Foreword By Brigadier John Wright CBE
When your Chairman suggested that I might like to write the forward to this Year Book, I was both honoured but also slightly overawed. For while I was the Manager of the Tidworth Polo Club I always looked at Ham, London’s Premier Polo Club, with admiration tinged with just a little jealousy. Then when I read what one of my predecessors, Christopher Hanbury had to say in his scintillating foreword some years ago about his experiences with iconic Ham member Jimmy Edwards; I felt that I might be faced with a problem. His stories about Jimmy and Polo in Hong Kong many years ago were a hard act to follow. However, on reflection I think that it is the present and the future of your club that matters now.
Ham is a classic members club, representing all that is best about English polo - a unique location, great facilities, sparkling membership, vibrant social life and lots of wonderful polo at low to medium goal level. Who could ask for more?
Just as important, your Committee and club officials do all that they can to stay ahead of the game with initiatives such as an excellent livery service, the HPA approved Coaching facilities under Charlie Wood and hopefully the bringing on of the youngsters who might be stars of the future and of course the great catering facilities envied by most other polo clubs, ensuring that Ham remains at the very forefront of the clubs that make up the Hurlingham Polo Association.
I wish you all the best for the season ahead and into the future. I am sure that Jimmy Edwards would be very proud of the reputation of his beloved club today and the pace you have set for others to attempt to follow.
Brigadier John Wright CBE Chairman Hurlingham Polo Association
THE LONDON POLO CLUB 7
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