Tansey takes the crown

All ages got involved on the weekend. Pictures: CRAIG WILSON

This year’s Queensland polocrosse season has come to an end with a hard-fought final between traditional rivals Tansey and Warwick.
The Cunningham Polocrosse Club hosted the Queensland State Championships over the weened with the A Grade final crowning Tansey state champions.
Tansey 1 had made many finals across the south east zone this season and proved its quality downing Warwick 1 with the final score 27 to 11.
The hosts didn’t go home empty handed with Cunningham beating Tambo in the A Grade Mixed Finals 32 to 12.
Juniors also got their time to shine with the A Grade Junior Final between Bauhinia and Warwick finishing 25 to 9.
Queensland Polocrosse Association president Eric Beresford said the 2015 State Championships were the perfect platform for the quality of polocrosse across Queensland.
“We had teams travel from as far north as Calliope and from Thargomindah out to the west.
“It was also great to see teams from severely drought affected areas like Longreach make the effort to travel to the state championships,” he said.
Mr Beresford said Cunningham Polocrosse Club had worked around the clock to ensure the quality of playing fields resulted in a similar quality of play.
“There were a lot of really close games over the weekend, which meant great competition for the players and exciting viewing for spectators,” he said.
The club was founded in 1955 and celebrated its 60th anniversary by hosting the championships.