THE ROCKETEER
Newsletter of the Rowville Rockets
Basketball Club
PO BOX
2060, Rowville, 3178
http://rowvillerockets.tripod.com
September,
2001
Presentation
Fun Day
25th
November 2001
Time and
Venue to be advised at a later date.
Please
mark this date in your
diary now
as a day not to be missed.
in SEPTEMBER to
Kristian Serainidis 3/9/92
Tom Payne Gill 3/9/87
Bradley Papworth 5/9/92
Sam Walsh 6/9/92
Shane Feore 6/9/94
Jarrod Dare 7/9/87
Nathan Thiele 7/9/93
Viola Nasserallah 8/9/83
Katie Riley 8/9/84
Greg Hunter 9/9/83
Stephanie Ferre 11/9/86
Peter Seretis 11/9/87
Kara Williams 11/9/88
Justin
D’Rosario 11/9/88
Matthew Ellul 11/9/90
Brendan Redwood 12/9/82
Zoe McCombe 15/9/86
Adam Bronsgeest 17/9/90
Ben Bronsgeest 17/9/90
Monique Mitchell 19/9/85
Sam Sheedy 21/9/92
Cailley Orrock 21/9/92
Daniel Martin 23/9/84
Samantha Woods 24/9/87
Sophie Burgess 24/9/89
Luke Beddome 24/9/92
Bianca Contrabona 27/9/87
Terry Sideris 27/9/93
Scott Templeton 29/9/88
Benjamin Buckingham 30/9/93
Dear Rockets,
We are entering into finals time at Dandenong and I would
like to take this opportunity to wish every team GOOD LUCK, do your best, but,
most of all enjoy the games. Everyone
has put in a great effort this season and I would like to thank the Coaches and
their Team Managers and Dandenong for the wonderful job they have done. We have had
another very successful season, I hope you can all continue
next season.
In our last newsletter we asked for 2 boys
Coordinators for Knox, at this time we have not
received any interest.
We have 2 Coordinators
attending to the girls and I am the Coordinator for the boys
at Dandenong. Dandenong will have 12
teams entered next season and it is not possible to assess the other 16 teams
at Knox. If you have any interest in
where your child is placed in a team for next season, now is the time to help
out. By putting up your hand now, you
will receive plenty of help, you will not be thrown in the deep end. If we do not get any Co-coordinators for the
Knox boys, the
committee will place boys in teams. This is not the best solution for the boys
as they will not have been properly assessed.
Attached to this newsletter is a survey. We would like to know what you would like
from “your club”. PLEASE take the time
to fill this in with your family and return it to your Team Manager, a
Committee Member, by post, or if you’re on the internet you can fill in one
from the web site and email it back.
This is your club, you are entitled to your say.
Go Rockets!
Peter
Farragher
President
Please
Note:
Our
Registrar is now
SUE
ELLUL
and
not Debbie Wardrope as was
published in last months committee list.
Please contact Sue Ellul with any
registration
enquires on
9759
6068
COACHES
CLINIC — KNOX
“Coaching
for Coaches”
Sunday
7th October 2 — 4 pm
Court
1 — Knox Stadium
Knox
Basketball’s Director
of
Coaching
Damian
Cotter
Will
be conducting a
Coaching
Seminar
directed
at Beginner coaches.
FREE
to all domestic coaches
Coaches for the
Summer Season
Each
season we submit up to as many as 47 teams, which require coaches.
Because
of the large number, we are looking to encourage as many parents as possible to
take on the role of coach or even to start out as an
assistant
to an existing coach. We have produced
manuals, coaching tips and are
running
clinics to help anybody who is thinking of starting out.
Each
association runs a Level 0 course that we can organise your attendance at. We would also like to encourage any of our
older aged players (16—18) to think about the role of coaching and passing on
the knowledge you have gained from your coaches over your
career.
Please
contact Mark Plumridge on 9752 8998 or Aldo Sedevcich on 9763
4665 if you would like to discuss this further.
Player Placements for the
Summer Season
As
the winter season draws to a close, the Team Coordinators have commenced
working on the
placement
of players and teams for the upcoming summer season.
Player
Assessment sheets have been distributed to coaches to receive their input to
assist in the
assessment
of each player’s skill level.
The
coach will be in contact with each player during the last week in October with
the team allocation and training details.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM Wednesday
Oct 3rd Thursday
Oct 4th Friday
Oct 5th 10am -
3pm each day ·
Skills based training for
beginner and
experienced players
OVER 8 years. ·
3 days of expert
coaching by Senior
Raiders players and
coaches. ·
FREE CAMP T-SHIRT ·
Only $80 per player.
(inc. GST) ·
Bring lunch, drink bottle and a basketball.
(All clearly named) ·
Lots and lots of fun !!!! Enquiries
on 9762 1298 during
business hours. No phone bookings as
payment must be made prior to camp commencement. |
RAIDERS HOLIDAY PROGRAM Basketball
skills for Under 8’s AT Monday
1st and Tuesday
2nd October 10am—2pm each day ·
Cost — $30 (incl
GST) per child per
camp. ·
Bring Lunch, Drink bottle and a
basketball
(All clearly named) ·
Skills based training for beginner and
experienced players UNDER 8 years. ·
2 days of expert coaching by Senior Raiders
players and coaches. ·
Fun and games as well as learning new skills. ·
FREE CAMP T-SHIRT Enquiries
on 9762 1298 during
business hours. No phone bookings as
payment must be made prior to camp commencement. |
MINI RAIDERS A
Basketball skills program
for non players UNDER
8 years AT Knox
Basketball Stadium WHEN: Term 4 Monday,
Tuesday or Wednesday
nights 4 -
5 pm ·
Cost—$25 for the term
Mini Raiders Size 5
basketball $9
(optional)
Mini Raiders T-Shirt $8
(optional). Mini
Raiders is aimed at young non-players, introducing
them to the sport of basketball in a non-competitive program of coaching and
modified games. Mini Raiders is a
great way to prepare your children for our junior
competition. For
further information, please contact Julie, Di or Raelene at the stadium
office on 9762 1298 during
business hours. |
Dandenong Rangers Try Outs
The
first two dates of the Rangers Try Outs
for
season 2002 are:
Sunday
23rd September
And
Sunday
30th September
U/11, u/12, u/14 8.00 am - 10.00 pm
U/16
9.30
am -
12.00 pm
Venue—Dandenong Basketball stadium
Every player must bring:
·
Basketball
·
Dark & White (or reversible) singlet
·
Filled drinking bottle
MELBOURNE
TIGERS
V
VICTORIA
TITANS
AT DANDENONG STADIUM
ON
15TH SEPTEMBER
AT
8.00 PM
ADULTS
- $12.00
CHILDREN
- $8.00
Contact the Stadium on 9794 7192
for more
details
SAUSAGE
SIZZLE
Our
club is holding a
sausage
sizzle at the
BORONIA
STADIUM
On Saturday 15th September
Please
come and
support your club
And
buy a sausage or two!
Please
find attached a copy of the Rowville Rockets Family Survey.
We
would like some feedback from YOU and YOUR family to allow us to assess what
you would like from YOUR basketball club.
Please
complete the survey and return it to us in one of the following ways:
·
Send by post to
- PO BOX 2060, Rowville, 3178
·
Online through our web site -
http://rowvillerockets.tripod.com
·
Hand it to a committee member
·
TEAM
MANAGERS
The October issue of the “Rocketeer” will be
available for distribution on Monday October 8th,
2001
Team
Name |
Dandenong U/16 |
Grade |
D/E |
Gender |
Boys |
Coach |
Mark Plumridge |
Ladder
Position |
3rd |
After
Round |
16 |
We
have had a good month, winning all games.
Our last game we won by 50 points with a great shooting display from
Daniel Aggrimitto who shot 21 points.
We have 1 more game before the finals and the next game we play the
second placed and we must win to takeover the 2nd spot and get the double chance. We are confident of a strong finals campaign
regardless of where we finish on the ladder.
Team
Name |
Knox U/14 ARRockets 2 |
Grade |
A Reserve |
Gender |
Boys |
CoachAssistant
Coach |
Dean Templeton James Unsworth |
After
finishing Runners Up in B grade last season, the boys have found A
reserve
a little tougher! However, after some
close losses early in the season, we are now starting to play well and beat the
second placed team, Boronia by 13 points.
With further improvement we feel confident that we can still sneak into
the finals. All players are
contributing to our resurgence!!!