Silver Spurs Polocrosse Club

🏇 Some battles are for the trophies… and some are for the bragging rights. 🏆🔥

There was plenty happening beyond the tournament grades at Silver Spurs 2026, and Saturday gave us some of our favourite moments of the weekend. ❤️

First up — the hotly anticipated WAGs v Parents Charity Match. 👀

The Parents put up a fight, but when the dust settled…

🏆 The WAGs claimed victory!

🔥 WAGs
David Furlong
Kim Ronan-Harris
Chris Timmons

⚔️ Parents
Kate O’Donnell
Olive Walker
Angela Fynn
Dawn Lewis

All rivalry aside, the match was played for a much bigger reason, raising funds in aid of the Irish Cancer Society and player development. ❤️

A massive thank you to Kim Ronan-Harris for organising, to everyone brave enough to take to the pitch, and to all those who loaned horses, umpired, manned the table, cheered from the sidelines and donated. It took a lot of people to make it happen and we’re hugely grateful to every one of you.

🐴 The Next Generation Takes the Field

Our Lead Rein players also got their chance on the pitch — and safe to say, they may have stolen the show. ❤️

A huge well done to our littlest competitors, and thank you to the parents, helpers and horses who made sure they got their own taste of tournament weekend. We have a feeling there are a few future Silver Spurs battles brewing already… 👀🔥

🇫🇮 And Silver Spurs went International!

We were also delighted to welcome Lassi, Liisa and Cecilia from Finland, who made the journey over to join us and play for the weekend. 🇫🇮🇮🇪

Thank you for travelling all that way to be part of Silver Spurs 2026 — it was brilliant to have you on the pitch and we hope you enjoyed the weekend (and the Irish craic!) as much as we enjoyed having you. ❤️

From our smallest riders to our international visitors, and one charity match that may have created bragging rights for the foreseeable future…

That’s what tournament weekends are all about. 🏇❤️

And to the Parents — there’s always next year. 😳

⭐ THE TEAMS HAD THEIR BATTLE… NOW FOR THE ONES WHO STOOD OUT FROM THE CROWD. 🏇🏆

Some brilliant performances from both horse and rider across every grade at Silver Spurs 2026 — and these are the combinations and players who caught the eye. 🔥

D GRADE
⭐ Best Player — Lucy McDonagh
🐴 Best Horse — Annabelle Gill
🏇 Treo Eile Best Thoroughbred — Lucy McDonagh
📈 Most Improved Player — Lucy McDonagh

C GRADE
⭐ Best Player — Ashleigh Saunderson
🐴 Best Horse — Robyn Fitzgerald
🏇 Treo Eile Best Thoroughbred — Ashleigh Saunderson
📈 Most Improved Player — Robyn Fitzgerald

B GRADE
⭐ Best Player — Aidan McDonagh
🐴 Best Horse — Aidan McDonagh
🏇 Treo Eile Best Thoroughbred — Aidan McDonagh
📈 Most Improved Player — Jade Mangan

A GRADE
⭐ Best Player — James Smyth
🐴 Best Horse — James Smyth
🏇 Treo Eile Best Thoroughbred — James Smyth
📈 Most Improved Player — Theo Boland

A huge congratulations to all of our award winners — very well earned after a weekend of fast horses, tough opposition and no shortage of battles on the pitch. 👏🔥

A special thank you to Treo Eile for supporting our Best Thoroughbred awards and celebrating the brilliant thoroughbreds doing what they do best. 🐎❤️

Silver Spurs 2026 — you were some weekend. 🏆

🏆 THE BATTLES ARE WON. THE RESULTS ARE IN. 🏇🔥

After two days of hard-fought chukkas, plenty of rivalry and some seriously competitive polocrosse, our Silver Spurs 2026 team champions have been crowned! 👑

D GRADE
🥇 Silver Spurs
🥈 Limerick
🥉 Wicklow Bay

C GRADE
🥇 Horetown
🥈 Limerick
🥉 Carrickmines

B GRADE
🥇 Horetown
🥈 Equus
🥉 Wicklow Bay / Tyrella

A GRADE
🥇 Silver Spurs James
🥈 Silver Spurs Theo
🥉 Equus

A massive congratulations to our winners and to every team who crossed the white line and battled it out with us over the weekend. 🔥

And an even bigger thank you to everyone who travelled, played, umpired, scored, volunteered, supported and helped make Silver Spurs 2026 happen. ❤️

From the tournament chukkas to our little Lead Rein superstars and the fiercely contested WAGs v Parents Charity Match, you brought the horses, the rivalry and — most importantly — the craic. 😏

More from the WAGs v Parents and Lead Rein to come… 👀

🏆 Next up: our individual award winners…

Tomorrow, it’s all to play for. 🏆🐎

One last day. One last push. A few scores to settle. 👀🔥

Sunday’s games are set — but who’s taking the silverware home?

Bring on Day 2. ⚔️

🎟️ TONIGHT’S RAFFLE IS LOOKING DANGEROUSLY GOOD… 👀🔥

We’ve got some seriously cracking prizes up for grabs tonight — so get your tickets, back your luck and prepare to fight over who’s taking home what. 😏🏆

You’ve got to be in it to win it.

🎟️ Tickets available tonight — don’t say we didn’t warn you!

🏇 PLOT TWIST… WE’VE HAD A RESHUFFLE. 🔀😅

A few late withdrawals tried their best to throw a spanner in the works — but you’ll have to try harder than that to stop Silver Spurs. 💪

Teams reshuffled.
Draw redrawn.
Schedule reworked.
Sanity… just about there. 😂

So, please forget everything you studied yesterday and swipe through for your NEW teams and UPDATED weekend timetable 👉

Check your team. Check your times. And get ready to go. 👀

The road to battle might have gained a few obstacles, but the destination hasn’t changed…

Two days. Plenty of chukkas. One hell of a weekend ahead. 🔥🏆

See you on the pitch!

📍 THE BATTLEGROUND IS SET… HERE’S HOW TO FIND IT. 🗺️🏇

We can’t wait to welcome everyone to Silver Spurs 2026 this weekend! The teams are ready, the teams have been drawn and we can sense the competitive spirit… 🔥

Before the battle commences, a little housekeeping to make sure everyone (horses included) arrives safely and the weekend runs smoothly.

🚛 ACCESS TO PENNING
Please approach Barnaslingan Lane from the Enniskerry end. The turn into the field is not possible for lorries from the other direction. As you turn in please be mindful of a particularly unhelpful tree 🌳😅

📍 Entrance: 53°12’41.0”N 6°10’17.7”W

🐴 CHOOSE YOUR TERRITORY WISELY
When setting up camp, please keep all penning well clear of the entrance so trucks and trailers have plenty of room to get in and turn safely.

Please also leave plenty of space around the marquee. Your horses will thank you Sunday morning.

🚗 PARK IT & PREPARE FOR BATTLE
Spectator parking is marked on the map and we’d really appreciate everyone using it rather than the main yard. Our liveries still need access throughout the weekend.

No cars are to go to the pitch.

There’s access from the camping/penning area up through spectator parking and on to the pitch, so please use this route and keep foot traffic off Barnaslingan Lane wherever possible.

💧 HORSE WASHING
The main yard is not available to players for washing down. Water will be provided in the penning field, so bring your sponges! 🧽

🧹 LEAVE NO TRACE
Please pick your pens and bring your rubbish home. We’re very lucky to have the use of the land and want to leave it exactly as we found it.

🔥 SAVE THE FIRE FOR THE PITCH 🔥
There are ABSOLUTELY NO FIRES to be lit anywhere on site. With the Orange fire-risk warning and recent local wildfires threatening nearby towns, this is one rule we need everyone to take very seriously.

Save the map, pack your gear, load the horses and get yourselves ready…

We’ll provide the pitch. You bring the rivalry. 😏🏆

Safe travels to everyone making the journey. We can’t wait to welcome you to Silver Spurs! ❤️🐴

🏇The teams are set. The draw is out. Now it’s time to play. 🔥

The countdown to Silver Spurs 2026 is well and truly on!

Two days of fast horses, hard-fought chukkas and plenty of rivalry ahead 👀🏆

Swipe through for your teams and weekend schedule 👉

Study the draw. Find your opposition. Decide who you’re backing. 😏

And when the serious business is done on Saturday… the real bragging rights are up for grabs. 💪

🔥 WAGs v Parents Charity Match — pride on the line, all for a brilliant cause.
🐴 Lead Rein — our littlest competitors take centre stage and show the rest of us how it’s done!

Safe travels to everyone joining us — we can’t wait to welcome you all for an exciting weekend of polocrosse! ❤️🐴

See you in the line-up.

Some points ahead of the weekend 💪

CAMPING & PENNING
Camping and penning is in a new field a little further up the lane on the right.

Penning will be in the first field and camping in the second one with access from that field directly onto the pitch.

FARRIER
will be here all weekend 🐴

SAFETY - NO VEHICLES IN YARD
For safety reasons we ask that anyone driving to the pitch parks in the front yard - no vehicles allowed through the yard in the interest of health and safety. 🚙

WATER
Horse washing and drinking water will be available in the field down the road where the horses will be penned - please do not use the water in the yard as we need that to be available for the other non-polocrosse horses and owners in the yard. Please bring sponges. 🧽 💦

SATURDAY EVENING
We are planning a great evening again this year with a BBQ type set up and a party atmosphere, similar to previous years, with external catering to help us out. 🍔

EVENING MEAL
If you would like to join us for the evening meal on Saturday, please indicate this with your entries as we need to order food in advance. 🍴🍽️

GATES CLOSED
From a health and safety perspective, please ensure the gate to the field where the horses are penned is closed at all times to avoid any loose horses getting onto the road. 🔒

PLEASE KEEP IT CLEAN
Pens are to be cleared and rubbish brought home. 🗑️🚮

NO FIRES
There are strictly no fires to be lit. 🔥