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HORSE-
POWER
vs
HORSE-
POWER
The “Big Guns” come to town to help Singapore
Polo Club celebrate its 135th Anniversary.
By Karen Kranenburg
Photography by MCS Lifestyle Photography
P
olo is all about horsepower, making the synergy between BMW,
one of the world’s premier performance auto brands and the sport
incomparable. As they celebrated their Centenary this year, the Club
was also celebrating their 130th Anniversary as the second oldest club in
the world. The fact that BMW were the presenting sponsor for the Club’s
Anniversary Gold Cup only reinforced this synergy.
After the inaugural BMW Singapore Beach Polo Championships, the 16 goal
twilight polo was another first for the Singapore Polo Club this year. Even
though the stars didn’t start to twinkle until much later, the Singapore Polo
Club Gold Cup was a sparkling affair.
Flying in to give our local players some world class support were players
who represent their own nations at the highest level; Tom de Bruin from
South Africa (7goals), JP Clarkin from New Zealand (7goals) and Carlos Pando
from Argentina (6goals).
With the onset of the Monsoon season, weather is one very unpredictable
element at this time of year, but the weather gods smiled favourably down on
us to bring us a weekend of brilliant sunshine, for some top notch polo.
The 4 chukker match, provid ed some thrills and luckily no spills. The
BMW White team of Carlos Pando, Tom de Bruin, Sanni Khan and Ali Reda
applied pressure from the get go, as with the big hitting JP Clarkin on the
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