Horsezone Sponsors WA Under 24 Women's Team for Barastoc Polocrosse Nationals

Meet the team... Hannah Watkin

Hailey Martin

Sharna Hall

Tia Hall

Lauren Cant

Jill Warner

Sandy Corbett

Pearl Marriott - Coach

Dean Philips - Manager

Horsezone is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Western Australian Under 24 Women’s Team for the upcoming Barastoc Polocrosse Nationals, being held on 23-29 April at Morgan Park, Warwick, Queensland. 

We are supplying the whole team with Horsezone jackets and caps and have donated $500 towards the purchase of team shirts.

The Barastoc Polocrosse Nationals will feature Australia’s elite Polocrosse players competing from around Australia.

After successfully staging the two Polocrosse World Cups in 2003 and 2007, the Warwick Club again takes up the challenge to stage Australia’s most prestigious Polocrosse event.

This means the Western Australian Teams and their horses will have to make the trek all the way from Western Australia, across to Warwick on the other side of the country!

The Under 24 Women's Team started their training on the weekend, with team member Hannah Watkin saying, "the weekend was jam packed! We started at 8.00am on Saturday morning and first up played amongst our team to work out our strongest combinations. At 11.30am we had an official state meeting where we were informed of new changes in rules and regulations. At 12 noon we had an inspirational talk from Emily Thinoet, a PhD candidate for WAIS, about mental preparation for the game. At 2.00pm we played against the Senior Women's team, although we didn't beat them we stayed strong and competitive, winning a couple of chukkas."

"Saturday night was good, sitting down with sponsors and having our quiz night, however, we lost miserably in the quiz night! I think we need to do a little more research before we attempt another. Sunday we played against the Under 21 Men and the Masters Mixed, where we won a few more chukkas."

"The weekend as a whole was a huge success and it was good to blow the cobwebs out of our systems. Hopefully at the next training we will all step up that extra 10%."

Most of the WA Teams - there are eight in total - are leaving around 8-10 April and will be travelling in groups or convoys of vehicles. Hannah will personally be travelling in her own truck with four horses.

Each player takes two horses and there are seven players in each of the eight WA teams competing, so that's a lot of horses travelling!

Stay tuned to Horsezone as we follow the progress of the Under 24 Women's Team, as they pursue their dream of attending the Polocrosse Nationals.

Hannah Watkin will continue to keep us up to date about training leading up to departure, the Team's adventures during the long journey across Australia and finally with details of the competition!

 

The Event

The divisions for the Barastoc Polocrosse Nationals competitions will include:

1	Senior Men Championship
2	Senior Men - Challenge Cup
3	Senior Women
4	Senior Mixed
5	Under 24 Women
6	Under 21 Men
7	Under 21 Mixed
8	Under 16 Open
9	Under 16 Mixed
10	Masters Men (50 and over)
11	Masters Mix (Men 50 and over; Women 40 and over)

 

Meet the Under 24 WA Women’s Team

Coach:

Pearl Marriott

Manager:

Dean Philips

Players:

Hannah Watkin

Hailey Martin

Sharna Hall

Tia Hall

Lauren Cant

Jill Warner

Sandy Corbett

 

PLAYER INFORMATION

Name: Hannah Watkin

Date of Birth: 2.9.88

Club:Kojonup Polocrosse Club

Horses:Way Way Rossi and Yowada Eloquent

Occupation:Marketing Manager

Years Played:10 years

Past representation:4 times played for the United Kingdom and 1 nationals played for WA 

 

Name: Sandy Corbett

Date of Birth:24.01.89

Club:Foothills Polocrosse Club

Horses:Berragoon Smiley and Kody

Occupation:Student/Thoroughbred Stud Manager

Years Played:12 years

Past representation:  3 nationals played for Western Australia

Name: Sharna Hall

Date of Birth:17.06.90

Club:Perth Polocrosse Club

Horses:Devereaux Mentos and Devereaux Black Label

Years Played:14 years

Past representation:4 nationals played for WA

Name: Hailey Martin (not to be mistaken for Horsezone’s Haylie Martin who has never tried polocrosse!)

Date of birth:17.07.89

Club:Greenough Polocrosse Club

Horses:Shakira and Binnia Ranger

Occupation:Nurse

Years Played:13 years

Past representation:3 nationals played for WA

Name: Jill Warner

Date of birth:03.04.92

Club:Perth Polocrosse Club

Horses:Bundalea Quick Fire and Binna Mystery

Occupation:Child Carer

Years Played:6 years

Past representation:1 nationals played for WA

 

Name: Lauren Cant

Date of Birth:20.09.93

Club:Moonyonooka Polocrosse Club

Horses:Rosebrook Champagne and Berragoon Crouchie

Occupation:Barmaid

Years Played: 12 years

Past representation:3 nationals played for WA

Name: Tia Hall

Date of Birth:09.08.95

Club:Perth Polocrosse Club

Horses:Houdini and Chantelle

Occupation:Student

Years Played:11 years

Past representation:3 nationals played for WA

Name: Pearl Marriott (Coach)

Date of Birth:09.10.48

Club:Moonyonooka Polocrosse Club

Horses:Pluka and Bannerman

Occupation:Self Employed

Years Played:50 years

Past representation: 5 nationals played for WA, 1 nationals managed for WA and 5 nationals coaching for WA

Name: Dean Phillips (Manager)

Date of Birth:24.05.88

Club:Kojonup Polocrosse Club

Horses:Dixie

Occupation:Farm Manager

Years Played:3 years

Past representation:No past representation for WA

 

Quick Link

• Find out more about the Barastoc Polocrosse Nationals at www.warwickpolox.com.au
• Read this report about the event by www.warwickdailynews.com.au