68 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Congratulations
Sunny Hale
! As the highest ranked woman
polo player in the US, Sunny is being inducted into The National
Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Sunny said, “I’m completely
humbled and truly honored to be selected by the National Cowgirl
Hall of Fame…looks like it’s time to dust off my cowboy hat...I’m
going to Texas!!!”
Have you heard that the
302 Polo Club
in Aiken, South Carolina
was a happening place earlier this year? They hosted a number of
very successful high-goal tournaments with players such as
Adam
Snow, Owen Rinehart, Frank Stitt, Jake Stimmel, Barb Uskup,
Ulysses Escapite, Pelon Escapite
and
Antonio Galvan.
Beach polo anyone? This summer, the beaches of Muskegon,
Michigan were in full polo mode with Michigan’s frst beach polo
game between
Michigan State University
and
University of
Michigan.
While beach goers may have been surprised by the
polo ponies invading their turf, it was all for a good cause. The
event raised money for the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Polo fans having polo withdrawal don’t have to worry any longer.
The
USPA’s
YouTube channel features tournament highlights,
polo tips, lessons, clinics, interviews and more.
Call of the wild!
Great Meadow Polo Club
is having their annual
polo ball September 14. Details to follow, but the theme might give
you a hint about the night. The theme is: Out of Africa.
Does your polo barn or organization have news, tidbits
or announcements you would like to share in the Asides
column, which is dedicated to polo news. It can be something
as fun as a wedding announcement, new horse purchased,
upcoming clinics or exciting wins. The deadline for the next
issue is September 15th and all Asides news should be sent
to editor@sidelinesnews.com.
Wyatt Harlow, 16, stepped up to the Great Meadow Polo
plate at Twilight Polo on August 11 and did an outstanding job
marking professional player Daniel Tognini, who turned the
7 pm match into a fast and furious arena polo version of the
US Open. Wyatt scored nine goals with on-side support from
Doug Barnes and Moose Ishaq as Destination Polo earned
a well fought and decisive 10-6 victory over Middleburg Polo
Academy’s Julien LaCase, James Judea
and Tognini.
Photo by Lauren R. Giannini
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Event
riders and
steeplechase
jockeys
shed their breeches and
boots and glammed up
for a Twilight Polo party
at Great Meadow Polo in
The Plains, Virginia. In
the photo from left to right-
Ashley Harvey (Summer
working student for Hannah
Burnett), Hannah Burnett
(Pan Am Gold Medalist),
Annie Yeager and Kelly
Green - working student at
O’Connor Equestrian.
Photo by
Lauren R. Giannini