CPPC

• 93120 - Activities of sport clubs

With a long and illustrious history, Cowdray Park Polo Club has been the home of the British Open for the Cowdray Gold Cup since 1956. Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within Viscount Cowdray's 16,000-acre estate in West Sussex, the game of polo has been played at Cowdray for over a century... Following WWII, John, the 3rd Viscount Cowdray set out to establish Cowdray as one of the most famous polo clubs in the world, securing its place at the pinnacle of the sport, nationally and internationally. Having lost his left arm at Dunkirk in 1940, he had an artificial arm adapted at the Roehampton Limb-Fitting Centre, assisted by his gunmaker, Churchills, so that he could hold the reins with a hook and continue to play. The 3rd Viscount proceeded to build his surviving string of twelve polo ponies to make the UK's leading string. He loaned ponies to other players to increase participation in the sport. Beginning with Cowdray, polo was gradually revived on a smaller scale at..

Also known as: Cowdray Park Polo Club, COWDRAY PARK POLO CLUB LIMITED, HOME OF BRITISH POLO

Registration numbers: 06375911 (CH)

Primary location: Midhurst United Kingdom