The weekend of July 7-8 was the Kentucky Polocrosse Club's annual tournament, held at my farm. We had players from all over the eastern portion come and play. It was a small tournament compared to most of our others, but there was a large match held in Washington D.C. the same weekend (USA vs Australia) so most polocrosse people went to that. We still had 8 full teams come to our tournament: 4 teams in two divisions. The divisions of polocrosse are simple. There are four divisions: A, B, C, and D. These divisions are sometimes called "Grade". D Grade is the lowest division, consisting of beginner players and sometimes beginner riders, too. C Grade starts getting a little faster: the players know the rules better and have better racquet skills. B grade is crazy fast sometimes and have a lot of injuries. The players are excited to be going faster and know they have good racquet skills so they are much more agressive. A grade is just as fast as B, but the players have the rules memorized, make little to no mistakes, and have impeccable racquet and riding skills. These players are the ones who can play at the International level. I play B Grade. Yes, I'm good at the game. I'm the best player in Kentucky and am getting better every tournament. I can say that because there are less than 15 players in Kentucky and my old instructer has been out for two years because she had 2 kids and barely rides now, haha. My team placed 4th at the tournament, but my teammates are extremely inexperienced (it was their second tournament and they wanted to play B Grade). Needless to say, we lost every game but I was invited to Florida for two weeks to help a family train their horses and players for their tournament that is coming next weekend. The Australian under-16 team is in the country and are coming into town tonight. I get to train with them until the tournament, which is exciting to say the least. The guy I'm staying with wants me to try out for the American youth team but I'm not sure if I will. We'll see how I play against the Australians. Oh and I forgot to mention, the game originated in Australia. These guys are some of the best in the world, and they're teenagers. I get to play with them, too. Who wants to take guesses as to how much we'll lose by? 5? 15? LOL! More to come as I get info...or get bored. ;)
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cooper @ 2007-07-24 15:49:54
Oh and by the way I played a better number 1 than one of the American junior players did.
We both sucked :D. No, really. I lost the ball twice out of the goal scoring area (I normally just score immediately after I get in there) and he missed two shots completely lol.
cpnichol @ 2007-07-24 16:16:07
Have you got any links to some vids of polocrosse?
cooper @ 2007-07-26 09:25:30
Not handy, but I can try to find/upload some..
Is it possible to upload a VHS? lol. I have a video of the 2003 World Cup which would be perfect..
