Day 3 at the Barastoc Nationals in Warwick saw the two favourites in the Senior Men, New South Wales and Western Australia, clash. It was NSW who emerged victorious as they won by just three goals 23-20. However if both teams do ultimately make the final then WA will have their chance for revenge there. Read more…
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Australian Barastoc National Championships 2012 – Day 2
New South Wales, the reigning champions in many of the grades at the Barastoc Nationals, ended day 2 like they started it with just 1 defeat against their name. They were flawless in day 2 as they defeated Northern Territory three times, Victoria twice and Western Australia once. However, Queensland also had a very good Read more…
Australian Barastoc National Championships 2012 – Day 1
Day 1 of the 2012 Barastoc Nationals was for the most part a success for the favourites New South Wales, they won 4 of the 5 matches they were involved in but did suffer a 22-11 loss in the Under 24 girls to their biggest rivals, and the home team, Queensland. Elsewhere in the Under 24 Read more…
Australian National Championships Get Underway in Warwick
Arguably the biggest polocrosse event on the planet gets underway in just a few hours in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. Australia may no longer be World Cup Champions at the sport of Polocrosse but there is no arguing with the fact that they are the biggest playing country in the world and in terms of top Read more…
NSW Dominate at the Barastoc Interstate Series
New South Wales dominated the Barastoc Interstate Series, played mainly between themselves and Queensland, though there were also teams competing from New Zealand, South Australia and Victoria. NSW took nearly every grade that was going, yielding just two to the claret clad players of Queensland. However, the fact that it was the junior boys and Read more…
Australia Show They Are Not For Turning As Jess Jolly Joins World Cup Squad
The Polocrosse Association of Australia have confirmed in a written statement that the player who will replace their former World Cup captain Suzette Thomas is to be the Victorian Jess Jolly. Jess represented Australia at the Quadrangular tournament in 2008 but then was not named in the initial squad for the World Cup in 2011. Read more…
Rumours Grow That Jess Jolly Will Replace Suzette Thomas for Australia
Though there has been no official announcement from the Polocrosse Association of Australia, rumours are that it will be Jess Jolly of Victoria who is to be called up to replace the former Australian polocrosse captain Suzette Thomas, who was removed from the World Cup squad two weeks ago. Jess has been previously capped for Read more…
Australia Release Their World Cup Captain
The name of the released player from the Australian World Cup squad was revealed today and it is the lady who was earmarked to be their World Cup captain, Suzette Thomas. There were rumours that two other players faced expulsion from the team but now it seems no further action has been taken against them Read more…
‘UK’ Ladies Defeat Western Australia Side at Moonyoonooka
A team of 3 UK ladies, a UK under 21, one former UK under 21 and one Zambian defeated a WA ladies side in an exhibition match under floodlights at the Moonyoonooka Tournament in Western Australia on Saturday the 25th of September. Full report by Jodi Tiver of the Western Australia and Australia ladies team. Read more…
Australia Name Their World Cup Squad
The reigning world champions Australia have become the first country to name their world cup squad for the World Cup in the UK in 2011. The team which will try and defend their crown is Jodi Tiver (WA), Sandra Weston (NSW), Alison Mathie (NSW), Suzette Thomas (WA), Cameron Shepherd (QLD), Will Weston (NSW), Robert Sibley Read more…