AFTER a successful bid on behalf of The Irish Polocrosse Club (IPA) and Equus Polocrosse Club, Ireland was selected by its fellow members of the European Polocrosse Committee to host the European Championships this August. The club selected to host the event on behalf of the IPA is Equus Polocrosse Club, a young club based in Enniskerry, Co.Wicklow.

The European Challenge is the Northern Hemisphere’s biggest polocrosse competition. It welcomes players and their horses from countries all across Europe including England, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Germany, France, Holland, Norway and Finland. The players will make the long trip to Ireland to the beautiful grounds of Bishopland Polo club located in Ballymore Eustace, Co. Dublin, where Equus host their club tournament each year.

The European Championships will take place on the August bank holiday weekend, August 1st - 2nd, and is free for spectators to come and watch throughout the weekend. Games will run from 9am until 5pm each day. This event will also see all of the Irish polocrosse clubs come together to compete against each other, so there will be plenty of national and international competition happening all weekend.

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The Irish polocrosse community is especially excited to be hosting the European Challenge in 2020 as the current reigning champions following an extremely successful tour to Calais, France, in 2019. Ireland drew a group of Holland, Germany and Finland and made it to the final where the team had yet another brilliant final performance against England, wining the competition outright by 20 goals to nine.

As it is one of the world’s fastest growing equestrian sports, Equus has secured a range of sponsorship and support deals with a host of Irish and international equestrian and polocrosse companies including TRM Nutrition, Orchard Equestrian, TRI Equestrian and Bennett Polocrosse Equipment. This support is absolutely vital for the upcoming events to go ahead and is very much appreciated.

For more information on the event or the sport, please contact Equus Polocrosse Club at equuspolocrosse@gmail.com