Elrie van der Merwe, a star Polocrosse player from Bethal, recently participated in the final of the Land Rover High Goal Polocrosse Tournament as part of the Rhino Truck sales team.
The tournament took place from 23 to 25 June at Shongweni in KwaZulu-Natal and did not fail to meet the high expectations of spectators and teams alike.
The Land Rover men’s team proved to be unbeatable for the second year running, beating the Rokwil team in a thrilling final with a result of 31-23.
Second place went to B&G, third place to Rokwil and fourth place to Land Rover Discovery.
“This year’s Land Rover Durban High Goal was a great success. World-class action was enjoyed by hundreds of spectators over the three-day tournament, culminating in an exciting final, which was won by the Land Rover Durban team for the second year in a row.
“Congratulations to the women’s Rhino Truck Sales team who won the women’s division,” said the dealer principal of Jaguar Land Rover Durban, Mr Andre Schrenk.
Land Rover Evoque came second, Marriot third and B&M fourth in the women’s division.
The event saw eight teams teams competing.
The four men’s teams were Land Rover, B&G, Rokwil and Land Rover Discovery and the four women’s were B&M, Team Marriot, Rhino Truck Sales and Team Land Rover Evoque.
Being a high goal tournament, each team consisted of six players and had the option to buy a wild card as their seventh player, thus adding a mystery to the winning team.
This year the tournament welcomed Jannie Steenkamp, a 10-handicap player, and Nico van Wyk, with a handicap of nine, who were among the eight wildcards that were auctioned off to the highest bidding teams at a black-tie gala dinner which kicked off the event on Thursday evening, 22 June.
The Best No1 woman title was won by Charlotte Pykett, with Caroline Minnaar as Best No 2 and Natalie Maclarty winning Best No 3.
My Boy, owned by Natalie and Graham Maclarty, won the Golden Pony prize in the women’s division.
Mickey Kraynauw won Best No 1 in the men’s category, followed by Brent Von Benecke as Best No2, with Lance Anderson winning the Best No 3.
The Golden Pony award was won by Honey, owned by Stef and Damien Harris.
“It was a fantastic high goal overall, with world-class polocrosse players bringing their best to the game,” said the event organiser and Shongweni Polocrosse club chairman, Mr Brent Von Benecke.
“Shongweni experienced superb winter weather and a great turnout with hundreds of spectators coming to watch the fast-paced action.”
There were eight teams, fifty-six players and about a hundred horses that put on a really world-class performance.
The results for the weekend were:
- Day 1, Friday, 23 June:
Marriot 21 B&M 27 (women)
Land Rover 26 B&G 22 (men)
Land Rover Evoque 14 Rhino 25 (women)
Rokwil 35 Land Rover Discovery 21 (men) - Day 2, Saturday, 24 June
Marriot 23 Land Rover Evoque 24 (women)
B&G 30 Rokwil 25 (men)
B&M 16 Rhino 27 (women)
Land Rover 34 Land Rover Discovery 23 (men) - Day 3, Sunday, 25 June
Land Rover Evoque 32 B&M 14 (women)
Marriot 23 Rhino 22 (women)
B&G 28 Land Rover Discovery 25 (men)
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