YEAR BOOK 2020 Hurlingham Polo Association Manor Farm, Little Coxwell Faringdon, OXON, SN7 7LW Chief Executive: D J B Woodd Esq TEL: 01367 242 828 FAX: 01367 242 829 EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.hpa-polo.co.uk Office Hours: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday - Friday 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GAME OF POLO AND THE HURLINGHAM POLO ASSOCIATION The first game is believed to have originated in Persia in the first millennium BC or earlier. The Moguls were largely responsible for taking the game from Persia to the east, and by the 16th century it was established in India. In the 1850s, British tea planters discovered the game in Manipur (Munipoor) on the Burmese border with India and formed the first polo club at Silchar, west of Manipur. Other clubs followed and, today, the oldest in the world is the Calcutta Club, founded in 1862. The start of polo in England goes back to 1869, when Edward “Chicken” Hartopp, 10th Hussars, read an account of the game in The Field, and organised the first game - known then as “hockey on horseback” - on Hounslow Heath against the 9th Lancers. The 1st Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards were quick to follow suit at Hounslow and in Richmond Park; and then on a small ground near Earls Court known as Lillie Bridge. The first official match in Argentina took place on 3rd September 1875, where the game had been taken by English and Irish engineers and ranchers. In 1876 Lt Col Thomas St Quintin, 10th Hussars, introduced the game to Australia. In the same year, polo was introduced to the USA by James Gordon Bennett Jr who had seen the game at Hurlingham whilst on a visit to England. The first polo match at The Hurlingham Club, London was played in 1874. The Champion Cup was inaugurated there in 1876, the Inter-Regimental and the annual Oxford v. Cambridge University Match in 1878, and the County Cup in 1885. Hurlingham became the headquarters of polo and in 1875 the Hurlingham Polo Committee drew up the first English rules and remained in control of the game for about thirty years. Handicaps were introduced by the USA in 1888 and by England and India in 1910. The height of polo ponies was first fixed at 14 hands but was raised in 1895 to 14.2 where it stayed until measurement was abolished after the first war. In 1903, the Hurlingham Club Polo Committee was expanded to include representatives from the Services, the County Polo Association (formed in 1898 to look after the interests of the country clubs and to run the County Cup Tournaments), the three London polo clubs, Hurlingham, Ranelagh and Roehampton, and from all associations within the Empire. In 1925, this Committee was redesignated as the Hurlingham Polo Association. The Champion Cup was played at Hurlingham until 1939 but, with the Second World War came the end of the London season and in 1949 the County Polo Association was amalgamated with the Hurlingham Polo Association. The Roehampton Open and the County Cup continued to be played at Roehampton until 1955 but Ham is the only surviving London club. However, there are now over seventy outdoor and areana clubs and associations in the UK and Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries and many overseas clubs are affiliated to the HPA. The principal high goal tournaments are played at Cowdray Park, Cirencester Park, Guards (Windsor Park), and The Royal County of Berkshire. 2 CONTENTS A Brief History of the Game of Polo and The Hurlingham Polo Association ......................................................... 2 Council ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Affiliated Associations and Council Members ................................................................................................................ 8 Elected Members of the Council ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Affiliated Overseas Clubs, Associations and Council Members .................................................................................. 8 Life Members ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Past Chairmen and Secretaries............................................................................................................................................ 9 Programme of Meetings ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Polo Associations and Federations .................................................................................................................................... 9 Committees .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Obituaries ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Historic Results ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Principal Results - 2019 ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 Coaching 2020 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Development Programme ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Overseas Training Trips .................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Overseas Work Bursary ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Junior Polo Championship Rules for 2020 .................................................................................................................... 35 Affiliated Clubs ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 HPA Rules & Regulations For Polo 2020 ...................................................................................................................... 56 Published in England by the Hurlingham Polo Association © 2020 Hurlingham Polo Association All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Copyright owners. The content of this book has been compiled from various sources. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information herein, but the Hurlingham Polo Association accepts no responsibility for any loss whatsoever incurred by any person or entity resulting from acting upon or refraining from acting upon material in the publication. Editorial Directors: Lucinda Wright, David Woodd Studio Preparation and Production by Wildman Design. www.wildmandesign.co.uk Our thanks to all other photographers whose images have been used within the publication. 4 THE HURLINGHAM POLO ASSOCIATION Patron: H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., P.C., K.T., O.M., G.B.E. COUNCIL FOR 2020 Chairman: N.B.W. Wiles, Esq AFFILIATED CLUBS and COUNCIL MEMBERS AEPC - Hickstead Arena: J. Bunn, Esq All Ireland Polo Club: C. Kelleher, Esq Ash Farm Arena Polo Club: Miss C. Sweeney Barfold Polo Club: Provisional (2016) Bawtry Polo Club: Provisional (2019) Beaufort Polo Club: L. G. Tomlinson, Esq Beverley Polo Club: A. P. Foreman, Esq Binfield Heath Polo Club: The Hon T Phillimore Black Bears Polo Club: R. Cudmore, Esq Burningfold Polo Club: R. Muddle, Esq Cambridge Polo Club: B. Morris-Lowe, Esq Cambridge County Polo Club: E. Keymer, Esq Cheshire Polo Club: M. Kidd, Esq Chester Racecourse Polo Club: A. Morris, Esq Cirencester Park Polo Club: M. D. Booth, Esq Cowdray Park Polo Club: R. I. Vere Nicoll, Esq Curraghmore Polo Club: P. Ronan, Esq Dallas Burston Polo Club: H. Beavan, Esq Dorset Polo Club: R. Brockett, Esq Druids Lodge Polo Club: Mrs. T. H. Ormerod Dundee and Perth Polo Club: J. Crawford, Esq Eastwood Polo Club: L. Frankum, Esq Edgeworth Polo Club: J. Smail, Esq Edinburgh Polo Club: The Hon. J. Douglas Emsworth Polo Grounds: S. Arber, Esq Epsom Polo Club: S. Donovan-Smith, Esq Fifield Polo Club: Miss J. Luke Great Trippetts Polo Club: The Marchioness of Milford Haven Guards Polo Club: B. Stein, Esq Ham Polo Club: H. Davis, Esq Hertfordshire Polo Club: N. Agnew, Esq Holyport Polo Club: (Provisional 2018) Hurtwood Park Polo Club: K. T. Jones, Esq Kinross Arena Polo Club: T. Bell, Esq Kirtlington Park Polo Club: J. Tuthill, Esq Knepp Castle Polo Club: Miss. S. Wiseman Leadenham Polo Club: J. Reeve, Esq Longdole Polo Club: W. A. H. Lucas, Esq 6 Moor Farm Polo Club: Maj. T. Warburton Moor Hall Farm Arena Polo Club: A. Banner-Eve, Esq New Forest Polo Club: P. Fitzwilliams, Esq,