The UK polocrosse season suffered yet another cancellation today as Arden announced that they could not run their tournament this weekend as a torrential downpour left them with two inches of standing water on their already sodden pitches and no realistic chance of them drying out in time for Saturday. The loss of Arden, one Read more…
The Zambia Polocrosse Association has announced an initial squad of 10 players for the 3 test matches against the USA scheduled for the 20th/21st/22nd July 2012 at the Leopards Hill Polocrosse Club in Lusaka, Zambia. They have called up Murray Evans, Victoria Sharp, Lauren Watson and James Rae who were all in their World Cup Read more…
The clothing company OJ Polo, the equestrian magazine Your Horse and the Retraining of Racehorses organisation have all signed up to sponsor the forthcoming Polocrosse Extreme Cup and UK vs USA test match series. OJ Polo will be on site with a trade stand displaying their range of customisable team polo shirts and casual clothing Read more…
Zimbabwe defeated Zambia by 5 matches to 1 in the ZimZam at Lusaka to take both the A and B grades in the yearly competition. Zimbabwe won both matches on the opening day, winning the A grade 22-15 and the B grade by golden goal 21-20. On day two Zambia struck back in the B Read more…
The cancellation this weekend of the Highlanders Polocrosse tournament has left the UK polocrosse season in a state of turmoil. Out of the first four planned tournaments only one has run, the Pennine tournament in early June. The UKPA’s own early season tournament was cancelled and since Pennine, Kent and Highlanders have both fallen victim Read more…
Zimbabwe have defeated their neighbours Zambia in the opening matches of the annual ZimZam tournament in Lusaka in Zambia. Zimbabwe won both the A grade and B grade matches, winning the A grade 22-15 and the B grade by golden goal 21-20. (Editor’s note: hopefully we will get a full report soon).
The UK season suffered another blow this week as Kent Target were forced to call off their tournament due to the heavy rain. They had moved venues for the tournament this year to a new ground to give them more space and were looking forwards to their biggest ever tournament. However, they decided to cancel Read more…
Iain Heaton, the UKPA’s Chief Executive Officer, has resigned from his post and stepped down from the executive committee of the UKPA, citing pressure at work and a desire to concentrate on playing polocrosse as the reasons for his decision. In a message to members of the UKPA he said that he was very sad Read more…
The UK season got underway at Pennine on the 2nd and 3rd of June and it was Celyn who reigned supreme as they claimed the opening A grade of the season, despite the best efforts of the home team. Pennine did win both the C grade and the Juniors though with a combined Arden/ Limemere Read more…
Zimbabwe are believed to have withdrawn from the Under 25 Tournament between themselves, South Africa and the United Kingdom. However it is believed that a number of the Zimbabwean team could still be playing in July as it is thought South Africa have now arranged for a mixed team of Zimbabwean, Australian and UK players Read more…