New Zealand Open Team ‘Inbound and Outbound Tours’ 2019/2020 Season

Tours:

7/8^th March – Sponsors Carnival, Otorohanga

NZ Mixed Team v Victoria State Mixed Team

Team to comprise of 4 women and 4 men players

Players will be required to have two playing horses each

13/14^th June – Coopers Shield in Bowen, Queensland – ****see note below

NZ Mixed Team v Queensland Mixed Team

Team to comprise of 3 women and 3 men players. Each section is to have 1 x Masters player,

1 x Open player (over 21 years), 1 x Intermediate player (under 21 years)

Masters Men are over 50 yrs / Woman are over 40 yrs

Players who are named in this side will be required to attend two practise weekends (venue TBA):16/17^th May&30/31^st May

*** Note – this team is not a pre requisite for any World Cup selection.

21/22/23rd August – Test Series - Warwick, Queensland

NZ Women’s team (7 players) v Australia Women’s team

NZ Men’s team (7 players) v Australia Men’s team

Both teams play one game each on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Players who are named in this side will be required to attend three practise weekends (venue TBA):11/12^th July,25/26^th July&8/9^th August

Trial Games:

1/2^nd February – Kakatahi Carnival:

Trial games Saturday night.More info re these games to follow.

At the end of this carnival the team to play the Victoria Mixed Team at the sponsors carnival will be named.

14/15^th March – Otorohanga Carnival:

Trial games Saturday night. More info re these games to follow.

The team to travel to Bowen to compete in the Coopers Cup will be named at Nationals.

The Men’s and Women’s teams to travel to Warwick in August will be named at Nationals.

Player Eligibility:

To be available for selection for any New Zealand Representative team the player must meet the following criteria –

To be eligible to represent New Zealand you must be a New Zealand Citizen or meet the New Zealand Polocrosse residential criteria – as per By-Law 6.1 below.

By-Law 6.1: Eligibility To Represent New Zealand

Any New Zealand player who has represented another country has a 2-year stand-down period before being eligible to represent New Zealand.

Any other Nationality, other than New Zealand, is required to be a permanent resident in New Zealand for 2 years before becoming eligible.

Availability:

If you wish to be considered for any of the above tours please complete the form which is available in member resources section of this website. If you have any queries regarding these tours or trial games please contact either

Shane Hill (coach) on 029 292 9672 or Nicky Schrafft (manager) on 027 209 1489.

Thanks

Shane and Nicky.