The Rugby Polocrosse Club Late Season tournament took place on the 21st and 22nd of September at Onley Grounds Equestrian Centre. The weekend was hit by quite heavy rain on the Sunday, which forced play to come to an end early and lead to the organisers having to calculate who had won the different grades Read more…
UKPA News
Highlanders and Kent repeat 2018 National successes
The 2019 UK National Championships took place from the 23rd to the 25th of August at Onley Grounds Equestrian Centre, near Rugby and saw Highlanders and Kent Target repeat their successes from 2018, with Highlanders winning their fourth straight A grade title and Kent lifting the Nationals trophy for the most sucessful club for the Read more…
Ireland win the European Challenge
The European Challenge was held in Lumbres, France on the 10th and 11th of August and saw a victory for Ireland as they overcame teams from seven other European countries. The European challenge includes the two European World Cup playing nations of Ireland and the UK but neither country send a full strength team, normally Read more…
Arden serve up a week of polocrosse
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…
Leagues remain tight with four tournaments to play
The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme Leagues remain very close with four tournaments left of the season. Arden lead with 295 points and have a narrow 34 point lead over Kent on 261 points. Kent are 94 points clear of Celyn in third place on 167 and after that it gets very close with Yorkshire Warriors Read more…
Celyn Polocrosse Tournament 2019
Celyn Polocrosse Club held their annual tournament on the 20th and 21st of July at their club grounds in Backford, Cheshire. As well as the club tournament they also hosted the Pony Club Polocrosse Four Nations competition, which saw four Pony Club teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland compete for the Triple Diamond trophy. Read more…
Highlanders Polocrosse Tournament 2019
The Highlanders Polocrosse tournament took place on the 13th and 14th of July at their Drakes Broughton grounds in Worcestershire. The A grade saw a re run of last year’s Nationals Final and again Highlanders came out on top, overcoming Kent Target in the final on Sunday. Kent Target did win the C grade and Read more…
Yorkshire Warriors Tournament 2019
The Yorkshire Warriors Tournament took place at the Northern Racing College, near Doncaster, on the 29th and 30th June. The home team managed to win the Lower D grade but it was Celyn who did the best in terms of placings with three grade wins. Cotswold grabbed a couple of second spots while Arden got Read more…
Controversy in the Cotswolds
Cotswold Polocrosse Club’s 2019 Tournament took place on the 22nd and 23rd of June at Longdole Polo Club in Gloucestershire. Most of the weekend ran very smoothly but it ended in some controversy after the A grade final did not place, after Costwold and Warwick, the two teams due to contest the final, became embroiled Read more…
Arden and Kent stretch away in the early stages of UK season
With three tournaments gone Arden and Kent Target have made the early running in the UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme league. It is Arden who are on top with 167 points with Kent close behind on 135. The gap back to third is then a further 65 points, with the Yorkshire Warriors being on 70 points Read more…