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Are You A Polo Junkie?

TAKE THIS QUIZ TO FIND OUT!

By Hélène Buckley

Do you:

… Arrange your calendar around the Sarasota

Polo season?

… Always tailgate at Sunday Polo matches? … 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?

… Buy items from the Sarasota Polo Club Gift

Shop that you do not need? … Have photos and/or autographed polo balls laying around your house? … Give away polo balls and markers for fans to get autographed by the players after the match?

… Attend every Sunday Polo trophy presentation? … Hop aboard Woody The Hitting Horse during halftime to practice your swing? … Participate in the traditional ‘divot stomping’ at halftime?

… Attend Sunset Polo Happy Hour in

March and April? … 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? … Watch other polo matches online? … Give directions by saying ‘offside’ and

‘nearside,’ rather than ‘right’ and ‘left’? … Use the names of Sarasota Polo Club players when making your dinner reservations?

… Drive all the way to Wellington to watch the U.S. Open Polo Championship? … 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.

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