Dear Polocrosse Friends, welcome to the exciting world of International Polocrosse.
Polocrosse is most probably the most exciting Horse sport you will find in the Equestrian world. I therefore invite you to browse through this very exciting web site to familiarize yourself with Polocrosse especially if you have not participated in Polocrosse before. continue reading…
The Pan Pacific Masters Games
Dust off those riding boots! Polocrosse will be one of the major sports on the program at the 7th Pan Pacific Masters Games to be held on the Gold Coast in Australia from 6 to 14 November this year. We are inviting local and international players to take part in this massive even.
The Pan Pacific Masters Games is a celebration of master’s sport with both fierce and friendly competition and a jam-packed entertainment program at the Games Village at the end of each day. There will be 34 sports on the program, with more than 10,000 people from all over the world expected to participate.
Four great opportunities to watch world-class polocrosse at a local venue are fast approaching! Bucks County Polocrosse Club will host an international junior polocrosse exchange and series of exhibition matches this August in Pipersville Pa. In the first week of the exchange 8 top junior polocrosse players from New South Wales, Australia, will join with 8 top junior polocrosse players from across the US in an exciting training camp and exhibition match. The first pair of exhibition matches will be held Friday, August 13, at 6pm and Saturday, August 14, at 9am at Come Along Farm, in Pipersville Pa. Spectators are invited to both matches, with tailgating particularly encouraged at the opening math on Friday. Gates open at 5:30pm, with the match starting at 6. continue reading…
Senior Ladies
Ruth Shanahan, Avis Wotton, Dara Mangan, Julie Gallagher, Rhona O’Dwyer, Joanne Lavery, Shirley McDonagh.
Senior Mens
Aidan McDonagh, Eoin O’Donnell, Conor Doyle, James Smyth, Seb Chambers, Paul O’Leary, Aaron Power.
Under 16’s
Sarah Brandon, Mark Cole, Shannon Furlong , Emma Errity, Emily McDonagh, Ellie Byrne, Jennifer Whelan.
The Wicklow Bay club recently hosted the European Challenge test matches between Ireland and Holland. The Irish team gave a great account of polocrosse across the country with 8 clubs being represented on the 9 player squad. There were a total of 4 test matches in all, 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday, with all payers selected from the C or D grade ranks. continue reading…
By Betty Lindquist
www.HorseCoursesOnline.com instructor
Equine Massage course
Practice makes perfect – yes? Not always – too much practice can create problems.
Yes, our horses do have to practice in order to perfect movements, but there can come a time when, because of practicing one particular thing over and over again, their bodies begin to lose the ability to do other movements easily.
What makes this happen? As a horse practices moving in a certain way, a movement pattern can gradually become so firmly entrenched the body loses the flexibility to use itself in other ways. The muscles tighten into a pattern that is comfortable just performing in that one way; other movements become difficult. Muscles and tendons begin to develop in a way that accomplishes one movement well, but begins to lose the flexibility to do other movements equally as well. The muscles become “specialist” that do one thing very well, but may not have a wide variety of equal skills. continue reading…
Jenny Sheppard, August 3, 2010
AT THIS year’s World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, spectators will be entertained by a multitude of equine demonstrators.
Among them will be South Australian Clinton Anderson, who is known around the world for his training method, Downunder Horsemanship.
Anderson, who grew up in Australia, became infatuated with riding at a young age. His grandparents bought him his first horse, Casey, when he was nine. continue reading…
With less than a year before the World Cup the Irish squad has been assembled and preparations are well under way. The teams have been training over the course this year’s polocrosse season and have recently had a successful outing during the annual Tri-Nations tournament between Ireland, UK and Wales. This also served as a warm-up for the World Cup and gave the national coaches a chance to assess players, positions, line-ups and strategy. Confidence is high in the team Ireland camp and the squad are looking forward to the challenge of the 2011 World Cup.
The Irish Polocrosse Association would like to congratulate the following panel for their selection to the World Cup squad. continue reading…
Let us introduce you to the Polocrosse World Cup Squad.
World Cup Team Calendars- June 2010- through July 2011- this calendar takes you through all the months until World Cup with great action photos. To order your calendar and support the team please email us to order! continue reading…
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1st Test – Australia 22 d Sth Africa 20
2nd Test – South Africa 28 d Australia 22
3rd Test – Australian 23 d Sth Africa 20 continue reading…
