Livingstone 2005 Annual Tournament

Livingstone Polocrosse Club Annual Tournament 22 July - 24 July 2005
Well, it was that time of year again, and before all the checks were marked off the tournament list, ponies were arriving and being stabled, and players were arriving and being fed.

The Annual Livingstone Polocrosse tournament was in its eighth year, and was being held at our club fields at Chundukwa Lodge located on the mighty Zambezi River.

Clubs from across Zambia, including Leopards Hill Polocrosse Club, Lusaka South Country Club, Police Polocrosse Club all from Lusaka and Choma Polocrosse Club all joined forces in an action packed weekend of fun, bruises and good hard playing.

All in all there were 18 Sections in all including 3 Kids sections.

Above are all the players that started the tournament, others who joined it through replacing injured players etc., are as follows:

Ted Wilmot, Stacey Smith, Ian Asherwood.

Below are all the Fixtures and winners of each Division.

A Division
A - Division - Saturday 23/7
Choma - 10 vs Lusaka South - 14
Livingstone 1 -15 vs Leopards Hill - 6
Leopards Hill - 11 vs Choma - 10
Livingstone 2 - 13 vs Livingstone 1 - 15
Lusaka South - 16 vs Livingstone 2 - 9

A - Division - Sunday 24/7
Livingstone 1 - 17 vs Choma - 8
Leopards Hill - 9 vs Lusaka South - 8
Livingstone 2 - 10 vs Choma - 11
Livingstone 1 - 10 vs Lusaka South - 12
Leopards Hill - 6 vs Livingstone 2 - 7

B Division
B - Division - Saturday 23/7
Livingstone 2 - 2 vs Lusaka South - 12
Livingstone 1 - 5 vs Police 1 - 18
Police 2 - 4 vs Leopards Hill 2 - 19
Choma - 8 vs Leopards Hill 1 - 11
Livingstone 1 - 7 vs Choma - 12
Police 1 - 5 vs Leopards Hill 1 - 12
Lusaka South - 9 vs Leopards Hill 2 - 7
Livingstone 2 - 10 vs Police 2 - 7

B - Division - Sunday 24/7
Livingstone 1 - 5 vs Leopards Hill 1 - 14
Choma - 12 vs Police 1 - 9
Livingstone 2 - 4 vs Leopards Hill 2 - 10
Lusaka South - 14 vs Police 2 - 4
Police 2 - 11 vs Livingstone 1 - 13 Seventh/Eight Play off
Police 1 - 10 vs Livingstone 2 - 7 Fifth/Sixth Play off
Choma - 9 vs Leopards Hill 2 - 8 Third/Fourth Play off
Leopards Hill 1 - 5 vs Lusaka South - 11 First/Second Place Play off

C Division
C - Division - Saturday 23/7
Livingstone 1 - 9 vs Livingstone 2 - 5
Livingstone 2 - 11 vs Livingstone 3 - 3
Lusaka South - 6 vs Leopards Hill - 5
Leopards Hill - 5 vs Livingstone 1 - 7
Livingstone 3 - 6 vs Lusaka South - 14

C - Division - Sunday 24/7
Livingstone 1 - 15 vs Livingstone 3 - 6
Livingstone 2 - 5 vs Lusaka South - 7
Leopards Hill - 9 vs Livingstone 3 - 4
Livingstone 1 - 7 vs Lusaka South - 3
Livingstone 2 - 7 vs Leopards Hill - 4

Kids Division
Kids - Division - Saturday 23/7
Kids 1 - 6 vs Kids 2 - 4
Kids 3 - 6 vs Kids 1 - 4
Kids 2 - 2 vs Kids 3 - 6

Kids - Division - Sunday 24/7
Kids 2 - 1 vs Kids 3 - 7
Kids 3 - 6 vs Kids 1 - 4
Kids 1 - 4 vs Kids 2 - 12

The Final Winners of the weekend in each Division were as follows:
A Division - Livingstone 1
(Both Livingstone 1 and Lusaka South won 3 games each, but Livingstone had scored 57 goals as opposed to Lusaka South's 50 goals)

B Division - Lusaka South

C Division - Livingstone 1

Kids Division - Kids 3
(This team had two players doubling up as the 3rd player, being Guy Beckett and Jesse Elsinga)

Other awards that are handed out at our tournament are as follows:
Hardest working Number 1 - Murray Evans (Livingstone 2 - A Division player)
Hardest Working Number 2 - Katy Sharpe (Leopards Hill 1 - B Division player)
Hardest Working Number 3 - Penny Counsel (Livinsgtone 2 - A Division player) Penny actually plays for Choma
Most Outstanding Horse and Rider - Lauren Watson (Leopards Hill 1 - B Division player)
Best Turned out Team - Lusaka South C Division - This prize goes to the grooms of the particular division that wins.
Most Improved Player of the Year (Livingstone Only) - Stuart Roberts

Of course no tournament can be organised without the help of generous help from sponsors and individuals alike. Livingstone Polocrosse Club would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the following sponsors and individuals for all their assistance:

Main Club Sponsors

• Amiran Ltd
• Bidvest Zambia Ltd
• Roto Moulder Enterprises

Club Sponsors

• Alpha Design & Management
• Alpha Leisure
• Mosi-oa-Tunya Hardware
• Momba Farms
• Nickie Iljon Ltd
• Pauline & Kevin Kinton
• Southern Steel
• Sticks & Stones Procurement
• Vadoma Ltd

Donations

• A&P International
• Out of Africa
• African Queen
• Rite Pub & Grill
• Bwaato Adventures
• River Club
• Chundukwa Farm
• Royal Chundu
• Fallsview Farm
• South End Travel
• Finta
• Sun International
• Hartsdale Trading
• United Air Charters
• Livingstone Adventures
• World Wide Trading

All in all I personally think that the entire tournament went off with great success.

So all the score sheets, balls, umpire jackets, horses and riders go back to where they came, and we start programming for next years tournament, well maybe 2 or 3 weeks break first.

PRACTISE AS USUAL ON SUNDAYS LIVINGSTONE!!!

Stuart Roberts