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Brave
New(ish)
World
From the Tang Dynasty to the 21st
Century, women polo players have
cracked the glass ceiling.
By Caroline Stern
Germany
Princess Anna zu Oettingen-Wallerstein
(53) has played for 9 years
and is based ate her own Wallerstein Polo Club. But travels extensively around
the world to play The Princess loves encouraging the women’s game “I organized
different ladies polo tournaments here in Wallerstein. We managed to have ladies
from 11 different countries for the Girls Only Cup here and I try to encourage
other women or girls to try Polo here with us as often as possible.” She adds
“Some of the ladies play better than most of the men- even if it seems to be hard
to reach the very top.”
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