Action-packed tourney thrills crowds

SPECTATORS at the third annual Land Rover Durban High Goal Polocrosse Tournament were treated to a perfect weekend of warm winter sunshine, blue skies and world-class equestrian action at the Durban Shongweni Club.

Polocrosse matches are played in three levels, low goal, medium goal and high goal, depending on a polocrosse team’s total of each player’s handicap. The term ‘goal’ does not refer to how many goals the player scores in a match, but rather indicates the player’s value to the team.

As it was a high goal tournament, each team consisted of six players and an option to buy a wild card as their seventh player, adding a mystery to the winning team.

The Rokwil men’s team broke team Land Rover’s two-year winning streak, when they beat team Kego 32-24 in an exhilarating finale. Second place went to TWK Agri, third place to Kego and fourth place to Land Rover.

In the final women’s game for the day, team Roski lost by one point to Land Rover Evoque with a score of 23 – 22.

However, in the overall standings following three days of play, team Roski took first place ahead of team Evoque, with teams Meru Moru in third and team Equest in fourth place.

The Golden Pony Award in the women’s category was won by Rio, ridden by Natalie MacLarty. In the men’s category, the Golden Pony Award was won by Miss Disco, ridden by James Hackland.

During the three-day tournament, there were eight teams, 56 players and about 100 horses which put on a spectacular world-class performance.

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