ROCKIES will be staging the first CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT in  BELFAST next Thursday 26th January. What is CORNHOLE you say. Well check out the following website at www.americancornhole.org/cornhole-rules.shtml

The Tournament will  have 32 places up for grabs. A five pound entrance fee to the tourney will also give you a bottle of Coors Light. It is a one game knockout with a pair of Noel Gallagher concert tickets for first prize and a pair of Belfast Giants game tickets for second.

This game similar to throwing bean bags is professionally  ruled by the AMERICAN  CORNHOLE  ORGANISATION which took it's orgins from the state of OHIO. It is extremely popular in the US as it is a game that both genders can take part and be an equal match.

The game has been introduced to Northern Ireland by JOHN  BRANNEN  .   JOHN is the founder of CORNHOLE  IRELAND in affiliation with the governing body (  ACO  ) is promoting the sport through out Europe and ROCKIES has the great honour of launching it in BELFAST.

THANKS  JOHN

The Belfast Giants will travel to Sheffield this Friday 9th December to take on the third place Steelers. The current first place Elite League leaders will be without   top scorer BENOIT  DOUCET whose injury rules him out for the season along side TOM  DOWD who is out with a hand injury. No doubt this game will be one not to miss.

ROCKIES will show the entire match live on SKY 2 starting at 7pm. From all the staff at ROCKIES we wish the GIANTS the very best and hope to see some of the fans down to cheer on the boys.

ROCKIES received a welcome guest just recently. Former NASCAR racing driver KIERAN  DYNES dropped into ROCKIES for a chat. KIERAN who hails from Clonmore Dungannon  is the only Irishman to have ever driven in the highly competitive NASCAR series in the USA. He made his debut  at the  Memphis track in  Tennessee in 2000. The following year he received back injuries from a crash. In 2003 KIERAN drove Touring cars and ASCAR in England. These days he drives for Revolution Racing on the European NASCAR curcuit and his number 51 car took the chequered flag at Warneton Speedway in Belguim in Oct 2010.

 ROCKIES would like to thank KIERAN for his kind donation of his racing suit and helmet plus a signed photo which now proudly is displayed near the entrance.

All the best in your racing career KIERAN from all the staff at ROCKIES