International Polocrosse Council

Most polocrosse activities concentrated around the usual annual fixtures. A weekend indoor training at Rauland early in March was the kick-off of the “season” in Norway. Jason Webb, Simon Shearing and Lizzie Wright-Roberts came over to coach a mixed lot of some of the old hands and some beginners. However, some weekend practices had already been organised locally. Norway’s “state of the art” equestrian centre, Epona, had been host to two full weekend introduction courses in January and February. Again at Rauland, we had a one-day practice combined with a one-day tournament in June. Five sections played, the Asker team of Kristian, Hilde and Lykke coming out undefeated with a total of 26 goals scored and 2 against in 4 games. Was this just a dress rehearsal for the 4th Norwegian Polocrosse Challenge, our “Nationals”, due to run in August every year? Was the Asker team, who had been runners-up in the two editions they had played in, at last going to win the national championship? Continue reading »