SPORT ON THE BARCOO THE BARCOO Nineteen teams at Central West polocrosse I NDEPENDENT POLOCROSSE at Tambo last week was the rst carnival of the Blackall’s own community newspaper Central West season. Despite being put on a week earlier than usual, it attracted 19 teams including May 28 2010 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact:
[email protected] players from Chinchilla, Emerald, Charleville, Roma, Muttaburra, Longreach, Capella, and for the rst time, a team from Bauhinia. Shock waves around Blackall Tambo teams won A and B By ROWAN HUNNAM wanting to come from as far as a busy two weeks of Heartland grades and Tambo’s Amy Maguire AROUND 450 people from all over Rockhampton and Toowoomba but Festival events. Heartland Festival received individual horse and rider the Central West immersed themselves now is the time we need to keep our chair Sally Cripps, said that the awards. in the action at the Shockwave Youth feet on the ground,” Lisa said. Shockwave Festival complemented “From our point of view, the priority the Heartland Festival greatly. Tambo and Bauhinia polocrosse players contest the ball in the line out Festival in Blackall last weekend. 21 play in monthly medal Numbers more than doubled last now is to target the local guys who “I see it as an essential element of year’s festival attendance. Local haven’t been to a festival in the two future festivals,” Sally said. TWENTY-ONE players took to the Blackall riders go well at Isisford challenge years that it has been running.” “We were able to share musicians Blackall golf course last weekend organiser Lisa Goodman said the KAITLYN McErlean was one of Me Lola, which put him in second growth of the festival far exceeded “… because that is who this and resources for each of our for Seymour’s Monthly Medal.