Sport
5 July, 2025
Stanley Rivers Polocrosse
Contributed by Clay Colless THE Stanley Rivers Polocrosse Club travelled to Tansey in the South Burnett over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd to compete at their annual carnival.
37 teams attended with players from as far away as Cairns in the north and Thargomindah and Tambo in the west as well as players from Central and Southern Queensland.
Stanley Rivers had players in the open, women’s, fun grade and sub junior competitions.
Selena Stevens played in the women’s division and was successful with her team taking out the Beaten B Grade competition.
The open team played in a knockout game on Saturday morning and defeated Wandoan to progress to the D Grade competition, coming from 3 goals down to win by 2 in the last chukka.
Saturday aft ernoon saw the team defeated by Gold Coast going down by 3 goals in the fi rst of the round robin games.
Sunday saw another win against Cunningham by one goal in golden point extra time.
Sunday aft ernoon saw a signifi cant win against Chinchilla, however the loss to Gold Coast on the Saturday saw them again relegated to runners up in a competition sponsored by the Goomeri Emporium and Seasoned Finance.
The next event is the Queensland Zone Championships to be held at Tara on the Western Downs over the 5th and 6th of July.
Stanley Rivers players will play in various South East zone teams.
