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selves sat underneath an umbrella, with a
glass of bubbly, watching the final in the
pouring rain where a streaker graced us with
his presence at half time?!
In-between Nic made time to visit Chestnut
Tree House children’s hospice, one of the
charities benefiting from the UK Sunset Polo
event and a cause close to Nic’s heart. Nic
also did an assembly at a local elementary
school which was great fun and encouraged
the kids to learn about the sport and
come out and support him. At one stage
we had to go to London for another photoshoot
and one can not help but feel rather
silly sitting on the train with one polo mallet,
helmet and boots!
August:
La Indiana organisation, players and horses
moved onto Sotogrande in the South of
Spain for the month. However, during their
first match first one of Nic’s team mates got
injured and minutes later Nic got hit by a
ball and broke his ankle! Not ideal… The
best cause of action was for it to be operated
on and plated there and then. So, Nic
would have to find himself on the sidelines
for the rest of the season there.
September:
Back home to Wellington and a month of
rehab for his ankle mainly plus some visits
to the locally based Kids Cancer Foundation.
At the very end of the month Nic rode
a couple of times and picked up a mallet
again.
October:
Off to Argentina for the high-goal season
there. Time to get back in the swing of
things and on the 17th Nic played his first
competitive match again. It was unseasonably
chilly and Argentina can have its
moments of third-world living and four days
without water or electricity was an experience!
In the first tournament Nic played,
he reached the final but got pipped to
the post. Whilst in Argentina Nic was trying
many different horses and often found himself
playing twice a day.
November:
Nic played in two big tournaments
and as a team they
had mixed success. He was
based at a farm where they
are at the forefront of cloning.
It is fascinating to be able to
see this first hand and in fact
one got a little blasé seeing a
weekly stream of fresh foals.
November also saw the Argentine
Open get underway,
the best polo t’ment in the
world, which sees the entire
polo community descend on
Buenos Aires.
December:
On the 2nd it was final of the
Argentine Open. Polo lover
or not, it’s the epitome of the
sport and it’s pretty cool to
watch this crescendo take
place in a stadium filled with
some seventeen thousand
people in the middle of
Buenos Aires; truly a field of
dreams. The main aim of Nic
being in Argentina was to get
all in place for a campaign in Argentina for
the 2018 season and on that front it was a
success. Nic stayed in Argentina a few
more days before return-
ing home briefly and then
heading out to Aspen,
Colorado to end the year
by playing in the World
Snow Polo Champion-
ships. There he went on
to win and was selected
as MVP. Christmas back
home in Wellington and
New Year in Aspen.
And so the year comes to
an end just in time to do it
all again! No rest for the
wicked.
January:
From one extreme to the other; from playing
on the snow in Aspen, to playing on the
sand at Miami South Beach. Nic took part in
the Miami Beach Polo tournament and was
a finalist. Now his focus turns to the start of
the 2018 high-goal season in Palm Beach.
2018 looks like it’s going to be an epic year
for Nic and will follow a similar pattern to
2017, only better! Be sure to follow his quest
to be the best via his social media platforms.
2018 Key dates:
Jan - April: Season in Palm Beach, FL, USA
March 23rd: Nic Roldan’s Sunset Polo &
White Party, Wellington, FL, USA
May - July: Season in the UK as part of the La
Indiana team
June 19th: Nic Roldan’s UK Sunset Polo
event, Cowdray House, West Sussex, UK
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July 17: Judging the
best RoR during the
Gold Cup Semi-Finals,
#OTTB
Dec 17:Aspen
snow polo
Nov 17: Nic with a
Cuartaterra clone
at La Ensenada
California
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