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USA vs  France
France Rides Against USA
Saturday, July 5th...France returns to the Newport
International Polo Series on Saturday, July 7th for
Independence weekend.
"The French are among the best polo players in all of Europe and
will be a very competitive team" states
Dan Keating, captain of the
USA
team.
Hailing
from Polo de Bagatelle in Paris, the team
will be captained by Alain de Foucaud with
teammates
Virgile Drubigny,
Cyrille Durand Behar and
Flavien Pecatte.
France
is home to many polo clubs and players for over 100 years.
Currently, a frenchman Patrick Guerrand-Hermes presides as
president of the
Federation of International Polo (FIP). Guerrand-Hermes and his son
have both played in the Newport International Polo Series.
The two-hour match will be followed by a trophy
presentation of the perpetual USA vs. France cup and naming of the Best
Playing Pony.
The Newport International Polo Series features teams from around the
world playing against
USA.
Matches are held every Saturday afternoon in June, July, August and
September at Glen Farm in
Portsmouth
,
RI
, with teams coming from Canada
,
Scotland
,
France
,
Ireland
, Egypt,
Jamaica,
England
and South Africa this season, as well as from the Northeast circuit of polo clubs.
Tickets
to the matches are sold at the gate on the day of the match.
Tailgate picnics on the lawn are welcome with field-side admission of
$10.00 for adults, and children 15 & under are free. Box seating
in the Subscribers Enclosure is also available.
The Newport International Polo Series is proud to
announce its 2008 sponsors including the Carnegie Abbey Club,
WCRB
Classical Radio,
NBC Channel 10, the
Newport Daily News,
Pearls Boutique Hotels,
Barton
and Gray Mariners Club, Lufthansa,
Continental
Airlines,
Northwestern
Mutual Financial Network, and
Bose.,
as well as promotional partners including
The Preservation
Society of Newport,
Bird’s Eye View Helicopter Tours,
Newport County Visitor & Convention Bureau, the
Newport
Music Festival, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and
the
Blackships Festival. For more information about partnering with
the Polo Series, click here.
The Polo Series takes place
takes place
on the polo grounds of historic Glen Farm, 715 East Main Road (also called Route 138) in
Portsmouth , RI , just 6 miles north of downtown Newport. For more info
about attending the matches or for season tickets, call 401-846-0200.
Glen
Farm is the remaining 100 acres of
a 700-acre
manorial farm whose history dates back to the 1600's. Its
classical stone barns from the Gilded Age and its park-like
grounds were rescued from ruins and rehabilitated by the Newport Polo Club's founder
in the early 90's and, as a result, it thrives today as a vital equestrian and community
recreational property and the jewel of Portsmouth. Read
about its fascinating history!
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