Teams Announced for May Tournament
The announcement of the teams for the Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup in Sylt heralds an exciting event, set against some of the most stunning scenery of Northern Germany’s coastline.
Polo ponies that are kept out at grass could be affected this spring by Equine Grass Sickness
Equine Grass Sickness is known to be a potentially lethal disease attributed to a toxin produced by a clostridia bacterium.
Twelve teams have entered this year's 22-goal Cartier Queen's Cup competition, which starts on Tuesday 19th May. The current holders, Lyndon Lea's Zacara are back to defend their title, but will be without Facundo Pieres. However they can call upon the 10-goal skills of the experienced Juan Martin Nero, who will be playing alongside Brazil’s top player Rodrigo Andrade and the young English player Jack Hyde. Facundo meanwhile will team up with his brother, fellow 10-goaler Gonzalito in the King Power Foxes team - one of two entries from the Srivaddhanaprabha family.
England won their first game of The Copa de Las Naciones tournament in Palermo yesterday against the Rest of The World with a final score of 9-8. They dominated in the first four chukkas in which the team had achieved a staggering 6 -1 lead by half-time. Led by Nico Pieres and Nachi Du Plessis, Rest of The World made an attempt at a comeback catching up by the final chukka, but it wasn’t to be.
The arrival of the sun in England is not only announcing the start of the English Polo season, but also the imminent arrival of the ten goal ‘kings of polo’ who have been followed on an international stage as they played on the pitches of the International Polo Club Palm Beach via the internet on polo TV at www.hurlinghampolo.com thanks to the drones and live streaming from Horseplay Productions.
The past weekend marked the starting point of the 2015 Copa de Pascua at the Barralina Polo Club in Mallorca. Six teams compete against each other during this tournament, which is held for a period of three weekends. The final match will take place on 3rd May 2015.
The agreement between La Martina and Milano Polo Club for the Milanese Polo Season in 2015 has been signed.
La Martina, official supplier, will provide all the uniforms and technical equipment to the numerous international teams that throughout 2015 will be meeting on the civic polo field which is set up by Milano Polo Club.
(Reuters) - At a college in the English town of Rugby, a somewhat unusual polo match is taking place. Instead of galloping horses and riders, the players hit the ball with a mallet - from a Segway.
