After 6 years of A grade titles, Kent Target’s unbeaten run came to an end as they were convincingly beaten by Highlanders in the A grade final at the UK Polocrosse National Championships, which took place at Onley Grounds from the 26th to the 28th of August. Kent did retain the National Championships overall trophy Read more…
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Kent Target Clean Up at the UK National Championships
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…
Kent Defend Their A Grade Crowd But Celyn Win New Nationals Trophy
Kent Target claimed their fourth consecutive A grade crown at the UKPA National Championships on the 8th of September as they just managed to overcome Celyn. However, Celyn had the last laugh as their club placings throughout all the grades was better than Kent and so they became the first ever club to win the Read more…
Kent Claim Third Consecutive UK National Championship
Kent Target claimed their third consecutive A grade crown at the UKPA National Championships on the 25th of August. They overcame Cotswold in the last match of the weekend to lift the trophy. Kent lead the match from early on and in the middle it looked liked they might start to run away with it Read more…
And So The End Is Near…
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…
The UKPA National Championships 2010
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…
UK Nationals Marred by Tragedy
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…
We Are Looking Forwards to Nationals!
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…
Nationals 2008 Report
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…
Nationals 2008 Preview
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…