Canadian Women in Polo
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hough traditionally polo was a male-dominated sport, women have been playing the game since it first arrived in North America. In the 1920s, the Calgary Polo Club fielded a women’s team to play in New York at the first international women’s tournament. It was a sign of things to come, but it
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would take a few decades. Women were not even permitted to join the United States Polo Association until the mid-1970s. The last fifty years have brought about significant changes. Women players now represent one of the largest growing sectors of polo today, accounting for approximately 40% of registered players with both the Canadian and the United States Polo Associations.
