Cotswold Polocrosse Club ran their first tournament (well, first one for the newly, fully reformed Cotswold club anyway) and it was more successful than they could have possibly hoped for. They expected entries around the 100 mark and ended up having to cap entries at 198, as with three pitches they couldn’t get any more Read more…
Arden served up yet another big tournament and another big Saturday night party, though judging by the couple of errors that were made during the prizegiving the organisers might have indulged a little too heavily. The weather was also kind to the polocrosse community, with sunshine for most of the two days, though heavy winds Read more…
The reigning world champions Australia have become the first country to name their world cup squad for the World Cup in the UK in 2011. The team which will try and defend their crown is Jodi Tiver (WA), Sandra Weston (NSW), Alison Mathie (NSW), Suzette Thomas (WA), Cameron Shepherd (QLD), Will Weston (NSW), Robert Sibley Read more…
Quirindi picked up the champion club accolade at 2010 NSW Club Championships, winning the Open Championship grade and a couple of other grades as well. The championships were a huge event with play being divided into 17 grades and they were hosted by Bingara polocrosse club FULL RESULTS Champion Club – Quirindi Mens Horse and Read more…
Vale Impi dominated at Ashfields with three grade wins but it was a Kent section who claimed the biggest prize of all, the A grade. Vale Impi conquered the C grade, the D grade and the Primary Juniors with some sterling performances from some of their young players such as Matthew Smith, Tom Bowden Eyre Read more…
The UK polocrosse team doesn’t seem to have much luck with broken bones just before major competitions. There was Danny Duhig’s thumb just before the UK Under 21’s tour to Queensland in 2006. Then Sophie Lodder broke her arm just before the 2007 World Cup. Now it is the turn of UK and Kent Target Read more…
The UK today named their Open squad and their Junior squad that will all face Ireland in a month’s time at Mollington in Cheshire. The UK named a squad of 8 ladies, 9 men and 8 juniors who will all play against the Irish teams on the 24th and 25th of July. The ladies’ squad sees Read more…
Report by Fleur Bartels The weekend of the 5th and 6th of June saw France claim the Four Nations Cup, at“Dop heets Del” in Kootwijkerbroek, Holland. Teams from France, Norway, Germany, Holland all played against each other in sunny Kootwijkerbroek. This competition took place to help the preparation of all four of mainland Europe polocrosse Read more…
The Highlanders claimed both the A and B grades at Pennine Tournament but Arden ended the weekend with the most points as they cleaned up the 2nd and 3rd places in the lower grades. It was perhaps though a tournament mostly decided by the torrential rain which struck on Sunday morning, leading to a number Read more…
Both New Zealand and the USA have named their squads for the 2011 Polocrosse World Cup, due to be held in July in the United Kingdom. That means of the 8 countries competing so far 3 of the countries have declared their squads, from which their final teams of 8 players will be picked. Australia Read more…