Where:              The Hand Equestrian Arena, Clevedon, Bristol Avon (by permission of N. Davis Esq.,)

When:               Thursday 18th, Friday 19th, Saturday 20^th, Finals day : Sunday 21st February 2010

Who:                University and College students from over 30 Universities, and Alumni from Schools, Pony Club and University.  Playing in 8 Sections with several divisions in lower sections.

Over 100 teams will take part in the 2010 University Arena Championships in February at the   

Impressive indoor Hand Equestrian facility.  Normally a show jumping venue, for four days the centre

will be transformed to host the worlds largest Polo Tournament, a fact noted  by the Guinness Book

of Records who will be on hand to present a certificate to SUPA on the Sunday. 

University Polo allows players to play safely within their “comfort zone” and as such caters for

Beginners (for players only starting polo that academic year), Novices (limited to a maximum of a -2

outdoor Handicap) up to Open level for the better players and to SAPA for Alumni of all levels.

SUPA’s University programme is the first time that players of all abilities and social background can

play Polo  without constraints in a protected and cost managed organisation.

The use of top umpires from the world of Arena Polo and a rigid safety programme, will ensure a

Fun but hard fought tournament from start to finish in all sections.

University Polo is the only association to cover all players with personal accident insurance, for

which Lycett’s need congratulating on making this affordable to SUPA.

New sponsors of University Polo, Akuma are looking forward to their first tournament and will try to

assist all students in their wish to look good as well as play hard.

Bristol University Polo Club will again be hosting the Official Players Party on Saturday 20th, and like

last year will feature an arena full of inflatables for over 600 students.

For statistics  there will be over 100 teams comprising about 375 players, over 200 match chukkas and almost 40 hours of polo. Over 30 Universities from Aberdeen to Exeter and Dublin to London will be represented.   On the Friday play will start at 10.00 and will run with a chukka every 10 minutes until 21.00.   Crowds of about 600 are expected to watch on Saturday and Sunday.

For further information contact: Michael Hobday on 07970 720456 or look at the SUPA website.

www.supa.org.uk