Fun, Family, Farm Polo

The Sport of Kings and the King of Sports…

the most legal fun you can have with your clothes on! ...
Polo is truly the most exciting of sports. It can also be a wonderfully relaxing sport, with its magic mixture of summer, horses, family, and rural setting. Nearly everyone can play - it is one of the few sports where men and women, adults and children, professionals and amateurs play together.

At Hololio we aim to play, and provide for others, fast, flowing, fun polo in a relaxed, family-friendly environment. Our premium Bermuda fields provide wonderful surface for horses and players alike. We are fortunate to have unlimited water from the Wairoa river to keep the fields in the hottest summer.

Our horse pens overlook the main field, and the truck parking between the two fields ensures that grooms and players alike can see all the action.

We play November - March on two full-size, irrigated, boarded premium Bermuda Turfgrass Polo fields.

See the Calendar page for more information.

Keep in touch for news on Club matches, including Thursday night Dinner games, through the season.

Club Chukkas

Club chukkas are played on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the season, and are normally played at 1pm. Open to members. As the season progresses, Club games are played in the weekends.

To book Club chukka's, call the Polo Line (2928450) by 8am. Bring your Blue and Red Hololio practice shirts ($30 each, see Hololio Kit.

Ladies and Learner's Programme

Hololio Polo runs a popular regular Thursday morning Ladies' and Learners' programme. We make horses and instructors available on Thursday mornings (and other times by appointment) for stick-and-ball and slow, coached chukkas at affordable rates ($35 plus GST per session).

Some of our regulars have already progressed to Club Chukkas on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday so gaps are opening up on Thursday for new players. Call Josephine or email josephine@hololio.co.nz to book.

One of New Zealand's most senior woman players, Alexandra Jones, is coaching the Ladies' sessions and will be organising Coaching Clinics and Training Tournaments in February and March.

Children's Programme

Peewee and Keewee Polo - Sunday morning again with an additional session after school on Thursdays. KeeWee Polo for children off the leadrein. See Peewee Polo page for more information.

Riding Instruction and Polo Coaching

Our qualified instructors will teach you to ride in the Pony Park arena or on the field and we can organise Polo Coaching - by arrangement.