Arden served up yet another big tournament and another big Saturday night party, though judging by the couple of errors that were made during the prizegiving the organisers might have indulged a little too heavily. The weather was also kind to the polocrosse community, with sunshine for most of the two days, though heavy winds Read more…
Filed under 2010, Tournaments
Vale Impi dominated at Ashfields with three grade wins but it was a Kent section who claimed the biggest prize of all, the A grade. Vale Impi conquered the C grade, the D grade and the Primary Juniors with some sterling performances from some of their young players such as Matthew Smith, Tom Bowden Eyre Read more…
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The Highlanders claimed both the A and B grades at Pennine Tournament but Arden ended the weekend with the most points as they cleaned up the 2nd and 3rd places in the lower grades. It was perhaps though a tournament mostly decided by the torrential rain which struck on Sunday morning, leading to a number Read more…
Filed under 2010, Tournaments
The UK polocrosse season started at the Kent Target tournament on the 29th and 30th of May and it was the home club who got the best results, though the new club Canterbury Colts and Vale Impi both also managed two wins and a second place. The tournament was hit by bad weather on Saturday Read more…
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The Irish Under 21’s defeated their UK counterparts in a two test match series held at Mollington in North West England on the 19th and 20th of September. The Irish looked the stronger of the two sides on paper and they didn’t disappoint as they won the first test 29-11 and then the second 30-14. Read more…
Filed under 2009, International, Tournaments, U21 Squad
It was Kent’s weekend at the Midland Tournament on the 8th and 9th of August as the sun baked down on Arden’s club grounds. There had been worries about rain stopping play but on the two days of the tournament the sun came out in force. The pitches were still fairly wet when play started Read more…
Filed under 2009, Tournaments
While most of the attention was focused on the international test matches this weekend at Ashfields there was also a normal tournament being held and important league points to be won. However, some players obviously felt it was a good weekend to have some fun as Joel Sics put together his own dream team to Read more…
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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 sun baked down on Henley in Arden on the 27th and 28th of June and under the glorious sunshine Arden A team played some glorious polocrosse to comfortably defeat the Highlanders 21 goals to 13 in the A grade final. The lead was greater going into the last chukka but the Highlanders came out fighting Read more…
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Report by Penny Webb This year’s Kent Tournament saw 21 teams battle it out in 5 divisions. After a week of irrigating pitches, it was typical that there was a terrible weather forecast for the weekend! However, luck shined on Kent and the Sunday was spent bathed in glorious sunshine. The A/B Grade saw 8 Read more…
Filed under 2009, Tournaments