Outback
40-Goal Challenge: Another Success!
By Alex Webbe
February
16, 2013 - WELLINGTON, FL- The annual Outback 40-goal
Challenge to benefit the Polo Players Support Group came
up a goal short Saturday afternoon at the International
Polo Club when American 9-goaler Julio Arellano was called
in to replace Juan Martin Nero (family emergency), but
the top players in the game wasted little time in scoring
the first goal of the game.
Click
here for the full summary by Alex
Webbe and photos by David Lominska...
The
Polo Players Support Group, Inc. (PPSG) is firmly established
and actively engaged in providing financial assistance to seriously
injured or ill polo players and grooms.
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Due
to the dangerous nature of our sport, it is likely we will continue
to find members of our polo family in need of financial assistance.
The Polo Players Support Group enables us to make tax deductible
donations to help those in need, while at the same time enjoying
great polo and camaraderie.
Thanks
to the incredible generosity of friends like you, since it's
inception in 2002, the PPSG has paid out over $1.5 million and
counting to 44 seriously injured or ill players and grooms.
The
Rob Walton arena benefits and the 2000 40-Goal Rob Walton Benefit
were the inspiration for the formation of the PPSG.
Thanks
to the generosity of Outback Steakhouse, we have also had successful
events at the following venues:
The
Houston Polo Club
The
Saratoga Polo Club
The
Arranmore Polo Club, Oswego, Illinois
The
Aiken
Polo Pony Sales
Outback
Founder's Roast
We
encourage clubs to help us host benefits to further aid our
cause.
The
PPSG enables us to make tax deductible donations, to help our
friends in need, while at the same time enjoying great polo
and great camaraderie.
We
appreciate and are very grateful to everyone who has contributed
to our success to date. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all our
sponsors, donors, ticket and auction items buyers and the volunteers
who help make it all happen!
To
make tax deductible donations, please make checks out to: Polo Players Support Group, Inc.
11924 Forest Hill Blvd.
Suite 22-287
Wellington, FL 33414
Polo
Players Support Group's 10th Anniversary!
Part
I
Part
II
Twenty-Two
10-Goal Players Fine Art Print Now Available to the Public!
Artist, Heidi S.
Birath, created original artwork of the twenty two 10 goal players
who have played in the Outback 40 Goal in the 1st ten years.
We are offering a limited number of prints at $250.00. Click
here to view Heidi's piece. For more information, or to
purchase a print, please contact
us.
Fine Art in Palm Beach Raises $11,500.00 for Polo Players Support
Group
On
March 25th, 2011, Aon’s Global Fine Art Practice hosted an auction
in Palm Beach to benefit the Polo Players Support Group. Guests
were invited to an evening of champagne, hors d’oeuvres and
an exclusive viewing of Hunt Slonem’s new exhibition at DTR
Modern Galleries.
Among
the auction items were diamond earrings donated by the New York
jeweler Bader & Garrin, and Damien Hirst’s Diamond Skull.
The
event was a success, raising $11,500 along with awareness for
the cause.
If
you would like more information about Aon Private Risk Management
and the Global Fine Art Practice, please contact Alexandra
Garrison at Alexandra.Garrison@aon.com
or
call 212.441.1299.
From
left, Nikki Brown, Tim and Christy Gannon, Alexandra Garrison
and David Offen. (ph Lucien Capehart)
Outback
40-Goal Challenge: Another Success!
The
Polo Players Support Group, Inc. (PPSG) is firmly established
and actively engaged in providing financial assistance to seriously
injured or ill polo players and grooms. 
