About Polocrosse NSW Polocrosse. Polocrosse is an action- packed, team sport often referred to as Rugby on horseback.  It is a family orientated sport with grades to cater for all levels of ability from the novice through to highly experienced and competitive riders.  Polocrosse is unique in that it is a sport in which the whole family can play at the one event, often in the same team.  Players range from 5 Years of age through to just over 8. Games are divided into quarters (known as chukkas).  A team consists of six players and divided into 2 sections. ![]() Polo is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into.![]()  The first section plays the 1st and 3rd chukka and the second section plays the 2nd and 4th chukka.  Chukkas are normally 6 to 8 minutes.  That may not sound like a long time but after your first game you will understand “how long” 6 to 8 minutes can be. The three players in each section are numbered according to their position. The number 1 is the attack player and (other than the opposition’s Number 3) is the only person allowed in the goal scoring area and able to score goals. The number 2 plays in the centre and must often switch from attack to defence depending on which side has possession of the ball. The number 3 defends against the opposition’s number 1. The field. The playing field is 1.  The game starts by players lining up in the centre of the field (as shown) waiting for the umpire to throw the ball in.  To score a goal, players must then pick the ball up using a long handled racquet, get it to their goal scoring area and pass it to their number 1.  who must throw the ball through the goal posts from outside of the key.  When taking the ball from one area to another it must be passed to another player or bounced over the line. There are of course many other rules but that’s the basics of the game. HISTORY OF POLO. Polo is arguably the oldest recorded team sport in known history, with the first matches being played in Persia over 2500 years ago. Any horse can be used other than a stallion, however generally Australian Stock Horses and thoroughbreds around 1. At the top end of the sport, the game requires highly agile horses capable of stopping from high speeds, turning around and accelerating away quickly.  As players are allowed to push opponents, horses do need to be.  calm around other horses.
![]() Children. Competitions are available for almost all ages. В Any player under 1. В This “competition” is social in nature and focuses on participation with all participants usually receiving a small prize. В The youngest known sub- junior was 2 years old. Horse welfare. We could write lots about horse welfare and the value of a good horse but ultimately it comes down to this; if you cannot treat your horse with respect find another sport! Costs (dollars and time)Many polocrosse players will tell you polocrosse is more than sport and that it is a way of life. What ever your perspective, to play polocrosse it’s important you understand what you are up for. В We suggest people interested in playing, contact their nearest club and take advantage of our trial player membership package to keep costs to a minimum. В Additionally, clubs often have spare equipment they can loan interested people so they can try the game before jumping right in. В Like other horse activities you can, to some degree, spend as much or as little as you want. Each player must be registered and insured under the sports national governing Body, the Polocrosse Association of Australia. В В Once registered players can nominate what tournaments (we call them carnivals) they play at. В There is an entry fee for each tournament usually around $2. How are carnivals run? Carnivals are normally held over the weekend with competition starting Saturday morning and finishing on Sunday afternoon. В During that time teams can generally expect to play 3 to 5 games. Am I insured? Yes. Part of your player membership fees includes insurance. Polo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Polo is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long- handled mallet. The traditional sport of polo is played on a grass field up to 3. Each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts. Field polo is played with a solid plastic sphere (ball) which has replaced the wooden version of the ball in much of the sport. In arena polo, only three players are required per team and the game usually involves more maneuvering and shorter plays at lower speeds due to space limitations of the arena. Arena polo is played with a small air- filled ball, similar to a small football. The modern game lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called chukkas (occasionally rendered as "chukkers"). Polo is played professionally in 1. It was formerly, but is not currently, an Olympic sport. History[edit]. Polo player, with referee. Origins[edit]Polo originated in Southern or Central Asia, most likely in Persia.[4][5] Its invention is dated variously from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD.[6][7] Persian Emperor Shapur II learned to play polo when he was seven years old in 3. AD. The game was learned by the neighboring Byzantine Empire at an early date. A tzykanisterion (stadium for playing tzykanion, the Byzantine name for polo) was built by emperor Theodosius II (r. Great Palace of Constantinople.[8] Emperor Basil I (r. Emperor Alexander (r. John I of Trebizond (r. Naqsh- i Jahan Square in Isfahan is a polo field which was built by king Abbas I in the 1. Qutubuddin Aibak, the Turkic slave from Central Asia who later became the Sultan of Delhi in Northern India, ruled as a Sultan for only four years, from 1. While he was playing a game of polo on horseback (also called chougan in Persia), his horse fell and Aibak was impaled on the pommel of his saddle. He was buried near the Anarkali bazaar in Lahore(in modern- day Pakistan). Aibak's son Aram died in 1. CE [2], so Shams- ud- din Iltutmish, another ex- slave of Turkic ancestry who was married to Aibak's daughter, succeeded him as Sultan of Delhi. After the Muslim conquests to the Ayyubid and Mameluke dynasties of Egypt and the Levant, whose elites favoured it above all other sports. Notable sultans such as Saladin and Baybars were known to play it and encourage it in their court.[1. Polo sticks were features on the Mameluke precursor to modern day playing cards. Later on, polo was passed from Persia to other parts of Asia including the Indian subcontinent[1. China, where it was very popular during the Tang Dynasty and frequently depicted in paintings and statues. Valuable for training cavalry, the game was played from Constantinople to Japan by the Middle Ages. It is known in the East as the Game of Kings.[1. The name polo is said to have been derived from the Tibetan word "pulu", meaning ball.[1. Modern game[edit]India and Britain[edit]The modern game of polo is derived from Manipur, India, where the game was known as 'Sagol Kangjei', 'Kanjai- bazee', or 'Pulu'.[1. It was the anglicised form of the last, referring to the wooden ball that was used, which was adopted by the sport in its slow spread to the west. The first polo club was established in the town of Silchar in Assam, India, in 1. The origins of the game in Manipur are traced to early precursors of Sagol Kangjei.[1. This was one of three forms of hockey in Manipur, the other ones being field hockey (called Khong Kangjei) and wrestling- hockey (called Mukna Kangjei). Local rituals such as those connected to the Marjing, the Winged- Pony God of Polo and the creation- ritual episodes of the Lai Haraoba festival enacting the life of his son, Khori- Phaba, the polo- playing god of sports. These may indicate an origin earlier than the historical records of Manipur. Later, according to Chaitharol- Kumbaba, a Royal Chronicle of Manipur King Kangba who ruled Manipur much earlier than Nongda Lairen Pakhangba (3. AD) introduced Sagol Kangjei (Kangjei on horse back). Further regular playing of this game commenced in 1. King Khagemba under newly framed rules of the game. However it was the first Mughal emperor, Babur, who popularised the sport in India and ultimately made a significant influence on England. Old polo field in Imphal, Manipur. In Manipur, polo is traditionally played with seven players to a side. The players are mounted on the indigenous Manipuri pony, which stands less than 1. There are no goal posts, and a player scores simply by hitting the ball out of either end of the field. Players strike the ball with the long side of the stick, not the supposed mallet, which is the handle. Players are permitted to carry the ball, though doing so allows opponents to physically tackle them when they are doing so. The sticks are made of cane, and the balls are made from the roots of bamboo. Colorful cloth pom- poms dangle at sensitive and vulnerable spots around the anatomy of the ponies to protect them. Players protected their legs by attaching leather shields to their saddles and girths.[1. In Manipur, the game was played even by commoners who owned a pony.[1. The kings of Manipur had a royal polo ground within the ramparts of their Kangla Fort. Here they played Manung Kangjei Bung (literally, "Inner Polo Ground"). Public games were held, as they are still today, at the Mapan Kangjei Bung (literally "Outer Polo Ground"), a polo ground just outside the Kangla. Weekly games called Hapta Kangjei (Weekly Polo) were also played in a polo ground outside the current Palace. The oldest polo ground in the world is the Imphal Polo Ground in Manipur State. The history of this pologround is contained in the royal chronicle "Cheitharol Kumbaba" starting from AD 3. Lieutenant (later Major General) Joseph Ford Sherer, the father of modern polo visited the state and played on this polo ground in the 1. Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India visited the state in 1. In 1. 86. 2 the first polo club, Calcutta Polo Club, was established by two British soldiers, Sherer and Captain Robert Stewart.[1. Later they spread the game to their peers in England. The British are credited with spreading polo worldwide in the late 1. Military officers imported the game to Britain in the 1. The establishment of polo clubs throughout England and western Europe followed after the formal codification of rules.[1. The 1. 0th Hussars at Aldershot, Hants, introduced polo to England in 1. The game's governing body in the United Kingdom is the Hurlingham Polo Association, which drew up the first set of formal British rules in 1. Argentina[edit]. Luis Lacey, former captain of Argentine Polo Team in 1. Argentine Polo Open Championship. Meanwhile, British settlers in the Argentine pampas started practising it during their free time. Among them, David Shennan is credited with having organised the first formal polo game of the country in 1. Estancia El Negrete, located in the province of Buenos Aires. The sport spread fast between the skilful gauchos and several clubs opened in the following years in the towns of Venado Tuerto, Ca. Г±ada de GГіmez, Quilmes, Flores and later (1. Hurlingham. In 1. The River Plate Polo Association was founded and constituted the basis for the current Asociaci. Гіn Argentina de Polo. In the Olympic Games held in Paris in 1. Juan Miles, Enrique Padilla, Juan Nelson, Arturo Kenny, G. Brooke Naylor and A. Pe. Г±a obtained the first gold medal for the country's olympic history; this also occurred in Berl. Гn 1. 93. 6 with players Manuel Andrada, Andr. Г©s Gazzotti, Roberto Cavanagh, Luis Duggan, Juan Nelson, Diego Cavanagh and Enrique Alberdi. From then on, the game spread powerfully across the country and Argentina is credited globally as the mecca of polo, mainly because Argentina is notably the country with the largest number ever of 1. Five great teams were able to ensemble together four 1. Coronel Su. ГЎrez, 1. Alberto Heguy, Juan Carlos Harriott, Alfredo Harriot and Horacio Heguy); La Espada. Г±a, 1. 98. 9- 1. Carlos Gracida, Gonzalo Pieres, Alfonso Pieres y Ernesto Trotz Jr.); Indios Chapaleuf. Гє, 1. 99. 2- 1. 99. Bautista Heguy, Gonzalo Heguy, Horacio Heguy Jr. Marcos Heguy); La Dolfina, 2. Adolfo Cambiaso Jr., Lucas Monteverde, Mariano Aguerre y Bartolom. Г© Castagnola); Ellerstina, 2. Facundo Pieres, Gonzalo Pieres Jr., Pablo Mac Donough and Juan Mart. Гn Nero). Argentina was host of the ninth edition of the World Polo Championship (for teams of up to 1. Estancia Grande Polo Club, in the province of San Luis in October 2. The three major polo tournaments in Argentina, known as “Triple Corona” ("Triple Crown"), are Hurlingham Polo Open, Tortugas Polo Open, Palermo Polo Open. Polo season usually last from October to December.[2. Tang Dynasty Chinese courtiers on horseback playing a game of polo, 7. ADThis version of polo played in the 1. Manipur. The game was slow and methodical, with little passing between players and few set plays that required specific movements by participants without the ball. Neither players nor horses were trained to play a fast, nonstop game. This form of polo lacked the aggressive methods and equestrian skills to play. From the 1. 80. 0s to the 1. Indian principalities dominated the international polo scene.[1. Polo then found popularity throughout the rest of the Americas like Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and the United States of America.[2. United States[edit]James Gordon Bennett, Jr. May 1. 87. 6 organized what was billed as the first polo match in the United States at Dickel's Riding Academy at 3. Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City. The historical record states that James Gordon Bennett established the Westchester Polo Club on 6 May 1. May 1. 87. 6 the Jerome Park Racetrack in Westchester County was the site of the "first" American outdoor polo match. H. L. Herbert, James Gordon Bennett and August Belmont financed the original New York Polo Grounds. Herbert stated in a 1.
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