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4 sets of siblings are in action
in the 2016 Cartier Queen’s
Cup – Ludovic and Sebastien
Pailloncy (HB Polo), Luke (Sifani) &
Mark (Apes Hill) Tomlinson; Gonzalito
(King Power), Facundo (King Power)
and Nico (RH Polo) Pieres* and Charlie
(Britannia El Remanso) and George
(Apes Hill) Hanbury.
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James Beim (Britannia El
Remanso) is not only one of
England's highest handicapped
players, but he is also captain of the
England Polo Team, which will be in
action here on Saturday 23 July in the
Royal Salute Coronation Cup.
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The Queen first presented this
cup to Guards Polo Club (then
called the Household Brigade
Polo Club) in 1960.
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Polo is the only team sport
where men and women
play alongside each other –
handicap is the deciding factor when
creating a team, not gender!
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King Power Foxes are named
after Premier league cham-
pions Leicester City Foot-
ball Club, also owned by the Srivad-
dhanaprabha family from Thailand.
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A polo ball can travel up to
110mph.
G UA R D S P O LO C LU B
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Sylvester Stallone compared
playing polo to trying to play
golf in an earthquake!