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Beaufort Polo School

The Club’s Polo School reopened on Thursday 1 April, additionally the Club will be holding their Easter Polo Training sessions throughout the Easter Holidays with options for half or full days. In line with government restrictions sessions will be run in groups and will be 6 or less. Riders will need to bring their own hat, gloves and a face covering, but the sessions are open to all abilities and ages from six-years-old, email coaching@beaufortpoloclub.co.uk to find out more.

Division 2,3 and 4a and 4b 2019 players

Photograph by Longdole Polo Club

Rocket Rentals 2021

The Club will once again be hosting their Rocket Rentals Junior Tournament on Tuesday 1 June. There will be four divisions ranging from six to 18-years-old. To request an entry form or for more information, email info@longdolepolo.com. Rocket Rentals will once again be sponsoring the tournament, with both team and individual entries permitted.

Pony Club Update

On Friday 19 March, The Pony Club made their latest CEO Update which included topics such as National COVID Update, Biosecurity (Passport and Equine Flu Vaccinations and EHV-1), Resumption of Sport – Pony Racing Training Days and Centres Proprietors’ Pack, in light of the easing of lockdown and every area of The Pony Club being able to restart some activity in April. As part of the National COVID Update, The Pony Club highlighted that Pony Club activities are not essential travel, “Lockdown restrictions in most parts of the UK are being eased. It is very important that you check the restrictions in your local area, in particular riding centres should check with their insurance company and local authority for any local variation in national restrictions.

Pony Club activities are not essential travel and are not permitted within a lockdown area where sporting activities are prohibited or where essential travel only restrictions have been put in place by local government. Whilst the “Stay at Home” message is being relaxed, in many areas this is being replaced by “Stay Local” where possible.” The document can be viewed in full on The Pony Club website and usefully details the permissible activities per region of the UK.

EMAAR Cup Kids Polo

On Friday 12 March, on the same day as The EMAAR Polo Cup Final, two junior teams took part in The EMAAR Cup Kids Polo match at Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club, with UAE Polo JR (Lucero Monteverde, Hermes Werle, Arhan Singh, Harvey Atkins) defeating RA Polo Jr, 2-1.

SUPA Update

Ahead of the 2021 season, Polo Times spoke to Charles Betz, SUPA Chairman, to hear the latest from SUPA, “We had a meeting of the Committees and Trustees in March to navigate our plans for the end of the lockdown and government roadmap.

At present our Policy is adapting to the lightening of restrictions but SUPA activities remain suspended. The Operating Committee will advance their plans for our summer fixture of events which will then be agreed by the Trustees. We are aiming to re-launch our season soon, by encouraging our members to resume training and lessons and as a primer to our summer polo season which will offer incentives to return to the sport and which we may extend to late summer. We are sympathetic to our polo partners who support SUPA and SAPA and wish to double our efforts to encourage our Institutional members and their players to enjoy polo and continue the momentum which many have built over the last 35 years. Our current website will light up mid-April and eventually morph away and a new and more functional one will emerge this summer. SUPA and SAPA will be ready and our partners and sponsors, RJ Polo and Black Hound are in place to support our mandate… to provide access to safe and affordable polo.