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Do the Math!
As we are gearing up to “save” the development of polo players in America, has anyone done the math on that prospect? Do you realize that if the number of American players rated at 5-goals or above re… more →
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Do the Math!
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backhander wrote 6 months ago: As we are gearing up to “save” the development of polo players in America, has anyone done the math … more →
Canadians are foreigners!
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backhander wrote 6 months ago: That’s the bottom line. Forget the fact that they operate no legitimate national association of the … more →
The National Polo League? What a joke!
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backhander wrote 8 months ago: Go to www.nationalpololeague.com and you will be startled by the opening four notes of Monday Night … more →
TIME FOR THE USPA TO ACT
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backhander wrote 11 months ago: I may be naïve in assuming that the USPA is being operated professionally, but I can’t help but wond … more →
Congratulations Nero and Company
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backhander wrote 11 months ago: One of the smartest decisions in polo was made when the Argentine Polo Association elevated Juan Mar … more →
A British Team in the Westchester Cup?
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backhander wrote 11 months ago: As silly as that might sound, it appears that the powers that be in England are beginning to rethink … more →
News Bulletin: Eduardo Novillo Astrada is English!
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backhander wrote 12 months ago: As the final selections are being made for the British polo team that will travel to the Internation … more →
2009 Westchester Cup A Go For February
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: The Westchester Cup is apparently a go as whatever difficulties were initially faced have been resol … more →
2008 Argentine Open Update
backhander wrote 1 year ago: We’ve just finished the opening round of the Argentine Open witnessing some surprises and some disap … more →
Argentine Polo Enters a New Era
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: In the midst of all of this economic uncertainly the health of polo in Argentina seems like it could … more →
Argentines Pricing Themselves Out of the Market?
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: Unless you’re asleep at the wheel you are aware that a number of the top Argentine polo players will … more →
Is the USPA Going to Support a Women’s Open?
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: The fact that women in polo in America is responsible for as much as 30% of the membership should ac … more →
Surprise, surprise, the NAPL is Officially Dead!
backhander wrote 1 year ago: Let the funeral dirges begin, the North American Polo League is dead. After its unheralded debut in … more →
Polo, ladies?
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: Although women participated in the game of polo two thousand years ago, it took until 1973 before th … more →
Time for the USPA and the PTF to make a move
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: I guess I’m disappointed because neither the leadership of the USPA nor the PTF have been able to ga … more →
Stop Fleecing New Players
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: I’ve written before about regulating instructors and umpires but what we all have to realize i … more →
How to Grow the Sport
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: There are some great dialogues going among the comments made to various posts, comments many readers … more →
Credit Where Credit is Due
backhander wrote 1 year ago: I get complaints about how critical I am of the USPA and the PTF and how I should give them credit f … more →
The USPA-Unanswered Questions
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backhander wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been amused the last couple of weeks by the musings on the Message Board of a polo website iden … more →
