In the latest edition of “Off the Racquet”, the American Polocrosse Association’s newsletter, the outgoing president Nick Cheesman said that “the lack of interest and participation in the serving the APA is concerning”. He says there are plenty of ideas coming forwards as to how the association can better serve its members but now is Read more…
South Africa have announced their full squad lists for the two competitions that they will play in 2009. They have named an eight man squad to travel to Australia to compete in the Quadrangular Tournament in April and a sixteen man squad to come to the UK in July to take on the UK men Read more…
Australia have announced their team for the Quadrangular tournament taking place at Bong Bong Race course, Boural, New South Wales and in doing so have pitted former team mates and relatives against each other. The Australian team includes brothers Will and Todd Weston, who are, respectively, the brother in law and former team mate of Read more…
New South Wales dominated at the Australian Nationals 2008 as they picked up six grade wins and featured in every one of the nine finals. The only state to defeat them was Western Australia, who had the advantage of being on home ground, as the Nationals took place at the state equestrian centre in Brigadoon. Read more…
The UK development squad fly out to America at the end of this week to face the USA in a series of two test matches. The USA requested that the UK send a squad in order to help them with the development of their team in the run up to the next World Cup. They Read more…
The Australians completed a 4-0 test series victory over the UK with a comprehensive victory in the final test, running out 35-14 winners. This was in stark comparison to the third test which was a very close affair, though ultimately the Australians managed to win 23-19. In the third test, going into to the fifth chukka Read more…
In the first two test matches between Australia and the UK, the UK went down by 29-15 and then 23-19. However, there were many positives to be gained over the two matches, not least the closeness of the second test where the UK stayed near to the Australians throughout and went into the final chukka only Read more…
Ireland lifted the title in the European Challenge Championship trophy, with France and the UK separated on goal difference in second and third respectively. The UK and Ireland teams were not full strength squads but instead were handicaps sides with a handicap limit of four and below for each player. That should not, however, in Read more…
The Australian polocrosse team took a 2-0 test series lead against the UK with two matches left to play. The Australians won the first test comfortably, running out 29-15 winners, but the second test proved a much harder battle as the UK got to grips with the Australians’ game plan and practically matched the Australians Read more…
The UK seize victory, breath testing claims its first victim, Crusaders show their true colours and has the rain ended at last? Midland Tournament was a highly enjoyable affair. Unfortunately due to the heavy rain in the run up to the tournament there could only be play on two pitches. This factor, combined with the Read more…