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APF POLO RULE CHANGES & UPDATES, January 2025

20 Jan 2025

Australian Polo Federation

PLAYER BULLETIN

APF POLO RULE CHANGES & UPDATES, January 2025

The following Rule will be amended/included with immediate effect

EAR OR NOSE TWITCHING

Ear or Nose twitching. Ear twitching is banned at polo. Nose twitching is only permitted in veterinary/ medical circumstances. It is a yellow card for the player of any pony seen to be twitched to be mounted.

ANNEX C - TOURNAMENT CONDITIONS, PLAYER ELIGIBILITY AND TEAM ENTRIES

C1 TOURNAMENT CONDITIONS

The handicap limits on teams and individual players set out below apply for all tournaments. These rules are not at the discretion of the club or tournament committee.

Sub zero: *A player with a handicap of 6 goals or above may play in the sub zero, but only if playing with three -2 rated players. Any player rated 1 goal or above playing in the sub zero is not allowed to score any goals or take any penalty hits.

Minimum Handicap

A player can request to have their handicap reassessed to play in 6 goal and above. The player makes the request to their Club Handicap Committee, who will forward the request onto the State Handicap committee for assessment.

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