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UKPA
show that good things come in three
The UKPA have given the polocrosse
community in the UK (and possibly around the world) three
reasons to be cheerful in the coming months. Firstly, they
reported on the success of their recent demo at Blenheim
Horse trials and followed this with news of polocrosse being
on Sky Sports and of the UKPA Annual ball.
The UKPA reported that members
of the UK under 16 and Under 21 squads put on demos on all
four days of Blenheim Horse Trials in Oxfordshire and these
were well received. The UKPA Sport Development Officer,
Iain Heaton, said ina statement to the membership "The
demos were more successful than even I had hoped for. They
really drew in people to watch, especially on the Saturday
and Sunday when people were standing several rows deep around
the ring. Afterwards we had lots of people coming up to
us to congratulate us on how good they were them and to
ask for more information on polocrosse. Hopefully we have
increased the awareness of polocrosse within the UK and
also got more people interested in playing."
The demonstration was stage
one of the UKPA's off season plan to promote polocrosse
within the UK and to increase the number of people involved
in playing and watching the sport and by all accounts they
went well with the demo team showing off the sport to large
crowds each day. To read the full UKPA report click here
The UKPA has also announced
the Sky Sports running times of the upcoming TV programmes
on the recent test match series against South Africa. The
test match series was filmed by the Country Channel and
as a result four half an hour programmes will be shown on
both the Country Channel itself and Sky Sports. To read
all the details click here
The UKPA final piece of good
news was the announcement of the UKPA ball, which is being
hosted this year by Arden polocrosse club at Stoneleigh
Agricultural Centre in Warwickshire on the 21st of November.
Music will be provided (as is traditional at UKPA balls)
by former UK Captain jason Burbidge and his band, Big Agenda.
The full details can be seen on this flyer,
tickets are available from ukpaball09@gmail.com
at £40 a time
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