Arnica Montana

Sponsors of the Ridley Polocrosse World Cup 2007

Warwick - Queensland

Australia are the Winners of the World Cup! Suzette Lyster -see below- named as Champion Female Polocrosse Player.She has been using Arnica Montana products for over 4 years as has Jane Cooper.

Arnica Montana is proud to sponsor Suzette Lyster and Jane Cooper, two of 4 women in Australia selected to compete for Australia this year.

The training schedule for the team is quite intense including a week at the Australian Institute of Sport along with over a month of preparation prior to the World Cup in April.  They are requried to travel with the horses across to Queensland at their own expense for the prior training and tournaments taking a minimum of six weeks. 

As Polocrosse is not a professional sport there is no payment, even at National level so more sponsors are sought.

The Ridley Polocrosse World Cup 2007 is the most prestigious international event ever staged by Polocrosse. Each participating country has an equal chance of winning the title, as the eight competing nations will play in two draws, using an even pool of Australian horses.

At the inaugural World Cup in 2003, Australia played New Zealand in the final with a decisive 32-13 for the Aussies. 

In addition to Australia, guest nations include New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the USA, South Africa and Zimbabwe.  The entire pool of horses for this unique competition will be supplied and screened by Australia, many will be registered Australian Stock Horses.

Report of Australia's Final Match against the UK:

Sunday 29th April 2007 2.30pm.

FINAL SCORE Australia 36 UK 13

Quote from the Official Polocrosse World Cup website:

"Australia went at the UK from the jump.Early chukkas set the scene for a dominant Australian performance.  Australia's No 1's Kylie Dowling and Jane Cooper stole the limelight with a very strong goal throwing performance.  However Suzette Lyster was also outstanding playing No 3 and came away with the Best International Lady Player Award.Goal throwing duties were shared by 3 Australian players Troy Henry, Aaron Clarke and Andrew Rose who all showed great ball skills and horsemanship to completely dominate their opposition.Hayden Turnbull played the entire final at Number 3 for Australia allowing only 6 goals to be thrown by the UK attack players.

UK played above themselves to reach the final,improving their ranking from 7th in 2003.  The Australians on their home turf were far too strong in the final, going on to record a convincing win.

Australian captain Tanya Hollow said:  "It is unbelievable,almost overwhelming.   We knew UK had their tails up after defeating the Kiwis yesterday,so we had to dominate from the start.We played high intensity polocrosse, it wasn't always pretty, but we got the job done.  It's going to be fantastic for polocrosse in 2011 when the next World Cup is hosted by the United Kingdom.  Our Assistant Coach Noel Challis is always telling us-  :If you can dream it,you can do it." "

Illumination from above Sunday 18th March 2007 Suzette Lyster and Donald Duck preparing for the world cup in Muchea WA Photograph: Perrina Bozanich 29.4.07 Looks as if the Gods were with Suzette from the start!