Sydney Polo Club

The Sydney Polo Club is a polo club in Richmond, New South Wales, Australia. The Sydney Polo Club won the bid to host the 2017 World Polo Championship.

Location

It is located at 100 Ridges Lane, Richmond, New South Wales, 2753, along the Hawkesbury River.[1][2]

History

The Sydney Polo Club was established in the late 1970s by Mr Ken Austin, a well known polo player and contributor to the Australian Polo Council for many years. The Club was based at Menangle Park, NSW.

There was an earlier Club of the same name based in Moore Park NSW, Australia. The first match in Australia took place on July 23, 1874 in Moore Park, New South Wales, of which one of the players was Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead; it led to the founding of the club.[3][4] Banjo Paterson (1864-1941), who composed Geelung Polo Club, was an early club member.[3][4][5]

Peter Higgins, co-founder of Mortgage Choice (ASX: MOC), and his wife Rebecca Higgins requested the name and trophies of the Sydney Polo Club from Ken Austin in the 1990s after Ken Austin's retirement due to illness.

The current Sydney Polo Club is based at Richmond, New South Wales.[5] They have established the annual Sydney Gold Cup.[5]

In 2013, the opening scene of The Great Gatsby was filmed at the Sydney polo club.[5]

World Polo Championship

The Sydney Polo Club is hosting the 2017 World Polo Championship. The Championship rights were awarded to the club itself. This is unusual as the normal process is to award it to a country. The Sydney Polo Club was offered the opportunity to bid because of their unparalleled fields and grounds. The Australian Polo Federation is in support of the Sydney Polo Club. The Championship is being run with the support of strategic partner Destination NSW.

gollark: With no trophy, 4 eggs and 12 total things max.
gollark: `dLuFs` ash in forest. It kind of sounds pronouncable?
gollark: I prefer tau.
gollark: _hopes to get it_
gollark: <@151074772518830080> I'll see about collecting coded ashes if I do any hunting today.

References
  1. Time Out: Sydney Polo Club
  2. Google Map
  3. Sydney Polo Club: About Us
  4. Horace A. Laffaye, The Evolution of Polo, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2009 p. 39
  5. Stephen Lacey, Meet the modern-day Jay Gatsby, Sydney Morning Herald, October 18, 2013


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