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International
Polo Club
Palm Beach
Kicks Off
10th
Anniversary
Season
Bo Derek,
the “Perfect
10,”
Officiates
Coin Toss
Coca-Cola
Wins Herbie
Pennell Cup
in Sudden
Death
Overtime
WELLINGTON,
FLA.
(January 11,
2013) – The
sunshine
broke
through the
clouds and
opening day
at the
International
Polo Club (IPC)
was as close
to “perfect”
as you could
imagine.
Celebrating
the highly
anticipated
10th
anniversary
of the polo
club,
equestrian-actress
Bo Derek
conducted
the honors
with the
ceremonial
coin toss
and the
trophy
presentation
to the
winners of
the Herbie
Pennell Cup.
Polo fans
and
enthusiasts
were treated
to high-goal
polo at its
finest, with
two
competing
teams made
up of some
of the
world’s most
elite
players
going into
the finals.
Julio
Arellano,
the highest
rated
American
player,
scored the
winning goal
18 seconds
into
overtime to
give
defending
champion
Coca-Cola(Gillian
Johnston,
Sugar
Erskine,
Julio
Arellano,
and Tommy
Collingwood)a
13-12
victory over
Villa del
Lago (Jim
Zenni,
Augustin
Obregon,
PolitoPieres,
and
MagooLaprida).
Sunday
Brunch and
Polo
The
high-goal
polo action
takes place
every Sunday
through
April 21 at
the
International
Polo Club.
Ticket
prices for
Sunday polo
range from
$10 general
admission to
$120 box
seating.
Tickets for
Sunday
brunch at
The Pavilion
and its
reception
start at
$55, upward
to $330 for
the
VeuveClicquot
brunch
package for
two. Tickets
can be
purchased
online at
www.InternationalPoloClub.com
or by
calling
561-204-5687.
About
International
Polo Club
Palm Beach
International
Polo Club
Palm Beach
is located
in
Wellington,
Florida, in
the heart of
South
Florida’s
famed horse
country. IPC
is host to
major,
high-goal
polo
tournaments
and the 20-
and 26-goal
series
throughout
the Palm
Beach Polo
Season,
including
the USPA
C.V. Whitney
Cup, the
USPA PIAGET
Gold Cup,
and the USPA
Maserati
109th U.S.
Open Polo
ChampionshipTM.
The world’s
polo elite
descends
upon
Wellington
each season
to enjoy
their love
of the sport
– and the
lifestyle –
in the most
prominent
and
well-equipped
polo
facility in
the nation.
IPC features
nine
manicured
polo fields,
The
Pavilion,
private
boxes and
viewing
stands,
tennis
courts, a
croquet
court, a
state-of-the-art
spa, a
lushly
landscaped
pool deck,
après polo
celebrations,
and a
fabled,
gourmet
Sunday
brunch. The
2013 Palm
Beach Polo
Season began
on January 6
and
concludes on
April 21.
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