SARA CIFELLI
Age Group – Adult
Hometown – Vass, NC (originally Pennington, NJ)
Occupation – Entrpreneur
Playing since – 2004
Horses – Giada (TB), Billabong (TB), Ziva (WelshXTB)
Favorite part about the sport – It is incredibly competitive on the field, yet everyone is still one big family after the game is over!
Fun Fact – I used to have to play against CPC every weekend and figured, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!
Rahul Desai
Age Group – Adult
Hometown – Greensboro, NC
Occupation – Physician Assistant
Playing since ~ 2002
Horses – Mtumbi, Keystone Specialist, Yahoo Papparazi,
Favorite part about the sport – How family oriented it is along with bringing in new horses from start to finish while building an important relationship with them.
Fun Fact! – I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Gweru, Zimbabwe. I’m now a proud US citizen who is fortunate to be living in America, but my roots will always be Zimbabwean!
Sarah Desai
Age group – Adult
Hometown – Summerfield, North Carolina Occupation – Physician Assistant
Playing since ~ 1999
Horses – Yahoo Paparazzi, Keystone Specialist, Carrera
“I was at the USPC Festival in 1999 when some guys with funny accents called some of us over to show us this sport called polocrosse. I was an eventer but thought hey this looks interesting! My friend Sara and I bought rackets much to our parents dislike…since the last thing we needed was another weekend activity involving a horse. We brought the sport, what little we knew about it, back to North Carolina where others started to pick it up. I was very busy with my show schedule and did not participate heavily in polocrosse until about 2002 when I decided to transition one of my event horses over to polocrosse. I played my first A grade tournament in 2002 with the help of two other players with much more experience then me. After that I began to play more regularly and been a part of polocrosse ever since. I was the president and tournament organizer for many years for Carolina Polocrosse Club. After taking several years off to get my masters I returned and became president of CPC once more. I have played A grade for 10+ years and have had to honor of owning/riding/training some of the best horses in our club for many years. I met my husband playing polocrosse and he is now the club Coach.
Outside of polocrosse I am a graduate A pony clubber. I evented through Preliminary. I currently compete at third level with my dressage horse as well as showing a large pony in the dressage. I break and train all my own horses with the help of my husband.”
DONNA ELLIS
Age group – Masters
Hometown – Glen Mills, PA /Vass, NC
Occupation – Advertising Designer and Marketing Director
Playing since – 2005
Horses – Bernadine and North
Favorite part about the sport – the awesome competition that gets left on the field and the great “family”
Fun Fact! – I got left behind with Ceci Liner in Pouto NZ on the night of the big party! Thanks kids for not remembering us! LOL!
Peggy Ferebee
Age group – Masters
Hometown – Summerfield, NC
Occupation – Gleefully retired (was a zoo curator)
Playing since – Long enough I should be a lot better. Think since the 2000s
Horses – Flame and Tilly, formerly Inspector Clouseau
Favorite part about the sport – the fellowship
Fun Fact! – Everything I think of will embarrass my family.
Ally Kimbrough
Age group – Adult
Hometown – Summerfield, NC
Occupation – Student
Playing since – 2014
Horses – Rogue, Flash, Ember
Favorite part about the sport – “I love playing polocrosse because it’s so much fun!”
JEN KIMBROUGH
Age – 50+
Hometown – Summerfield, NC
Years playing – zero!
Horses – Flash and Rogue (Ally’s retiree and backup horses)
Favorite part about polocrosse – SO MUCH FUN!!
Fun Fact – IRL I’m a college professor of public health
Kate Lahr
Age group – Adult
Hometown – Carthage, NC
Occupation – Student at North Carolina State University
Playing since – 2011
Horses – Pearl
Favorite part about the sport – The polocrosse community is my favorite part of the sport. It is such a close-knit group of people despite most of us being spread out all over the world.
Fun Fact! – Polocrosse presents you with several opportunities to travel – through polocrosse I have been able to go play in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa!
Michele Lahr
Age group – Masters
Hometown – Robbins NC (originally Charlottesville, VA)
Occupation – Owner/Operator of Magnolia Gate Farm and riding instructor
Playing since – 2011
Horses – Magnolia
Favorite part about the sport – I love all the friends we have made all over the world. Some of my very best friends I have met through Polocrosse
Fun Fact: Cheez-its are my tournament must have snack!
Wade Liner
Age group – Masters
Hometown – Whispering Pines, NC
Occupation – Insulation Contractor
Playing since – 2010
Favorite part about the sport – the family and camaraderie
Fun fact! – We fox hunt the polocrosse horses to help keep them fit.
Kat Liner
Age group – Adult
Hometown – Pinehurst, NC
Occupation – Echo Tech
Playing since – 2007
Horses – Keystone Playmate, Keystone Radiant Star (Roo)
Favorite part about the sport – The team/horse aspect and making friends all over the world
Fun Fact! – I’m a really good hula hooper.
Crawford Liner
Age group – Adult
Hometown – Whispering Pines, NC
Occupation – Student
Playing since – 2009
Favorite part about the sport – Unloading other players
Fun Fact! – Tallest APA member at 6’8”
Ceci Liner
Age group – Masters
Hometown – Whispering Pines, NC
Occupation – Teacher
Playing since – 2012
Horses – J-Lo
Favorite part about the sport – all family members can play
Fun Fact! – love to foxhunt !
Anthony Lynch
Age group – Adult
Hometown – Lillington, NC
Occupation – Student
Playing since – 2014
Horses – Bundy
Favorite part about the sport – How much adrenaline you get and how nice people are.
Paul Schnatz
Age group – Masters
Hometown – West Chester, PA
Playing since – 2007
Occupation – Information Technology, Server Administration
Horse – Olympus
Favorite part of the game – the camaraderie
Fun fact – the first time I ever rode a horse was a very well-trained, experienced trail pony in the Poconos. Well-trained because when the guides said “YeeHaw”, my very big “pony” took off like he was supposed to, right behind the horse in front of me. I swore I’d never ride again. The next time was for Polocrosse.