 Neutron Place, Rowville, 3178

Telephone - 9764 9884