Casterton Polocrosse Club

14/08/2026

💚🤍Tony Neylon 💚🤍

💚🤍Funeral 💚🤍
2pm Friday 14th
Kyneton, VIC
Followed by afternoon tea

💚🤍Graveside service🤍💚
12pm Monday 17th
Followed by Glenelg Inn

11/08/2026

💚🤍 Tony Neylon 🤍💚

It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of our beloved Life Member and Foundation Member of the Casterton Polocrosse Club, Tony Neylon, at the age of 88.

On the March long weekend each year, you would always find Tony and his wife, Jodie, at our annual tournament. It was a special tradition to have Tony present the Neylon Memorial Trophy, awarded to the Best Lady Player and named in honour of Tony’s father, Tom Neylon.

Tony took great pride and joy in presenting this trophy each year, and it was a wonderful reflection of his love for the club, the sport, and the people who make our polocrosse family so special.

Tony’s contribution to the Casterton Polocrosse Club will always be remembered and cherished. He was a valued member of our club and will be deeply missed.

💚🤍 From everyone at the Casterton Polocrosse Club, we send our deepest condolences to Tony’s family, Jodie, and all his friends and loved ones.

Rest easy, Tony. You will be sadly missed and forever remembered. 💚🤍

22/06/2026

⭐️ End of Season vote count presentations ⭐️

What a big year the Casterton polocrosse has had from winning games and tournaments and some best horse awards to our members being selected into nationals teams and more. Casterton Polocrosse club is a strong and very competitive club and it’s going from strength to strength.

Our end of season presentations was a great way to let our hair down relax on a year we have had with some very funny highlights.

C/D/E grade best horse and rider combination
⭐️Mason Hunter on Ginger ⭐️

A/B grade best horse and rider combination
⭐️ Sarah Carlin and Solar ⭐️

Most consistent
⭐️ Olivia Berkin ⭐️

Best Junior
⭐️ Bailey Carlin ⭐️

Most improved
⭐️ Mason Hunter ⭐️

Best on ground award (superman stack)
🥇 Rob Pilmore 🥇

Most prepared
🥇 Hamish Carlin 🥇

Goal of the season (or not hitting the goal post x3 in one game
🥇 Bowes Kelly 🥇

Appreciation award
✨ Nicole Carlin, Diane Moss and Frank Moss ✨

Club person of the year
✨Nicole Carlin ✨

Life member
✨Darren Carlin ✨

Special thanks to our committee members
✨Jessica Bowman, Holly Wittig , Phoebe Carlin , Rob Pilmore, Molly Dennis and Rick Smith ✨

22/06/2026

Fantastic turn out for our end of season Vote count presentation and sponsors day.

Throughout the year Casterton selectors use a vote count system from each tournament to select the best overall horse and rider combination throughout the year .

Thank you to all polocrosse members and volunteers for helping to run such a fantastic day .

Thankyou to all past Casterton polocrosse players and members for coming along and sharing your stories from being at the club

Thankyou to all our amazing sponsors for coming and supporting us and all your contributions and support throughout the year.

* Awards are to be announced *

21/06/2026

06/04/2026

Victorian Polocrosse Championships 2026 in Sale this weekend. Casterton represented with 3 teams.

A grade consisted of Ricky Smith GTM up the front, in the 2 shirt was Olivia Berkin and out the back we welcomed back Hamish Carlin. Ricky and Hamish, the dynmaric duo, linking up well and putting the pace on with Olivia in the middle. The rose between the thorns holding up her end of the bargain with some fantastic ball skills and defensive play .

Then Bowes Kelly back up the front, Phoebe Carlin in the middle on her dad’s horse playing strong and a hard number 2, and out the back was Dillan Carlin. Bowes Kelly showing form adding goals on the board for the cats and Dillan playing a tough 3 on big Dan .

Cats A grade played well but were unfortunately beaten in a semi and missed out on the final.

Cats B grade was made up of Brydie Carlin up the front showing her skills throwing goals left, right and the side flicks. Molly Dennis doing a tonne of work in the middle and getting some hard balls with Sarah Carlin out the back once again. The girls had a hard tough competition but held their own with some fantastic passages of play. Second section was Jessica Bowman up the front, Rob Pilmore playing a hard tough comp in the 2 position, and out the back was Holly Wittig.
Cats B won some games but were out scored to make the finals.

Cats D grade was Crocket as a 1 giving it everything throwing some nice goals . Bailey Carlin young gun playing a big horse doing a great job, and out the back was Fiona Wittig showing us how it’s done. Second chukka was Mason Hunter up the front showing us some skills and getting some scores on the board. Hayley Bowman little pocket rocket playing extremely well chasing and getting her own balls and out the back Bec Francis on big Memphis.

Cats D grade made it to the final, but lost to Western Districts, coming runners up in the grade.

Congratulations Fiona Wittig winning best number 3!

29/03/2026

💚🤍Saturday morning practice followed by some grass planting with all hands on deck, from young to old🤍💚

27/03/2026

Congratulations to all Casterton members for representing Victoria at the Darwin nationals in June 2026

What amazing achievement for our players . Hard work pays off

Phoebe Carlin Brydie Carlin Olivia Berkin

22/03/2026

This week at mooroduc Casterton sent a mixed b grade team over the west gate to compete . The team consisted of the carlin girls Phoebe Carlin up the front , Sarah Carlin in the middle and out the back Brydie Carlin . The second chukka being a mens chukka was made up of Ricky Smith up the front , Bailey Carlin in the middle and out the back Rob Pilmore .

Special mention Bailey Carlin our young gun first time playing in the B grade . Bailey held his own getting alot of ball in the middle and feeding ricky smith the ball

The team played two games on Saturday taking out both wins against sale and Ballan. On the the final Sunday morning Casterton vs Ballan. The girls rode out strong keeping the same positions all weekend . Phoebe throwing some goals up the front on chicken fry , Sarah Carlin picking up the scraps in the middle and Brydie playing are hard and solid game in the 3 position.

The men rode out in the final also unchanged with Ricky smith 1 Bailey Carlin on big fast bingo taking woods getting the ball and helping cats stay up on the ladder and Rob Pilmore out the back.

The final come down to a nail bitter . 14 all at the end of the 6th chukka. The girls rode out Brydie Carlin up the front Phoebe Carlin in the two shirt and Sarah Carlin out the back. Brydie Carlin gets the ball out of the line up took it to the area unfortunatel bounce . The 3 brings the ball back out and the defensive work of both Carlin sisters getting the ball back again phoebe passing to brydie and scoring the winning goal . Caserton coming out WINNERS !

We also had the mini juniors with Sophie and Harry smith scoring 10 goals each and Bella Carlin getting two snaps and two goals .

Great weekend by thr cats crew