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PolocrossePolocrosse is Australia's contribution to the world of horse sports. As the name implies, it is a combination of the English sport of polo and the American sport of lacrosse. Like polo, it's played outdoors on horses, but it uses a stick with a loose thread net. Goals are scored by throwing a sponge rubber between goal posts. Polocrosse was invented just prior to World War II. In 1938 a Sydney couple, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hirst, visited the National School of Equitation at Kingston Vale in England. There they found a training exercise that could best be described as a mix of squash, polo, lacrosse and basketball. Two riders from each side used a netted squash racquet to pick up a ball, throw it against walls, and to each other, with the aim of eventually dropping it into a basketball net. The Hirsts were impressed with the training exercise and decided to develop it as an outdoor sport. When they returned to Australia, they sought the assistance of a polo player named Alf Pitty and started experimenting with rules. After many hours of practising, and constant revision of the rules, they finally settled on the final product. In 1939, polocrosse had its first public performance at the Ingleburn Sports Ground. It sparked such interest that the Ingleburn Polocross Club was formed shortly later as the world's first polocrosse club. In 1950s, polocrosse became an international sport when it was established in South Africa and Rhodesia. In the 1970s, it was established in England, and soon got a boost with an influx of migrants from Rhodesia and South Africa wanting to keep playing it. Today, polocrosse is played in France, Germany, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Uruguay, and Zambia. |
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