Junior players fly the flag for Stanley Rivers at Home Polocrosse carnival

Junior players, the future of the true Australian made sport polocrosse, took centre stage at the Stanley Rivers 41st annual carnival held over the weekend.

In the lead up to their annual carnival Stanley Rivers Polocrosse Club hosted Queensland Polocrosse Association’s (QPA) 2 day South East Zone Youth Development Clinic to give Juniors more confidence in their playing ability, rules of the games and strategies for the playing field.

The clinic, aimed at giving players under the age of 21 coaching to help them improve all areas of their game was run by top level coaches including Australian representative player Trent Collins.

What the Juniors learnt on Thursday and Friday was put to the test over 2 days of play on the weekend. Home Club Stanley Rivers rose to the top, taking out the A Grade Junior Competition with Tansey Juniors named Runners Up. Stanley Rivers’ player Harry Seymour was awarded the Bob Nichols Memorial Trophy for Best player in the Junior Competition.

In the Open Competition, 30 teams took to the field to battle for Club pride with Tansey 1 taking out the Champagne Cup from Runners Up Chinchilla 1. The Best Section of the A Grade competiton was awarded to Tansey’s Gehrke, Sam Allen and Tom O’Neill

In B Grade, World Cup 2019 hosts, Warwick Polocrosse Club went head to head with Warwick 1 taking on Warwick 2. Warwick 1 came out the victors with the Best Section being awarded to Callum Brook, Brayden Beck and Kris Lynas.

In C Grade, host Club Stanley Rivers went down to Chinchilla 2.

Polocrosse is a fast paced team sport played on horseback. It combines the speed of polo, the strategy and tactics of netball (in terms of the field being divided in to 3 sections), the toughness of rugby and AFL and the ball handling ability of lacrosse. This unique sport originated in Australia in 1939 and is dubbed as the “King of the One Horse Sports.”

Australia is the largest polocrosse country in the World. The Polocrosse Association of Australia boasts a membership over 4,000 players nationwide spanned over 135 clubs within the 7 states and territories.

Stanley Rivers Polocrosse Carnival 2018 results

Champagne Cup
Winners Tansey 1
Runners up Chinchilla 1
Best Section Tansey -Shane Gehrke, Sam Allen, Tom O’Neill

B Grade
Winners Warwick 1
Runners up Warwick 2
Best Section Warwick -Callum Brook, Brayden Beck, Kris Lynas

C Grade
Winners Chinchilla 2
Runners up Stanley Rivers 1
Beaten Teams Warwick 3
Best Section Chinchilla -Murray Sturgess, Louis Allen, Grace Young

D Grade
Winners Chinchilla 3
Runners up Wandoan
Beaten Teams Tansey 4
Best Section Toowoomba -Dean Challinor, Andy Fraser, John Matthews

E Grade
Winners Killarney
Runners up Chinchilla / Tansey
Best Section Killarney- Jordan Harris, Joyce McGowan, Terri McGrath

F Grade
Winners Warwick 5
Runners up Chinchilla 4
Best Section Warwick -Les Fraser, Harry Cooke, William Reardon

Juniors
A Grade
Winners Stanley Rivers
Runners up Tansey

B Grade
Winners Gold Coast 2
Runners up Gold Coast 1

Bob Nichols Memorial Trophy Best Player in the Junior Competition – Harry Seymour (Stanley Rivers)

For further information about this media release, please contact:
Carolyn Line
Public Relations Officer
South East Zone – Queensland Polocrosse
Email: carolynlmim@gmail.com
Phone: 0403 386 053