The Zambia Polocrosse Association held their annual awards dinner and AGM on the 8th of January at Leopards Hill Polocrosse Club. The club house was decorated in black with silver stars and the evening featured a stunning musical horse light show. Zambia are getting ready for a couple of important years in the world of Read more…
2009 News
Guy Goes Global!
Guy Robertson has joined the online battle of the polocrosse heavy weights with the launch of his new website, www.robertsonhorsetraining.co.uk. The UK captain follows his UK team mate Jason Webb and the globe trotting farrier Uncle Pete into the online world. Jason has been online for a number of years while Pete only recently joined Read more…
UKPA Publish Annual Report and Elect New Executive
On the 29th of November the UKPA published their annual report and elections were held for the various executive positions, under the new Executive structure approved at the EGM a month ago. The top job of UKPA Chairman went to Eric Jenkinson, formerly a trustee and vice chairman. He is joined by Quintin Cornforth as Read more…
Uncle Pete Finds His Cyber Space Feet!
In a move which will probably come as a shock to many who know him, Uncle Pete has gone global via the power of the internet. He announced this week from his winter base in New Zealand, exclusively to Polocrosse Extreme, that his new website dedicated to hoof care and lameness had launched. “Uncle” Pete Read more…
UKPA Executive Nominees and Season Award Winners Announced
This week saw a double announcement by the UKPA. Firstly, they announced the nominees for the Executive Committee positions, which will be elected at the AGM next week, and then at the UKPA Ball they announced the winners of the 2009 season playing awards. The UKPA Executive elections seem to be a fairly sure thing Read more…
UKPA Promotional Drive Moves to Next Stage
The UKPA off-season promotional drive seems to marching ever onwards as the UKPA follow up their demos at Blenheim Horse Trials and recent Sky Sports appearances with a range of new promotional documents, a subsidised starter kit offer and demos at Your Horse Live, one of the largest horse shows in the UK. The UKPA Read more…
Final UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme League Positions See Arden Snatch Top Spot
The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme leagues have been checked, rechecked and checked again to ensure that the results included within them are accurate and one key change has seen Pennine knocked off the top spot and allows Arden to claim their first league title. Up until the auditing process happened, Pennine were sitting on the Read more…
Western Australia and Queensland Announce 2010 National Championships Squad
Preparations are well under way for the Australian National Championships in Ballarat in 2010 and they stepped up another gear this week as both Western Australia and Queensland announced their squads for the event. Queensland are competing in 11 divisions and Western Australia are competing in 7. As is to be expected, there are a Read more…
UKPA Ratify New Constitution
The UKPA successfully ratified their new constitution by a majority vote on the 25th of October and have now declared nominations open for people wishing to stand as officers on the executive committee at the forthcoming AGM. Full details of the AGM can be seen on the UKPA website and the posts of Chairman, CEO, Read more…
2009 Southern Zone Championships at Kojonup
Report by Jodi Tiver The Southern Zone Championships on October 24th & 25th proved a happy hunting ground for Midwest and slightly less happy for Centrals as Midwest claimed 4 titles while Centrals finished as runners up in 4, losing to Midwest on 3 occasions. The hosts, Kojonup, also had a good tournament, claiming two Read more…