PA’s Facebook page.Thanks to the use of an aerial drone mounted camera, the broadcast will feature close ups of theaction on the vast polo field between teams Valiente and Alegria. Valiente previously competed, and won, the C.V. Whitney Cup, which was broadcast earlier this year on NBC Sports Network. Valiente previously competed, and won, the Piaget Gold Cup and the C.V. Whitney Cup, the latter of which was also broadcast earlier this year on NBC Sports Network. These wins put Valiente in contention for the Triple Crown of Polo if they win the U.S. Open.The U.S. Open broadcast will also include a number of special features in addition to the match play, including:
- Veteran NBC announcer Kenny Rice, who was recently featured in NBC’s coverage of the Belmont Stakes, along with analyst Adam Snow a 2014 inductee in the Polo Hall of Fame
- A vignette produced by Barron’s about Sam Ramierez and Haviland Hollow that first appeared online as a companion piece to the story they ran about polo in their March 1, 2014 edition
- Interviews and commentary from some familiar faces in polo, including, polo players Avery Chapman, Dan Coleman, Ursula Pari, Boone Stribling, Jr., of Team USPA, and Scott Walker. Full interviews, including many more that were taped during the U.S. Open weekend will be made available online at uspolo.org.
- Polo trainers Joey Casey, Mark Prinsloo and Erik Wright discussing polo teaching philosophies,
- Demonstrations of the types of polo shots with recently inducted Hall of Famer, Adam Snow and player Grant Ganzi.
This year has been a watershed moment for polo on television with more polo on TV with the broadcasts of the upcoming U.S. Open and C.V. Whitney earlier this year. These broadcasts are a direct result of USPA Marketing, LLC’s reaction to member input, which asked for mainstream sports media coverage of polo. Media has stood up and taken notice to how this is positively affecting polo: the Financial Times recently wrote a story on how the upcoming U.S Open broadcast is part of what’s pushing polo’s new mainstream appeal.The U.S. Polo Association is presenting the airing, and we want you to join thefestivities, both in front of the television and online. Celebrate this historic match by spreading the word via social media to fellow players and friends with whom you want to share your passion for polo.On Facebook we have a sweepstakes to win an all-inclusive trip to the 111th U.S. Open Polo Championship ® next year in Wellingon, FL. Visit and Like us at the USPA Facebook page to enter to win a roundtrip airfare to Florida, three nights at a West Palm Beach hotel, a private polo lesson, and tickets to the 111th U. S. Open Polo Championship ®.
We’re showing our excitement on Facebook and Twitter, and we’d love to see your excitement too! You can do this in simple ways:
- If you have not done so already, “Like” the USPoloAssociation on Facebook, Follow @PoloAssociation on Twitter and Instagram at @uspoloassociation; encourage others you know to do the same for background
- Post the date and time of the broadcast and tag the main NBC Network (https://www.facebook.com/nbc) to let your friends and followers know that you will be watching so they can join you.
- Comment on, Like and/or Share some of the posts about the U.S. Open on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/USPoloAssociation).
- Retweet information about the U.S. Open from our Twitter handle, @PoloAssociation, to your Twitter followers.
- Get together with friends and family to watch the event and Tweet/Instagram about it with a photo, and/or post that photo to Facebook. You can also send your photos to me at uspanews@uspolo.org and we’ll be happy to share.
- Tag @NBC and @uspoloassociation in your tweets/Instagrams.
- Include the hashtags #USPolo, and #USPA in your Facebook posts/Tweets/Instagrams.
