Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament – Monday Schedule…

Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament – Sunday Schedule…

Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament – Saturday’s Schedule

Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament Teams…

Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament Information

Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament 2011

Friday (Sept 2nd) is the meet & greet, registration and calcutta ….Game play is Saturday (Sept 3rd), Sunday (Sept 4th) and Monday (Sept 5th).

Polo…Watch & Learn

Hello all!

Some people have been asking sooo…

Here are a variety of links to videos about the game of polo.  Basic explanations of the game, rules of the game, more intense polo strategies and videos of high goal action. Please feel free to share this with your polo and non-polo friends as an introduction or further explanation of the game of polo.

Take a moment or three, watch some videos, study the game, visualize yourself playing as the very best do…then…just do it.

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Instructive…

Polo | Rules of The Game (a fun, brief explanation of the game of polo)

Improving Your Polo Game with Claire Tomlinson – 1 of 3

Improving Your Polo Game with Claire Tomlinson – 2 of 3

Improving Your Polo Game with Claire Tomlinson – 3 of 3

Polo Strategy Intensive: Knock-Ins with Corky Linfoot

Controlling a Man and Inside Position with Jeff Blake

Secrets to Hooking an Opponent in Polo with Sugar Erskine

Shooting on Goal – The Scoop with Adam Snow

Polo Strategy: Gaining Strategic Advantage Over An Opponent with Major Hugh Dawnay

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Entertaining from…

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Argentina…

Sights, Scenes, Sounds and Highlights of the 117th Argentine Open in 2010

Argentine Open Final 2010

Hurlingham Open Final 2009

Facundo Pieres’ Helmet Cam in Practice at Ellerstina in Argentina Part 1

Facundo Pieres’ Helmet Cam in Practice at Ellerstina in Argentina Part 2

Facundo Pieres’ Helmet Cam in Practice at Ellerstina in Argentina Part 3

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England…

Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup 2011 in UK

Coronation Cup 2011 – England vs Brazil

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The Past…

Polo Archives Part 1 – Highlights from the UK in 1934, 1935 & 1936

Polo Archives Part 2 – Highlights from the USA

Polo Archives Part 3 – Highlights from the UK in 1937, 1938, 1939 & 1953

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Enjoy!

Western Canada Polo Tour 2011

Western Canada Polo Tour 2011

May 14 … BDPC Field Open for Stick & Ball

May 21 … BDPC Practice Chukkas begin

May 28 – June 18 … BDPC Match Games as scheduled

June 1 … Coaching League begins

July 1-3 … Springfield International in Winnipeg

July 7-10 … Ladies Heart Cup at CPC

July 8-17 … Calgary Stampede

July 14-17 … Grande Prairie Tournament…postponed due to rains

July 24 … Polo At The Bar U

July 29 – August 1 … Okanagan Polo Club Tournament in Kelowna … Tournament Info.

August 1 … Kimo Cup at CPC

August 12, 13 … Winnipeg Women’s Tournament

August 16 … Rocky Mountain Ranch Invitational for the Benson’s Best Memorial Cup

August 20, 21 … Polo For Horses in Saskatoon

August 27 … Polo For Polio Charity Match at BDPC … Polo for Polio Info.

September 2-5 … Bill Leslie Memorial Tournament at BDPC … the 10th Anniversary Challenge Cup will be trophy for lower goal

September 10, 11 … Wind ‘er up & Shut ‘er down in Winnipeg … Tournament Info.

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Black Diamond Polo Club weekly polo schedule:

Tuesday…Practice Chukkas at 6 pm.

Wednesday…Coaching League Chukkas at 6 pm

Thursday…Practice Chukkas at 6 pm

Saturday…Practice Chukkas at 11 am (Match games as scheduled)

Sunday…Coaching League Chukkas at 11 am

All players and grooms must have insurance…Alberta Equestrian Federation Membership provides excellent coverage…can be purchased online…click here.

BDPC Chukka Hotline: 403-230-6886

Stephen Cobb: 403-829-3888

Dylan Foster:

403-830-5291 (Canada)

011-549-1138743825 (in Argentina calling from Canada)

1138743825 (in Argentina)

Argentina Anyone?

Hola todos…Hello all!

I thought now would be an appropriate time to check in and see if anyone had interest in a trip to Argentina…a vacation to an exotic locale, a respite from the harsh Canadian winter and an opportunity to warm up for the summer polo season to come and see great polo at spectacular venues.

Argentina has much to offer, just 45 minutes from where you will be staying is the vibrant city of Buenos Aires…walk the cobblestone streets; gaze at the beautiful monuments and architecture; shop the many artisan and gaucho stands; sip coffee in the cafes where famous writers spent time scribbling their thoughts; watch tango in the plazas over a pitcher of sangria…heck join in yourself! Buenos Aires has so much to offer, tell me what your interests are, I’ll be your guide.

Join me at the spectacular Paul Pieres Polo Lodge, relax in luxurious comfort tucked away in your own little oasis just outside of the hotbed of polo, Pilar.  This location provides easy access both to Buenos Aires and what must be the highest concentration of polo in the world…over 200 polo fields within 50 square kilometres!

Just steps from your door is a polo field, available to you in the morning and afternoon of every day of your stay…take lessons, stick and ball, practice and play polo. Also available to those more experienced players is a club membership at La Lequa Polo Club, where you can play with the players whom are making polo ponies for some of the best operations in the world.

Take advantage of my familiarity with the polo scene here and allow me take you to the tack shops, tour the polo ranches, see the games of the 16-22 goal Argentina Polo Tour  at the local Pilar polo ranches and at the cathedral of polo, the grand stadium in Buenos Aires, Palermo! If you have interest in putting a team together and playing in the Polo Tour, just let me know, it can be arranged.

We will also enjoy Argentine hospitality at typical asados, the post-game parties and during the horse auctions where the best polo bloodlines are offered for sale to the highest bidder.  So much to see and do!  The Argentina Polo Tour runs from the beginning of February until the second week of April.  Also in the second week of April will be the International Series’ Nations Cup a 28 goal tournament held in Palermo, the mecca of polo…time to make your pilgrimage!

Please, if you are interested, email me at dylanfoster@mac.com and allow me to arrange you a polo vacation you’ll never forget.

Gracias and chau for now!

Dylan

 

Learning Polo In Comfort…Coaching League.

This, being one of those rainy days in which I flit about somewhat restlessly from one small Alberta foothill town to another, mingling work with socialization, I find myself wanting to write about that which I am missing on this murky, misty evening.  The Black Diamond Polo Club Coaching League.

Whilst I be the organizer and instructor of this league, and it is supposed to be work for me, on these rainy evenings without, I miss it so.  There is something about the pure, unbridled joy of a student improving in a game that is new and oh, so much fun.  As the students find delight in the company of their equine teammates and their developing skills, their teacher couldn’t be more thrilled.

I thought I would take advantage of this particular polo-less evening to thank the Black Diamond Polo Club, it’s members and it’s students for helping create a special atmosphere for learning the sport of polo, it really is amazing to work with this kind of energy and i look forward to the 2010 Coaching League season.  Please follow this link and see the fun had at BDPC Coaching League 2009 and c’mon out and participate, let’s make it bigger and better in 2010! (um…when things dry up a little bit).

That’s about all for now, time to ride.

Go on up, I’ll hit it to you.