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South Wales dominated the Barastoc Interstate Series,
played mainly between themselves and Queensland, though
there were also teams competing from New Zealand,
South Australia and Victoria. NSW took nearly every
grade that was going, yielding just two to the claret
clad players of Queensland. However, the fact that
it was the junior boys and girls titles that they
lost out on will give Queensland hope for the future.
Aside from those two
defeats though NSW were, as they often are in Australian
polocrosse, in dominant form. They claimed the interstate
mens and ladies titles, the Under 21 boys and girls
competitions and the masters titles. Queensland finished
as runners up in all these titles, except for in the
Under 21 boys, where Victoria finished second with
Queensland third. New South Wales also picked up the
majority of the best horse and rider combination prizes,
as might be expected.
To download the full
Barastoc Interstate Series results click
here
Alongside the Barastoc
competition, which was held at Warwick Park in Queensland,
was the Shell Cup which was for club sides. The home
team of Warwick probably managed to do the best, claiming
the Shell Cup itself and the mixed A grade and B grade
competitions. Tansey also featured heavily, they finished
second in the Shell Cup and then claimed both the
Junior A grade and the Junior C grade, alongside a
plethora of second places at all levels.
To download the full
Shell Cup results click
here
Meanwhile, back in the
south of Australia in Victoria itself (editors
note: when we say "meanwhile" we actually
mean roughly a month before...) there was the
Victoria State Championships. Rosedale did the best,
with a win in the A grade and the Juniors and then
second spot in the C grade. However, Sale and Corio
also had a good weekends, Sale came second in the
A grade and claimed the D grade while Sale claimed
the E grade and finished second in the Juniors. The
B grade went to the home team of Ballarat and the
C grade to Trafalgar. To download the full Victorian
State Championships results click
here |
