The ‘International Challenge’ tournament will be played alongside the main event. It will feature invited teams from France, Holland, Germany and a European team, which will consist mainly of players from Norway with a couple of guest players from other European polocrosse nations. It is designed to showcase the growing strength of the up and coming polocrosse nations and give them a chance to show their skills on the world stage.
International Challenge Order of Play
First Week of Play
Monday 11th July
12pm Europe v Holland
4pm France v Germany
Tuesday 12th July
10am France v Europe
2pm Germany v Holland
Thursday 14th July
12pm Holland v France
4pm Europe v Germany
Based on the results of the above games, the countries will then be placed in order 1 – 4 with the top two teams playing in the Final on the 17th of July and the next two teams playing in the 3rd/4th play off on the 16th of July.
International Challenge Teams
Team France – Alexandra Deurinck, Barbara Beaufils, Chloé Bizet, Veronique Mossaz, Remi Bader, Francois Mezieres, Michel Beaufils, Julien Duponchel, Marc Davern (Coach), Gérard Vanhoucke (Umpire), Jacqueline Ackers (Manager)
Team Germany – Max Schellerer, Hayo Harder, Sascha Chrupalla, Linda Wermuth, Heidrun Rathmann, Juliane Altsinger, Leonie Rathmann
Team Holland – Niels Kemperman, Fleur Bartels, Mijndert Heineke, Maarten Luitse, Florien Luitse, Joline Poulie, Nathalie Garben, Rosaline van der Haar
Team Europe – Mathilde Bizet (Fr), Jessica Deurinck (Fr), Leanne Boekholdt (Holland), Charlotte van der Haar (Holland), Camilla Blom (Norway), Aimée C.R. Johansen (Norway), Vibeke Svendsen (Norway), Amund Svendsen (Norway)
