Western Australian Polo Association

The Western Australian Polo Association is the governing association of polo clubs in Western Australia.

## History[edit]

The Western Australian Polo Association was founded in 1903.[1] As polo historian Horace A. Laffaye reminds us, this happened seven years after the establishment of the first polo club in Western Australia, the Perth Polo Club, in 1896.[1] Indeed, polo had first been played at the Fremantle Hunt Club in Fremantle as early as 1892, almost ten years before the establishment of the Western Australian Polo Association.[1]

The association is a member of the Australian Polo Federation.[2] It comprises all polo clubs registered with the Australian Polo Federation which are based in Western Australia. Historically, this included polo clubs in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Cue or Geraldton and several other locations.[1] However, it currently only comprises five polo clubs:

* Kojonup Polo Club in Kojonup.[2][3]
* Perth Polo Club in Guildford.[2][3]
* Serpentine Polo Club in Serpentine.[2][3]
* Swan Valley Polo Club in the Swan Valley.[2][3]
* Walkaway Polo Club in Walkaway.[2][3]

The current President is Greg Johnson.[3] It is headquartered in Serpentine.[4]

## See also[edit]

* Australia portal
* Horses portal
* Sports portal

* Australian Polo Federation
* Equestrian Australia

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Horace A. Laffaye, The Evolution of Polo, Jefferson, North Carolina: MacFarland & Company, 2009, p. 42
2. ^ a b c d e f Australian polo Association: Member states and clubs
3. ^ a b c d e f WA Polo Association: Contacts
4. ^ Government of Western Australia: Department of Sport and Recreation: Dimensions for Polo

This polo-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template