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October 2012
Middleburg Life
Goal!
The trophy table at Banbury Cross.
Phillip Staples,Juan Salinas, Sebastian Langdenberg,and Nelson Gunnell
Photos by Lauren Giannini, Douglas Lees and Middleburg Photo
T
he polo season has slowly slipped away with several grand events. First, Banbury Cross Polo and Middleburgpolo.com presented The Virginia Fall Polo Classic, which included the 26th Annual Commonwealth Polo Cup. This match traditionally features international teams from England, Scotland, Argentina and Chile. This year’s match pitted a Virginia Commonwealth team against a UK/British Forces Foundation team. This was followed by the East Coast Women’s Challenge, a United States Polo Association sanctioned event in which six teams compete for Women’s Championship Tournament qualification, a circuit-level trophy and $5,000 in prize money. The afternoon concluded with the Charity Challenge Cup with local players in a fundraising event to support a variety of charities. Next up was a weekend of polo, which included a symposium at the National Sporting Library and Museum. Experts spoke on everything from “Polo in American Art” to “Women’s Polo in America: A Historical View and Research Perspective.” A reception and viewing of the exhibition, “Chukkers: The Sport of Polo in Art,” followed. A very elegant afternoon of lunch and polo, also part of the sporting library benefit chaired by Jacqueline Mars, took place at Llangollen, the Upperville home of the Brennan family and Virginia International Polo Club.
Packing up the polo sticks and heading south for the winter.
Luciana and Robert Duvall
Jacqueline Mars was chairman of the National Sporting Library and Museum benefit event.
Donald, Patricia and Maureen Brennan
Manley Johnson, Alan Adler and Juan Sanchez
Queenie Kemmerer and Dana Reuter at the polo symposium.