This coming Saturday the Belfast Giants will be travelling to Nottingham to take on the Panthers. ROCKIES will be showing the match live at 7pm and look forward to welcoming the Giants fans to view the first Elite League game of the season. ROCKIES encourages everyone to wear their hockey jerseys and take advantage of drink promotions and prize giveaways. Familys are very welcome and children are allowed into the bar up to 9 that evening. It should be a great night of HOCKEY FUN.

See ya there

Former Zimbabwean International Cricketer HENRY OLONGA paid a surprise visit to ROCKIES. HENRY was in Belfast doing a book signing promoting his autobiograghy BLOOD , SWEAT and TREASON. A compelling read high lighting various times of his life. None more contraversial than his protest in 2003 during a Cricket World Cup Match. Henry along with teammate Andy Flower donned a black armband in protest to the atrocities taking place under the Zimbabwe government of Robert Mugabe. For his actions Henry was forced to leave the country as he was stripped of his Zimbabwean citizenship and charged with treason. Henry has the distinction of being the youngest cricket player to play for Zimbabwe as well as the first black player for his country. As a right handed bowler Olonga went on to play in 30 Test Matches and 50 One Day Internationals for his Country.

 Henry very kindly donated a signed cricket bat to ROCKIES of which is greatly appreciated.

It was an honour to have Henry Olonga in ROCKIES as we look forward to welcoming him back in the near future. ROCKIES would like to wish Henry and his lovely wife Tara all the best in his future.

 With the new hockey season around the corner ROCKIES just received a hockey jersey from the NAIT OOKS. Based in Edmonton the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology OOKS   are one the top College Hockey Teams in Canada. The jersey now takes pride next to the SAIT Trojans jersey  from Calgary who are great rivals on the ice. ROCKIES would like to thank Linda Henderson the Director of Athletics for the OOKs and Denise Wenzel who is the Office Supervisor. Thank Girls. Much appreciated.

 ROCKIES owner Jim Graves attended NAIT back in the early 80's so holds this jersey with great pride.