{"id":1364,"date":"2024-02-24T19:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T19:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/?page_id=1364"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:26:35","slug":"polocrosse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/","title":{"rendered":"Polocrosse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 pt-5\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Polocrosse contact is Stella Stearn <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Saxons and Area 8 Polocrosse <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">saxonsarea8polocrosse@gmail.com<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\r\n<section class=\"container-fluid\" id=\"full-width-left-right\">\r\n            <div class=\"row p-0\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6 p-0 fw-lr-image-container\">\r\n                <div class=\"fw-lr-image-ratio\"><\/div>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2024\/02\/image2-1024x683-1.jpeg\" class=\"fw-lr-image-fw\" alt=\"Image\"\/>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6 px-0 py-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\" style=\"background: #002169\">\r\n                <div class=\"container d-flex flex-column justify-content-center py-5 px-md-5 h-100 text-white\">\r\n                    <div class=\"row\">\r\n                        <div class=\"description col-12\" style=\"\">\r\n                            <div class=\"form_grp\">\n<div class=\"form_grp_input\">\n<div class=\"form_input form_input_readonly\"><strong>Area Polocrosse Qualifier<\/strong> &#8211; 13\/6\/2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"form_grp\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"form_grp\">\n<div class=\"form_grp_input\">\n<div class=\"date_input\">\n<div class=\"date_input_box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"date_input\">\n<div class=\"date_input_box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Polocrosse<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Polocrosse is a competitive and fast-paced game, played in teams of 3. It is a lot of fun for both horse and rider, and even the most nervous of horses often take to the game really well. The sport is suitable for all ages and abilities, and we see many nervous riders gain confidence through the game. Polocrosse is a very social discipline, everyone is friendly and welcoming, and we often run BBQ\u2019s and lunches at our training throughout the summer.\u00a0\u00a0 We are all here to have fun and enjoy our horses, so we keep training and tournaments as stress free as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Area 8 Polocrosse stands to introduce pony club members within area 8 to the sport, and to develop our existing players. All of our sessions are suitable for new players and horses, and our coaches are trained to introduce horses to the sport gently. You don\u2019t need any special equipment to come along, area 8 provide sticks and balls to anyone who doesn\u2019t have their own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Our winter training venues vary as we try to make the training accessible to all of our members across area 8. The aim is that all of our members will have access to at least one training session a month within an hour of where they live. Through the summer we make use of our grass pitch in Copdock. We run monthly coached sessions, and biweekly evening chukkas here. At the start of the summer we run a training camp, which entails a day of training and a day of fun chukkas. This event is suitable for complete beginners and will qualify eligible players for Pony Club Championships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">With close ties to UK Polocrosse Association clubs across the country we access high quality training from top level players and coaches enabling our players to progress quickly in the sport. Summer 2022 we were fortunate enough to offer a training camp with Bruce Maclarty, the South African World Cup coach who led his nation to back to back victories. We aim to qualify a lot of our players for Pony Club Championships within their first year of playing, and many of our players have gone on to play nationally and internationally within a few years of first picking up a stick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Area 8 polocrosse is linked closely with Saxons polocrosse club, allowing our players to access UKPA tournaments and training too. Many of our players parents have picked up a stick and joined in the fun through Saxons too. It really is a family oriented sport, at times seeing 3 generations playing together!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">At Area 8 Polocrosse we offer something for everyone, whether you want to play competitively, or just for fun and enjoy the social aspects of polocrosse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Regular updates about our training can be found on our Facebook page:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/265459554114699\/\">https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/265459554114699\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Polocrosse contact is Stella Stearn Saxons and Area 8 Polocrosse saxonsarea8polocrosse@gmail.com [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Polocrosse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Polocrosse - Suffolk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Polocrosse - Suffolk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Polocrosse contact is Stella Stearn Saxons and Area 8 Polocrosse saxonsarea8polocrosse@gmail.com [...]Read More... from Polocrosse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Suffolk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-12T17:26:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/\",\"name\":\"Polocrosse - Suffolk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-24T19:56:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-12T17:26:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Polocrosse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/\",\"name\":\"Suffolk\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Polocrosse - Suffolk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Polocrosse - Suffolk","og_description":"The Polocrosse contact is Stella Stearn Saxons and Area 8 Polocrosse saxonsarea8polocrosse@gmail.com [...]Read More... from Polocrosse","og_url":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/","og_site_name":"Suffolk","article_modified_time":"2026-01-12T17:26:35+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/","url":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/","name":"Polocrosse - Suffolk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-02-24T19:56:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-12T17:26:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/polocrosse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Polocrosse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/","name":"Suffolk","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2558,"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1364\/revisions\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/suffolk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}