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As the name itself implies, polocrosse is a combination of polo, lacrosse and netball. It is played on horseback, each rider using a cane stick, made up of a polo stick shaft to which is attached a squash racquet type head with a loose twisted-thread net, in which the ball is carried. The stick may be of any length, usually from 1.0m to 1.2m overall. The ball is made of thick- skinned sponge rubber, 100mm-103mm in diameter, and weighs 140-155grams. Read on..
At Kingston Vale near London, two riding instructors had developed an exercise to supplement the work at the riding School and to make the young riders take better charge of their horses. The exercise was played with two a side, indoors, and with markers on the wall from which the ball bounced back into play. The goals were elongated basketball nets hung at each end of the arena. The sticks were old polo sticks that had the polo mallet removed and replaced with a squash racquet head. This had a shallow string net which they used to scoop up the ball --- read on
 
The International Polocrosse Council  (IPC) is the International body controlling the sport; Polocrosse is now played in many countries:
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, , Norway, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and  Zimbabwe Many of the above links are provided by Polocrosse Worldwide, who provide a growing list of pages for each country

 

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A World Cup Competition takes place every 4 years. The next competition is in Australia in April 2007
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