The league tables will show how all the clubs are doing throughout the season. The places are decided by the number of points each club has and these points are decided by the placings the club has achieved at each tournament. When a team gets placed first, second or third in any grade it earns a certain number of points for its' club. The number of points varies depending on the grade in which the team was competing. So if the A grade is won the club receives 25 points, second place gets 20 points and third place 15 points. A full list of the points system is to the left.

The Points System

A Grade Cup

1st: 25, 2nd: 20, 3rd, 15

A Grade Plate/ B Grade Cup

1st 23, 2nd 18, 3rd 13

B Grade Plate/ C Grade and Juniors Cup

1st 21, 2nd 16, 3rd 11

D Grade and Primary Juniors Cup/ C Grade and Juniors Plate

1st 19, 2nd 14, 3rd 9

D Grade and Primary Juniors Plate/ E Grade Cup

1st 17, 2nd 12, 3rd 7

E Grade Plate

1st 15, 2nd 10, 3rd 5

 

League points will only be allocated to places which were actually awarded prizes by the tournament organisers.

The size of the clubs is taken directly from the UKPA membership records.

When there are two teams involved in winning a grade they receive half the points each, hence there are 0.5's on the league.

There are also two league tables: one which is based purely on the number of points and one that is based on the number of points in relation to the size of the club. This is because it would be unfair to simply have one or the other. Small clubs would never stand a chance if the size of the club wasn't taken into account and likewise it would be unfair to punish a club for being big, when probably all clubs should strive to be as large as possible and to try and play a team in each grade.

At the end of the year the winner of each league receives a trophy at the UKPA Awards Ball. The league winners receive the Janet Jones Memorial Shield and the winners of the league according to size are awarded the Polocrosse Extreme Cup.

The leagues were designed to give players more of a long term goal, so that we don't all just think that the nationals is the only tournament that counts, and to make us remember that its not just A graders who are important.

The lastest from the leagues

In the leagues it was Arden who just held on on the main league, Kent got within 20 points thanks to their strong showing at Nationals but Arden win their second league title.Vale Impi continued to show their strength with third spot, though they will perhaps be dispapointed that they were not as strong as they were last year, and Cotswold also showed that they have improved since last year in fourth spot.

In the league according to size Highlanders were dominant throughout and though we will have to wait and see if they exist next year as a club it might prove to be a fitting end to them if one of the best known clubs in UK polocrosse claim their first ever league win in their final year. Ashfields for the second year in a row took the runner up spot in the league according to size and they have to be congratuled on sticking with the same team as last year and stepping up to play B grade for a lot of the season and showing that they could compete there and still score points.

To read our first report on the leagues of 2011 click here

The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme Leagues 2011

The Leagues of Years gone by

The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme Leagues 2010

The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme Leagues 2009

The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme Leagues 2008

The UKPA and Polocrosse Extreme Leagues 2007

The Polocrosse Extreme Leagues 2006
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