Polocrosse Association of NSW Incorporated eNewsletter

Congratulations to the following players and coaches named to compete at the 2023 Barastoc competition at Warwick in May.

Junior Boys

David Caruana
Riley Clark
Harry Davis
Charlie French
Jim Henry
Jed Davidge
Fletcher Williams

Coach - Colin Parkinson
Assistant Coach - Andrew Frear

Junior Girls

Olivia Erland
Maggie Fuller
Ella Hunt
Allie Maclean
Brittney Schwager
Zoe Stevenson
Erica Stuart

Coach - Trent Mortimer
Assistant Coach - Felicity Elford

Un21 Men

Darcy Brennan
Thomas Donnelly
Zac Finlayson
Thomas French
Luke Davis
Marty O'Sullivan
Joshua Smith

Coach - Doug Webb
Assistant Coach - Will Weston

Un21 Women

Grace Allen
Makayla Elford
Abbey Finlayson
Kasey Henry
Jillian Rose
Julia Stuart
Holly Turnbull

Coach - Brad Wamsley

Un26 Men

Josh Berry
John Donnelly
Kierin Chapman
Tim Finlayson
Brendan Hart
Ryan Slater
Josh Woodward

Coach - Jamie Ross
Assistant Coach - Skye Anderson

Un26 Women

Montanna Ross
Hannah Stuart
Anastasia Martin
Jessie Ross
Jessie Melbourne
Laura Frear
Rebecca Burns

Coach - Sam Halstead
Assistant Coach - Kyla Hill

Men

Mitch Anderson
Clancy Knight
Trent Mortimer
Brandon Parkinson
Joe Wamsley
Cody Woodward
Islay Young

Coach - James Simmons
Assistant Coach - Jimmy Grills

Women

Hayley Debritt
Kyla Hill
Katie Wills
Carlie Grills
Skye Anderson
Felicity Elford
Lauren Harding

Coach - Greg Davidge
Assistant Coach - Lucy Grills

Masters Mixed

Leith Prior
Jane Melbourne
Vicki Symons
Jenny Donnelly
Greg Davidge
Ray Davis
Matt Grills
Gary Stevenson

Coach - Chris Bourke

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PANSW are calling for nominations from junior and sub-junior players to play at the Albury Classic.

After the completion of the Albury coaching sessions on Thursday 20th at lunch time, selection chukkas will be held for the juniors to enable the selectors to finalise the teams. Following this, the junior and sub-junior teams will be announced.

Please note - players do not need to attend the coaching to be eligible to picked, however it is recommended that they attend the selection session.

Nominate your junior or sub-junior players via this form by Monday 17th April.

We are also seeking Expressions of Interest for coaches for the junior and sub-junior teams at Albury.

If you would be interested in coaching a team please register your EOI via this form.

This season Mutual Memberships (formerly known as Sister Clubs) have moved onto the database. This means to apply to be a mutual member with a club from another state your home club must submit an application for you via the database. Once this is submitted the home state SEO, mutual state SEO, mutual club and PA NEO will all be asked to approve the membership. Once approved the mutual club will be able to nominate you for carnivals with their club.

Important things to remember regarding mutual memberships:

If your home club and mutual club are attending the same carnival you must nominate with your home club
Players may only be registered with one mutual club at a time
State and club fees apply for mutual memberships (see table below for NSW state fees)

Before the NSW SEO can approve a mutual membership into NSW the player must pay the NSW state fee. These fees are as follows:

Membership Type	Fee
Senior	95
Intermediate	85
Junior	20
Sub Junior	35
Limited Jnr	15
Limited Inter	45
Limited Snr	55
One Carnival	15
Practice/Trial	5
Blue Bandage	0

This fee will be invoiced to the player when an application is submitted. Clubs are responsible for invoicing and collecting club fees from mutual members.

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This season the NSW Umpiring Committee and all Zone Chief Umpires are meeting monthly to discuss any important topics or matters arising across our state. Each month we will provide you with an update from this group in our newsletter. If you have any questions about the information in this update, please contact your Zone Chief Umpire or a member of the umpiring committee.

March Meeting Update

Showing up on time to umpire – it was noted last season that many umpires were not showing up on time to their allocated job. If this trend continues the NSW Umpiring Committee will be forced to explore solutions to this issue including disciplinary action and/or a user pays system for dedicated umpires.
Disrespect towards umpires will not be tolerated – the Umpiring Committee will be enforcing one-week suspension against those who are reported for showing disrespect to umpires.
Reporting incidents that occur whilst you are umpiring is very important – to make a report please speak to your Zone Chief Umpire. If we don’t know, we can’t do anything about it.
No number, no play – all players need to have the appropriate number fixed to their shirt. If a player does not have this they will not be allowed to play, and play will commence or continue without them.

Policing and penalising line outs – umpires are being encouraged to penalise players who do not line up appropriately. Line outs should be square and even as per the rule book.

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Thank you to all the members who have completed their waiver. Please remember that there is now a no waiver, no play rule in place. If you have not signed the waiver your status in the database will be set to pending and you will be unable to be nominated for any carnivals.

To complete the waiver please visit https://nswpolocrosse.schoolzineplus.com/form/82

Congratulations to our NSW Under 21 Mixed team that took out the State of Origin competition at the Upper Hunter Show. The team won the nail-biting decider by one goal! Thank you to Colin & Louise Parkinson and Muswellbrook Polocrosse Club for all their efforts every year with this event.

Also a big congratulations to the following players who received individual awards:

Best 1 – Sophie McLean

Best 3 – Luke Davis

Best NSW Horse & Rider – Emily Wamsley

Terry Blake Awards – Emily Wamsley

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Our NSW Junior Mixed team and NSW Masters team both travelled to New Zealand in March to compete.

Our Junior side came out victorious with two from two wins. Meanwhile our Masters came in runners up after a close final.

Congratulations to both these teams for their efforts.

The Board would also like to make special mention of the fundraising efforts of Chrissy Honeyman. Chrissy organised a wonderful auction that raised valuable funds to help both these teams make the trip across the ditch. The auction included service fees, beautiful original art works chopping board, dressed lamb, quality lucerne hay, fire pits and gift vouchers and much much more. Thank you Chrissy for your efforts - it is hugely appreciated by all!

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Inverell Polocrosse hosted its annual Swan Cup Carnival and Sale in March. There were a number of great games of polocrosse before rain put a stop to play.

Congratulations to the following individual award recipients:

Jaylyn Downs ASH Stud Open Mens:

Best No. 1 - Chris Sillitoe

Best No. 2 - Aaron Mullins

Best No. 3 - Corey Buys

Best ASH - Roseridge Cruise ridden by Corey Buys

Inverell Sporties Incentive:

Best No. 1 - Cameron Neville

Best No. 2 - Franklin Bettridge

Best No. 3 - Beth Hafey

Best ASH - Jaylyn Downs Porscha ridden by Beth Hafey

Smith & Sons Renovations & Extensions New England North Open Womens:

Best number 1 - Amy Gould

Best Number 2 - Keely McGrath

Best Number 3 - Sydnee Johnson

Best ASH - Rosebrook Chorus ridden by Amy Gould

Best overall horse - Roseridge Cruise

Champion horse of the carnival (The Ponton Cup) - Roseridge Cruise

The sale saw 25 of 33 lots sold with an average price of $13,040.00. The top selling lot was Lot 21 Yarrawa Abilene – HSH for $33,000.00.

Congratulations to Inverell for hosting another great Swan Cup event.

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The following carnivals are coming up over the next month:

15th & 16th April
- Sydney RAS Subbies
- Yass @ Hall
- Walcha
22nd & 23rd April
- Albury Autumn Classic
29th & 30th April
- Muswellbrook
- Braidwood
5th to 7th May
- Warwick Triple Crown