There were nerves aplenty as polo fans gathered in the outskirts of The Hague for GB’s third and final pool stage game with much resting on the outcome. Lose the game and the top half of the table would be all but closed to GB, whereas a win would offer the prospect of a game against Serbia and a possible …
A bright start for GB in Q1 of their 2nd pool game saw plenty of goals from the centre forward position with the GB Captain, Rosie Huck, netting a hat-trick and Annie Clapperton bagging 2 for a 5-1 GB lead.
Period 2 was a reprise of Q1 with six more goals from GB answered by a single Bulgarian score.
GB …
Game 1 GB v Italy 11 Sept 2016
Great Britain’s first game of the U19 European Championships in The Hague was against Italy, one of Europe’s leading polo nations, with a very fast and effective counter.
Quarter 1 was Italy’s with 4 unanswered goals, but Quarter 2 saw GB mount a stiffer challenge with great saves by Kate Read, and …