IN an unusual move, Killarney will this weekend host the Gold Coast Polocrosse club’s Easter carnival, the first event of the season.
The Gold Coast club has lost it’s home venue due to preparations for the Commonwealth Games.
But the Gold Coast’s loss is a gain for the Darling Downs with Killarney Polocrosse Club allowing the homeless club to hire their venue. Gold Coast Polocrosse Club will host their annual carnival at Killarney on 4 and 5 April, bringing with it economic benefits to the country town.
Club president Mac McDiarmid said: “The decision was made primarily to give our club members, their horses and other South East Queensland based clubs some match fitness before Warwick’s Barastoc Interstate Series and Shell Cup Carnival in April.”
“All clubs sending teams to Barastoc will benefit from this early carnival, especially those playing against teams from other states who start their playing season earlier. Early indications so far suggest that the new season opening carnival will be well attended,” Mr McDiarmid said
More than 30 teams of six players and their horses are expected to take to the field at the Gold Coast Polocrosse Carnival.
Polocrosse is an exciting spectator sport. It presents an incomparable athletic challenge involving speed and stamina, and also demands lightning quick reflexes in both horse and rider. Being a sport the whole family can play, polocrosse caters for everyone from the expert ‘A Grade’ and elite player to the once a year ’casual’ player. Polocrosse is one of the few sports where male and female players can compete equally in the same team.
