Polocrosse World Cup 8th - 17th July 2011


Sponsors & Supporters

Many thanks to all our World Cup Sponsors and Supporters. You can find out more about them below.

Two Rivers Technology

Two Rivers Technology is the Headline Sponsor of the 2011 Polocrosse World Cup. Located in the world's fastest growing metropolis, Chongqing, South West China, TRT is developing the Chinese centre for Low Carbon Technology companies.

If you are developing a low carbon technology or know of someone who is then TRT is the world's best place to do it. With robust IPR protection, immediate access to funding, Government relations, legal and operational support and a market place representing 25% of the worlds population - TRT is the place for you.

Contact jake.watkin@trtchina.com
www.trtchina.com
NFU Mutual

As the UK's large rural insurer, NFU Mutual have been a long standing and loyal sponsor of the UKPA, providing annual sponsorship of prizes for the UKPA National Championships. They also support polocrosse through The Pony Club.

NFU Mutual are the official insurer for the UKPA and have kindly insured all of the World Cup playing horses for free for the duration of the competition for the World Cup.

www.nfumutual.co.uk

Australian Horse Training

Jason Webb and his team specialise in handling and starting young horses and rehabilitating ‘problem’ horses. He teaches a modern approach to traditional Australian methods based on a practical application of horse psychology that aims to create a balance for both horse and rider. Services include starting young horses under saddle, solving behavioural/ridden problems, and an Australian Stock Horse Stud.

Jason and his wife Penny have been in charge of coordinating and grading all of the playing horses for the World Cup, a massive task and without their efforts it would not be possible to run this competition.

www.australianhorsetraining.co.uk

Rosemount Polocrosse Equipment

Rosemount Polocrosse Equipment of Queensland, Australia cater for all your polocrosse needs in one place, from Custom-made Polocrosse Raquets to balls to horse boots to White Jeans.

Rosemount Polocrosse Equipment manufacture Hull Polocrosse Balls and this ball will be the official World Cup ball. Rosemount will be providing all of the match balls for the competition.

www.rosemountpolocrosseequipment.com

Polocrosse Extreme

Polocrosse Extreme prides itself on being the number one polocrosse news website in the world, receiving over 30,000 hits a year from over a 50 different countries. The website is run by polocrosse fanatics for polocrosse fanatics, meaning that all the latest news is covered on it first. As well as being a polocrosse news site they do also sell equipment, clothing and advertising space.

Polocrosse Extreme are sponsoring the World Cup and will be there to deliver daily reports on the action.

www.polo-x-treme.com

Chris Rohan Saddlery

Chris Rohan is an expert leather craftsman from Australia and has kindly donated a small number of unique, handmade leather bridles to the World Cup. These bridles will be awarded as prizes in the World Cup to the owners of the Best Playing horses in the competition so as to thank them for putting their horses into the World Cup pools and to give them a lasting memento of their horse's success in the competition.


Gweryd Lakes

Gweryd Lakes is situated with spectacular views in the Clwydian Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. They offer superb accommodation with both coarse and trout fishing on site. Coed Llandegla Mountain Biking Centre is situated nearby, along with fabulous walking and lots of historically interesting places to visit. Chester is just half an hour away.

Gweryd Lakes have donated prizes for the Horse Owners Prize Draw.

www.gwerydlakes.co.uk

Doxford Farm Holiday Cottages, Northumberland

Doxford Farm is a 500 acre working farm situated amidst undulating, unspoilt wooded countryside, five miles from the coast. We offer comfortable family accommodation in the form of 8 stone built terrace cottages. Our lake holds brown trout and our guests are welcome to fly fish by arrangement with the estate manager. We have five miles of wooded and lakeside walks and trails for our guests to explore the farm and our diverse wildlife.

Doxford Farm Cottages have donated prizes for the Horse Owners Prize Draw.

www.doxfordfarmcottages.com
 

Horse & Country TV

Horse and Country TV are a dedicated equestrian and countryside TV channel available online at www.horseandcountry.tv and on Sky Channel 280. They will be showing 8 hours worth of matches from the 2011 Polocrosse World Cup a short while after the event.
Horse & Country TV

EquineWeb

Equineweb specialises in supplying equipment and tack for polocrosse. Tony Shearing, who runs Equineweb, has a huge depth of knowledge and experience about the sport of polocrosse, having been responsible for bringing the sport to the UK from South Africa in the 1980’s, and therefore can answer any questions you may have about polocrosse equipment and tack.

Equineweb have kindly donated a Gordon Shaw Stock saddle to the World Cup which will be awarded to the owner of the Best Horse in the competition.

www.equineweb.com
EquineWeb

Bombers Polocrosse Equipment

Bombers are a worldwide distributor, manufacture and supplier of all your polocrosse requirements. They supply the widest selection of racquets as well as custom made ones, bits and bitting advice for optimum performance of your horse, a vast selection of handcrafted spurs, polocrosse bridlery, stretch riding jeans, boots, kneeguards and much more.

Bombers are sponsoring the Best Player prizes for the World Cup, the International Challenge and the International Pony Club Competition and will be present at the event with a wide range of equipment for sale and to provide advice.

www.bombers.co.za
Bombers

Retraining of Racehorses

Retraining of Racehores (RoR) is British horseracing’s official charity for the welfare of horses who have retired from racing.

RoR raises funds from within the Racing Industry to help support four centres nationwide which provide facilities for the care, training and rehoming of former racehorses. The charity also runs an ever expanding education programme, and sponsors a well established series of competitions in all the different equine disciplines such as showing, dressage and eventing. Ex-racehorses have shown themselves to be very adaptable to a second career, including polocrosse for which RoR also helps support with prizes to the best ex-racehorses participating in this equine sport.

RoR will be awarding a prize to the best retrained racehorse at the 2011 Polocrosse World Cup.

www.ror.org.uk
Retraining of Racehorses

OJPolo

OJPolo produce tailored team shirts for polo and polocrosse teams throughout the world as well as their own unique clothing range.

They are sponsoring the 2011 Polocrosse World Cup and providing shirts for the UK polocrosse team. They will have a trade stand on site throughout the event selling replica UK team shirts and OJPolo clothing. Pre event orders for the 2011 replica shirts can be made via their website from 20th June on the link below.

www.ojpolo.com
OJPolo

Polypads

PolyPads® are a well-known equestrian brand and the innovative range of equestrian saddle pads, leg protectors and pet beds are designed and manufactured exclusively in the UK, using high quality materials. Our products not only look good but are made to last with 240 different colour combinations to match many teams requirements.

Polypads are providing the pads for the UK Polocrosse Team and the umpires during the competition.

www.polypads.co.uk
Polypads

Bennett Polocrosse Equipment

Bennett Polocrosse Rackets is a highly specialised business dedicated to the manufacture of the world’s best quality polocrosse rackets and to supplying players and organizations with the world’s best quality polocrosse equipment.

With over 52 years of combined playing experience, Bennett Polocrosse are well aware of the demands of players at all levels. From custom-made rackets to repairs, Bennett can supply it all.

www.polocrosse.biz
Bennett Polocrosse Equipment

Rugby Festival of Culture

The Rugby Festival of Culture is running from the 30th of June to the 12th of July and the Polocrosse World Cup and the Festival of Culture are collaborating on promotional activities and cross promotion of the other event to their respective audiences. We encourage our visitors to also visit the website to see what else is on around Rugby as part of the Festival.

www.rugbyfestivalofculture.co.uk/
Rugby Festival of Culture

NAF (Natural Animal Feeds)

With over 25 years experience in Equine Supplement formulation and manufacture NAF is the most respected and well known brand of supplements for horses in the UK today. Using proven ingredients found in nature and creating unique effective formulations they pride themselves on their unparalleled commitment to quality.

www.naf-uk.com
NAF

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