Lake Worth, FL March 16, 2015 – The United States Polo Association® (USPA) today announced that the United States defeated England 17-12 in Saturday night’s historic 22-Goal USPA Townsend International Challenge Cup at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The U.S. team included 10-goal player Tommy Biddle, who played on the United States’ Townsend Cup winning team in 2011 and is the highest-rated arena polo player in the world, seven-goal player Kris Kampsen and five-goal player Jared Sheldon.
Following the Finals of the Ambassador Cup, the VR Sports Club, Bangkok will play host to the sixth Lawyers Polo Tournament. This will be the first time the tournament (which runs from 17th – 20th March) will have been played in Thailand.
The first phase of the Santa María Polo Club tourism-sports project in Sotogrande was approved last Friday by the Territorial Planning Committee in Cádiz, depending on the Junta de Andalucía.
This polo club in Sotogrande is one of the top three clubs in the world. Its Summer International Tournament is considered a "Tourist Interest Event” by the Junta de Andalucía, and gathers the best world polo players and teams every year from July to August in this selected housing development in San Roque, what means a great worldwide media impact.
BARBADOS MADE IT A CLEAN SWEEP of the 2015 UNNA ICBL Cheshire Polo Tournament when they handed Cheshire their third straight defeat in Sunday’s grand final played at the Holders grounds in St James. -
Emirates International Open Polo Championship begins Friday
Ghantoot Polo Club, Abu Dhabi will host the 14th Emirates International Open Polo Championship tournament from Friday 20 March to Friday 3 April.
In Sunday’s quarterfinal action in the 2015 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club, Alegria (Julian Mannix, Hilario Ulloa, Mariano Aguerre and Sterling Giannico) knocked off Valiente 14-8 while Las Monjitas beat Lechuza Caracas 10-6. Wins by both Alegria and Las Monjitas boosted both teams into Wednesday’s semifinals where Las Monjitas will face Audi (Marc Ganzi, Rodrigo Andrade, Gonzalito Pieres and Fred Mannix) in a 2pm contest followed by a 4pm showdown between Alegria and Orchard Hill (Steve Van Andel, Ezequiel Ferrario, Polito Pieres and Facundo Pieres).
DUBAI, United Arab Emirate--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fourth paragraph, second sentence of release should read: "In addition, there will be a further 138 residential villas within the resort, alongside a polo club, a state-of-the-art polo academy and a riding school with 500 stables." (instead of "In addition, there will be a further 138 residential villas within the resort, alongside a polo club, a state-of-the-art polo academy and a riding school with 10 stables.").
