A polocrosse tournament on the 28th and 29th of May in Goudhurst, Kent, had a special guest to present the prizes as the Minister for Sport and the Olympics, Hugh Robertson, turned up to watch the UK Polocrosse team play a match as part of their warm up for the World Cup in a month?s time and also present the prizes for the whole tournament.
The UK Polocrosse team is getting ready to play in the World Cup at Onley Grounds Equestrian Centre in Warwickshire from the 8th to the 17th of July, the first time the competition has been held outside of Australia. On the 4th and the 5th of June they face Ireland at the Northern Racing College in Bawtry as both countries finalise their preparations.
Mr Robertson, who lives in Kent, came along after the Kent Target Polocrosse Club invited him after reading an interview with him in the equestrian magazine Horse and Hound where he spoke of the need of equestrian sports to appeal more to the entire family and to perhaps involve fathers and husbands more in order to grow as a sport.
Penny Webb of Kent Target Polocrosse Club said ?We invited Hugh because polocrosse is such a wonderful family sport, with parents and children often playing on the same team. Parents often take up the sport after their children start playing and they get fed up of just watching and want to have a go themselves. It was great that he could come along and very kind of him to present the prizes for us, it really added something to the event to have such an important guest.?
Hugh Robertson said, ?I had a great time watching the UK team in action, polocrosse is such an exciting sport to watch, and I wish the team all the best in their World Cup campaign in July.?
The World Cup will see the top 8 polocrosse nations in the world compete for the ultimate prize. Alongside the UK there will be teams from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The competition will run from the 8th to the 17th of July, alongside events such as a pony club polocrosse competition and displays and demonstrations from other equestrian sports.
Tags: Australia, New Zealand, Olympics, Onley Grounds Equestrian Centre, South Africa, UK Polocrosse, USA, ZambiaThis entry was posted on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 at 1:01 pm and is filed under Equestrian News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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