The sun baked down on Henley in Arden on the 27th and 28th of June and under the glorious sunshine Arden A team played some glorious polocrosse to comfortably defeat the Highlanders 21 goals to 13 in the A grade final. The lead was greater going into the last chukka but the Highlanders came out fighting Read more…
Filed under 2009, Tournaments
South Africa’s Under 23’s team took on their American counterparts in a series of four test matches, firstly at Estcourt and then at Snowy River near Joburg in South Africa. The South Africans emerged victorious with a 4-0 series defeat but the American team were by no means disgraced as they fought hard in each Read more…
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Report written by Penny Webb – UK Player After a lot of organisation and last minute changes, a Men’s and Ladies England team made it out to Cork, Ireland to play against what turned out to be Ireland’s top Men and Ladies at the wonderful grounds of Ballendinisk, hosted by the newly formed Cork Polocrosse Read more…
Filed under 2009, European, International
UK Polocrosse Player and horse trainer Jason Webb has started writing a regular blog on Horse Hero, which is a website featuring blogs from a number of top riders along with articles, videos and picture. In his first blog he chats about the recent Kent polocrosse tournament and his stallion Diesel’s “showmanship”, among other things. Read more…
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New Zealand have announced their Intermediate (Under 21) team that will travel to Australia in July to play against various Australian State sides. The team will initially play at Sconce and then travel to Coolah. The full team is as follows: Shiloh Gloyn – Auckland Savannah Larsen – Church – King Country Caron Mouat – Read more…
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The Westcountry Warriors, a new UK polocrosse club who formed this year, and the UKPA itself combined forces last Saturday (the 6th of June) to put on a demonstration of polocrosse at the Royal Cornwall Show. The demo was hailed a great success and the crowd who packed around the main ring to watch certainly Read more…
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Report by Penny Webb This year’s Kent Tournament saw 21 teams battle it out in 5 divisions. After a week of irrigating pitches, it was typical that there was a terrible weather forecast for the weekend! However, luck shined on Kent and the Sunday was spent bathed in glorious sunshine. The A/B Grade saw 8 Read more…
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Pennine tournament saw the Highlanders get their season off to a good start, after missing the first tournament of the year at Ashfields. In beautiful sunshine at the Northern Racing College the Highlanders beat Kent in the A/B grade final to get their first win of the season. Kent kept the scoreline close for the Read more…
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The new polocrosse season in the UK got underway at Ashfields Polocrosse Club in the heart of Essex. The weather was kind and the standard of play was high as over 120 players battled it out in 6 grades. With the reigning UK National Champions Highlanders absent, as most of their players were attending a Read more…
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Polocrosse Extreme today finally relaunched its clothing line after closing it in January this year. The head of Polocrosse Extreme Industries, a man only known as Purple Ted, said that they had closed the clothing store because they were not happy with their own products. “What we had up there was a bit confused” he Read more…
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