OSU Polo Club

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Contents 1 A Regular Night 2 Games 3 Polo Club History 4 Polo Club Horses 5 Contact Information 6 Polo Club Fees 7 New Members 8 Links to Polo sites 9 News

A Regular Night

The club meets every Monday and Wednesday at 6:00PM at the OSU Horse Center.

When we arrive first we sign in, which will show what priority you have of the night. The sooner you arrive the better your chance is to ride more than once in a night. So the more you put in by showing up early is the more you get to ride. The people who arrive late will have less chances to ride.

When we arrive we sign in so that we know who is present in order to make the ride lists. Then we begin with the tasks that need to be done before riding. These include: clean stalls, roll wraps, bring horses in from turn out, groom horses, tack horses, and many other jobs. Once all the necessary chores are completed we tack up all the horses. During that time a member will make a riding list. It is important to make a riding list because many of the members have different riding abilities. The club has beginner horses to horses that need more experienced riders. It is very important to match up the horse to the rider well, because if not serious problems could occur to both rider or horse. Once the list is decided and the horses are tacked we begin practice! We begin with gradually warming the horses up and then pick up our mallets. At this point we will either begin drills or practice chukkars depending on the plan for the night.

After we have ridden we cool down the horses, untack, and make sure everything is cleaned up and put away. Then head home after a fun night's practice!

Games

The Pacific Northwest region teams: Oregon State University, Eastern Oregon University, Washington State University, Montana State University. Games consist of 4 chukkars(quarters to non-polo people). The varsity teams are composed of three players, with one alternate. The Varsity and JV both travel and play games.

Polo Club History

The Oregon State Polo team was originally founded in 1929. It was a nationally recognized military team when it began. The club went off and on over the years, but picked back up in 1996. Since then it has been going strong. It is one of the strongest and largest of the five intercollegiate clubs in the Pacific Northwest. It is also the oldest recreational sport club at the university. This year we have been stronger than ever with the women's team placing first at regionals and going on to nationals at Cornall University. There they made it into the second round loosing to the First place team University of Conneticut. Just to go to Nationals is an achievement though. Up until this year we were in the region with the California schools also, but we broke off into the Northwest region.

Polo Club Horses

This link will take you to a page of information about the Polo Club's Horses.

Contact Information

You can contact one of our current officers if you have any questions:

President: Sarah Lasselle

Vice President: Erika Hanna - hannaer@onid.orst.edu

Secretary: Mackenzie Bakewell

Treasurer: Karlie Smith

PR: Mark Mills

Polo Club Fees

This year's term fees have been as follows:

$225 returning member

$175 new member

Reductions:

Stall nights $30

You are allowed to do more than one task per term.

New Members

If your interested in playing and have never ridden before and have no riding equipment that is just fine. The club has members and a coach that can give you tips on riding and the club provides most equipment excluding members boots or shoes. The club has horses, tack, saddle pads, blankets, brushes, wraps, helmets, mallets and much more. By becoming a member you will have access to using it all simply by paying member fees.

Links to Polo sites

Here are some links to some Polo Websites that will give you the actual rules to the game:

[|United States Polo Association]

[| Polo Center]

[| OSU POLO]

Horse Exercise Schedule

News

The Club now practices and plays games at the OSU Horse Center