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 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.
A player who ceases to hold active membership with the Australian Polo Federation shall remain on the Australian Polo Federation Handicap List for a period of 12 months from the date their active membership ceases. The player shall be removed from the Handicap List at the next scheduled handicap review following the expiry of that 12-month period.
A player whose handicap has been removed following the expiry of the 12-month period will, upon renewal of active membership with the Australian Polo Federation, be reinstated at their highest current overseas handicap, with a “T” rating applied.
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:
|
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 2026
7 goals: Raul Laplacette
6 goals: Patrick O'Dwyer, Wills Harper
5 goals: Dirk Gould
4 goals: Augustus Aguirre, Alec White
3 goals: Aiden Nunn, Bud Sorby, Jasper White
2 goals: Peter Trethowan, Henry Batchelor, Blake Reid,
George Deverall
1 goal: Warwick Prendiville, Wayne Glennie, Phil Clark,
Adam Marshall, Philippa Fitzhenry
0 goals: Nick Wills, Shannon Booth, Bill Taylor, Mark Adamson, Andrew Coulton,
Theodore Cunningham, Aurelie Jaffres.
Womens Handicap Benchmark Players for 2026
5 goals: Indiana Bennetto
4 goals: Chloe Allen, Phillippa Fitz-Henry
3 goals: Skye Gilmore, Katie Porteous
2 goals: AJ Lester