New Zealand’s Under 21’s side defeated their New South Wales compatriots 4-0 in the recent test series held in New Zealand. New Zealand used the tour to start preparing a lot of their younger players for possible world cup slots in 2011 and it was down to two of New Zealand’s most experienced polocrosse players, Read more…
Posts Tagged 'Australia'
Western Australia and Queensland Announce 2010 National Championships Squad
Preparations are well under way for the Australian National Championships in Ballarat in 2010 and they stepped up another gear this week as both Western Australia and Queensland announced their squads for the event. Queensland are competing in 11 divisions and Western Australia are competing in 7. As is to be expected, there are a Read more…
2009 Southern Zone Championships at Kojonup
Report by Jodi Tiver The Southern Zone Championships on October 24th & 25th proved a happy hunting ground for Midwest and slightly less happy for Centrals as Midwest claimed 4 titles while Centrals finished as runners up in 4, losing to Midwest on 3 occasions. The hosts, Kojonup, also had a good tournament, claiming two Read more…
Western Australia State Championships & Presentation Night
Report by Jodi Tiver Well what a fantastic weekend of polocrosse both on and off the field! With 47 teams arriving from all over the State on Friday this was one of the biggest tournaments held in WA for quite some time. The fields and facilities were once again immaculate and the Perth Club members Read more…
Northern Zone Championships Report
Report by Jodi Tiver The first selection tournament for the 2010 Nationals and Northern Zone Championships was held by the Walkaway Polocrosse Club and with 44 teams nominated it was certainly shaping up as a big weekend. The sun shone down each day and was a bit of a shock to the system after all Read more…
Twin Pines Tournament Report
Report by Jodi Tiver 30 teams arrived to play on the river sand fields in Northam for the Twin Pines annual tournament. It was great to see that one team from Walkaway made the effort to travel south seeing that the majority of clubs from the Central Zone had been travelling north all year to Read more…
Moonyoonooka Tournament Report
Report by Jodi Tiver Moony held their annual tournament for the season and although a little smaller compared to the last 2 years there was certainly still some good polocrosse being played! This club has put in some real effort in to improving the fields with irrigation and it has paid off with the grounds Read more…
South Midlands Polocrosse Tournament
Report by Jodi Tiver South Midlands club held the first tournament within the central zone for the 2009 WA season on August 29th & 30th, and with 42 teams nominated it was certainly going to be a big weekend! The weather didn’t look all that favourable on Friday with trucks rolling in before lunchtime, but Read more…
Mullewa Polocrosse Tournament
Report by Jodi Tiver The last real ‘outback red-dirt’ tournament was held by the Mullewa Polocrosse Club on August 22nd & 23rd with plenty of the Mid-West clubs turning up to play. It was a little smaller in numbers than the last few but the competition was still a good standard and gave some other Read more…
Irwin Polocrosse Tournament Report
Report by Jodi Tiver Club teams from the Great Southern and Central Zones once again drove north on August the 8th and 9th and reached the end of the Brand Highway. However once there most horse trucks turned off to the right, instead of the usual left, and headed towards Mingenew for the Irwin Polocrosse Read more…