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Out and about Ivan The Terrible launch party, 8 April 2010 Chinawhite Night Club, Soho – London
Pre-season warm-up sets the tone for a social summer season Ivan The Terrible vodka is set to continue its sponsorship of polo this season, as organisers at Guards Polo Club are already gearing up for the fifth annual Ivan The Terrible Polo Challenge later this month, on Saturday 29 May. The 11-goal game will pit Guards England against Moscow Russia, with Ivan The Terrible’s owner and founder Dimitri Cherbotarev himself due to play two chukkas for the Russians. Cherbotarev was the sponsor of a drinks reception at London’s Chinawhite Night Club last month, when organiser Royston Prisk brought together polo enthusiasts and players from various clubs around the country on Thursday 8 April. The festivities continued for some until as late as 4am, with guests occupying three tables of the exclusive west London nightspot, and then dominating the Chinawhite dancefloor.
Jack Kidd’s fiancée Callie Moore parties with friend Faye Hatton
More parties are sure to follow throughout the summer, as Prisk balances organising them with his playing and coaching commitments at RCBPC, where he will be based all summer.
Zephyr Polo Team patron Paul Igoe brought a beautiful guest
Ash Farm’s vivacious polo manager Charlotte Sweeney with Josh Keys, James Greenwood and party-loving Ed Bizante
Poppy Davey, whose boyfriend is four-goal player, Will Emerson
Georgia Sweeney unwinds with her brother-in-law, Sam Saunders
Photographs by Georgia Sweeney
Organiser Royston Prisk and Callie Moore
Up-and-coming duo, Sophie Kyriazi and Tom Meyrick 86 May 2010 www.polotimes.co.uk
The combination of blue eyes and blonde hair is a dangerous cocktail around polo players
Janey Grace of Ascot Park