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TOTAL OF 4 WOMEN’S TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT COMPETING FOR THE “JAIPUR GOLD CUP”.

The International Women teams participated from the U.K. (Hurlingham Official), Ireland (Rubio Polo), the Czech Republic (Noe Polo Club) and of course our ladies team from Jaipur (JRPC).

The teams had an eclectic mix of budding and professional players with the Irish team coming in with 2 pros - Siobhan Herbst (+1) and Natasha Tisminsky (+1), the U.K. team with one - Charlotte Sweeney (+1). The Czech team was an interesting mix of very young players with a savvy Argentine coach Santiago Oubina guiding them to win every match until the finals when they lost to Ireland in the last 30 seconds.

The Indian team is coming up with loads of practice and players like Sanjula Mann and team captain Monique Van Haarst stood their ground against the experienced international players. The U.K. team was an official Hurlingham team and this mix of younger and older, professional and amateur among the various teams truly helped in building the sisterhood on the field and off among all the polo players.

Katy Hayward, Patron of U.K. team said “It is an honor to be playing for our country in a ladies tournament at Jaipur Riding and Polo Club the same week as international women’s day. The opportu-