British Polo Day Morocco 2014

To be invited by the Co-Founders of British Polo Day during the course of this event Morocco was an honour that I was delighted to accept.

It has been quite remarkable to witness the sea-change that has taken in the polo landscape since I was first introduced to, and rapidly hooked on, the sport with my Regiment, The Scot’s Guards when posted to Kenya back in 1963.

My brother and I then went on to plant many happy and successful years of highgoal together in The UK and this period was quickly followed by the beginnings of the professional era that we know today.

In any transition from one approach to another, certain aspects are lost and others are gained. It is therefore encouraging to see that British Polo Day have both rekindled the best amateur traditions of the game as well as bringing young talent on the rise to the attention of an international audience. .

Polo has been – and indeed continues to be – a dominant passion in my life and the arrival of the first global polo network can only be a good thing for the game and the various Charities for whom funds are raised around the world.

As a result of this spectacular new Club, with its peerless location under The Atlas Mountains, I wish The Eve Branson Foundation every success from the inaugural British Polo Day Morocco.