Sports development is a crucial area for UK polocrosse as the sport needs to grow in order to ensure it survives; if it simply stays the size that it is then it is far too easy for polocrosse to suddenly decline within the UK.
In order to grow the sport and to increase the knowledge of it within the equestrian world and world in general there are a number of sports development projects being worked on. These include increasing the number of riding clubs, pony clubs and riding schools that offer polocrosse to their members and increasing media exposure of polocrosse so that more people learn about the sport. Also there is the ongoing battle to obtain more sponsorship for the sport and new avenues of funding are being looked into. Continue reading »
Jul 162008