POLOCROSSE AREA NEWS THE PONY CLUB Issue No. 2 July 2011 WORLD CUP POLOCROSSE SPECIAL Special points of ENGLAND - TEAM PROFILES interest OLIVIA HAMILTON England & Great Branch: Dartmoor Hunt Britain Team Profiles Age: 20 Years playing polocrosse: 7 Preferred position: 2 Branch: Dartmoor Hunt International Caps: 0 Interests: Show Jumping, Young Farmers, Tug Of War Inside this issue: and Socialising Team Profiles 1—4 SAMMY CONNORS Branch: North Warwickshire Age: 21 Area News 5—6 Years playing polocrosse: 4 years Review Preferred position: No. 3 International Caps: 4 Polocrosse 5—6 Interests: Polocrosse, Young Farmers, Music and Poem Dancing Check your 7 MORGAN GRIFFITHS Polocrosse Branch: Rockwood Harriers Net Age: 18 Years playing polocrosse: 3 Preferred position: 3 Tournament 9 International Caps: 0 and Training Interests: As well as polocrosse I hunt through the winter with my Pony Club, enjoy Show Jumping, Team Chasing Dates and Eventing with my hunter. I also love socialising with my friends particularly at College where I am studying Polocrosse 9 Horse Management. World Cup Information GEORGE BOISSEAU Order of Play Branch: North Cornwall Age: 18 Years playing polocrosse: Since spring 2007 at Pony Club level. Preferred position: No. 1 is my preferred position, be cause of my horse being small and nippy and suits position No. 1 best., but I am able to change positions if necessary. International Caps: 0 Interests: Apart from riding, I like to play guitar, hang out with my friends, play squash, and a bit of surfing. ROSIE HAMILTON Branch: Dartmoor Hunt Age: 18 Years of playing polocrosse: 4 Preferred position: No. 1 International caps: 0 Interests: Netball, Ultimate Frisbee and milky bar chocolate POLOCROSSE AREA NEWS Page 2 ENGLAND TEAM PROFILES Cont’d LOUIE CORNFORTH Branch: North Warwickshire Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: 6 B e r e a d y Preferred position: No. 2 or 3 punctually on International Caps: 0 Interests: Horses, Polocrosse and Polo, socialising with my time for the tack friends and also at Arden Clubhouse inspection and thereafter report KATY WISE to the Collecting Branch: Rockwood Harriers Age: 16 Steward, together Years playing polocrosse: 5 with your team 10 Preferred position: No. 2 or 3 International Caps: 0 to 15 minutes Interests: Obviously love polocrosse and love to event or before you are show jump. I play under water hockey throughout the winter playing for the Yorkshire Ladies. due to play. GREAT BRITAIN - TEAM PROFILES HENRY CHRISTIANSEN Branch: South Oxfordshire Hunt Central Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: 2 Preferred position: No.1 or 2 International Caps: 0 Interests: All other aspects of riding, having competed at Area Dressage and Show Jumping and I have recently rediscovered the joys of Hunting. I also enjoy playing recreational tennis at school despite my acute lack of skill. EMILY GILFILLAN Branch: Rockwood Harriers Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: 4 years Goals can only Preferred position: No. 3 be scored by International Caps: Captain of the UK Junior Squad tour to New South Wales 2009. UK Junior Squad 2010 and Best UK the No. 1 Player of 2010 Junior tri-nations. Selected onto the Under 21's Squad for 2011 Interests: Polocrosse, general Pony Club activites, Badminton and Running HENRIETTA CARTHEW Branch: Brecon & Talybont Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: No. 3 Preferred position: No preference International Caps: Junior Squad (2010) Interests: Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Tetrathlon CHRIS MILBURN Branch: North Warwickshire Age: 20 Years playing polocrosse: 8 years Preferred position: No. 1 International Caps: 0 Interests: Studies sport science at Lincoln University, Riding and Rugby Union POLOCROSSE AREA NEWS Page 3 ENGLAND TEAM PROFILES Cont’d LAYLA HENSHAW Branch: North Warwickshire Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: 5th season Preferred position: No. 1 International Caps: 1 Interests: Show Jumping and Young Farmers. OLIVIA MILLER Branch: Flint & Denbigh Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: About 7 or 8 years Preferred position: 3 (but I love playing 2 as well, just to It is important get in everyone's way) that ponies’ International Caps: 2009 UK U16 Squad Tour to Australia and 2010 Captain of UK U16 Squad (Vs Ireland and NSW) l e g s a r e Interests: First and foremost, chocolate. Other than b a n d a g e d that, Art and generally riding horses! correctly for protection. HARRIET PRICE Branch: Hertfordshire Hunt Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: 3 years Preferred position: No. 3 International Caps: 0 Interests: Lacrosse, violin, singing/vocal, Show Jumping, Eventing Unlike polo there is no risk from the stick or ball, but there is risk NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM PROFILES from other p o n i e s ’ RACHAEL GRAHAM hooves when Branch: Mid Antrim Age: 18 pla ying at Years playing polocrosse: 4 close quarters. Preferred position: No. 1 International Caps: I have played at the Pony Club Championships for the past 3 years & The Irish Nationals in Limerick Interests: Showjumping, Hunting, Eventing, Mounted Games LIZZY GRAHAM Branch: Mid Antrim Age: 19 Years playing polocrosse: 4 Preferred position: 2 (3 if my pony is up for it) International Caps: Played 3 years at Pony Club Championships and 2 years at the Irish Nationals Interests: Polocrosse, Eventing, Mounted Games, Hunting, so basically just going fast! I also play drums and I love a good night out! Issue No. 2 POLOCROSSE AREA NEWS Page 4 NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM PROFILES MATT FYNN Branch: North Down Age: 18 Years playing polocrosse: 3 Preferred position: No. 3 International Caps: 0 Interests: Polo, Rally Navigation, Fast Cars RIDING OFF Keep watching play when EMILY-JANE McCLEANE riding off a Branch: Iveagh Age: 17 player. Things Years playing polocrosse: 4 years can change. Preferred position: No. 1 or No. 3 International Caps: Represented Ireland in one International versus Holland in 2010. I also won best Irish player at this match. Interests: Polocrosse, Eventing, Games, Show Jumping and Tetrathlon. Also enjoy all other sports, especially Hockey WILLIAM ARMSTRONG Branch: Iveagh Age: 17 Years playing polocrosse: 4 years Preferred position: No. 1 International Caps: 0 Interests: Almost everything to do with horses, Rugby, Shooting and climbing things that may or may not be able to hold my weight. Remember, the No. 3 is both a REBECCA MACKEY defending player Branch: Iveagh w h e n t h e Age: 17 opposition has Years playing polocrosse: 4 months the ball and also Preferred position: No. 2 an attacking International Caps: 0 player when Interests: I hunt with the Iveagh Foxhounds every Satur their own team day in the winter season. I also enjoy Eventing in the has the ball. summer and hiking. NIAL AURET Branch: Iveagh Age: 16 Years playing polocrosse: 1 year Preferred position: No. 3 International Caps: 0 Interests: All aspects of farming and machinery, hoping to make a career in contracting work and helping my mother run her busy riding school. * * * * GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS * * * * POLOCROSSE AREA NEWS Page 5 Area News Review Area 11 If you get Polocrosse in Area 11 continues to grow, albeit mainly within the Romney Marsh Pony possession, club. Members regularly attend practices run by the Kent Target Polocrosse Club, held at Risebridge Farm, Goudhurst. These are always great fun with coaching from pass the ball some of the top players in the country, including Jason Webb, the UK captain. Stick t o t h e work, tactics and positional play are all worked on and the children are encouraged to take charge and help out with umpiring their chukkas. One of the many benefits of number one training alongside an established club is that newcomers to the sport can watch ex- as soon as it perienced players in action and can quickly grasp the concept of the game and see how the different positions work together. is safe to do so. Many of the Romney Marsh players recently took part in the Kent Target Tournament. UKPA teams from all over the country were involved. The UK squad came down and participated, taking the opportunity to practice as a team before heading up to the World Cup in July. For those pony club members that were at their first tournament, this was a very exciting introduction to the sport! Furthermore, the prizes at the end of the tournament were presented by Hugh Robert- son, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics, who had been invited to come and watch for the afternoon. Having never seen polocrosse before, he was very impressed by the skill of the riders and the agility and speed of the horses – something we all are! The ball A Poem—Polocrosse carrier must The teams have declared, always work umpires at the ready, to be on the scorers and time keepers at the table, but where are the goal judges? N o . 1 ’ s racket side. There are hats on our heads, sticks in our hands, girths are tightened “good luck!” our mums shout! Rushing onto the pitch, we warm up our ponies we line up as 1,2,3, the ball goes in, we rush out the back, we shout at each other, Don’t pass to “get that ball!!!” the No. 1 in Their number one gets it, t h e g o a l it’s my job to stop him, scoring area twisting, turning and tackling, my pony Tommy stops him, when the No. I whack my stick up high, 3 is between the ball comes flying out, I catch it in my racket, you and your it’s time to go!!! No. 1. Up the pitch we gallop, then stopping, starting and spinning, I pass it to my number one, he lines himself up, takes aim and fires, the ball flies through the posts, the side line goes wild, we`ve scored the winning goal!!! 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