Report by Fleur Bartels The ‘test matches’ between Norway and Holland took place last weekend in Rauland, Norway. The Dutch and Norwegian players stayed at the riding centre in Rauland, which is located in a beautiful scenery in the south of Norway. The riding centre also provided the horses for the Dutch players. The Norwegians Read more…
Filed under 2009, European
Report by Fleur Bartels On the weekend of the 12th and 13th of September, the 4th Dutch Open tournament took place in Exloërveen (North-East Holland). There were 11 teams playing from Germany and Holland in 3 different categories: A, B and C. The A final on Sunday afternoon was between the teams Holland 3, with Read more…
Filed under 2009, European, International
The European Challenge took place at the Northern Racing College on the 4th and 5th of July and to welcome the European teams the sun decided to beat down on Bawtry for the whole of the weekend. There was a high risk on sunburn for the players as the United Kingdom won the European Challenge Read more…
Filed under 2009, European, Tournaments
The Irish National Polocrosse Finals 2008 were held on the last weekend in August at Davern Equestrian Centre, Clonmel and were proudly hosted by the Tipperary Polocrosse Club. There were 147 players representing their clubs from Carrickmines, Tipperary, Limerick, Birr, Horetown, Waterford, and the newest club of all Cork. Players descended on Clonmel on Friday Read more…
Filed under 2008, European
Ireland lifted the title in the European Challenge Championship trophy, with France and the UK separated on goal difference in second and third respectively. The UK and Ireland teams were not full strength squads but instead were handicaps sides with a handicap limit of four and below for each player. That should not, however, in Read more…
Filed under 2008, European, International
The Australian polocrosse team took a 2-0 test series lead against the UK with two matches left to play. The Australians won the first test comfortably, running out 29-15 winners, but the second test proved a much harder battle as the UK got to grips with the Australians’ game plan and practically matched the Australians Read more…
Filed under 2008, International, Open Squad