All Pro Polo League: Cowdray Park agog for 40-goal star match
The All Pro Polo League (APPL) have announce their collaboration with Cowdray Park Polo Club (CPPC) during their 2018 world tour. For the first time in polo history, an All Star 40-goal match will be played in England and Cowdray Park, widely considered the home of British polo, has been chosen as the venue for the event taking place on 23rd June.
The APPL first hosted a 40-goal match in Argentina in 2017, and it is the aim of Javier Tanoira, founder of the league, to see this level of polo played around the world.
Many 10 goal players have shown their support for the league, including Facundo Pieres, Gonzalito Pieres, Nico Pieres, Polito Pieres, ‘Sapo’ Caset, Hilario Ulloa, Pablo MacDonough, Juan Martin Nero and ‘Pelon’ Stirling. All of these star players have confirmed their commitment to the Cowdray Park match.
Roderick Vere Nicoll, Chairman of Cowdray Park Polo Club, said: “We are proud to be hosting the first ever APPL 40-goal polo match in the UK. To be the venue for such an exhibition of human and equine skill is a privilege.
The APPL is trying to speed up the game and make it easier to understand, especially for those who are not familiar with the sport. One of our goals at CPPC is to take polo to a wider audience and show what a fantastic spectacle it truly is.”
“We are very happy to support the league,” adds 10-goal superstar Facundo Pieres. “The APPL has put forward a number of good things that we would do well to implement in polo. I agree with Javier that it should be a parallel league, one that does not compete with patron-based polo and important tournaments.
Tanoira founded the APPL with the intention of professionalizing polo and providing a pure sporting spectacle for polo fans around the world. “Matches like these are very important,” he explains.
“We want to get as many people watching as possible so that we can popularize the sport. We all have commitments and it’s not easy to get everyone together, but a 40-goal game in England will be historic.”