by Alex Webbe | Apr 4, 2016 | Palm Beach Report By Alex Webbe
It’s been over sixty years since the University of Miami boasted major polo credentials. The initial program was developed under the sponsorship of 10-goaler Michael Phipps and his pro, George Oliver. Phipps honed his teeth on arena polo during his college days at...
by Alex Webbe | Apr 4, 2016 | Connecticut Polo Clubs, Palm Beach Report By Alex Webbe, USPA, Virginia Polo Clubs
The University of Miami didn’t carry the blueblood credentials of the Ivy League colleges that had dominated the intercollegiate polo ranks over the course of the first twenty years of competition, but when it took the field for the first time in 1948, it took it with...
by Alex Webbe | Mar 16, 2016 | Grand Champions PC Palm Beach FL, Palm Beach Report By Alex Webbe
Photo: Palm Beach Illustrated/Team USPA wins $50,000 National 12-goal-(L to R)-Todd Thurston, Jared Zenni, Terry Duffy, Geronimo Obregon and Jesse Bray. (Photo credit-Alex Pacheco) The young players on the Palm Beach Illustrated/Team USPA team (Todd Thurston, Jared...
by Alex Webbe | Feb 29, 2016 | IPC International Polo Club Palm Beach FL, Palm Beach Report By Alex Webbe
Orchard Hill (Steve Van Andel, Facundo Pieres, Peke Gonzalez and Lucas Criado) got another step closer to winning the 2016 Ylvisaker Cup by defeating Dubai (Rashid Albwardy, Carlos Gracida, Diego Cavanagh and Alejo Taranco) in Sunday’s tournament semifinal game at the...
by Alex Webbe | Feb 20, 2016 | IPC International Polo Club Palm Beach FL, Palm Beach Report By Alex Webbe
Heavy rains and wet fields caused for the rescheduling of six games on Thursday in the 2016 Ylvisaker Cup at the International Polo Club as the field was narrowed down from twelve to eight teams who will fill out the tournament quarterfinal brackets. Two 10am openers...