It’s Not A Sport, It’s An Obsession

Posts Tagged '2010'

South African World Cup Team Discovered

SA logo

South Africa seems to have announced their final World Cup team in August, the only problem was that no one told anyone outside of Africa (editor’s note: well, no one actually emailed it to us and we only just discovered the downloads section on the South African polocrosse website! It’s not our fault, it’s well Read more…

Filed under 2010, World Cup

Canada Withdraw from International Challenge 2011

Polocrosse Canada

Canada have withdrawn from the International Challenge, taking place alongside the World Cup in 2011 in the UK. The International Challenge was meant to feature the polocrosse nations not within the top 8 in the world. Canada finished 8th at the last two World Cups and conceded their place to Zambia for 2011. Now they Read more…

Filed under 2010

UKPA Report on Their Year and Release CC TV Links

UKPA

The UKPA has released its annual report for the year to 30th of September 2010 and the overall conclusion one would gain from reading it is that it has been a good year for the Association. From a financial point of view they showed a small profit of £462 while incurring fairly large amounts of Read more…

Filed under 2010, UKPA

UK Announce Their World Cup Team

UKPA

The United Kingdom has announced their World Cup team for 2011, as they attempt to go one better than they did in 2007 and lift the cup which will be played on their home soil for the first time. When the UK picked their 16 person squad there were a few surprises in there but Read more…

Filed under 2010, Open Squad, World Cup

World Cup Draw Announced

Polocrosse World Cup 2011

The World Cup order of play has been made public (editor’s note: well if you have sources in Western Australia who are friends with someone in Zambia like we do anyway) and the host nation of the United Kingdom will not play the opening game on July 8th, as often happens in a lot of Read more…

Filed under 2010, World Cup

USA Name Their World Cup Team

American Polocrosse Association

The USA have named their 8 person World Cup team for 2011 and on the men’s side it looks fairly similar to that which finished 7th in 2007. The only change is Seth Alcott coming into replace Ryan Trueblood, as Robbie Shuttles, Ryan Murphy and Ryan Strider all keep their places. Only 1 lady player Read more…

Filed under 2010, World Cup

Australia Release Their World Cup Captain

Polocrosse Association of Australia

The name of the released player from the Australian World Cup squad was revealed today and it is the lady who was earmarked to be their World Cup captain, Suzette Thomas. There were rumours that two other players faced expulsion from the team but now it seems no further action has been taken against them Read more…

Filed under 2010

UKPA Present Annual Awards at the Ball

UKPA

The UKPA Annual Awards Ball rolled into town on Saturday the 6th of November; the town in question was Milton Keynes, home of thousands of roundabouts and for one night only a horde of polocrosse players and supporters looking to end the 2010 season in style. And end it in style they did, well for Read more…

Filed under 2010, UKPA Ball