Report by Fleur Bartels On the weekend of the 12th and 13th of September, the 4th Dutch Open tournament took place in Exloërveen (North-East Holland). There were 11 teams playing from Germany and Holland in 3 different categories: A, B and C. The A final on Sunday afternoon was between the teams Holland 3, with Read more…
2009 News
Polocrosse Continues to Grow in UAE
Polocrosse has continued to thrive in the United Arab Emirates to the point were the polocrosse assoociation which has formed over there has applied to the International Polocrosse Council for Associate membership. In a letter to the International Polocrosse Council, which was published on the IPC’s website. they explain how the sport has spread from Read more…
Moonyoonooka Tournament Report
Report by Jodi Tiver Moony held their annual tournament for the season and although a little smaller compared to the last 2 years there was certainly still some good polocrosse being played! This club has put in some real effort in to improving the fields with irrigation and it has paid off with the grounds Read more…
UK Nationals Marred by Tragedy
The UK National Championships were overshadowed by tragedy as two horses had to be put down after breaking legs. Firstly Tina, owned by Simon Paynter of Arden, suffered a broken leg as she turned out of the line up and then Guy Robertson’s Lauren Lee also broke a hind leg as she simply pulled up Read more…
South Midlands Polocrosse Tournament
Report by Jodi Tiver South Midlands club held the first tournament within the central zone for the 2009 WA season on August 29th & 30th, and with 42 teams nominated it was certainly going to be a big weekend! The weather didn’t look all that favourable on Friday with trucks rolling in before lunchtime, but Read more…
We Are Looking Forwards to Nationals!
This weekend is the UKPA National Championships, the main event in the UKPA calendar and polocrosse players and fans in the UK have been gradually getting more and more excited all week. It is always hard to know who will win what at Nationals, especially seeing no one, except the UKPA, knows who is definitely Read more…
Mullewa Polocrosse Tournament
Report by Jodi Tiver The last real ‘outback red-dirt’ tournament was held by the Mullewa Polocrosse Club on August 22nd & 23rd with plenty of the Mid-West clubs turning up to play. It was a little smaller in numbers than the last few but the competition was still a good standard and gave some other Read more…
Pony Club Championship Results 2009
The UK Pony Club Polocrosse Championships took place on the 15th and 16th of August at Draycott House, alongside the rest of the Pony Club Championships. Entries have increased by nearly 30% for two consecutive years now and this year the number of players stood at 99. The teams played off across four different categories, Read more…
Irwin Polocrosse Tournament Report
Report by Jodi Tiver Club teams from the Great Southern and Central Zones once again drove north on August the 8th and 9th and reached the end of the Brand Highway. However once there most horse trucks turned off to the right, instead of the usual left, and headed towards Mingenew for the Irwin Polocrosse Read more…
Kent Make Hay While the Sun Shines on the Midland Tournament
It was Kent’s weekend at the Midland Tournament on the 8th and 9th of August as the sun baked down on Arden’s club grounds. There had been worries about rain stopping play but on the two days of the tournament the sun came out in force. The pitches were still fairly wet when play started Read more…