Ebe Sievwright, the voice of St. Moritz snowpolo , and a hoard of others
By Alex Webbe
It’s getting to bethat time of the year again. TheInternational Polo club season is in full swing with 20-goal competition and10-goalers galore and the organizers of the St. Moritz World Cup on Snow aregetting ready to celebrate their 30th edition of the Swiss classic,and Ebe Sievwright is just the man to tell you about it.
Ebe Sievwrighthas been riding since he was 6, playing polo since he was 14. As a professionalplayer he has played in 22-goal competition for the Black Bears and Azzurapolo teams, winning the Swiss Open with Javier and Eduardo Novillo Astrada, andplaying in Queens Cup 22-goal matches with Marcos Heguy and NachoNovillo-Astrada. He is a professional polo commentator with the Deauville HighGoal Gold Cup, Belgian and Dutch Opens as well as at Sotogrande inSpain. Most recently heard at the PiagetAspen World Snow Polo tournament, Ebe has been head of the communicationsteam for 13 years at the Cartier Polo on Snow in St. Moritz. He plays, teaches and commentates for polo all over the world.
Four teams will be competing again this year with the returnof Nacho Figueras leading the Ralph Lauren entry (Michael Bickford, JamieMorrison, Nacho Figueras and Ruki Baillieu).
John Munro Ford will be returning with his championshipCartier team (Jonathan Munro Ford, Max Charlton, Chris Hyde and Hissam AliHyder).
Deutsch Bank (Karan Thapar, Ryan Pemble, Oliver Hipwood andGlen Gilmore) and BMW (Richard Davis, Johnny Good, Tarquin Southwell andJohn-Paul Clarkin) round out the field.