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commonwealth game
MALTA CELEBR ATES
GAME AMONG
FRIENDS
O
ur President, HRH The Duke
of Edinburgh, learned to play
polo in the Mediterranean
island of Malta when stationed there
with the Royal Navy in the 1940s. So it
was fitting that Guards Polo Club could
welcome players from Malta Polo Club
to Flemish Farm this summer to play in
the rescheduled Commonwealth Heads
of Government (CHOGM) exhibition
match. This game had been originally
scheduled to be played at Malta Polo
Club, in front of HM The Queen and our
President, as part of the CHOGM 2015
celebrations in November of that year.
Unfortunately, bad weather forced the
cancellation of t he game and so our CEO,
Neil Hobday, invited Malta Polo Club
President Karl Galea and his team to play
at Guards Polo Club instead.
And although this rescheduled game
may have been a victory for the Hildon
Guards team – who defeated the Malta
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