Polocrosse seems to be continuing to grow around the world, with the start of polocrosse in Finland (where we hope to have a full report from soon!) and also some excellent newspaper coverage for the sport in Scotland (read it here, part 1 and part 2). Polocrosse in Finland has been started by Cecilia Forsman, Read more…
Filed under 2013, European, Sports Development
The UK Polocrosse Association has published the agenda for the annual Club Council Meeting and by the look of it the meeting could prove to be lively. The agenda includes on it a proposal to change the name of the Association, a paper around the idea of single sex A grade sections and the detail Read more…
Filed under 2013, UKPA
The majority of the players who will make up an unofficial Irish team in the New Zealand Quadrangular in March have been named. The team will not be an official Irish team as the Ireland Polocrosse Association were not able to commit to selecting and sending a squad when New Zealand recently invited them to. Read more…
Filed under 2013, International
The UKPA yesterday published minutes of the Executive meeting that took place on the 25th of November, complete with an appendix showing the newly rewritten eligibility rules for playing for the UK, to clarify the position regarding Rachael Gayler’s recent selection to the UK’s 2013 Quadrangular squad. However, this new development has not satisfied some Read more…
Filed under 2013, Open Squad, UKPA
The United Kingdom has named their squad for the South African Quadrangular in July 2013 but there is a question mark over the eligibility of one of the players within it, according to the UKPA’s own selection procedure in their handbook. The UK have included Rachael Gayler (who previously played for the USA) in their Read more…
Filed under 2013, Open Squad
Ireland have been announced as the fourth team that will compete in the New Zealand Quadrangular in March, following the UK’s withdrawal last month. New Zealand announced Ireland’s involvement this week and Ireland are expected to announce their team in the next few weeks. Ireland had a disappointing, and really at points slightly unlucky World Read more…
Filed under 2013, International
The Australian team for the New Zealand Quadrangular tournament has been named (editor’s note: it was actually named a while ago but we only just discovered it so thought we would share it with the world). The Australian Polocrosse Association have opted to recall two of its past stars in Jane Cooper and Hayden Turnbull, Read more…
Filed under 2013, International
The UK Polocrosse Association today took to Facebook to clarify the purpose of calling an early Club Council meeting. As reported by Polocrosse Extreme last week, the UKPA has called the Club Council meeting for the 17th of February and has delayed club registration until after that date, saying that there were items for discussion Read more…
Filed under 2013, UKPA
The UK polocrosse season has got off to an early start, thanks to the increasing popularity, and opportunity, of playing arena polocrosse. Rugby Polocrosse Club, based at Onley Grounds (the site which hosted the 2011 World Cup) has been training in the arenas at the site on Thursdays and Sundays for the last couple of Read more…
Filed under 2013, Sports Development, Tournaments