Sport
19 June, 2024
Aussie polocrosse team relishes Kilcoy
Thirty-one teams from southern Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) descended at the Kilcoy Showgrounds on June 8 and 9 for the annual Stanley Rivers polocrosse carnival.
This included the Australian World Cup team, which played against invitational teams as practice for the Polocrosse World Cup to be held in South Africa next month.
Games were played in front of the biggest crowd of spectators to attend a Stanley Rivers carnival for many years.
Teams from Tara, Warwick and Gold Coast played in a mixed competition with the Australian team, which wasn’t eligible for the Champagne Cup A Grade trophy.
A thrilling one-goal victory in the final enabled Warwick to win the trophy.
The Stanley Rivers team won the D Grade competition following a tough game against Warwick 3, with Selena Stevens named the best local female player while Clay Colless was named the best local male player.
Other teams came from as far as Wandoan and Chinchilla in the west, and Guyra and Inverell in NSW.
Kilcoy was blessed with almost perfect weather for the weekend, with a lot of people visiting for the first time commenting on how lovely the area is.
Because of rain in the lead-up and the extensive preparation, the fields played beautifully all weekend and impressed the regular players and the Australian team.
The polocrosse national titles will be held at Chinchilla over the last week in June, before the Australian team heads to South Africa.
