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Polocrosse Association of Australia board members (front, from left) Odette Neumann, Gil Mathie, Fiona Nixon (back) Col Bloomfield, Les Fraser, Rodney Geppert, Barney Langford with Jonathan Grady (ASC) at the Coachman Inn yesterday.

WARWICK has the best polocrosse facility in the world, not just Australia, according to national president Gil Mathie.

Mr Mathie was in Warwick at the weekend for the NTI Rosebowl competition and yesterday’s Polocrosse Association of Australia board meeting.

This was the first time the board had met in Warwick, with most meetings held in Sydney.

Mr Mathie said people from other countries agreed Morgan Park was the best facility in the world.

“They don’t even question it as the best,” he said.

The board discussed next year’s nationals on April 23-29 at Morgan Park, which are expected to attract 60 teams from all states.

While he admits Tasmania and South Australia are not as strong as the other states, Mathie said the South Australians would have a strong junior team in Warwick. Continue reading »

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[SinglePic not found]Wednesday 15th July 2009 at 9.30am

Ashfields Polocrosse Club, Great Canfield, Dunmow, Essex UK

1. Registration of Delegates:

PRESENT:

President: Wessel Strauss

Australia: Gill Mathie, Peter Crauford, Stewart Neal

Ireland: Thomas O’Malley, Richard Nolan

New Zealand: Ken Malcolm, Robin Cave, Alistair Cummings (proxy)

South Africa: Patrick O’Sullivan

United Kingdom: Dave Brookes, Penny Webb, Wayne Henning

United States of America: John Jameson, Amy Keith, Kiki Pantaze (proxy)

Zambia: Andrew Daniels

Holland (associate member) Fleur Bartels, Mijndert Heineke

Norway (associate member) Lykke Bech Daugaard, Amund Brede Svendsen Continue reading »