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April - June 2021 ISSUE 02 #WeHaveAnAtom p08 p30 p46 We bring you a sneak peek into our latest CLUB NEWS RIDING LIFESTYLE addition of our big, happy polo family! 74th Annual Our Pre-COVID Living The General Meeting Equestrian-Themed Equestrian Moments Escapades PATRONS MANAGEMENT OPERATING HOURS Derek Mitchell Sylvan Braberry General Manager FRONT DESK FACILITIES K.C. Loh Rani Yong 7.30am – 9.30pm (Sunday to Thursday) UNDER RENOVATION Secretary 7.30am – 10.00pm (Friday & Saturday) COMMITTEE Gym Victor Phua 7.00am – 9.00pm (weekdays) F&B OUTLETS Stephanie Masefield Club Duty Manager 8.00am – 8.00pm (weekends) President Irene Seah The Paddock 8.00am – 10.30pm (daily) Events & Banquet Manager Swimming Pool Lawrence Khong (Last order at 9.30pm) Vice President Han Peck Hoe 7.00am – 9.00pm (daily) Facilities & Maintenance The Polo Bar Satinder Garcha Tennis Courts Manager 6.00am – 10.30pm (daily) Polo Captain (Last order at 9.45pm) 7.00am – 10.00pm (daily) Rickard Hogberg Chong Hion Kean Gaming Honorary Secretary Finance Manager Coriander Leaf @ The Mountbatten Room 12.00pm – 10.30pm (daily) Timothy Zee Alinna Li 6.00pm – 10.30pm (daily) Honorary Treasurer Human Resources Manager (Last order at 9.45pm) Atoms Polo Loft Dennis Lim 9.00am – 7.00pm (Tues –Sat) Leon Chu The Verandah Marketing Communications 9.00am – 6.30pm (Sunday) Committee Member 8.00am – 11.00pm (daily) & Lifestyle Manager (Closed on Mondays) (Last order at 9.30pm) Peggy Yeo Committee Member Joseph Kwok Membership & Service Koh Pei Bei Development Manager Committee Member Sunny Oh Jane Drummond Polo Administration Manager Committee Member Daniel Sitranen Daniel Chua Riding School Manager Committee Member Wee Tiong Han Committee Member CONTACTS Committee [email protected] HR & Admin [email protected] Events & Banquet [email protected] Marketing, Advertising & Sponsorship [email protected] Facilities & Grounds [email protected] Membership [email protected] Finance [email protected] Polo [email protected] Food & Beverage [email protected] Riding [email protected] Gaming [email protected] Sports & Recreation [email protected] General Enquiries [email protected] Atoms Polo Loft [email protected] Singapore Polo Club | 01 CLUB NEWS 4 New Members 5 President’s Message 7 General Manager’s Message 8 AGM and New Committee 2021/2022 10 Tribute to Prince Philip 12 SPC X Equal F&B Promotion POLO 16 Gallop On With ATOMS Polo Academy 18 We have an ATOM – Our Baby foal 19 Meet Our Polo Professionals 20 Casa Fagliano 10 23 The Game Changers in Women’s Polo 18 16 23 20 CONTENTS 19 ON THE COVER April - June 2021 ISSUE 02 #wehaveanatom p08 p28 p42 We bring you a sneak peek into our latest CLUB NEWS RIDING LIFESTYLE addition of our big, happy polo family! 74th Annual Our Pre-COVID Living The General Meeting Equestrian- Equestrian Moments Themed Escapades CONTRIBUTORS Alicia Dedigama Ay Wen Chloe Tham Delia Phey Dennis Lim Doreen Koe Pattijn Karen Kranenburg Katherine Desbaillets Louis Chan Maya Matheson Simon Mason Tia Gabler Vinothini Vijayan RIDING PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE Singapore Polo Club 26 New Liveries 28 SPC Young Riders 80 Mount Pleasant Road, Singapore 298334 30 Tel: +65 6854 3999 | Fax: +65 6256 6715 30 Our Pre-COVID Equestrian-Themed Escapades Email: [email protected] www.singaporepoloclub.org 32 Happy Retirement Permit No.: MCI (P) 124/01/2019 33 A Happy Start to 2021 Connect with us at: 33 www.facebook.com/SingaporePoloClub LIFESTYLE www.facebook.com/RidingSPC www.facebook.com/ATOMSPoloAcademy 37 Smart Choices for A High Protein Breakfast www.instagram.com/atomspoloacademy TM 40 10 Questions Heard In Aqua Spin ’s instagram.com/singaporepoloclub 20 Locker Room 45 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COPYRIGHT BY SINGAPORE POLO Top 10 Hits For New Tennis Players 42 CLUB. Opinions expressed are solely those of the contributors Sugar, Spice And Everything Nice and are not necessarily endorsed by the Singapore Polo Club. 44 The Club is not responsible or in any way liable for informa- Zooming Around Without Compromising tion contained in the contributed articles, advertisements, 45 photographs and illustrations in this publication. Editorial On Fun! enquiries should be directed to enquiry@singaporepoloclub. org. Unsolicited material will not be returned. All information 46 Living The Equestrian Moments correct at time of printing. 48 Fun With Twinkle Pie - Logic Sudoku Puzzle Club News New Members Jan to Mar 2021 A warm welcome to the new members who have recently joined the Singapore Polo Club family. We look forward to seeing you at the club! CHARTER REGULAR Alessandro Paolo Caldana Teerin Vanikieti Kwan Li Feng Laxman Deepak Vaidya Baek Ji Hee Mehra Sandeep Chand Chadda Gautam Tuuli Mari Turunen Chang Wynnie Hasan Amber Wang Guixia Xia Yuechun Rebecca Simone Baker Paige Anderson Parker Gao Meitian Sheehy John Desmond Shaun Philip Grosse Zachary Hal Lewis Yukihiro Nomura Chan Esther Wing Tze Kim Ji Yong The Hon. Michael Andres Li Ning Darren Simon Brighton Simon Brennan Darya Berezhnaya Shailesh Singh Baidwan Nicola Jacqueline Shaw Sok Ping Warren David Bishop Andrew Stuart Murray Marc James Anley Stewart David Wilson Easton Zhang Ming TERM Neil Alexander Burton Salman Khan William Michael Ball Rohan Thakrar Ishaan Kavi Kapoor Hsu Jonathan Yu Cheng Zhao Jia Li Wong Ying Swen Vaness Westling Marcus Johan Barbara Arlette Voskamp Sushal Chopra Zhong Hongzhi Nicolas Charles Barry Roger Wolfgang Kammer Gaweda Lukasz Ong Yee Ching Huang Qiuwei Menon Rajeev Xu Meng Mihir Mahendra Thacker Winston Rory Patrick Ahuja Naresh Bulchand Zou Xinye Srirekam Kesava Viknesh Johnson Samuel Rossiter Betts Navjyot Singh Sachdev Schmollinger Christian Dillon Seamus Toal Rajesh Muraleedhara Kurup Naomi E. Herman Eastburg Brent Douglas Pang Ho Sun Eric Ding Hai Yan Thacker Maunik Mahendra Marc Christopher Forbes Gustavo Henrique Goncalves Rocha Benjamin James Churchill Neal Christopher Forbes Brigitte Steckert Tsui Gah Wing 04 | Singapore Polo Club PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE and so many members enjoying the newly improved and completed renovations. Many members have personally said how impressive the Club looks, with a positive atmosphere and great ambiance. We have also received many positive reviews of how delectable the food at the Paddock Bistro is and also now at the newly opened Coriander Leaf restaurant at The Mountbatten Room (the Tandoori lamb chops are my personal favourite!) The Club has much to look forward to this year, especially as we enthusiastically await the completion of Phase Two of the redevelopment, which we hope will be completed by the end of the year. The prospect of our Club rooms and the popularity of StayCations should help add another revenue stream to the Club, which should emerge in 2022. Last year I wanted to foster a more open style relationship with members and meet them several times in the year, unfortunately with the Covid 19 restrictions we could not do so. I do hope this term as things improve and hopefully open up, we can meet more regularly and we can take members’ feedback into consideration. This is our Dear Members, continued effort to drive better communication t is an honour to be re-elected as President for and transparency within the Club. a second term. Thank you once again for your confidence and continued support. At the recent Annual General meeting I shared that my vision is to have a vibrant Club with I am thrilled to have the majority of the Committee happy, active members and to drive the Club to Istand with me once again, as together we carry be the best members Polo Club and Top Social out the mandate to serve the Club for a new term. Club in Singapore. To also find ways that the Club A huge thank you and farewell to Tan Hock who can contribute and add value to society on our wished to retire from Committee as he has served “Beloved Little Red Dot.” These sincere efforts we for over ten years on the Committee and has also hope can help us try to secure the future of the done an excellent job as convenor of Jackpot for Club beyond 2038. just as long. He has promised to continue to assist the new convenor of Jackpot this next term. Thank you for your persistent compliance with the Government advisories which the Club continues Consistency and stability for the Club is key, which to manage and enforce. It is important we stay is why I felt it important to keep the Committee vigilant and keep on top of the Covid 19 situation, somewhat unchanged. You the members have this way we can keep the Club safe and all our endorsed that! However, with the exit of Tan members can enjoy the Club facilities healthily Hock, I am pleased to welcome Leon Chu as a new together. Once again we appreciate your patience addition to the Committee. Leon brings a wealth during the last phase of our re-development. of experience having served as Club President in 2011/2012, he has been a member & polo player Wishing all members and their families a safe and since 1996. healthy year ahead. ■ This last year we have seen the Club change in All the best, many positive ways and I hope members have embraced these changes too. It is heart-warming Stephanie Masefield and uplifting to see the Club vibrant and buzzing President Singapore Polo Club | 05 Club News 06 | Singapore Polo Club GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE Demand at Atoms Polo Academy has been so overwhelming that we had to slow down our marketing efforts. The pandemic has also made it difficult for the Club to have the desired number of polo horses and polo professionals but nevertheless we are pleased to announce that there will be 6 new polo horses arriving at the Club sometime in May or June.