The SUPA National Junior Schools Arena Championships

The SUPA National Junior Schools Arena Championships

By Christian Alexander Oberschneider

On 11th March I played my first polo tournament. I played with older boys from different schools.  I am nine and in Year 1 at Summer Fields School in Oxford, where we play polo.  I learned to play in Argentina. 

 

The SUPA (Schools and Universities Polo Association) National Junior Schools Arena Championships are held once a year.  Ten teams competed this year at the Division 1 and 2 levels. Because players from Summer Fields were absent, I moved to the A team in Division 1.  Most of the boys were in Year 3 – Year 5.

I played in both Division 1 and Division 2 games. In Division 1, we won our first game, and then we drew the second game putting us in the finals which was amazing. We were energised and ready. We never thought we could make it so far, but we did!  In the Final, we played Cothill whose team was made up of Year 5 boys. We did our best, played as a team, but they were the better team.  

We enjoyed collecting our second place prizes and look forward to playing again.  Someday I would like to play for Eton or even for England.