2009 Season gets the thumbs up from Chief Umpire
The 2009 Tasmanian Polocrosse season commenced on Saturday the 3rd at North Motton. Hosted by the Central Coast Polocrosse club, 8 teams representing four clubs from around the State got a taste of the standard of the 2009 season. Chief Umpire Richard Murrell was pleased with the quality of the play “This year we have a large number of new players, players returning to the sport and players stepping up a grade.
“I was really happy with the quality of the play, it really shows the hard work that players and clubs devote to their skills and horses in the off season.
“Some of the stand out performances were from players making the jump into the tough A grade competition such as Carmen Bellinger (Ulverstone), Rodney Gee (Exeter), Simon Collins (Ulverstone), Tammy Collins (Ulverstone), and Danza Hardwicke (Railton). It is also pleasing to see so many new players trying the sport for the first time.”
Northern Polocrosse Club won the A grade and C grade finals, narrowly defeating Central Coast teams in both grades. The B grade final was won by Smithton, with many exceptional players returning to polocrosse for the 09 season.
The next carnival is on Saturday the 10th of January at Gowrie Park, play commences at 9am with spectators welcome. Any person interested in Polocrosse should contact Rodney Gee on 0428 530 082 or Richard 0418 142 518
Results
C grade winners Northern
B&F Vanessa Skipworth
B grade winners Smithton
B&F Jack Murrell
A grade winners Northern
B&F Aiden Nunn
Information
For further details or images please contact
Amy Grubb 0438 519 622
Vanessa Skipworth C Grade B&F