The International Polocrosse Council (IPC) member countries (and we believe representatives from the smaller associate countries such as France and Canada) meet today to discuss the running of international polocrosse and also to vote in a new IPC board. There is currently a temporary board in place after a number of the previous board stepped Read more…
Filed under International, World Cup
When Polocrosse Australia annnounced in early November that their own men’s and ladies’ teams would face a “Rest of the World” Seven in April 2023 there was excitement from polocrosse fans around the world. The prospect of the world’s best team facing the rest of the world’s best players was something new and different; it Read more…
Filed under 2022, International
When Australia announced their intention to host a “Rest of the World” team with a male and female player from each of the other seven World Cup nations we were excited! We thought it would be amazing to see the best players from each nation competing together and see how they got on. We also Read more…
Filed under 2022, International
The COVID-19 pandemic may be easing around the world but the 2021 polocrosse season now faces a new threat; a shortage of balls! Polocrosse match balls have never been the easiest or cheapest items to source, there are only two companies in the world that make them and both are based in Australia. This means Read more…
Filed under 2021, International, IPC
Midland camp and Arden tournament took place from the 30th July to 4th August at Arden’s club grounds in Henley in Arden, Warwickshire and saw a training camp, two test match series and one of the largest club tournaments of the year. Midland camp is a training camp run jointly by the UKPA and Arden Read more…
Filed under 2019, International, Netherlands, South Africa, Tournament Results, Tournaments, UKPA
Australia lifted the polocrosse world cup for the third time on Finals day at the 2019 Adina Polocrosse World Cup, becoming the first country to win the trophy three times. They defeated South Africa in the final and in the end it was a comfortable victory, after the match was initially close. Finals day also Read more…
Filed under 2019, International, World Cup
World Cup semi finals day (also known as Saturday the 27th off April) saw the hosts Australia and the current world champions South Africa progress through to the final of the 2019 Adina Polocrosse World Cup as they defeated New Zealand and Zambia respectively. It also saw the UK and Ireland play off for 5th Read more…
Filed under 2019, International, World Cup
Ireland overcame Zimbabwe 26-19 in a very hard fought match to put themselves into the 5th/ 6th play off against the UK on Saturday evening. Zimbabwe will face USA in the 7th/ 8th play off on Sunday morning. It was a very close match throughout and until the last couple of chukkas there was never Read more…
Filed under 2019, International, World Cup
The UK defeated the USA in their play off match to decide who went into the 5th/ 6th play off and who went into the 7th/8th play off. In the end it was quite a comfortable victory as the UK stretched out to a 29-16 win over eight chukkas. The UK fans might have feared Read more…
Filed under 2019, International, World Cup
Australia showed their fans why they should believe the World Cup is returning to Australia with a 25-8 win over Zambia on the fourth day of the 2019 Adina Polocrossse World cup, the biggest win for any team in the group stages. Both countries were already through to the group stages but this match would Read more…
Filed under 2019, International, World Cup