By Feverpitch Reporter
The four professionals gracing this year’s Kenya International Polo tournament are expected to excite crowds with some swashbuckling play.
Selby Williamson from South Africa is a five-goal player who will be turning out for Veuve Clicquot alongside four-goal Casimir Gross, Tarquin Gross (2.5) and Devin Shretta (0.5).
He is a captain at Jurassic Park Polo Club in the Swartberg region.
Selby is a very versatile player who can attack from his preferred forward position but is also good in defence.
This year, Selby was coach for the 14-goal SA team that travelled to Malaysia to take part in the FIP 14-goal World Cup Playoffs and also played for South Africa against New Zealand in 2008, Canada in 2009 and Chile in the 2010 BMW Internationals.
Another South African professional, Rory Twort (4-goal), will be playing for CfC Stanbic, which will also feature Jamie Murray (4), Charlie Dyer (1.5) and Joss Craig (0). Twort plays for Crocodile Creek Polo Club in Johannesburg.
Playing history
He started playing polo at Karkloof in the Natal Midlands, South Africa, and then went to the US for 5 years, working for Tommy Wayman and managing Adam Snows green horse operation.
Santiago Schweitzer from Argentina (5-goal) will turn up for Lady Lori Helicopters alongside three-goal Craig Millar, two-goal Phillip Arungah and Raphael Nzomo (1).
The Argentinian is a regular player at the Kenyan International and lives in Opendoor. Santy, as he prefers to be called, is a cunning player on the pitch.
This comes from years of playing high and medium goal polo with some of the best teams in Argentina. Santy runs a family polo academy, where he teaches polo to players of all classes.
UK Legion
Oliver Taylor from United Kingdom, a four-goal player, will play for Drum Magazine. Others in the team are Richard Stonewigg (3), Julian Camm (2.5) and Pete Griffiths (2). Oliver has visited Kenya many times.
He started polo in the Cheshire Polo Club at the age of 11 and was soon a shining star in the pony club circuit and part of the young England Team. He played for Ellerston Black and in Dubai. He stays in UK and Barbados.
He was spotted by Packer and asked to join Ellerston Black’s high goal team, alongside Carlos Gracida, for the high goal season.
The tournament will start tomorrow at 2pm with Drum Magazine facing Lady Lori Helicopters, followed two hours later with Veuve Clicquot game against CfC Stanbic.
On Saturday, Drum Magazine will play Veuve Clicquot while CfC Stanbic will face Lady Lori Helicopters at 2pm and 4pm respectively.
The subsidiary final will take place on Sunday morning, followed by a match between Drum Magazine and CfC Stanbic with Veuve Clicquot taking on Lady Lori Helicopters.
Games will be five-chukka matches, with two points for a win and one for a draw. and none for a loss.
