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Exporting Thai hospitality and mixing it with Argentine charm, Thai Polo founder Harald Link
has started a movement, which grows bigger and better every year, says Carolina Beresford
P R E N S A P O LO X O L I V I A J A U R E TC H E
An international circuit of competitive polo
played in Argentina,Thailand and England,
Thai Polo’s fifth year in Argentina was
celebrated with four tournaments played over
the spring, making the 2018 South American
season the most action-packed to date.
The club started the season with a new
14-goal challenge, the B. Grimm Thai Polo
Master, before hosting the traditional Thai
Polo,Technopolo and Tanoira Cups.The series
of competitions, organised by Licere PR and
Minuto Siete, were played in clubs around
General Rodriguez, largely considered to
be the epicentre of the polo world.
The B. Grimm Thai Polo Master began the
season with a bang in November 2018, as
12 teams fought hard to take the title. After
several days of bad weather suspended play,
ShyamMehta’s Mumbai Paisano and Claudio
Porcel’s Balanz Capital qualified for the main
final. The big day began with a charity match
in aid of Asociación Centro de Vida, a centre
that provides support for those struggling
with addiction, and leading players such as
