2017 Marondera North Polocrosse Tournament
On the 10th and 11th of June MNPC held their annual tournament at the new and amazing new venue at Wendover Estate it was a huge success and the field played unbelievably, in fact I cannot recall any stumbles or tumbles due to the field all weekend. (Only due to complete dedication to the ball as usual Garth Coetzee :)) The Saturday reminded all the players of the 'good old days' at Ruzawi River Club as Marondera definitely treated us with the coldest day of the year! Luckily we were surrounded by fire drums and warm coffee!
All the games throughout the weekend were close and exciting and our juniors really preformed and we are all loving watching them get better and better. It was good to see old and new faces out on the field and of course we would like to thank all the people thank came to watch! For the first time in many years we were able to put up A Division teams with 3 ladies and 3 men which made for very exciting polocorsse, specially with the ladies tour to Zambia and the New Zealand barbarian side coming here soon. The games were all played off scratch and extremely close!
The results where as follows:
A Division
Winners, Blue: Sonia Mansfield, Nikki Hopgood, Alison Coetzee, Terrance Keith, Codi Campbell and Patrick Parham.
Runners Up, Black: Sophie Sargeant, Garth Coetzee, Kirsten Swan, Ross Shand, Wayne Parham and Andy Taylor.
Best 1: Ross Shand on Flash
Best 2: Garth Coetzee on Hungwe
Best 3: Sonia Mansfield on Ngoda
Best Horse: Wiseman (Patrick Parham)
Upper B Division:
Winners, North A: Ryan Walsh, Stacy Hooper and Rod Mansfield
Runners up, Borrowdale A: Gemma Parvin, Sarah Parham and Bridget Parham
Best 1: Sarah Parham, Cambell
Best 2: Stacy Hooper, Kafupi
Best 3: Gemma Parvin, DB
Lower B Division:
Winners, North C: Jenny Mannix, Irene Kilpert and Bronwyn Blyth
Runners up, North B: Emily Shoultz, Emily Johntson and Nick Harrison
Best 1: Jenny Mannix, Runs Grey
Best 2: Gemma Parvin, on her baby.
Best 3: Bronwyn Blyth, Knight Express
Best Horse: Lilly ridden by Emily Johnston
Under 14 Division:
Winners, Blue: Keegan Mannix, Taige Mannix and Luke Hopgood
Runners Up, Red: Blake Hopgood, Nick Harrison and Michael Shoultz
Best 1: Keegan Mannix, Solgwazi
Best 2: Taige Mannix, Kiwiki
Best 3: Blake Hopgood, Twinkle
Best Horse: Star Boy ridden by Divya Kanjee
MOST IMPROVED SCHOLAR: EMILY JOHNSTON
MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR: LUKE HOPGOOD
A huge thank you to the following for making the tournament happen:
Duane and Kim Shoultz
Mitchel and Philipa Resnburg
Stu Burl
Pamona Quarries
Beverage Brothers
Craig Mannix
Rod Kilpert
Chuck Rensburg and Passmark Industries
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