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England captain ties the knot England captain Luke Tomlinson married Cata Zavaleta in December at the Tomlinson’s La Quinta estancia in Pilar, Argentina. The early evening ceremony was followed by dinner and dancing, which continued well into the next morning. Many members of the England polo crowd travelled to Argentina for the wedding, including the rest of the Tomlinson family, the Hanbury family, James Beim and Malcolm Borwick. Luke’s younger brother and fellow England teammate Mark is following in his brother’s wedding footsteps. Mark will marry Olympic dressage bronze medallist Laura Bechtolscheimer on 2 March in Switzerland.
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Happy Birthday to Herbert Happy Birthday to Polo Times columnist Herbert Spencer, who celebrated his 84th birthday on 14 January.
An African wedding Plettenberg Bay polo manager Alicia Wright, daughter of HPA chairman John Wright, will marry Shaun Brokensha in South Africa in April. The couple have been together for six years and Alicia received the best possible present when Shaun proposed on her birthday last year. They will tie the knot on 6 April, the last day of the polo season in South Africa, at their farm near the Kurland Polo Estate. Polo guests will include John Wright and Alicia’s brother, polo umpire Peter Wright.
High-goal stars turn out for Ulloa’s big day Argentine nine-goaler Hilario Ulloa topped off a successful year playing for Pilara in the Argentine Triple Crown by marrying his girlfriend Clarita Ferraiuelo in El Triunfo, near Hilario’s hometown of Lincoln, Buenos Aires, in December. Entertainment for the 250 guests included a parade of Criollo horses showing off their skills, a typical Argentine asado and a fireworks display. Several polo players attended the wedding, including Facundo and Nico Pieres and Guillermo Caset Jr. with his girlfriend Inés Badiola, whom he will marry in April.
Matt finds his match Also newly married are Guards three-goaler Matt Lodder and Heather Wigglesworth, who is a minus one-goaler at Blueys Polo Club. The couple tied the knot between Christmas and New Year in Heather’s home village in West Yorkshire, and celebrated with friends from the polo world including Jamie Le Hardy and girlfriend Sally Dawson, Andrew BlakeThomas and fiancée Sanchia Stowe, Sarah and James Anderson and Jamie Peel.
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