| Murchison
Polocrosse Tournament - July 11th & 12th 2009
Report by Jodi Tiver
Murchison Polocrosse Club
is one of the oldest clubs in WA and is located in a remote
mid-west region about 9 hours north, and slightly east,
of Perth with ‘outback red dirt’ fields. Even
though the actual club member base is most definitely one
of the smallest they certainly put on a good show every
year with clubs coming from 2 hours south of Perth and travelling
2 days to play at this annual tournament.
This year saw 30 teams front
up to play even though the region had recently had a huge
amount of rain turning most trucks and cars that ventured
along the gravel road from Mullewa a lovely shade of orange,
including the very freshly painted semi of Stewy and Julie
Bolingbroke’s that carted the whole Foothills Team
B Grade Team!
A fantastic weekend of polocrosse
was enjoyed by all both on and off the field, as is usually
the case with this tournament!, with the annual Crocodile
Races being won by Trent Cooper, Graham Tiver and Lizzie
Lyster!!
RESULTS
A Grade
Walkaway d Greenough
Score: 14-13
Walkaway Team: Wayne Woods,
Ray Miller, Trent Cooper, Sally O’Brien, John Hart
and Doug Brown
Greenough Team: Jared Martin,
Lizzie Lyster, Tom Levett, Hailey Martin, Laurie Martin
and Rachael Martin
Champion Pony Award: ‘Tiger
Lily’ ridden by Rachael Martin of Greenough
B Grade
Foothills won all games –
round robin 5 teams in total
Foothills Team: Adrian Tiver,
Shane Wheat, Stewy Bolingbroke, Paul Calneggia, Graham Tiver
and Greg Rodwell
Champion Pony Award: ‘Rosebrook
Archer’ ridden by Adrian Tiver of Foothills
C Grade
Walkaway d Moonyoonooka
Score: 21-7
Champion Pony Award: ‘Roger’
ridden by Michael Thurkle of Walkaway
D Grade
Walkaway d Murchison –
no final
Champion Pony Award: ridden
by George Preston
E Grade
Perth d Walkaway
Score: 7-4
Champion Pony Award: ‘Lucinda’
ridden by Annabelle Campbell of Walkaway
Well done to all the winners
and the Murchison Club. The next Tournament will be held
by the Greenough Polocrosse Club on July 25th and 26th.
For any more news and information on the Western Australian
Polocrosse Association please contact our Publicity Officer
on email: polocrossepublicity@westnet.com.au
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