Report by Simon Paynter Rugby Polocrosse Club hosted their first outside tournament on the 14th and 15th of September and managed to not only host a successful tournament but also to get several of the prizes, winning the A grade and coming second in C grade and the Primary Juniors. The A grade final saw a pumped Pennine Read more…
Cotswold managed to grab both the top two places at Highlanders in the A grade and also saw some success in the D grade were they combined with Pennine to win the trophy. Cotswold also claimed best lady and male player prizes through Rachael Gayler and Dan Kelly, and Dan Kelly’s mount, Careole, won best Read more…
The inaugural Polocrosse Extreme Cup, which was held on the 11th and 12th of August, was hailed a huge success by all concerned and even the weather decided to play ball as the event was basked in glorious sunshine and hundreds of spectators turned out to watch. The event saw club sides from across the Read more…
Arden’s club tournament took place on the 4th and 5th of August and featured the first test matches between the UK and USA Under 21 sides. However, it was hit by terrible weather throughout which caused the pitches to resemble ploughed fields in parts and become water logged, causing the organisers to pull the plug Read more…
The summer finally got under way in the UK as Cotswold’s tournament was bathed in glorious sunshine. The sun also shone on the home team as they took first and second in the A grade, which was played as a four team round robin. They also picked up best male and female via Rachel Gayler Read more…
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 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…
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…
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…
We have officially launched a dedicated website for the Polocrosse Extreme Cup in August. The event, which hosts the UK versus USA test matches, should hopefully be a brilliant occasion for polocrosse. Alongside the test matches will be a full UKPA Club Tournament and also a Pony Club Polocrosse tournament. Our aim to make it Read more…