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Page 14/The BattalionAVednesday, April 8, 1987
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A&M Polo Club riding high\t>u
in intercollegiate division
By Andria P. Goldwire
Reporter
On a pleasant Sunday af
ternoon, several young men and
women race up and down the
Texas A&M polo field, swinging
mallets and urging fatigued
horses to run faster.
The riders are members of the
Texas A&M Polo Club, one of 28
collegiate polo clubs in the nation.
On Feb. 8, the men’s team was
declared the Southern Intercolle
giate Champions. The team is
ranked second in the intercolle
giate division.
The southern playoffs were
held at the Rose Palace Arena in
Leon Springs, Texas, about 10
miles north of San Antonio. Both
the A&M men’s and women’s
teams competed.
The women’s team, consisting
of Patty Scott, Donna Shifflett,
Jenny Sharrock and alternate Su
san House, defeated the Univer
sity of Texas before losing to
Texas Tech University. In the
consolation match, the A&M
women’s team lost to Southern
Methodist University.
The men’s team, consisting of
Michael Garrett, Lance Royalty,
Vincent Borrero and alternate
Tom Bacus, defeated former
champion Texas Tech in the
semi-finals before competing
against the hard-hitting Colorado
State University team. The A&M
team held on to a slim two-point
lead during the first chukker
(time period) before going on to
defeat Colorado State 20-1 1.
Garrett, the men’s team cap
tain, said he is happy about the
team’s performance at the south
ern playoffs, and he is positive
about the upcoming national
competition at Valley Forge Aca
demy in Valley Forge, Penn.,
April 18 and 19.
“We have started training
again (since spring break) and we
are looking pretty good,” he said.
“I feel good about the upcom
ing national competition,” he
added. “The only disadvantage
we have is that the University of
Virginia, which is ranked No. 1,
will have some of their horses to
ride and we will not. It isn’t feasi
ble for us to carry horses to Penn
sylvania.”
Horses are provided for teams
which travel long distances or do
not have an adequate supply of
horses.
Since intercollegiate competi
tion is played indoors only, there
is no formal outdoor competition.
The team competes against other
universities and club teams in
friendly matches of outdoor polo.
“Most of our outdoor games
are against other alumni club
teams because tournament inter
collegiate polo competition is in
door only,” Garrett said.
Polo is a growing college sport,
although the National Collegiate
Athletic Association does not rec
ognize it as a varsity sport.
Guy Henry, president of the
club, said because people think
polo is a sport for the wealthy,
they are not interested in playing.
Polo, which originated in Asia,
was introduced to the United
States in 1875.
“Few people take the opportu
nity to Find out about polo,”
Henry said.
“It takes time, energy and sac
rifice. It’s a lot of work and little
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play. We’re 90 percent work
10 percent play.”
Polo is a rugged sport that em
phasizes stick-handling, horse
manshipand team work.
For outdoor polo, there arc
four players to a side, and the* ob
ject of the game is to score more
“Few people take the op
portunity to find out
about polo. It takes time,
energy and sacrifice. It's a
lot of work and little pfiy.
We’re 90 percent work
and 10 percent play. ’’
Guy Henry
goals than your opponent during
a match of six to eight chukkers,
which last for T'/a minutes each.
For indoor polo, there are
three players to a side and four
chukkers to a game.
The A&M club, which started
in I 9b2, Ikin .iImhii M member!.;
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mester, twice-weekly lessons
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get more people interested
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