Every registered polo player in Australia carries a Handicap of between S/-2 and 10. These are set by each State Association's Handicap Committee following recommendations from Clubs.
*Two handicap review meetings will be held each year: prior to the 1st June (handicaps effective immediately on publication) and prior to the 1st December (handicaps effective 1st January the following year). Both meetings will be a full handicap review.
NEW PLAYERS who have not played polo, shall be assigned an ‘S’ handicap and may only play practice chukkas at clubs of which they are a member, they may not play in tournaments. To be upgraded to a -2 handicap a player must take and pass the Rules Test, the club assigns a fair and accurate T handicap when they consider that they are sufficiently experienced as a player, and meet the
handicap evaluation guidelines. Clubs must inform the State Handicap Committee of any T handicaps assigned.
WOMENS HANDICAPS From January 2018 Womens handicaps will be awarded, Womens Handicap Benchmarks are listed below.
Womens Handicap General Conversion Chart:
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Open Handicap
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Ladies Handicap
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-2
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0
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-1
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1
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0
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2/3
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1
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4/5
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2
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6/7
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3
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8
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4
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9
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5
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10
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For full information on the setting of handicaps, please see the
Handicap Policy To read/download the latest Australian Polo Federation Handicap List please click on the link at the top of this page.
Benchmark Players 2025
7 goals: Raul Laplacette
6 goals: Ollie Cudmore, Matt Perry
5 goals: Dirk Gould, James Fewster
4 goals: Augustus Aguirre, Alec White, Ed Hitchman
3 goals: Aiden Nunn, Bud Sorby, Jasper White
2 goals: Peter Trethowan, Henry Batchelor, Blake Reid,
Marty Ingham, Beau Skerrett
1 goal: Warwick Prendiville, Wayne Glennie, Phil Clark,
Adam Marshall, Philippa Fitzhenry
0 goals: Cameron Brawne, Nick Wills, Shannon Booth,
Bill Taylor, Mark Adamson, Andrew Coulton,
Theodore Cunningham, Aurelie Jaffres.
Womens Handicap Benchmark Players for 2025
5 goals: Missy Browne
4 goals: Alessia Russo, Kelly Keyte, Chloe Warren
3 goals: Marie-Louise Easton, Victoria Abbott