The Polo Club of Columbia University is composed of students, alumni, staff or faculty of Columbia Universiy who are interested in participating in the sport of Polo in the New York city area. The is in the process of registering with the U.S. Polo Assn. this coming Fall 2004 and will mount both a men's and women's intercollegiate polo team who will compete in the north east region of the USPA, the Ivy League and more than twenty-five other registered polo teams across the county.

Anyone affiliated with Columbia University is welcome to join the club, ride, and practice with us. Only undergraduates, however, are eligable to compete intercollegiately.

There are two forms of Polo in that is played in the United Staets: Field Polo and Arena Polo. Field Polo is played on a large grass field that is 300 yards long by 160 yards wide, with four players per team. That's roughly equivalent to six football fields! Arena Polo (which is played at an intercollegiate level) is played in an arena, resembling a hockey rink with a dirt surface. Three players per side attempt to score on undefended goals located at either end of the regulation 300 foot wide by 100 feet long arena.