Gerringong Museum has been showcasing the history of the Gerringong Hockey Club, one of the local institutions that’s helped create the Gerringong community for the past seven decades. The display is still available at the Gerringong Museum during opening hours on Fridays and Saturdays between 11am and 3pm.

The Gerringong Hockey Club was formed on 19 March 1947. At the time, only one member owned a hockey stick and the original uniform was a Royal Blue tunic with a white blouse, white shoes and socks. The club joined the Shoalhaven Women’s Association the same year.

From 1950, games were played at Graham’s paddock opposite the current Gerringong Golf Club with players being required to remove cow manure before each match.

The members of the Gerringong Hockey Club in 1947/1948 were Dorothy Bailey, Margaret Gemmil, Joyce Graham, Elaine Graham, May Johnson, Kath Johnson, Fay Chittick, Marie Love, Joan Miller, Bernadette O’Sullivan, Jessie Parkhill, Peggy Quinn, Kathleen Taylor, Beryl Walker and Betty Watson.

Gerringong hosted the international teams of Scotland, Royal Netherlands, and India from Tuesday 3 July to Friday 6 July 1956 as part of the Triennial Conference, with international games played at the Albion Park Showground and some games between India and Shoalhaven hosted at Gerringong. 

Grace Stewart from Gerringong has recently emerged as a star player, who has gone on to represent Australia with the Hockeyroos at two Olympic Games (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and two World Cups (London 2018 and Europe 2022). Grace won a bronze medal at the World Cup in Barcelona in 2022, a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2022, and a silver medal at the World Hockey League in 2019.

Jamberoo Hockey Club also recently celebrated its 75th anniversary on 5 August 2023 and added two new life members Kerri Nealon and Tracey Kras on 18 September 2023.