Costa Careyes Polo Club hosts Ladies Tournament – Mexico

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The 3rd annual Copa Giuliana was held the week of January 23 – 28.  Ladies from California, Texas, Calgary and Colorado came to the beautiful Pacific Ocean resort to enjoy polo as well as the private Mexican resort of Careyes.  Practice games were held during the week so that everyone could become acquainted with their [...]

Hong Kong, China crowned Champions of The First Ever Snow Polo World Cup in Asia

: Mr. Eduardo Huergo, the President of the Federation of International Polo (left) and Mr. Pan Sutong, Chairman of the Goldin Group (right) present the Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012 Trophy to Hong Kong, China (yellow)

 “Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012”  Championship concludes at Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club,  after 12 teams from around the world came to compete for the title  (Tianjin, China, February 12, 2012) – Hosted by the Equestrian Association of China and the Federation of International Polo (FIP), Asia’s first ever “Fortune Heights Snow Polo [...]

TEAM HAWKER BEECHCRAFT WINS THE 10th VALARTIS BANK SNOW POLO WORLD CUP – JANUARY 12 – 15, 2012

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Berlin, Germany – January 17, 2012 A perfect backdrop to fête this historically loved sport, snow polo returned to the Tyrolean Alps for the 10th Valartis Bank Snow Polo World Cup in Kitzbühel. Eight teams battled for the World Cup: Valartis Bank (title sponsor), Audi (co-sponsor), Parmigiani, Tom Tailor, Hawker Beechcraft, VIP Traveller, Kitzbühel and [...]

Four Semi-Finals Qualifiers Emerged Today @ Snow Polo World Cup (China)

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Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012 “Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012” 12 teams from around the world vie for the championship at Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club (Tianjin, China, February 9, 2012) – Hosted by the Equestrian Association of China and the Federation of International Polo (FIP), Asia’s first ever “Fortune Heights [...]

Eight Quarter-Finals Qualifiers Emerged Today @ Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012

France in red and Italy in blue.

12 teams from around the world vie for the championship at Tianjin Metropolitan Polo Club  Tianjin, China, February 7, 2012  Hosted by the Equestrian Association of China and the Federation of International Polo (FIP), Asia’s first ever “Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012” (“Snow Polo World Cup”) saw eight teams remain after six days of competition [...]

Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012 Day 5 Results

England in Red, USA in White.

12 teams from around the world vie for the championship at Tianjin Metropolitan Polo Club The action continues at Asia’s first ever Snow Polo World Cup at the Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club (“Metropolitan Polo Club”). Hosted by the Equestrian Association of China and the Federation of International Polo (FIP), the “Fortune Heights Snow Polo [...]

“Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012”

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The First Snow Polo World Cup in Asia  12 teams from around the world vie for the championship at Tianjin Metropolitan Polo Club Final Scores on February 5 Games Tianjin, China, February 5, 2012 The action continues at Asia’s first ever Snow Polo World Cup at the Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club (“Metropolitan Polo Club”). The [...]

Grand Opening Ceremony of Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2012

01	- Honored Guests Pour Champagne over the Tournament Ice Sculpture. From left, Mr. Harvey Li, Vice Chairman of Goldin Group, Mr. Pan Zhishen, Equestrian Association of China, Mr. Shen Jiacong, Vice Secretary of THE Tianjin Government, Ms. Zhang Junfang, Tianjin Vice Mayor, Mr. Xiao Tian, Deputy Director of General Administration of Sport in China, Mr. Eduardo Huergo, President of the Federation of International Polo (FIP), Mr. Peter Nicholas Yunghanns, FIP Executive Council Member.

12 teams from around the world vie for the championship at Tianjin Metropolitan Polo Club from Feb 2-12   Tianjin, China, February 4, 2012 Distinguished guests from around the world travelled to Tianjin for the Grand Opening Ceremony of Asia’s first ever Snow Polo World Cup at the Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club (“Metropolitan Polo Club”). The “Fortune [...]

1st Annual Coconut Cup @ Careyes Polo Club in Mexico

Team USA – Suzy, Cody and Catlin Dix and Jason Larvik and Team Careyes – Jessica and Jack Schneider, Giorgio Brignone and Jimmy Giebeler.

First Annual Coconut Cup played at Careyes Polo Club on  the weekend of January 20 and 21.   Players from Washington, Oregon and Calgary, Canada as well as Giorgio Brignone , owner of the Polo Club and Resort located on the Mexican Pacific Ocean.  Play was fast paced but low scoring as the final game ended [...]

International Arena Polo Test Match for the Bryan Morrison Trophy

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The International Arena Polo Test Match returns to British shores on Saturday 3rd March to the All England Polo Club, Hickstead. The USA are sending a 21-goal American side across the water; formed of Tommy Biddle, John Gobin and Brad Blake, to battle it out in Hickstead’s state of the art arena against Team England [...]

Copa de Careyes ends the Mexican Polo Year

Winning team Agua Alta/Samurai – Jimmy Giebeler, Guillermo Li , lberico Ardissone and Dan Yoshii

Players from Peru, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, USA and Mexico participated in a 4- team event to finish the year 2011 in tournament play at the beautiful fields of  the Costa Careyes Polo Club.  The club is located three hours south of Puerto Vallarta and a 5 minute horseback ride from the Pacific Ocean. Guillermo [...]

The International Arena Polo Test Match U.K. – Saturday 3rd March 2012… SAVE THE DATE!

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Excitement amongst the UK polo fraternity has reached fever pitch following the recent announcement and very special news that the International Arena Polo Test Match will once again return to British shores to the All England Polo Club, Hickstead, on Saturday 3rdMarch. The only arena polo game played at an international level in the UK; [...]

4th Annual Cabo Baja Gold Cup @ Club Polo Cabo

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TEAMS PLAYED IN CLUB POLO CABO 4TH ANNUAL BAJA GOLD CUP 2011 PIAGET/CLUB POLO 8 GOALS 1- TONY YAHYAI A 2- GASTON VON WERNICH 5 3- ALVARO TADEO 3 WILD CAT POLO CLUB MINNESOTA 8 GOALS 1- RYAN GIBERTSON A 2- JOSEPH STUART 4 3- NICOLAI GALINDO 4 THE ME /NICKI BEACH HOTEL 9 GOALS [...]

THE FINALS IN MY EYES

The Polo Report By Steve Crowder It was a very good game despite the score which was 6 goals. The reason Ellerstina that it was that close was due to penalty shots. That is part of the game, but it was hard to believe the first goal from the field from Ellerstina was in the [...]

La Dolfina Wins 118th Argentine Open Championship Final

Nicolas Pieres of Ellerstina.

La Dolfina proved too strong against the newly formed Ellerstina team, as they recaptured the Argentine Open Championship title on Friday 9 December 2011, in a 16-10 victory over Ellerstina in Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina in front of over 15,000 cheering fans. La Dolfina dominated the throw-ins and controlled the ball early on, limiting Ellerstina [...]