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By Betsy Parker Rappahannock Nww Staff Writer
On a sunny Sunday afternoon 100 years ago almost to the day polo took a firm toehold in Virginia soil.
The sport continues a headlong gallop into history with the polo equivalents of the Super Bowl and the World Series both being played in The Plains thfc week.
“Over the last century polo has grown in popularity in Virginia, and the state has taken an increasingly prominent role within the sport nationally.’' said hosting Great Meadow Palo Club President Phillip Karber. “We re in the national spotlight this week.”
“The game of polo at the top level is equivalent to the championship levels of other pro sports'* such as football, or soccer, said Jim Burton, a Warrenton resident who sits on the U.S. Polo Associations Board of Governors.
“What makes the games here this week so important is that they are championships, the highest level of sport, not the pro-am games we get the rest of the season. We’ve got the sports top tournament, and an international championship game. It is very exciting for Virginia polo.”
The USPA Arena Championships — which Karber and Burton both called the polo Super Bowl equivalent — opened yesterday. Play continues tonight with the Nash Tigers (Alan Nash, 2, Billy De La Rosa, 4, and Jonas Larguia, 6) versus Golden Zebra (Jay Petner, 1, Gonxalo Fucci. 6, and Martin Zegers, ?.)
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