South Africa have emerged victorious in the Quadrangular that they hosted at Mooi River. They topped the group after the round robin stage, having beaten all the other three countries reasonably comfortably and then overcame a battling Zimbabwean side again in the final. The UK ended third after they beat Zambia by 20 goals to Read more…
Posts Tagged '2013'
UKPA Faces EGM Call for Whether Nationals A Grade Will Be Mixed
The UKPA have had to call an Extraordinary General Meeting to decide upon whether the A grade at the National Championships will be mixed (three men and three ladies playing in opposite sections). The UKPA announced just a week before the season started that it would be, causing certain clubs to get rather annoyed as Read more…
Cotswold Claim Top Spot at Arden
There are two great desires in every UK polocrosse player every season, two aims that most players would give their rein hand for (editor’s note: no player would give away their stick hand after all). Firstly, they want to win at the Nationals but for most players the desire to play and party at Arden Read more…
UK Team Claim Top Prize at Polocrosse Extreme Cup
The UK Open Team claimed the top prize at the Polocrosse Extreme Cup as they won the OJ Polo Challenge but not before Celyn gave them a real scare in an absolutely thrilling final game of the weekend. Celyn lead by 12 goals to 11 at the end of the fourth chukka as Simon Amor, Read more…
Kent Target Clean Up at Home Tournament
Kent Target managed to clean up at their home tournament, with a victory in the A grade, a share of second in the B grade, a one-two in the C grade and winning both the D1 and D2 grades.The other clubs were therefore left with slim pickings between them but Welsh Dragons will be pleased Read more…
The Forgotten Imports
We would like to apologise to Dan Rohan and Emily Walsh, who we may have forgotten when we wrote our article about the foreign players coming over for the 2013 UK season (UK Polocrosse season looms large as transfers and imports pick up). Emily and Dan are both back over from Australia to play for Read more…
The Sun Shines for UK’s Season Opening Tournament
The UK season got underway on the 18th and 19th of May at Rugby Polocrosse Club with the UKPA’s early season tournament and even the weather decided to behave for it as the rain stayed away all weekend and the sun shone on the Sunday of the competition. It was a good weekend for Cotswold Read more…
UKPA Move to Make Nationals A Grade ‘Mixed’ Teams
The UK Polocrosse Association has stated that the A grade competition at their National Championships in September will be played as ‘mixed’ teams, meaning that there will be one section of men and one section of ladies (editor’s note: yes, the name is misleading, we like the term ‘teams of two single sex sections”‘ or Read more…
Sargeants Aplenty as Zimbabwe Name Quadrangular Team
Zimbabwe have named four Sargeants in their Quadrangular team to take on South Africa, the United Kingdom and Zambia in July at Mooi River. Also 6 of the 8 players have all played at least one season in the UK. The four Sargeants are the siblings Greg, Paula and Suzanne and also Greg’s wife Sophie Read more…
UK Polocrosse Season Looms Large as Transfers and Imports Pick Up
The UK polocrosse season is nearly upon us! It starts in just two weeks at the UKPA’s early season tournament and the UK clubs have been busy strengthening their line ups ready for the season. In addition to a high level of Australian imports there is also a fair amount of transfer activity between clubs. Read more…