The Story of Polocrosse in Zimbabwe: The Story of Polocrosse in Zimbabwe

The book is an insight into the life of Polocrosse from its early beginnings in 1948 at Fort Victoria and covers 60 years of development through turbulent times to be one of the leading nations in the sport. It recollects all the characters that played their part through different clubs and brings out the humour, frustrations and determination that made this small turbulent country a nation to be reckoned with. It digs deep into the past in search of where it all began before Australia gave the modern sport its name and follows through with the sequence of nations joining the global family of Polocrosse. An easy read and with a lot of photo's, it takes the older generation down memory lane whilst giving the younger, a sense of belonging and a proud contributor of a growing sport.

Author: Chris Pocock
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 02/09/2014
Pages: 418
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781495492945

About the Author
Chris was born on the 18th of November 1950 and attended Melsetter Junior School and Umtali Boys High School. He learnt the art of horse riding as a 15 year old from Sheila Barry who had just started up her riding school on their Old Umtali Farm, Umtassa. Started with Show Jumping, but soon got the polocrosse bug he went on to play for Umtali, Borrowdale, Karoi, Glendale, Rhodesdale, Horseshoe and Ruwa. He played for Midlands and Mashonaland Provinces and then at National level in 1975, 1980, 1982, 1985 and selected to play in 1987 but withdrew for work commitments. He managed tours to New Zealand and South Africa in 1993 and was the 4th Provincial Chairman for Mashonaland and a member of the National Executive. Chris was an active member in polocrosse administration becoming a National Selector, handicapping and Umpire and Rule book committee's as well as being Chairman and Captain of a number of Clubs. He received his colours as a National Umpire and umpired Test Matches in New Zealand and the South African Quadrangular Tests. Married to Heather who still plays polocrosse He has 5 children, Roger, Tara, Nicholas, Ryan and Scott who have all played polocrosse.

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