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A Regular Night
The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday and the [
Benton County Fairgrounds]. We show up at 5:30 unless there is a class conflict. When we arrive first we sign in, which will show what priority you have of the night. The sooner you arrive the better your chance is to ride more than once in a night. So the more you put in by showing up early is the more you get to ride. The people who arrive late will have less chances to ride. Then once signed in you will start with the numerous chores we have. There is a list of tasks to choose from such as: empty water buckets, refill waters, clean stalls, roll wraps, bring horses in from turn out, groom horses, tack horses, and many other jobs. Once all the necessary chores are completed we tack up all the horses. During that time a member will make a riding list. It is important to make a riding list because many of the members have different riding abilities. The club has beginner horses to horses that need more experienced riders. It is very important to match up the horse to the rider well, because if not serious problems could occur to both rider or horse. Then once the list is decided and the horses are tack we take them out to the arena around 7 PM. There we get on and begin to warm up the horses and then to start hitting the ball around. Once everyone is warmed up we line up to play chuckers. We have about 2 to 3 chuckers per night depending on our horses conditions. So we line up with teams of 3 and there being 2 teams. Since we just practice the chuckers are played for about 7 minutes. Then we get off and switch. Members will most likely to have the opportunity to ride more than one horse during the evening. After all the playing is done we take the horses back into the barn. There we untack them and put their blankets on. As that is happening a couple members will be giving them their food. Once that is over we put everything away and the practice is over.
Games
The Pacific Northwest region teams: Oregon State University, Eastern Oregon University, Washington State University, Montana State University
This year we had games against Eastern Oregon University, Washington State University, Stanford, UC Davis and New Mexico State University.
The women's varsity went the season without a loss. The men's team had two wins against Eastern Oregon University.
Polo Club History
The Oregon State Polo team was originally founded in 1929. It was a nationally recognized military team when it began. The club went off and on over the years, but picked back up in 1996. Since then it has been going strong. It is one of the strongest and largest of the five intercollegiate clubs in the Pacific Northwest. It is also the oldest recreational sport club at the university. This year we have been stronger than ever with the women's team placing first at regionals and going on to nationals at Cornall University. There they made it into the second round loosing to the First place team University of Conneticut. Just to go to Nationals is an achievement though. Up until this year we were in the region with the California schools also, but we broke off into the Northwest region.
Polo Club Horses
This link will take you to a page of information about the Polo Club's Horses.
Contact Information
You can contact one of our current officers if you have any questions:
President: Sarah Lasselle - lassells@onid.orst.edu
Vice President: Mackenzie Bakewell - bakewelm@onid.orst.edu
Secretary: Walt Woods - woodswa@onid.orst.edu
Treasurer: Colleen Fisk - fiskco@onid.orst.edu
Barn Manager: Rachel Hector - hectorr@onid.orst.edu
Polo Club Fees
This year's term fees have been as follows:
$225 returning member
$175 new member
Reductions:
Morning feeding $15
Stall nights $30
You are allowed to do more than one task per term.
New Members
If your interested in playing and have never ridden before and have no riding equipment that is just fine. The club has members and a coach that can give you tips on riding and the club provides most equipment excluding members boots or shoes. The club has horses, tack, saddle pads, blankets, brushes, wraps, helmets, mallets and much more. By becoming a member you will have access to using it all simply by paying member fees.
Links to Polo sites
Here are some links to some Polo Websites that will give you the actual rules to the game:
[|United States Polo Association]
[| Polo Center]
[| OSU POLO]
Horse Exercise Schedule
News
May 20,21: Optional game for all members in Canby, OR
May 21: Officer meeting
May 27-29: Optional game for all members against Stanford. The members going will be leaving Friday and returning Monday.
May 23: Practice
May 25: Practice
