Outdoor Activity Groups

This newly formed society welcomes you to try the incredible sport of Polo!

Equestrian polo is a team sport in which the objective is to score goals against the opposing team by moving the ball down-field into the opposing team’s goal using a long-handled mallet. Games are taught and umpired by qualified officials.Traditionally, polo is played outdoors at speed (using a small, hard plastic ball) on a large grass field.

The club trains at ‘White Rose Polo Club’ in York and welcomes all abilities, from beginners who fancy giving it a go, to novice and HPA - handicapped intermediate players who may have played competitively at secondary school. For those who are interested, the club organises regular ‘friendlies’ against its neighbouring regional universities, such as York, Durham, and Newcastle and additionally takes part in seasonal National SUPA - organised arena and outdoor tournaments based in Warwickshire.

The society is relatively new, but has established itself within the University-playing community following recent success by its Novice team at the most recent national universities’ arena tournament at Rugby – the team were placed second in the final having lost to Bristol UWE in a nail-biting sudden-death penalty shoot-out.

Membership: £25 (2012)

Training: Weekly sessions dependent on demand (with groups based on ability).

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