May 18, 2023 Latest News, Polo News

The Kuala Lumpur Polo Club will be holding the 6-goal KL POLO CLASSIC, to be played from Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th June 2023.

Handicap: Teams of 2 to 6 Goals.

Games: 4 Chukkas.

There shall be no handicap restriction on professional players, however teams must maintain at least one amateur player on the field at all times.

Entries:
31 May – Close for Early Bird Entries at RM6,000 per team
7th June – Close of Entries at RM7,000 per team
8th June – Technical Briefing and Draw.

Entry Forms: 2023 KLPC Entry & Declaration Forms

Please submit your team entry and declaration, with payment to the KLPC office by the prescribed closing date

KL Polo Classic 2023

10 – 18 June 2023

  1. TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE

1.1        The League Committee shall comprise

  1. Polo Captain (chair)
  2. Polo Sub-Committee Members

1.2        The Chairman shall have the power to invite further representatives from other teams that are participating to attend Tournament Committee meetings.

2.3        The Polo Captain shall be in charge of the day-to-day running of the league and shall keep track and publish all results and of all league matches and tournaments played and from time to time publish league standings, or shall appoint a tournament director.

  1. HANDICAPS

3.1        The Low Goal League shall be played within the range of 2 to 6 Goals

  1. DATES OF TOURNAMENTS

The dates of the tournaments are from 10th to 18th June 2023

  1. RULES

5.1        All leagues are to be played under current Hurlingham Polo Association Rules, except where specifically modified in these regulations.

5.2        Umpire(s) shall be appointed by the League Committee.

5.3        All games shall be played with two umpires and with a referee officiating unless agreed by the Polo Captain.

5.4        All players participating must have passed an RMPA or KLPC Rules Test before he can be registered as eligible to play. 

5.5        Players who are in default with KLPC may not participate in any Tournaments till their account has been cleared in full and permission to participate has been granted by the League Committee.

5.6        Elbow Guards and safety eyewear are mandatory for players 23 years of age and under.

5.7        Matches shall be played over four chukkas.

5.8        Matches shall be played on handicap. 

5.9        There is no maximum number of horses that can be played. 

5.10      Teams shall be responsible for their own stabling, floating and incidental costs.

5.11      No draws are allowed.

5.12      All qualifying league matches must be played till there is a winner.  Drawn games must be played till there is a winner, first with a supplementary chukka.  First goal (Golden Goal) decides the winner of the match.   If there is no goal in the supplementary chukka, penalties will be taken to decide the winner of the match.  The penalty shoot-out to decide the outcome of games shall be as follows:

  1. Each player takes one penalty at 30 yards and 40 yards each.
  2. If scores are tied, the shoot-out goes into sudden-death at 60 yards
  3. Teams may not change the sequence of penalty takers.
  4. Teams may not substitute players during a penalty shoot-out.
  5. Players may not change horses once the penalty shoot-out has begun, unless a horse goes lame (to be decided by the umpires).

5.13      Matches that are abandoned because of the weather shall be considered completed if more than half of the match was played with the score recorded as final when the match was stopped.

5.14      Teams tied on points shall be separated by the who-beat-who rule, with the winner of their match together going above the loser in that zone and/or league.

5.15      In the event that the who-beat-who rule cannot be applied to define an order of merit, goal difference shall be used, and if that is tied, then goal difference will be recalculated without handicap goals.

  1. Qualifying Points & Order of Merit

6.1        Qualifying Points are awarded per game on the scale as follows:

  1. Three (3) points for an outright game win in regulation time.
  2. Two (2) points for a win in sudden death over-time (drawn in regulation time).
  3. One (1) point for a loss in sudden death over-time (drawn in regulation time).
  4. No points for an outright loss in regulation time.

6.2        In the event of a tie for points in the qualifying league, the ‘who beat who’ rule shall be applied, looking at the last game played between the two teams tournament.

  1. Handicap Committee & Handicapping

7.1        Any player participating in the KL Polo Classic shall play off their current RMPA Handicap.

7.2        In the event that a player coming from abroad to play in the KLPC league does not hold an RMPA or KLPC Handicap, this player shall play off the highest handicap currently allotted to him by his home country, Hurlingham Polo Association, US Polo Association or Argentine Association of Polo.  

7.3        In the event that the player holds a higher handicap anywhere else in the world, he shall play off his home/HPA/USPA/AAP handicap on a temporary basis (T Handicap) till his handicap is reviewed by the League Committee.

  1. General

8.1      The Tournament Committee shall have the right to make any over-riding

decisions in the interest of completing their tournaments, should these rules not refer to an explicit situation.

8.2        These regulations are set out to provide a structure for the KL Polo Classic to run in accordance of H.P.A. Rules.

8.3        KLPC reserves the right to alter, modify or change any regulations at any time.

To download these regulations as a PDF file, please click here: 2023 KL Polo Classic Regulations