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True Summit Adventures On the summit of Mont Blanc, July 2020
At the summit of Kilimnajaro with Paul and Christian Oberschneider, June 2022
Ice climbing above 5000m, Illiniza Sur, Ecuador, March 2021
True Summit Adventures Polo player turned adventurer
Photography courtesy of Oliver Browne
In 2022 Oliver Browne launched his own adventure business and recently returned from Kilimanjaro, where he with many polo players, including Paul and Christian Obershneider, James McBride and Harry Zurcher, reached the summit. Polo Times spoke to Oliver to hear more about his move from polo into adventure business
Duke of Wellington presentation in 2011 (Pancho Moreno replaced James Beim)
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Polo Times, August 2022
Phoenician Trophy 2011, Oliver Browne, Gary Shepherd, Max Charlton & James Beim
How did you get involved in polo? I started playing at Inglesham when I was at Radley. I left Radley in 2000 and I continued playing at Inglesham while I was studying at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester (which I moved to from Newcastle to be closer to). I became great friends with Roddy Williams and his family who really got me going and who sold me my first horse, Picallili. When I graduated I went to work with Henry Brett. We had a business offering horses for rent and sale, lessons, polo holidays in Argentina. We owned the Royal County of Berkshire Polo School at RCBPC for a period of time also. While working for Henry Brett, I met Gary Shepherd whom I ended up working for full time. I played many seasons at Guards Polo Club with him, playing in and managing his team, The First Group. Our best year was 2011, when we won 44 of 47 games played including five Finals, including two on the same weekend; The 8 goal Town and County on the Saturday and the 12 goal Duke of Wellington on the Sunday beating a combined 32 teams. We were unbeaten in the 12 goal that year, also taking The Phoenician Trophy. Max Charlton was a bandit off 4 goals, I was 2 and we had www.polotimes.co.uk
