The United Kingdom has had to withdraw their team from the forthcoming New Zealand Quadrangular, which is taking place in Turangi from the 25th to the 31st of March 2013. The United Kingdom were due to compete against teams from New Zealand itself, Australia and Zambia but are believed to have informed New Zealand officially Read more…
Posts Tagged '2012'
USA Name Their Team for South Africa Quadrangular
The USA have named their team for the Quadrangular tournament taking place in South Africa next July. The USA have named a fairly young team, selecting a number of the players who played in the Under 21 contest against the UK next year. In contrast they have only two members of the team who finished Read more…
UKPA Awards Ball Hailed Big Success as AGM Draws Ever Closer
The UK Polocrosse Association hosted its annual ball at Staverton Park Hotel on the 10th of November and much merriment ensued between the 150 or so members who attended. The UKPA chose to use the same venue as they did in 2011 for the ball and it seem to pay off as the number of Read more…
Celyn, Kent and Rugby Claim Historic First League Wins
Celyn have won the UKPA league for the first time in their history as they picked up points in nearly every grade to get to a total of 280 points in a fragmented and wet season which saw as many tournaments cancelled as held. However, they had to share the win with Kent Target as Read more…
Rugby Win the A Grade at Home
Report by Simon Paynter Rugby Polocrosse Club hosted their first outside tournament on the 14th and 15th of September and managed to not only host a successful tournament but also to get several of the prizes, winning the A grade and coming second in C grade and the Primary Juniors. The A grade final saw a pumped Pennine Read more…
Cotswold Achieve an A Grade One-Two at Highlanders
Cotswold managed to grab both the top two places at Highlanders in the A grade and also saw some success in the D grade were they combined with Pennine to win the trophy. Cotswold also claimed best lady and male player prizes through Rachael Gayler and Dan Kelly, and Dan Kelly’s mount, Careole, won best Read more…
6th Dutch Open Hailed As Another Success for Polocrosse in Europe
Report by Camilla Blom The 6th Dutch Open was held on 1 and 2 September 2012. There were players from Holland, France and Norway present. Germany unfortunately had to pull out at the last minute – but it was yet again another fantastic weekend for the up and coming European nations! From the moment players, Read more…
Kent Claim Third Consecutive UK National Championship
Kent Target claimed their third consecutive A grade crown at the UKPA National Championships on the 25th of August. They overcame Cotswold in the last match of the weekend to lift the trophy. Kent lead the match from early on and in the middle it looked liked they might start to run away with it Read more…
North Warwickshire Triumph Again at Pony Club Championships
North Warwickshire lifted an unprecedented third Pony Club Championship trophy as they triumphed in the Seniors A class, over coming the Ivaegh in the final. The Ivaegh, a Northern Irish branch, who had Emily-Jayne McCleane, Jason Mackey and Will Armstrong as their section, fought hard in the two chukka match, and were down by just Read more…
Inaugural Polocrosse Extreme Cup Hailed a Success
The inaugural Polocrosse Extreme Cup, which was held on the 11th and 12th of August, was hailed a huge success by all concerned and even the weather decided to play ball as the event was basked in glorious sunshine and hundreds of spectators turned out to watch. The event saw club sides from across the Read more…