DIO GIRLS' HOCKEY 

Last Wednesday the Hockey side travelled to Narrellan for our annual Diocesan Gala Day. The girls team had a number of students who play hockey outside of school and this really helped with our team structure and understanding on the day.

We had a particularly difficult pool, versing St Pat’s, Holy Spirit, St Joseph’s and St Benedict.

From the very start of our first game, we controlled the ball well and played some very nice positional hockey. Elly Simms was solid at the back and Ella Martin controlled the centre very well. We also had a few guest goalkeeper appearances from Elizabeth Coulthart, Brydie Maddinson & Bianca Bailey. We had very respectable losses to St Benedict’s (2-0) and Holy Spirit (3-0) and these teams ended up playing in the Grand Final.

In the final game we played John Therry (Mr Marshall’s school). The side had a really strong game to finish the day and we ended up with a 3-0 win!

Well done to Jaismine Bhangu, Montana Fawell and Elly Simms for getting goals in this final match. A big thank you to all the girls from the side this year, articularly Ella who offered to umpire one of the other school games. Best of luck to Jaismine in Year 12 who played her final school hockey match and will be finishing her HSC at the end of this year. For the rest of the team, I hope to see you all again at the Gala Day next year!

Miss Kate Davis

DIO BOYS' HOCKEY 

The boys Hockey side arrived at the Diocesan Hockey Gala day ready to Play. The first match was against Edmund Rice College where we went down (3-0), there was much experimentation with positions as we tried to identify our strengths and weaknesses.

Our second game against Holy Spirit was a much improved performance with positioning sorted we dominated the game winning (2-0) with both goals going to Tom Brookes.

With a win required against St Joseph's to make the finals the boys competed well with strong performances from veterans Will Stevens, Nic Dinnen and JD Talty we pushed hard coming up just short with a (0-0) draw.

Our final game against John Terry was well contested ending in a (0-0) draw. A massive effort from the team with standout performances from Saxon Perry in goals, Thomas Brookes and Christian Page in the midfield throughout the day.