South Africa have emerged victorious in the Quadrangular that they hosted at Mooi River. They topped the group after the round robin stage, having beaten all the other three countries reasonably comfortably and then overcame a battling Zimbabwean side again in the final. The UK ended third after they beat Zambia by 20 goals to Read more…
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South Africa win the Under 25 Quadrangular
South Africa’s Under 25 Ladies and Men’s teams have won the Quadrangular competition on their home turf at Mooi River. The Ladies side overcame the UK Ladies team 23-17 in a hard fought final. The UK made them work hard for their prize, and the UK weren’t helped by losing a couple of their best Read more…
UK Ladies Reach Final in South Africa While UK Juniors Beat SA in Ireland
The UK Under 25 Ladies team managed to recover from an initial defeat in South Africa to beat both the invitational mixed teams (featuring players from Zimbabwe, Australia and the UK) and the South Africa President’s team to qualify for the final tomorrow (Sunday the 14th of July). The UK Ladies started poorly against the Read more…
UK Suffer a Tough First Day in South Africa
The UK Under 25 teams suffered a tough first day in South Africa as the ladies team lost by 10 goals to the South African ladies, though apparently the scoreline slightly flattered South Africa, while the men went down 33-12. However, reports from the UK camp is that the team and their coach Tom Simkin Read more…
UK and South Africa Name Under 25 Teams for July
The UKPA and PASA have both named their Under 25 teams for the Tri Nations tournament between the two countries and Zimbabwe in South Africa in July. The competition consists of full Men and Ladies teams, with 8 players in each team. South Africa have named two teams of Men and Ladies meaning that in Read more…
Zimbabwe Show Their Strength as They Defeat a South African Side
Zimbabwe’s World Cup team gave an early warning of their strength as they defeated a South African team three nil in a test series. Though it was not the actual South African World Cup team it was still a strong side featuring 8 players who have all been capped by their country before, including all Read more…
South Africa retreat on 12 Horse Rule
The Polocrosse Association of South Africa has had to retreat on its plan to introduce a 12 horse rule in all divisions in the 2011 season. The PASA executive committee announced a couple of weeks ago that going forwards any team could use up to 12 horses in a tournament but have now issued a Read more…
South African World Cup Team Discovered
South Africa seems to have announced their final World Cup team in August, the only problem was that no one told anyone outside of Africa (editor’s note: well, no one actually emailed it to us and we only just discovered the downloads section on the South African polocrosse website! It’s not our fault, it’s well Read more…
South Africa Name their World Cup Squad
South Africa have named the 12 players who form their World Cup squad and from which they will select their final 8 players. The squad is very similar to the men’s and ladies teams which toured the UK in 2009, which will probably come as something of a relief to most, as rumour had suggested Read more…
South Africa’s Young Guns Defeat the UK on Home Soil
South Africa’s decision to take their youngsters to the UK rather than rely on experience paid dividends as their teams won three out of the four test matches. The UK will be disappointed that they did not do better on their home soil, and probably in the case of the ladies they should have done, Read more…