Report by Jodi Tiver The Greenough Polocrosse Club held their annual tournament over a beautiful weekend on 25th & 26th July after a little scare they might have to cancel due the large amounts of rain that had fallen recently. This was only a concern as the Northern Zone Championships and first National Selection tournament Read more…
Filed under 2009, International
Report by Jodi Tiver Murchison Polocrosse Club is one of the oldest clubs in WA and is located in a remote mid-west region about 9 hours north, and slightly east, of Perth with ‘outback red dirt’ fields. Even though the actual club member base is most definitely one of the smallest they certainly put on Read more…
Filed under 2009, International
Australia comfortably defeated their neighbours New Zealand, 27-8 in the Quadrangular Tournament final while South Africa defeated the UK by just 1 goal to hold on to their third in the world spot and heap more pain on the UK side who failed to register a win at the tournament. The UK lost 18-17, adding Read more…
Filed under 2009, International
Australia and New Zealand both booked their places in the Quadrangular Tournament final at the Bong Bong racecourse in New South Wales. New Zealand managed a 4 goal victory over the UK to book their place and to gain revenge for the 2007 World Cup semi final where the UK knocked them out. The pain Read more…
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New Zealand kept their tournament hopes alive by defeating South Africa by just two goals at the Bong Bong racecourse in New South Wales, while Australia marched onwards towards the final, beating the United Kingdom by 21-13. Last time New Zealand and South Africa met it was in the World Cup third/fourth play off and Read more…
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Australia beat their neighbours New Zealand by 15 goals and South Africa overcame the United Kingdom by 18 goals to 15 on the first day of play at the Quadrangular Tournament in New South Wales, Australia. Australia were widely expected to win against New Zealand (and are indeed expected to win the tournament overall) while Read more…
Filed under 2009, International, Open Squad
Queensland picked up four of the five titles on offer in Barastoc Interstate series, which took place at Morgan Park, Warwick on the 3rd and 4th of April. Queensland picked up the Men, Women’s, Under 21’s and Juniors titles and finished second in the Masters competition, which was won by New South Wales. New South Read more…
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The New Zealand Polocrosse Association have named a 33 man squad, from which they will pick the final 10 who will travel to quadrangular tournament in Australia in April. The squad includes former UK players Beth Peaker, Rick Murray and Gemma Murray. The New Zealand squad consists of 17 ladies and 16 men and from Read more…
Filed under 2009, International
The Australian Polocrosse Association have launched a new promotional video to encourage more people to take up the sport. The 8 minute video has been placed on Youtube. It is a video designed to show both the sport itself, its history and also the social side of the game. It features footage from the Australian Read more…
Filed under 2009, Sports Development
Australia have announced their team for the Quadrangular tournament taking place at Bong Bong Race course, Boural, New South Wales and in doing so have pitted former team mates and relatives against each other. The Australian team includes brothers Will and Todd Weston, who are, respectively, the brother in law and former team mate of Read more…
Filed under 2008, International, Open Squad