A massive four day carnival was held in Warwick last weekend featuring eight of Gulgong polocrosse’s best players.
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Clancy Knight, Chris and Skye Anderson, Nicole Hill, Tom Trisley, Grace Halstead and Fraser and Laura Donnelly travelled to Queensland to compete in Barastoc, one of country’s premier polocrosse tournaments.
The NSW teams triumphed over Queensland after winning five of the eight categories.
The weekend also featured the international test series between Australia and South Africa where more than 600 riders played in three different polocrosse competitions (including an international Test series, Interstate State of Origin and club level).
Thousands of spectators traveled to Warwick to witness the Australian vs South Africa tournament.
Laura Donnelly from the Gulgong club was selected in the Australian Women’s team who defeated South Africa in all three games with scores of 25-14, 30-14 and 25-19.
The Australian Men’s team was beaten by the skillful South Africans with scores of 31-21, 29-24, and 28-27.
Gulgong Club Results for Barastoc:
- Laura Donnelly – Australian Women’s (Winners);
- Skye Anderson, Nicole Hill and Grace Halstead – NSW Women’s (Winners);
- Chris Anderson – NSW Men’s (Winners);
- Tom Trisley and Fraser Donnelly – NSW under 30’s Mixed (Runners Up);
- Clancy Knight – NSW Intermediate Men’s (Winners).
Gulgong club players Skye Anderson and Grace Halstead also competed in The Silver Stirrup Competition in Albury on Saturday, April 15, where they won the J&P Open Women’s grade.
It has been a busy yet promising start to the Polocrosse season for the Gulgong club with their players being selected for these big competitions.
Club President Chris Anderson is looking forward to a successful year for the club.
“We have had some extremely talented players join our club in the past couple of years which has been fantastic,” he said.
“The Gulgong players are feeling confident going into the 2017 season and we are busy preparing for our carnival on March 13-14 at the Gulgong Polocrosse fields.
“We are hoping for another big carnival, similar to the numbers we had in 2016.”
The Gulgong club will compete at the Muswellbrook carnival this weekend and then Quirindi on May 6-7.
