Quambone Polocrosse Club Held their annual Carnival over the weekend (5th & 6th) at Quambone Race Course with 33 teams (198 Players) along with their families and friends making the trek to play a weekend of fast paced Polocrosse action at all levels.

Quambone saw three interstate teams as well as an Under 16’s Development team from the United States who are in Australia to Play at the Narrabri Junior Challenge next weekend.

The Interstate teams travelled from Sale & Corio in Victoria along with two teams from Dirranbandi Queensland.

It was an action-packed weekend with the tiny club of just eight members managing to pull off another fantastic event.

The Club was very grateful for the support of locals who jumped in to help, along with the continued support of the Coonamble shire Council and its maintenance of the grounds.

Friday night saw players arrive late into the night to begin play at 8am Saturday morning.

The Club offered a gold Coin barbeque and bar into the night which was strongly supported.

Saturday brought a day full of strong polocrosse and great sportsmanship across the grades from Sub-Juniors through to well-seasoned adults.

The competition ranged from A Grade through to E along with the Junior competitions.

All in all, 35 games were played on Saturday alone with each team backing up for Sunday to play their Final games.

On Saturday night the small team served up over 176 meals to the hungry players and their families with the help of some lovely volunteer.

Local DJ Billy Carroll was onsite to get the party started after the dinner with revelers and players kicking back to unwind and enjoy themselves late into the night.

Jack Mills from Warren fends off a Gulgong player during the B Juniors Final.

It was a hotly contested weekend all the way through with the rivalry coming to a peak on Sunday with the ten Finals along with social games being played for each grade.

The Sub Juniors Final game on Sunday was between Gulgong and the Roos (Mixed team) 7-1 (Sponsored by Coonamble Ag N Vet & Western Rivers Vets).

The A Grade Junior Final was a strong fast game with the USA Kids (Global Trotters) on their loaned horses securing the win against Cubbaroo for a fantastic final game 12-6. (Sponsored by Marsh Carney Dubbo)

D Grade Open (sponsored by Northwest Vets) was a great match with plenty of skill on show and a bit of the of QLD versus NSW energy, Galloping Gully 2 defeated Dirranbandi 2, score14-3.

Both A Grade Competitions were kindly sponsored by Furneys Stockfeeds Dubbo with the two winning teams taking home a bag of feed.

The A Mixed Final was between Narrabri & Quirindi with a final score of 18-5 with nothing but skill from both the Women’s Section and the Mens throughout the weekend.

The feature game of weekend was the A Grade Final between Quirindi 1 & Dirranbandi, a repeat match from 2023 which saw Quirindi take the win in the final minutes from the Queenslanders, this wasn’t to be repeated.

This year Dirranbandi came with fire after four hard-fought 8-minute Chukkas (Quarters).

With a few free throws at goal after some hot moments for both sides, Dirranbandi managed to slide into the lead and slowly pull away.

At the final bell Dirranbandi came out as victors over Quirindi with a clear win of 13-8.

Dirrandandi’s Seb Mcracken was declared man of the match whilst fellow team member, Nick Perkins (Dirranbandi) was awarded the Peter Cookson Memorial Trophy for Best Gentleman Horse & Rider Combination for the weekend.

Nick also won this trophy in 2023 when he was last here.

Mendooran player Julia Stewart controls her fresh young horse before heading off up field in the A Open Social.

The special award for the weekend that is close to the club’s heart is the Jacinta Mallon Memorial Trophy for the Champion Lady Horse & Rider combination.

This trophy was awarded to Kyla Street and presented by Martin Mallon.

"The club would like to say a huge thankyou to anybody who has chipped in to help in any way," said Secretary Katrina Walker.

"Such a small group put in a magnificent effort with nothing but compliments from those who travelled out to play over the weekend.

"And a very big thankyou to the Carnival Sponsors who supported the Club.

"2026 will see Quambone Polocrosse Club ring in 50 YEARS and we have something special in mind."