2009 Greater Sydney Conference Academy of Hockey for U15 and U17 age groups
Congratulations to the following players on their selection to the Greater Sydney Conference Academy.
U17 Girls Academy : Madisen Clarke, Shannon Gerber, Rebekah Peterson & Annalese Smith
U15 Boys Northern Satellite : Scott Berriman, Andrew Jennings, Angus Maher, Mitchell Tudor, Matthew Watkins & Ash Thomas
U15 Girls Northern Satellite : Ashlee Millingham

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.

Congratulations to Mitchell and Matthew (Poddy) who won Division B at the U15 Boys State Championships with the Sydney 2 team in Wagga. The team won all 5 games with 39 goals for and 0 against, both boys had strong tournaments with Mitchell top team scorer with 9 and Poddy scoring the only goal in the final against Macarthur for a 1-0 victory.

Congratulations to Cassandra on making the Sydney West (Girls) PSSA hockey team.

Congratulations to the following juniors on selection into PSSA hockey teams:

• Sydney North (Boys) - Scott (U13Gold)
• Sydney North (Girls) - Caitlin (U13White), Saskia (U13White)
• Sydney West (Boys) - Jackson (U13Gold), Joseph (U13Blue), Dylan (U11Gold), Tyler (U11Gold), Harleigh (U11White)
• Sydney West (Girls) - Holley (U13White), Cassandra (U13Blue)