Are You a Polo Junkie? TAKE THIS QUIZ TO FIND OUT! By Hélène Buckley
Do you: Arrange your calendar around the Sarasota Polo season?
Participate in the traditional ‘divot stomping’ at halftime?
Always tailgate at Sunday Polo matches?
Attend Sunset Polo Happy Hour in March and April?
Have a Sarasota Polo season tailgate membership? Arrive to the Sarasota Polo Club before the gates open at 10AM? Bring friends, family and even strangers to watch the Sunday Polo matches with you? Take your tailgate guests on a tour of the behind-the-scenes trailer area?
Wish you could watch polo live at the Sarasota Polo Club every day of the week? Have your own polo gear (mallet, helmet, etc.)? Sign up to take polo lessons with one of the Sarasota Polo Club’s certified instructors? Have the ability to identify all of the polo players by name?
Buy items from the Sarasota Polo Club Gift Shop that you do not need?
Watch other polo matches online?
Have photos and/or autographed polo balls laying around your house?
Give directions by saying ‘offside’ and ‘nearside,’ rather than ‘right’ and ‘left’?
Give away polo balls and markers for fans to get autographed by the players after the match?
Use the names of Sarasota Polo Club players when making your dinner reservations?
Attend every Sunday Polo trophy presentation?
Drive all the way to Wellington to watch the U.S. Open Polo Championship?
Hop aboard Woody The Hitting Horse during halftime to practice your swing?
Consider joining the U.S. Polo Association (USPA)?
IF YOU ANSWERED ‘YES’ TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, YOU ARE A POLO JUNKIE!
LUCKILY, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! THERE ARE MANY OF US. Welcome to Polo Players’ Anonymous! Admitting you have a love for polo is Step 1. We meet every Sunday from December 19th, 2021 through April 24th, 2022 at 1PM at the Sarasota Polo Club. sar asota polo
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