Australia comfortably defeated their neighbours New Zealand, 27-8 in the Quadrangular Tournament final while South Africa defeated the UK by just 1 goal to hold on to their third in the world spot and heap more pain on the UK side who failed to register a win at the tournament. The UK lost 18-17, adding Read more…
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Australia and New Zealand both booked their places in the Quadrangular Tournament final at the Bong Bong racecourse in New South Wales. New Zealand managed a 4 goal victory over the UK to book their place and to gain revenge for the 2007 World Cup semi final where the UK knocked them out. The pain Read more…
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New Zealand kept their tournament hopes alive by defeating South Africa by just two goals at the Bong Bong racecourse in New South Wales, while Australia marched onwards towards the final, beating the United Kingdom by 21-13. Last time New Zealand and South Africa met it was in the World Cup third/fourth play off and Read more…
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Australia beat their neighbours New Zealand by 15 goals and South Africa overcame the United Kingdom by 18 goals to 15 on the first day of play at the Quadrangular Tournament in New South Wales, Australia. Australia were widely expected to win against New Zealand (and are indeed expected to win the tournament overall) while Read more…
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Queensland picked up four of the five titles on offer in Barastoc Interstate series, which took place at Morgan Park, Warwick on the 3rd and 4th of April. Queensland picked up the Men, Women’s, Under 21’s and Juniors titles and finished second in the Masters competition, which was won by New South Wales. New South Read more…
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Polocrosse has started in a new country, with word coming from the United Arab Emirates that a group of polocrosse players, originally from other polocrosse nations, have started playing out in the UAE and are looking to grow and promote the sport there. Andrew Taylor, a member of the new UAE group, has requested that Read more…
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The draw for the Quadrangular Polocrosse Tournament, taking place between Australia, the UK, South Africa and New Zealand at the Bong Bong racecourse in New South Wales from the 16th of April, has been announced. The defending world champions, Australia, will start the campaign with a match against their local rivals New Zealand and then Read more…
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A riding centre in Cheshire will become the first one in the county to offer polocrosse. Mobberley Riding School is working in conjunction with Celyn Polocrosse Club and the UKPA to offer polocrosse to more people. The Cheshire Polocrosse Centre is holding its first polocrosse day on the 6th April. Commenting on the new venture Read more…
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An about turn by VOSA (the Vehicle Operator Services Agency) within the UK could make it even harder for polocrosse players to get to their beloved sport. This week VOSA confirmed that the regulations restricting driving hours could affect people who drive private horseboxes over 7.5 tonnes. The regulations, which were bought in 2006, mean Read more…
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The New Zealand Polocrosse Association have named a 12 person squad for the Quadrangular Tournament to take place in New South Wales in April. The squad includes five of the players who represented their country at the last World Cup and also a few other familar names. From the last World Cup Squad Casey Mullany, Read more…
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