C H I E F E X E C U T I V E
English players have certainly been spreading
their wings during the winter months, and
congratulations to El Remanso who once
again made the final of the Copa Cámara de
Diputados at Palermo (page 62), but lost in
an exciting final to Alegría who were playing
under the new Hurlingham 1875 brand.
The England Ladies team also made their
debut at Palermo. Unfortunately, they were
somewhat messed around by the weather and
got off to a slow start from which they were
unable to recover, but it was a landmark in
women’s polo nevertheless.
England recently played for the FIP Snow
Polo World Cup in China. Captained by
James Harper, all three players had experience
playing on the snow, so the team was very
much the one to beat. After a good start with
two wins, one against the eventual winners
Argentina, we sadly lost in a very tight game
against Hong Kong and ended up fourth.
At the same time, an England arena team
played the US in Arizona for the Townsend
Trophy (page 59) but went down by two goals.
In among all the travel has, of course,
been the issue with the Home Office
concerning visas. An area of immense
frustration for all concerned, it has now been
well documented (page 18). It is hard to
predict how the season will look at this stage
but the HPA has been working hard to limit
the damage to the sport. I hope that 2017
will work in spite of these very serious and
significant impositions on all levels of polo.
T H E H E R B I E
P E N N E L L C U P
Villa del Lago defeated
Postage Stamp Farm 12–9 in
the Herbie Pennell final at the
International Polo Club Palm
Beach (IPC) in Wellington,
Florida. Despite the two teams
bringing the score to a draw
several times in the first half,
Postage Stamp maintained a
one-goal lead throughout. Villa
del Lago owned the second half,
though, taking a 9–5 advantage
in the fourth chukka. The
four-goal gap remained during
the fifth, before Postage Stamp
tightened it to a more respectable
three-point loss in the final.
C A S A D E C A M P O
The 2017 edition of Polo Challenge kicked off on 12 January in the Dominican Republic,
the schedule of which was presented at Palermo in December. The series is being
played at Lechuza Caracas RD and Casa de Campo. The first Polo Challenge
tournament for the year, the Bronze Cup, took place between 12-28 January (12- and
22-goal); the Silver Cup is being played between 9-25 February (12- and 22-goal); the
Gold Cup will take place from 4-26 March (12- and 22-goal); and the Caribbean Open
from 30 March-15 April (12- and 26-goal). Ten-goalers Juan Martín Nero and David
‘Pelon’ Stirling will take part in the Polo Challenge season once again.
H U R L I N G H A M R E D E S I G N
Welcome to the newly redesigned issue of
Hurlingham
. The magazine has a refreshed,
contemporary look and feel for the new year, reflecting the fast-moving and forward-
thinking pace of polo in 2017.
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P O N Y L I N E S
DAVID LOMINSKA
