Supporting Membership Now Available

The American Polocrosse Association Board approved a new type of APA membership starting in 2025 at the Annual General Meeting. The board identified a gap in membership opportunities for supporters of the sport who are not planning to compete.

The APA Standards of Play 2025 has been updated: Section 1, adds Membership Type E. Supporting Membership Individual members who do not compete in APA sanctioned events. Join Here

The Supporting Membership option at $40.00 per year, delivers benefits and information to everyone who wishes to participate. Prospective players may be curious about polocrosse but not yet ready to compete. Parents of adult members; past players not able to ride, aged out, no horse, horse or rider injury; sponsors, and polocrosse spectator enthusiasts can now be a valued member and financial supporter and contribute to APA’s success.

Supporting Members will have access to all the action and unmounted education, the APA offers without getting on the back of a horse at a sanctioned APA event. Supporting Members will be “in the know” by receiving APA communications to their inbox and WhatsApp messaging. Supporting Members can influence polocrosse in the United States through official channels and provide support as they like and are most needed.

Supporting Member Benefits

Receive electronic Member Packet

Receive official email communications

Informed early access to APA Sanctioned Tournaments

Informed access to club and outside coaching opportunities

Informed access to club sponsored clinics, practices, play days, camps, tours

Notification, instructions, and vote for annual APA board elections

Notification and eligibility to run as APA board elected officer

Access to unmounted and virtual education

Informed inclusion in APA official member and committee WhatApp Chat groups

Zone Representative contact and support

Declare an APA local club affiliation

Serve and support as a APA board committee chair or committee member

Serve and support as a tournament official, umpire, coach, event organizer

Participate in planning and support for club tournaments, National and Regional tournaments

Participate in planning and support for Player Development Programs

Umpire Certification

Coach Certification and listing

Access to Beginners Manual, Drills Book, Video Instruction

Supporting Member recognition

Recap of the Annual General Meeting

At the AGM, participants considered Why Polocrosse?, Why APA?, and considered the APA strengths and weaknesses.

Reasons members love the sport of polocrosse and the value of the association were easily listed by the board members from facilitating competition, to camaraderie, to focus on family.

The weaknesses list called out APA struggles:

To find and hold accountable volunteer leader administrative support on the board and committees

To educate members “Why APA?” The services and opportunities, from insurance, to Standards of Play, to Umpires to Ratings, to being part of a worldwide community needs to be better communicated to members.

To fund the increasing cost of administering the association as APA strives to keep the membership fees from increasing.

The American Polocrosse Association (APA) is a non profit 501(c)(3) public charity and is the official polocrosse organization in the USA. Formed in 1984, the APA mission is to promote and provide education about the sport of polocrosse including, sportsmanship; horse and rider safety and welfare; and domestic and international competition. The APA maintains the official Standards of Play in the USA and is a member of the International Polocrosse Council (IPC). For more information visit: www.americanpolocrosse.org

Jennifer Carpenter
Membership Development Chairperson
CONTACT: membershipdevelopment@americanpolocrosse.org
PHONE: 703-475-7832