Category Archives: Polo

March 30, 2015 · 11:18 pm

POLO: THE U.S. OPEN IS UNDERWAY

International Polo ClubThe International Polo Club in Palm Beach (Wellington, FL) was the site as professional polo’s U.S. Open for 2015 got underway. Eight teams compete for the championship. FOR BALLADEER’S BLOG’S QUICK PRIMER ON POLO CLICK HERE:  https://glitternight.com/2015/03/23/polo-is-joining-balladeers-blogs-sports-coverage/

polo u s openGAME ONE – COCA COLA vs LAS MONJITAS. For those readers who say they can’t get into sports where the teams have corporate names Balladeer’s Blog will also coin unofficial nicknames for them. Think of Coca Cola as the Red Colossus for obvious reasons and for the Las Monjitas restaurant chain, consider them the Little Nuns (the literal translation of Las Monjitas).  

Defense was the story in the 1st Chukker, which ended in a 1-1 tie, but Las Monjitas had taken a 4-3 lead as the 2nd Chukker came to a close. When Chukker number 3 was in the books the Red Colossus had come back to knot the score up at 5-5 to head into Halftime. Continue reading →

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March 23, 2015 · 10:55 pm

POLO IS JOINING BALLADEER’S BLOG’S SPORTS COVERAGE

Polo Teams In ActionPOLO, THE OLDEST TEAM SPORT IN THE WORLD, IS COMING TO BALLADEER’S BLOG! It will be joining all my other subjects so nothing is going away to make room for it. Polo is THE television sport and feels like you’re watching an action movie as the players exhibit their skills.

A QUICK POLO PRIMER:  

Polo 2Instead of “Innings” or “Quarters” or “Periods” a Polo Match is made up of “Chukkers”.

There are six Chukkers to a Match. After three Chukkers comes Halftime.

Each Chukker lasts 7 minutes plus up to a maximum of 30 additional seconds to complete a play in progress when the Chukker ends.

There are four riders on each Polo team, wearing numbers 1-4 depending on the position they play. Continue reading →

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