INTERNATIONAL Action-Packed Season Gallops Into Wellington
The 2016 winter polo season at the International Polo Club Palm Beach thunders in for four months starting in January — and club officials are calling it the “Lucky 13” season in honor of IPC’s 13th year hosting the world’s best high-goal polo action. But by all accounts, creating 17 weeks of the highest-goal polo played anywhere in the world is hardly due to luck — it takes months of strategic planning and hard work. Luck certainly may be a factor in PHOTOGRAPHY BY LILA PHOTO
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delivering an exceptional polo season, but it’s the experience, knowledge and dedicated efforts of a seasoned executive team pulling together that makes things happen. “Certainly, we have been more than
fortunate in growing not only the sport of polo in Wellington, but also developing an ever-growing spectator base,” President of Club Operations John Wash said. “It’s really a combination of luck, talent and hard work that will drive the success of the Lucky 13 polo season, as well as creating an environment that will continue to grow the sport.” Luck or not, no one can argue with the success of the past 12 years at IPC,