We are looking forward to our 23nd successive Easter Hockey Tournament in 2004 and would like to invite you to participate by sending a team (or teams) to enter one or more of the competitions and to enjoy with us what is a fantastic weekend of friendship, fun and entertainment!

We anticipate following the same format of the last couple of years with 40 teams, to include the higher level of hockey (at or near National League standard) in the Men's Cup, and some more "club" level games otherwise!

• Friday 9 April midday - Monday 12 April 2004
• 8 Teams Men's Cup - 16 Teams Ladies Cup - 16 Teams Men's Plate.
• 5/6 matches per team over the weekend Friday to Sunday, finals Monday
• 1 Waterbased Astro - 1 Sandbased Astro - 2 Grass pitches at the Club
• 3 Additional Astro pitches nearby - transport to and from will be provided FREE

As always good quality hockey will be balanced with FREE entertainment every night in our large heated marquee.

• Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings Live Music to warm up for the
• Sunday afternoon Karaoke followed the The Sunday Night DISCO!
• As usual everlasting supplies of Snakebite will be on tap in Beer Tent!
• Hot Food available through the day & evening starting with breakfast!
  

Camping at the ground will be available again this year at a cost of £5 per person per night. The tourney is "early" this year so please bring warm kit and dry spares!

As always we are operating on a "first come first served" basis, applications have already started to arrive, so an early response is vital if you wish to book your team's place!

This year the entry fee is £300 per team (13 players per team - £10 per additional person) to include entry to all the evening entertainments. Any umpire (not player-umpire) able to participate in the "pool" will be a welcome guest for the weekend, at no charge and with free drink and food vouchers (please submit names in advance).

A deposit of £150 per team to be paid as soon as possible, with the balance to be paid by March 10th. As in the past deposits are non returnable unless numbers are already over-subscribed. Please complete as fully as possible the entry form and return it with your deposit to teams co-ordinator Catherine Di Mauro at the address on the entry form. Once we have received your deposit we will send a confirmation and details of local accommodation if required.

If paying by debit/ credit card please make sure when you complete the form you include the Worldpay transaction number. For the payments page click here. This is the preferred method of pre-payment.

For further information we can be contacted on easter@polofarm.org . For hotel and guest house accommodation see link here.

... Last Year

The 22nd Easter festival 2003 involved 26 mens sides, and 16 womens sides.The tournament consisted of a Ladies Cup competition, a Mens Cup Competition, and a Mens Plate Competition, with all the finals being played on Bank Holiday Monday morning on Canterbury's water based astro pitch.

The weather was kind and although it turned a bit cold at times, it remained dry allowing two grass pitches to be used in addition to the club and local all-weather pitches. This appeared to add to the enjoyment of the games for many players and it was good to see some old grass pitch skills in action again! Games were played from 10 am each morning through until past 7 pm each night and this was aided by the use of lights on the club's two artificial pitches.

Most teams had a number of National League players, with many University based sides either current or past coming from all parts of the UK as well as old friends Galway and a Dutch side playing under name of The Chipmunks, also previous visitors like many of our guest teams.

With live entertainment organised each afternoon and evening this has become a particularly popular tournament, and great stamina is required by all participants! Camping at the event has become hugely popular and most participants chose to stay in the tented village

The winners of the Mens Cup were Preston Produce Allstars (at the seventh attempt and less blessed this year with top players!), the winners of the Plate were United Hospitals, and the winners of the Womens Cup were Gr8s. The Fair Play award went to The Mirkins

If sides are interested in participating in the 2004 extravaganza they should get in touch with Canterbury HC as soon as possible via the contacts below. Please add your name to the mailing list (see panel alongside) if you wish to receive details.

Further pictures - http://invictaweb.com/pologallery/index.php
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	2003 Mens Cup finalists - Produce (winners at last!) & The Fiddlers (like many pictures here: click for an enlarged version)
	Past Winners   Mens Cup Mens Plate Ladies Cup Fair Play Award           1982 Cork C of I   Norwich Vagabonds 1983 Artists   Norwich Vagabonds 1984 Grammarians   Long Sutton   1985 Artists   Long Sutton   1986 Wasties   Long Sutton   1987 Artists   Canterbury   1988 Artists   Murphy's Mob   1989 Artists Grammarians Scotland U21   1990 Bandits O Canterburians Canterbury   1991 ExEx HC De Ballan Horsham   1992 Canterbury Bath Canterbury The Bears 1993 GateCrashers O Canterburians Birmingham Uni Bandits 1994 Capercaillies Muffins Birmingham Uni Galway 1995 M E P Odyssey Canterbury Dick Heads 1996 Teddies Dick Heads Exiles Guys Hospital 1997 Teddies Produce All Stars B O G S Springbok 1998 Teddies Hubble Bubble Muffbra B O G S 1999 Young Guns Bandits B O G S Produce All Stars 2000 Hurley Bandits Regazze Little Misses 2001 Liquorice Allsorts Pubbes Little Missus Confessors & Underdogs 2002 Roosters Pubbes B.O.G.S+ Firty Duckers 2003 Produce AllStars Unite Hospitals Gr8s The Mirkins
	2002 Mens Cup finalists - Produce & winners Roosters
	2002 Ladies Cup finalists - winners BOG & Brummie LE
	2002 Plate finalists - OSonnorians and winners Pubbes (pink white!)

		Hammo renders "My Way" his way - loads of booster roosters get sweaty - and shakes another cock that hopefully won't join the Vin too soon
			... while next year's cock gets ready
			Bridemaids Revisited ... a tale of sporting bonhommie. Produce take the Best Sounds 2002 award ...
		Men's athletic support of the frilly kind ...

• You may pay your team entry fee by credit card using our on-line payments page - click here!  Please make a note of the Transaction ID and use this in any communication regarding your team's entry.
  
• We look forward to seeing you!!
  
  Entry requests and questions to:
  easter@polofarm.org
  please include contact name address and phone details
  Click here for a printable copy of the 2004 ENTRY form
  (use this to book your place for the the fun n frolics!)
  
  Click here for details of accommodation if you prefer not to camp.
  
  
  
  

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