Red Bend has had their most successful year on the hockey field with five athletes selected in the Open CCC teams, an athlete selected in the All Schools merit team and an athlete selected in the U15's NSWCCC team and the NSW u15's All Schools team.

The NSW Combined Catholic Colleges individual hockey selection trails were held in May this year in Bathurst.

Thirteen students attended selection trails and six players were named in the CCC teams which is an outstanding achievement.

Year 11 student Ellie Parker was selected into the Open CCC girls team which played in July at the International Hockey Centre in Newcastle.

Ellie played as a forward compared to her usual midfield position.

Ellie gained some great experience playing against the NSW Combined High School and the NSW Independent Schools sides.

Archie Daley, Jett and Zanda Johnstone and Henry Rice were selected in the Open CCC boys team which also competed in July at the International Hockey Centre in Newcastle.

These four Red Bend students made up a quarter of the team which is the most players ever selected in a CCC side.

The students were able to play in a cohesive unit with Zanda and Archie in the backs, Henry in the midfield and Jett in the forward line as a striker.

"The four boys playing together certainly would have helped the team," Red Bend Catholic College hockey coordinator Karen Umbers said.

"They all play in the school side together, and they play on the weekend sides either together or against each other and between them there is a player in every layer of the team so they can work together as a group, it makes a lot of difference and they know that they can trust each other because they have played with each other for so long."

The team were able to defeat the CHS side which they haven't been able to achieve for several years.

The boys CCC side ended the competition second behind a talented AISNSW side.

Archie Daley was then selected in the All Schools merit team, unfortunately they will not be travelling to South Africa this year.

Being selected in a CCC team is quite an achievement for these students.

"There's quite a few catholic schools in the state so the selection of 15 players out of all the catholic schools in NSW is the highest level within the catholic system that you can reach before you go on to the All Schools and then the Australian. It's the peak of the catholic school system for hockey," Mrs Umbers said.

Year 10 student Sam Westcott has also had a big year on the hockey field being selected in the U15's NSWCCC team in July.

Sam was then one of two CCC players who were then selected in the NSW All Schools U15's team who competed in the Gold Coast at the Australian Championships in July.

Sam was also selected as captain for this team.

The competition was a part of the School Sport Australia Games which also included AFL, Basketball, Swimming and Softball.

Over the week of competition, Sam's team competed and won all of their games against the states and drew against QLD who they then played in the final.

The final was a close game with Sam leading the team well as full back and captain with the score being tied up at three all at the end of the game resulting in a penalty shootout.

NSW saved the final ball which won the team the gold medal.

These six individual athletes have achieved a record for Red Bend Catholic College.

"They've been really committed the last few years, they've taken it pretty seriously and they've done really well," Mrs Umbers said.

"This is probably the most this school has ever had at a representative level, there's been two or three but never six, it just shows the strength and it really shows the depth of hockey."

As well as individual success the Red Bend boys open hockey team won the Combined Catholic Schools Carnival for the fourth year in a row.

Prior to this winning streak the team had never won the carnival and Mrs Umbers said the team won quite convincingly again this year.

This is Zanda Johnstone's last year representing Red Bend through hockey.

"He is a player that will be dearly missed," Mrs Umbers said.

Ellie Parker and Archie Daley still have one year left to represent their school while Sam Westcott, Jett Johnstone and Henry Rice have two years to continue Red Bend's recent hockey success.