Australia, the world’s largest polocrosse playing nation, is continuing to show signs of an effort to promote and grow the sport as the promotional campaigns for two events get underway. Firstly, on the 9th and 10th of November there is the Warren Blackwood Waste Polocrosse Classic in Western Australia, which has top prize money of Read more…
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Berragoon Claim the Southern 50 Shootout
The Family Grills ruled supreme in the Southern 50 Shootout as their Berragoon team picked up the $10,000 cheque for first place and a host of individual prizes. They were unbeaten throughout the tournament and overcame Bombers Australia in a very hard fought final to claim the top spot. The lead changed hands a number Read more…
Australia Claim Quadrangular Crown in New Zealand
Australia have emerged victorious in the Quadrangular tournament hosted by New Zealand, despite the best efforts of the host nation who pushed them hard in the final but in the end just couldn’t quite match the Australians. New Zealand got the first goal and kept it very close for the first few chukkas, they even Read more…
Australia and New Zealand Make the Quadrangular Final
Australia and New Zealand have booked their places in the Quadrangular Final down in Turangi, ruthlessly putting the Irish Cavaliers and Zambian Barbarians to the sword respectively. Australia took on the Cavaliers first and lead from the start. They had made it 17-4 by the end of the third chukka and continued in a similar Read more…
Australia Get Off to Best Start in the Turangi Quadrangular
Australia have got off to the best start in the New Zealand Quadrangular at Turangi. They have won their opening two games against the hosts New Zealand and the Zambian Barbarians by comfortable margins. The Barbarians, on the other hand, have struggled, being defeated in their opening two matches by the Irish Cavaliers and then Read more…
Australia Name New Zealand Quadrangular Team
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…
Australian Barastoc National Championships 2012 – Finals Day
New South Wales won four out of the five finals on the last day of the Barastoc Nationals in Warwick, Queensland as they took their total for the tournament to 8, two more than they claimed two years ago in Ballarat. Queensland managed to grab just one match off them out of the three they Read more…
Australian Barastoc National Championships 2012 – Day 6
Day six saw three more finals take place and it was New South Wales who grabbed two out of the three titles on offer. They took the Under 16 Mixed from Queensland and the Masters Mixed from Queensland (which was a rematch of the final from 2010 which Queensland won). However NSW did not feature Read more…
Australian Barastoc National Championships 2012 – Day 5
Day five saw the first of the finals and it was Queensland who got the best of it, beating New South Wales twice in quick succession, winning 17-14 in the Under 21 Mixed and then 13-9 in the Under 12 Exhibition Final. New South Wales did grab the glory in the Senior Men Challenge Cup, Read more…
Australian Barastoc National Championships 2012 – Day 4
Day 4 saw both the favourites in the Senior Men win their games as Western Australia overcame Victoria and New South Wales overcame Queensland. Both sides therefore edged one step closer to the final. Meanwhile in the Senior Women it was WA’s day as they defeated NSW 14-8. The Senior Women was the only title Read more…