Report by Jodi Tiver Well what a fantastic weekend of polocrosse both on and off the field! With 47 teams arriving from all over the State on Friday this was one of the biggest tournaments held in WA for quite some time. The fields and facilities were once again immaculate and the Perth Club members Read more…
The UKPA has submitted its new constitution to its membership as it seeks ratification of it at its’ EGM to be held on the 25th of October. The change in the new constitution is the restructuring of the UKPA executive committee, from the 18 voting positions behemoth that it presently is, down to just 9 Read more…
Report by Fleur Bartels The ‘test matches’ between Norway and Holland took place last weekend in Rauland, Norway. The Dutch and Norwegian players stayed at the riding centre in Rauland, which is located in a beautiful scenery in the south of Norway. The riding centre also provided the horses for the Dutch players. The Norwegians Read more…
Report by Jodi Tiver The first selection tournament for the 2010 Nationals and Northern Zone Championships was held by the Walkaway Polocrosse Club and with 44 teams nominated it was certainly shaping up as a big weekend. The sun shone down each day and was a bit of a shock to the system after all Read more…
American Polocrosse fans have reacted angrily to an article run by the Riverfront Times News Blog that called polocrosse a “ridiculous sport of the idle rich”. A number of polocrosse players and fans have posted comments in response to the article which was run by the website after they received news that the American Polocrosse Read more…
By Terrance Keith, Bombers Equestrian Equipment Things got off to a start on the Wednesday – well, actually preparations for the open got off to a start long before the Wednesday but proceedings for the annual Zim Open 2009 got underway on Wednesday the 9th of September with the meet and greet black tie ball, Read more…
Report by Jodi Tiver 30 teams arrived to play on the river sand fields in Northam for the Twin Pines annual tournament. It was great to see that one team from Walkaway made the effort to travel south seeing that the majority of clubs from the Central Zone had been travelling north all year to Read more…
The Irish Under 21’s defeated their UK counterparts in a two test match series held at Mollington in North West England on the 19th and 20th of September. The Irish looked the stronger of the two sides on paper and they didn’t disappoint as they won the first test 29-11 and then the second 30-14. Read more…
The UKPA have given the polocrosse community in the UK (and possibly around the world) three reasons to be cheerful in the coming months. Firstly, they reported on the success of their recent demo at Blenheim Horse Trials and followed this with news of polocrosse being on Sky Sports and of the UKPA Annual Ball. Read more…
The Zim Open, probably the most extravagant polocrosse event in the world, was won by the Koala Park team, a team packed with Australian and New Zealand talent. The Zim Open is held every year in Zimbabwe and attracts a great deal of corporate sponsorship. The sponsors this year included Millers, Renaissance Capital, Tanzi, Progroup, Read more…