Our team consisted of: Caleb Peterson, Will McClelland, Kobi Straker, Kye McIntosh, Nixon Lavin, Xavier McNeill, Coby Neilly, Aden Tillott, Cooper Jones, Lachlan Roach, Kyan Werner, Ben Geddes-Brown and Rourke Yarnold.

In what is now becoming the ‘norm’ at these Gala Days with seven boy’s schools in Broken Bay, all teams play each other over the day in a gruelling format. The event involved a game on, game off draw that overlapped with the Open’s Girls.

The team brushed off the cobwebs with an easy 8-2 win over St Leo’s Catholic College to get the day started. We then faced St Paul’s Catholic College and while we were never troubled, it wasn’t pretty, winning 3-1. The tough draw saw one team each round play a back-to-back game and we came up against Mater Maria Catholic College straight after the St Paul’s game. Mater had the benefit of a last round bye and skipped to an early 4-0 lead. We eventually found our feet, but it was too little, too late going down 5-3.

A well-deserved bye, saw us finish off our games with wins against St Brigid’s Catholic College 8-1, St Peter’s Catholic College 5-0, and MacKillop Catholic College 6-2. The results saw us finish second overall to Mater Maria Catholic College, who finished one point in front of us after drawing with MacKillop. A great result overall for the boys.

The day also doubled as a selection trial for the Broken Bay team. Kye, Xavier, Coby, Aden, Lachlan, Kyan, Ben and Rourke all back up after the six round games to play a Possible v Probable’s game. Some tired boys boarded the bus for the trip home. The following day we were notified that Xavier, Lachlan, Ben, Kyan and Kye had made the Broken Bay team and will now contest the NSWCCC Championships on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 April at CCRSC, Tuggerah. Well Done Boys!