THE CLUB

 

In September 2006 a small group of players got

 together and decided to start a club in the South to

 reduce the distances they had to travel to train and

 play.  Since then we have introduced the sport to a

 number of new players some of whom have gone on

 to represent the UK.  Hannah Fletcher and Joe

 Hopkins in 2009 represented the UK in Ireland for the

 Tri Nations.

 

Over the past few years, even though the club is

 quite young, we have notched up numerous

 tournament wins in E, D and C grade.  Most noteably

 the National Championships in 2007 (D & C grade,

 our first season) and 2008 (E grade). 

 

We are looking forward to the 2012 season where we

 will be striving to improve on our achievements. 

 

We are based in Hampshire, near Fareham.  We

always welcome new people/players to our club so

feel free to email or phone any of our contacts if you

are interested in trying polocrosse.

 

We are a friendly bunch and are committed to our

sport and our horses.  Recruiting new players is very

important to the development of the sport.  It is

another discipline that you may wish to try.  This

sport will improve your horsemanship and equine

partnership which will enhanceyour performance in

 other disciplines.

 

We are very fortunate to have our own UK Squad member,

Kerry Bean as our coach.  Kerry has represented the UK on

numerous occassions winning Female of the Series during

the South African test in 2000 and Female of the Series

at the Tri Nations in Ireland in 2009.  She began by playing

her Welsh Section D in 1993.  It was a bit different than the

show jumping and cross country he was used to but

enjoyed it just the same!  This reiterates that any horse or

pony can turn their hoof to polocrosse.

 

Our training usually begins in February and this would be

indoors at Quob Equestrian Centre, Durley.  Once the weather

improves we move outside to continue training prior to the

season starting in May, the season runs until September. All

tournaments are optional however to qualify to play in the

National Championships at the end of the season, you must

have played a minimum of two tournaments during the

season.  The tournaments take us all over the country

including Kent, Essex, Midlands, Wales, Yorkshire and

Doncaster, normally over a whole weekend (Friday evening -

Sunday afternoon).  The horses almost like camping as much

as we do!

  

 

Next we have some of the crew that run our wonderful club:

 

Our Chairman, Graham        Vice chairman, Adrian             

 

Secretary, Kathy                 Players Rep, Hanna                     

Joint treasurer,s Julie & Jayne