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2009 News

UK Teams Go Down Fighting in Ireland

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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…

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UK Polocrosse Star Gets Regular Blog on Horse Hero Website

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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Royal Cornwall Show Demo Hailed Great Success

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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Kent Tournament 2009 Report

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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 2009 Report

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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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UK 2009 Season Kicks Off at Ashfields

Ashfields Polocrosse Club

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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