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Kent Target Clean Up at the UK National Championships

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Kent Target claimed their fifth consecutive A grade crown at the UKPA National Championships on the 24th of August as they overcame the Welsh Dragons in the Final. They also won the B grade, the D grade and had placings, best players and best horses throughout the grades as they won the overall Nationals trophy Read more…

Filed under 2014, Nationals

And So The End Is Near…

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And so the end is near and we face the final curtain… Well, maybe not quite but it is the end of the UK playing season and also the last you will hear from us at Polocrosse Extreme for a few months as we are off to see if there is any polocrosse in Asia Read more…

Filed under 2011, Nationals

The UKPA National Championships 2010

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Kent Target claimed the A grade trophy at the UKPA Nationals, held at Rugby Polo Club, but it was Cotswold who probably had the best tournament, claiming second in both the A grade and the B grade in their first year after fully reforming. Heavy rain stopped play early on the Saturday but matches were Read more…

Filed under 2010, Nationals

UK Nationals Marred by Tragedy

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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…

Filed under 2009, Nationals

We Are Looking Forwards to Nationals!

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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…

Filed under 2009, Nationals

Nationals 2008 Report

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Apart from a deluge of rain coming down on Sunday morning, the National Championships were played out under glorious sunshine and the Highlanders certainly enjoyed themselves as they lifted their third A grade title in four years. What was equally important as the polocrosse was the slave auction on Sunday night whicuh raised over £6,000 Read more…

Filed under 2008, Nationals

Nationals 2008 Preview

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Its that time of year when we try to use our knowledge of polocrosse to work out who might win at the National Championships. Okay fine, you guessed it, actually we draw names out of a hat! Last year we got three out of five tips right, can we do better this year? A Grade Read more…

Filed under 2008, Nationals