Cirencester Park Polo Club and Cowdray Park Polo Club can also confirm that their renowned ladies tournaments will be played at 12 - 18 Goal level for 2015. The new system brings the English players into line with the ladies Handicap system that is already in use in the USA, Canada, Italy, France, Singapore and Argentina.
Of the 765 female polo members registered with the HPA in the UK only 20 have a handicap of 1 or above. Therefore the idea was created to reduce the issue of compression. In other words the new system will allow for much more evenly matched and more competitive women's polo.
UK WOMENS HANDICAP CONVERSION CHART 2015
-2 0
-1 1
0 3
1 4
2 6
3 8
4 9
5 10
source: Equnews.com/ Horseline