Polocrosse has continued to thrive in the United Arab Emirates to the point were the polocrosse assoociation which has formed over there has applied to the International Polocrosse Council for Associate membership. In a letter to the International Polocrosse Council, which was published on the IPC’s website. they explain how the sport has spread from Read more…
Filed under 2009, International, IPC
Report by Jodi Tiver Moony held their annual tournament for the season and although a little smaller compared to the last 2 years there was certainly still some good polocrosse being played! This club has put in some real effort in to improving the fields with irrigation and it has paid off with the grounds Read more…
Filed under 2009, International
Report by Jodi Tiver South Midlands club held the first tournament within the central zone for the 2009 WA season on August 29th & 30th, and with 42 teams nominated it was certainly going to be a big weekend! The weather didn’t look all that favourable on Friday with trucks rolling in before lunchtime, but Read more…
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Report by Jodi Tiver The last real ‘outback red-dirt’ tournament was held by the Mullewa Polocrosse Club on August 22nd & 23rd with plenty of the Mid-West clubs turning up to play. It was a little smaller in numbers than the last few but the competition was still a good standard and gave some other Read more…
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Report by Jodi Tiver Club teams from the Great Southern and Central Zones once again drove north on August the 8th and 9th and reached the end of the Brand Highway. However once there most horse trucks turned off to the right, instead of the usual left, and headed towards Mingenew for the Irwin Polocrosse Read more…
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Report by Jodi Tiver The Greenough Polocrosse Club held their annual tournament over a beautiful weekend on 25th & 26th July after a little scare they might have to cancel due the large amounts of rain that had fallen recently. This was only a concern as the Northern Zone Championships and first National Selection tournament Read more…
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Report by Jodi Tiver Murchison Polocrosse Club is one of the oldest clubs in WA and is located in a remote mid-west region about 9 hours north, and slightly east, of Perth with ‘outback red dirt’ fields. Even though the actual club member base is most definitely one of the smallest they certainly put on Read more…
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South Africa’s decision to take their youngsters to the UK rather than rely on experience paid dividends as their teams won three out of the four test matches. The UK will be disappointed that they did not do better on their home soil, and probably in the case of the ladies they should have done, Read more…
Filed under 2009, International, Open Squad
The UK is gearing up for the biggest polocrosse weekend of the season as they prepare to take on the South African open teams at Ashfields Polocrosse Club in Essex on the 18th and 19th of July. The UK and South African squads are both already on site and have drawn their horse pools for Read more…
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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…
Filed under 2009, International