Natania Polo

03/29/2019

The schedule is out!!

07/19/2018

What do you think, should we change our farm name to Natania Polo and Archery Club?

07/18/2018

Here are some of our players having some fun after polo practice. This was too much fun - we'll have to make this one of our regular activities!

04/15/2018

Progress Or Politics
By Ron Allen

The USPA annual spring meeting in Florida is coming up and many observers are wondering if they plan to continue to play politics or will they step up and fix what has been broken for several years. Many of these people are well intended but get blindsided by a handful of self-appointed ‘power brokers’ who have had their way for too long. Transparency needs to become a priority. The PDI Director is gone and it’s a big secret. That’s not how real corporations behave. Especially since they are a $19 million dollar a year 501 C6 – Not For Profit.

We have questions: Why do they mistakenly believe it’s constitutionally legal to threaten members with expulsion for speaking out? They intentionally removed member contact information from the Blue Book. Is Rule 4-10, C for privacy or political purposes?

Where’s the fiscal responsibility? The $4 million dollar a year PDI budget includes Team USPA, which was originally supposed to be Americas six best young players. It has skyrocketed to 50 players and 25% of them don’t even own a horse.

No media savvy: The Polo Network has 8 employees with an annual budget of $600,000. They only have a few hundred watching. Plus the additional high cost of one game a year on national TV that is not exposing the sport to a new audience. What happened to the ‘major motion picture’ that was supposed to be released five months ago?

5 of the 6 teams in the Open this year will be playing in the WPL next year. The biggest patrons in American high goal just abandoned the USPA. ‘Money Ball’ will not get them back. The meetings need to end with real accomplishments. Is that possible with 32 employees, 29 members of the Board of Governors and over 100 volunteers?

04/13/2018

05/04/2017

01/07/2017

Gabriel Boie gave us some new saddle pads during the holidays. He figures the pink ones will be an incentive for players not to arrive late, or else that's what they'll end up using on their horses!

10/14/2016

Getting ready for winter

10/11/2016

Some very good teams are participating. Worth the trip - it will be fun polo.

We have an exciting week ahead of us at Virginia Polo! We will be hosting teams from SMU, Texas A&M, Miami, Cornell, and Kentucky for a very competitive 2016 Fall Invitational. Come out and support our Hoos!!!!!!

GAMES:

Wednesday 10/12
4pm UVA 2 vs. TAMU Women
6pm SMU vs. TAMU Men
8pm UVA vs. UK Men

Thursday 10/13
4pm UK vs Miami Men
6pm UVA 2 vs. Cornell Women
8pm Cornell vs. SMU Men

Friday 10/14
4pm TAMU vs TBA Women
6pm UVA 1 vs. Cornell Women
8pm UVA vs. Miami Men

Saturday 10/15
12pm UVA 1 vs. TBA Women
4pm Cornell vs. TAMU Men

Sunday 10/16
10am MENS FINAL
12pm WOMENS FINAL

09/07/2016

Natania's 3 new horses this season

07/23/2016

We'll have a second white-board session at Chetwood on Sunday July 31 to discuss the rules we did not have time to discuss last month. I expect the session will start around 1 pm.

06/16/2016

I will be running a white-board session about the rules of polo at Chetwood in The Plains on Sunday June 19th. We'll start immediately after their morning polo game - around noon or 12:30 pm. There is no charge for the session and everyone is welcome to attend. If there is time, we'll also go over some video clips that illustrate some of the most common fouls. (At the session, I'll discuss with attendees the possibility of giving them access to my rules-review website so that we can go continue the discussion online.)