Australian Handicap List

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 1^st June (handicaps effective immediately on publication) and prior to the 1^st December (handicaps effective 1^st 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.

Open Handicap	Ladies Handicap
-2	0
-1	1
0	2/3
1	4/5
2	6/7
3	8
4	9
5	10

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