Women
Men
Manager: Anne Mickel
Coach: Bruce Hundley
NZ President & International Traveling Delegate: Alastair Cumming
2nd International Traveling Delegate: Ken Malcolm
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 »
MEDIA RELEASE 13.12.10
The Board of the Polocrosse Association of Australia (PAA) together with Chairman of Selectors, Allan McGill is pleased to make the following announcement for the forthcoming 2011 Polocrosse World Cup to be held in England from 8-17 July next year.
Jessica Jolly a very experienced player both on a national and international level from Victoria has been named a member of the World Cup team and Cameron Shepherd from Warwick in Queensland has been appointed Captain of the Australian Team. Both players are delighted with their appointment. Australia won both the previous Polocrosse World Cups held at Warwick in Qld during 2003 and 2007. This is the first time the World Cup will be held away from Australian soil. The Australian Polocrosse Team comprises of 8 of the most experienced, stunning and talented players and athletes from all over Australia who are intent on defending Australia’s title as the World No 1 Polocrosse Nation. Alison Mathie, Will (Vice Captain) & Sandra Weston, Lance Anderson, NSW. Jodi Tiver, Robert Sibley WA, Jess Jolly and Cameron Shepherd. Continue reading »
Seth AlcottJane Cooper – Coach
TBD – Assistant Coach
TBD – Manager
TBD – Horse Manager
TBD – Umpire
Further information regarding teams will posted on this page as soon as it is available.
In 2007 Zambia became a full member of the International Polocrosse Council, and 2011 will be their first World Cup. They are coached by Doug Evans.
Men
Anthony Barker (C)
Henry Beckett
Murray Evans
James Rae
Women
Jo Cocker
Kirsten Michelson
Victoria Sharp
Lauren Watson
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.
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.
by Gerard Walsh
PLANS to win a third Polocrosse World Cup in the United Kingdom in July are a work in progress for Australian coach Ross Shepherd.
After being appointed as national coach before the 2003 World Cup, Shepherd goes into his third World Cup with a coaching record of 18 victories and no losses.
Last month, Warwick player and Australian team member Cameron Shepherd was part of the Australian (mixed) team of eight which played in the Western Australian club championships.
“They all played well to be runners-up to South Midlands (men’s team),” Ross said. Continue reading »
World Cup 2011 winter newsletter
Continue reading »
In 2007 Zambia became a full member of the International Polocrosse Council and has been invited to participate in the World Cup Polocrosse in July 2011 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England. Polocrosse has been described as “probably the most exciting horse sport you will find in the equestrian world” and has been played in Zambia for about 13 years when it was started in Choma by the Beckett Family. Since then, clubs opened up in Livingstone and Mazabuka and the Zambian Police have played polocrosse for several years. Lusaka has had a few clubs : Trotover (which no longer play) Leopard’s Hill and Lusaka South which still battle it out on the polocrosse fields. Zambia currently has approximately 90 players.
The Zambian team will be playing against some of the most amazing polocrosse players in the world, the Australians being the reigning champs from both of the last world cups. Zambia is up for a hard challenge but is honoured and excited to be going.
The majority of the players were either born or have lived in Zambia all their lives and this is the final selection:
| On August 19th the New Zealand Ladies Polocrosse Development Squad and Management assembled at Auckland airport to travel to Warwick, Queensland to compete for the Cooper Shield. This sheild is played for between a New Zealand and Queensland Polocrosse team at any level. The team consisted of a mix of experienced and inexperienced players – Sue Gower (capt), Laura Dempster, Olivia Gloyn, Savannah Larsen-Church, Jemma Murray, Beth Peaker, Tara Power, and Nicky Schrafft. Coach Bruce Hundley, Manager Anne Mickell, and President Alastair Cumming completed the party. Players were introduced to their pool of horses on Friday morning but because of the heavy rain they were unable to give the horses a decent run. The rain continued for most of the day and a decision was not made until 3 pm as to whether they would play that night or night. However, the clouds lifted and it was decided that the game would go ahead, the first game got underway at 6:00pm. The team consisted of Sue Gower, Nicky Schrafft, Laura Dempster, Jemma Murray, Beth Peaker, Savanah Larsen-Church and Olivia Gloyn. Queensland got away to a flying start winning the 1st chukka 4 to 1, by the end of the 2nd they were up 7 to 5 and stayed in the lead to the final whistle. Final score 19 to 15. The 2nd game in the series was played on Saturday afternoon. Tara Power was brought into the team and Savannah played for the Marlin Coast Mixed team. New Zealand got their noses in front with a 2 all draw in the 1st chukka, 6 to 1 in the 2nd, 4 to 1 in the 3rd, 2 – 0 in the 4th, 3 to 1 in the 5th and 0 to 4 in the 6th. Final score 17 to 9 to New Zealand. This result made for an exciting final game on Sunday as both teams had won 1 game each. The 3rd game Savannah was brought back into the team and Jemma played in the mixed grade. The field was now very heavy, and this was taking its toll on the horses which made for a low scoring game. New Zealand got away to a good start once again with a 2 to 0 in the 1st chukka, and kept in front throughout the game – 1 to 0 in the 2nd, 3 to 2 in the 3rd, 1 to 2 in the 4th, 1 all in the 5th, and 2 to 1 in the 6th – final score 10 – 6 to New Zealand. The girls were jubilant with a very pleasing result for both team and management. Tara Power received the award for the best rider and pony combination in the New Zealand team. |
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