POLO AROUND THE GLOBE
Africa U.S. team plays in Zambian boys’ school tournament By Ava Rose Hinkson
BRIAN MATTHEWS
Two years ago, after getting back from my first official international junior tour to Jamaica, I started receiving dozens of proposals to play at different clubs around the world. One of my most exciting and exotic opportunities was given to me when I was contacted by the president of the Zambian Polo Association. He invited me to bring an American junior team to play in the Zambian Boys School International Tournament against Kenya and two teams from Zambia in late summer of 2019. Of course, I accepted this invitation without a heartbeat of hesitation. The tournament is an historic part of Zambia polo that is only hosted by the Zambian Polo Association every few years. We would be going to play with juniors whose grandparents competed in this very event decades ago. With the roots of tradition running deep in the Zambian polo families, everyone on the team
A leopard lounges in a fig tree.
Ava Hinkson reaches out to hook Oliver Snart.
The U.S. team enjoyed the competition and meeting new polo friends.
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