The 26-goal season was officially ushered in Friday evening as the seven teams entered in the 2016 C.V. Whitney Cup drew for bracket positions at the 7th Chukker at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC). Suspense built as team representatives drew numbers, each hoping for the coveted No. 1 slot, which came with a bonus: a bye to the semifinals.
The sport's next generation of polo players battled it out in the Polo Training Foundation's annual International Cup Friday at Grand Champions Polo Club.
A elephant polo tournament in Sri Lanka which was scrapped after one of the beasts went rogue has been revived with tuk-tuk taxis taking their place, to the relief of animal lovers.
It was a triumphant win for the South Island polo team, Edmundo Tigers, in front of a 7,000 strong crowd at the 49th Land Rover New Zealand Polo Open on the 21 February.
The first game of the day took place in the morning at Lechuza Caracas RD. A small change to the Los Samanes line up made little difference to the final result in their fixture against Pitirri.
