Ashfields polocrosse
Emily Noszkay
9 May, 2012
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Riders can now try their hand at polocrosse after a permanent club has been set up at Onley Grounds Continue reading »
May 102012
Apr 072011
The UK’s World Cup Committee has announced a new World Cup draw and that Hull polocrosse balls will be the official World Cup ball, while the UKPA’s World Cup Horse fund has announced its three latest purchases in what is turning out to be a busy week for the UK. Continue reading »
Apr 042011
25 March 2011
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As per previous communication I paid a visit to the UK this week to have a look at the new venue, and meet the new organisers. I can positively report back as follow.
The venue itself is situated in a much more visitor friendly environment as to Bishop Burton and is located 80 miles from Heathrow Airport London and 30 miles from Birmingham Airport by road and forty minutes by train from London Continue reading »
Feb 152011
Dear All,
I’m afraid I email you all with the news that the World Cup committee have been forced to make a change of venue for the World Cup, which is being held in July this year. I will not bore you with all the details as to why it has had to make this change, nothing can be gained from looking backwards at this stage. Continue reading »
Dec 232010
Dear All,
I just thought I would let you all know that the programmes of the UK versus Ireland test matches are now up on the Country Channel website, the links are as follows:
UK versus Ireland Ladies’ Test Matches – Test 1 and Test 2
UK versus Ireland Men’s Test Matches – Test 1 and Test 2
I hope you are all well
Iain
Nov 232010
In 2011 the United Kingdom will attempt to go one better than they did in 2007 and lift the Cup, which will be played on their home soil for the first time.
Men
Jason Webb (C)
Danny Duhig
Jason Burbidge
James Davidson
Women
Sarah Simkin (C)
Charlotte Pykett
Debbie Harris
Lizzie Shearing
The UKPA is the governing body of polocrosse within the UK and is dedicated to ensuring that polocrosse within the UK runs smoothly, that the UK is successful in international polocrosse competitions and to increasing awareness and participation in the sport.
There are currently 20 clubs in the UK, split into 5 regions.
Nov 232010
Would you be interested in putting your money into something which will benefit the sport of polocrosse within the UK
and could also deliver you a good return on your money? If so read on!
The Polocrosse World Cup Horse Fund is specifically set up to help deliver top quality horses for the 2011 Polocrosse World Cup and also deliver a return to its investors, so not only will you be potentially gaining money you will also be helping the sport of polocrosse and the UK Polocrosse Association.
Here’s how’s it will work:-
You can invest as much as they like in the fund.
The fund is used to purchase suitable horses for the world cup (the purchasing will be done by Jason and Penny Webb of Australian Horse Training, who are in charge of horse coordination for the world cup event). Each horse purchased will be placed with a suitable and experienced player who will insure it, care for it, work on improving it and play it up until the World Cup in July 2011
The horses will all play in the World Cup from the 4th to the 18th of July At the end of the World Cup all the horses purchased by the fund will be sold off, either by auction at the end of the event or privately. All proceeds from the sales will then be distributed amongst the original investors in proportion to their original investment, for example:
You invest £2000
The total value of investment of the fund is £20,000
After the World Cup all the horses purchased by the fund sell for £22,000
In this example you would then receive back £2200 (2,000/20,000 X 22,000)
As an added bonus, if investors want to purchase any horses out of the fund at the end of World Cup they will automatically receive a deduction on the purchase price equivalent to 10% of their original investment, for example if you invested a £1,000 and then purchased a horse at the end of the World Cup you would get £100 taken off whatever you had bid for the horse.
As the World cup is just 6 months away you could see a good return on your investment in a very short space of time and
also you will have the knowledge that you helped make the Polocrosse World Cup be the very best that it could be!
If you are interested in investing in the Fund please contact Iain Heaton, UKPA CEO on
ceo@ukpolocrosse.co.uk or on 07799 360439
Disclaimer: Please remember that the fund’s value could go down as well as up, no
investment is guaranteed and you could lose money on your investment.
Sep 202010
Please find below a press release concerning the showing of the UK versus Ireland Polocrosse test matches on Sky Sports in October and attached the actual transmission dates and times for circulation around your members and putting on websites etc.
I hope most of you around the world can get Sky one way or another, if not the test matches will be going up on the Country Channel online TV website, www.countrychannel.co.uk at some point in the near future and I’ll let you all know when it is up there and it will be linked off the UKPA website like the South Africa programmes are at the moment. Continue reading »
Aug 192010
Irish Success vs United Kingdom
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.
May 242010
Only 1 week left before the cost of Polocrosse World Cup 2011 member tickets rises from £100GBP per person to £135GBP per person.
Still plenty of time to reserve and pay for your tickets, saving you lots of money.
Until 31 May 2010, Member tickets will cost £100GBP per person. This includes entry for 1 person for the whole 10-day daytime event, 8 – 17 July 2011, plus 20% off the cost of supporting events (which will usually be in the evenings, and incur a separate cost, not included in day or Member tickets).
From 1 June 2010, the cost of Member tickets will increase to £135GBP per person. From 1 January 2011, the cost of Member tickets will increase to £150GBP per person.
To reserve and pay for your tickets before 31 May 2010, please reply to this email. You can pay by cash, cheque or bank transfer. (should payment be by cheque, as long as the cheque is received by 31 may 2010 and subsequently clears then promotional costs will be honoured)
Best wishes
Ellen Wood
World Cup Organiser
ps – next newsletter out in June 2010….