Finals action is now happening through the various parts of the club
Well done on the following teams and good luck in your games, where possible come out and support these teams wearing the club colours - blue & yellow.

The juniors are represented in U13A's North Area Grand Final against Ryde at 10am Saturday at Ryde.
The following Womens teams are playing in Sydney North Womens finals at Pennant Hills on Sunday - ND1, ND3 & ND5 (Flushes).

The Mens side of the club Norwest Strikers 1st & 2nd grade teams are competing in both the PL1 & PL2 semi finals at Homebush Olympic pitch on Saturday afternoon.

North Area Grand Final
Saturday - September 6
U13Gold v Ryde : 10:00am at Ryde

Sydney North Womens HA Finals
Sunday - September 7
ND5 v Norths Blue : 9:30am at Pennant Hills
ND1 v Sydney Uni 4 : 1:00pm at Pennant Hills
ND3 v Red Bears : 2:45pm at Pennant Hills

Sydney Hockey Association - Mens Semi Finals
Saturday - September 6
PL1 (Major Semi) - NWS (1st Grade) v Glebe : 4:00pm at Homebush Olympic
PL2 (Minor Semi) - NWS (2nd Grade) v Glebe : 12:30pm at Homebush Olympic

Results Preliminary Final - August 29

Results U15 Metro (Rd 18) - August 29

Junior Presentation Day

All managers, coaches, players and parents mark in your diary the date for the Junior Presentation Day

Saturday September 20 between 10am - 12noon at Pennant Hills Park.

2009 Greater Sydney Conference Academy of Hockey for U15 and U17 age groups

Players are invited to register for selection trials to the Greater Sydney Conference Academy of Hockey. All eligible aged U15 or U17 boys and girls hockey players (as of January 1, 2009) are invited to trial for inclusion in the 2009 Sydney Academy, with the trials occurring on October 11, 2008.

Click Here for full details of eligibility criteria, trials and program schedule.

This is an official player pathway for athletes wanting to achieve higher representative honours with their hockey careers and any aspiring players should consider participation in the Sydney Academy.

TRIVIA NIGHT

The Trivia night was a huge success and a good time was had by all. Firstly, congratulations to the committee, Anne Boyle, Fiona Begg, Chris Jenkins and Jim Bissaker, for all of your hard work. Secondly, thank you to all those who contributed to the prizes:

• Nicholls family
• Neilsen family
• Mathias family
• Kouts family
• Grigg family
• Bush family
• Vicky Shuttleworth
• Suttons Motors

And the auction items:

• Priya Masala-Bryan
• Anne Boyle
• Baird family - water tanks www.precisionpoly.com.au
• Coubrough family – b.coloured hair & body Round Corner Dural
• Skeely family
• Baker family
• Colleen Condon accredited Sports Dietician collencondon@optusnet.com.au
• Helen of Hornsby Massage & Beauty www.hornsbymassage.com
• Chris Jenkins
• Just Hockey www.justhockey.com.au
• Graham Hutton & Valvoline
• Mark Osborne

Finally, a big thank you to all everyone who attended on the night. We raised $5,938.80 and the money has been placed in an account designated for the 2nd turf.

Second Artificial Turf coming to Pennant Hills

Hornsby Council has agreed in-principle to a second artificial turf being installed at Pennant Hills Park. This article was included in the Hornsby Advocate, click here for the link & be sure to view the video interview

Northern District junior and Norwest Striker going to Beijing Olympics with the Kookaburras.

Eli Matheson after a successful Champions Trophy tournament has been selected in the Australia Mens hockey team, the Kookaburras for the Olympic games in Beijing. We wish Eli and the Kookaburras good luck at the Games. For an article about Eli written in the Hornsby Advocate click here.