A Grey , blustery day greeted ten teams at this years Tamarang tournament held on August 17 and 18 at the Tamarang field at Bundella .
C grade had 4 teams competing Tamarang B ,Tamarang C, Scone and North Star C. Tamarang C had an unexpected win on Saturday against Will Gilmore's North Star outfit , while Tamarang B went down to a good team from over the range at Scone.
2 teams competed for the B grade over the weekend with Saturdays match ending with Gunnedah led by Earl Herbert being a goal behind North Star B .
Will Gilmore's team of Will , Phoebe Kerin , David Coulton and Robert Doolin scraped home by that same 1 goal difference on Sunday after an exciting match against the Gunnedah team of Earl Herbert, Ben Osborne , Tim Skerrett and Felicity Fraser.
A grade was contested by 4 even teams North Star, Tamarang A , Quirindi and a welcome return to Tamarang by the Boys from Ellerston after a decade absence. Saturday saw Ellerston defeat North Star A with the Northern boys playing there typical hard riding and big hitting not quite good enough against the guile and class of Matt Grimes boys. Tamarang A went down by a goal To Quirindi who played just well enough to get around a Guy Kirkpatrick led Tamarang outfit.
The Sunday C grade final was a tough, close match with Scone ( Bill Bishop , Nigel Russell, Brad Beatson and Gus Kelly ) defeating the classy Tamarang C team (Andrew Thompson , Col Campbell , Den Lee and Scott Chambers) by half a goal.
In the A grade final Ellerston ( Damo Allport , Alex Barnett , Dave Bettington and Matt Grimes ) were too strong for the Qurindi combination of James Hockey , Rob Davies , Gys Boonzaaier and Angus Gunn to claim the Stuart McKellar Memorial Trophy.
The 125th anniversary celebrations lasted well into the night with bar staff putting their heads on the pillow at 4 am . The boys from near the border supporting bar takings to the max with help from several others,
.The sunday presentations were a highlight of the weekend with NSW Polo Association President , Ian Mcduie Introducing the A grade finalists before the match and commending The Tamarang Club on the 125th year . After match presentations were preceded with reminiscances of Club Patron and eldest living former player , Mr John Simson.
Club President Mr Jim Henry had the honour of bestowing life membership to Simon Thompson , who along with his wife Ming and father Boy and mother Margaret , has been the soul of The Tamarang Polo Cub for four decades as well as his strong association with The Quirindi Polo Carnival Club .
The Tamarang Polo Club Thanks all the generous sponsors of the weekend and the help of many locals is greatly appreciated. Good luck to all players for the rest of the season and look forward to seeing all and more at Tamarang in 2014