PHOTO ©2001 Horsetalk Officials Patron B L F Jordan President Gordon Gibson Immediate Past President Paul Kay Vice President Bruce McKelvie Treasurer David Edgar Management Committee Cody Forsyth, Tony Van den Brink, Richard Seavill, Hamish Ormond, Stephen Kay, John Lane, Richard Hunt, Rob Hunter, Roddy Wood, Graeme Higginson, Bryan Burrows. Secretary Diane Brown, R D 1 Ngaruawahia Phone (07) 825 4833, Fax (07) 825 4832 Mobile 0274 823 652, Home (07) 825 4806 secretary@polo.org.nz

The New Zealand Polo Association formed in 1890, one year after Captain Savile (Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General) presented a trophy to be "played for annually by the Polo clubs in New Zealand".

Still played for as the national club championship, the Savile Cup is one of the oldest sporting trophies in New Zealand.

There are 19 polo clubs throughout the country, and 300 handicapped players. Each polo club is part of one of the three Regional Associations: Northern, Central and South Island.

Most clubs have one or two polo grounds and play two or three times a week from November to the end of March. In the North Island the majority of games are six chukkas except at the lowest grades; the South Island play mainly four chukka matches.

Apart from the Savile Tournament played in early February, the other main tournaments are the Dewar Cup played in December, the Northern Provincial and South Island Classic played in January, the Dom Perignon Open played in February and the Gould Cup played in the South Island in March.

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