Hurlingham Polo Association
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The Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA) is the governing
body for polo in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Federation of
International Polo produces the International Rules of Polo through a cooperative
agreement with the Hurlingham Polo Association, the Asociación Argentina
de Polo, plus the United States Polo Association.
Within its jurisdiction, the Hurlingham Polo Association is responsible for implementing the rules of polo and for disciplining player who commit infractions against these rules. It also designates handicaps for each player in the UK. It drew up the first set of formal British rules in 1874, many of which are still in existence.
The association
originated as the Hurlingham Polo Committee in 1875 (which drew up the first English
rules). The Hurlingham Polo Committee was re-titled as the Hurlingham Club Polo
committee and expanded to include representatives on the Council from the Services,
the County Polo Association (formed in 1898 to look after the interests of the
country clubs and to run the County Cup Tournaments), the three London polo clubs
- Hurlingham, Ranelagh and Roehampton - and from all associations within the Empire
where polo was being played in 1903. Later, in 1925, the Hurlingham Club Polo
Committee was re-designated as the Hurlingham Polo Association.
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