Arguably the biggest polocrosse event on the planet gets underway in just a few hours in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. Australia may no longer be World Cup Champions at the sport of Polocrosse but there is no arguing with the fact that they are the biggest playing country in the world and in terms of top Read more…
Filed under 2012, International
Ashfields Polocrosse Club has folded and won’t play the 2012 season, causing a number of players to seek new clubs. Ashfields were a fairly small club for the last two seasons, with about 10 players in each season. However, for their size they were a successful club and finished as runners up in the UKPA Read more…
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Polocrosse Extreme has decided that merely reporting polocrosse tournaments is no longer enough so we have decided to get into hosting tournaments! This August we will put on the first Polocrosse Extreme Cup near Newmarket in Suffolk and we are honoured to be hosting the third and fourth UK vs USA Under 21 test matches Read more…
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An online petition is being circulated in the UK in an attempt to exempt the Air Ambulance service from having to pay fuel duty, in line with the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. It currently has 133,805 signatures which should guarantee it is debated in parliament. The Air Ambulance service has been called out a number Read more…
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Amund Svendsen, the man who started polocrosse in Norway and has been the chairman from the inception of the Norwegian Polocrosse Associatio, has stepped down. Amund has been one of the driving forces behind Norwegian polocrosse and is a very keen and dedicated player, keeping a horse in the UK and travelling to it a Read more…
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JustPoloX, the new Australian polocrosse business, has started a minor international incident when it accused UK polocrosse player Danny Duhig of stealing its business idea. In a message posted to the organisation’s Facebook page in late February, JustPoloX said that a certain UK web designer had used their proposal to create their own website. The Read more…
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The Polocrosse Extreme team would like to send their congratulations to Danny Duhig and Rachael Gayler on the birth of their son, Riley Cooper Duhig, who was born on the 26th of January at 4.50 am and weighed 8lbs 3oz (Editor’s note: we know we are a bit late but so was he!). As the Read more…
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Gennifer Malden, the lady who introduced polocrosse to the UK Pony Club and was a founder member of the UKPA, has passed away at the age of 85. She was chairwoman of Pony Club Polocrosse for many years and she was the first ever honorary life member of the UKPA, remaining interested in polocrosse throughout Read more…
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UK polocrosse Star Jason Webb continued his rise to very well deserved recognition and stardom this week with the announcement that he has made the final 10 of the Professional Rider category in the Equestrian Social Media Awards (ESMA). He is in hallowed company, alongside names such as William Fox-Pitt, Mark Todd and Tim Stockdale. Read more…
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Did you miss us? Well you don’t have to anymore! The Polocrosse Extreme team has returned from its three month trip round Asia and is now getting ready for an action-packed 2012. We did not waste our time away, many lucky people around Asia learnt about the wonders of polocrosse and we tried to see Read more…
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