17^th Season Takes Shape        

          The Newport International Polo Series heads into its seventeenth season this year with an exciting schedule of matches & events in the works, including top rivals from around the world.  The Series kicks off in June for a seventeen week run every Saturday through September.  Returning competitors include Canada, Ireland, France, England, South Africa, Scotland, & Jamaica, and we await confirmation from additional international challengers.  We will also host top rivals from the North East circuit of polo clubs.

         "We promise non-stop polo action all summer long, with tough challengers and great social events throughout the summer  for our supporters” adds Dan Keating, USA captain and founder of the Polo Series.  Check the CALENDAR for the 2008 schedule.

          The Polo Series takes place on the polo grounds at Glen Farm, located on the outskirts of Newport, just 6 miles north on Rte. 138 in Portsmouth, RI.  For more information about the matches, as well as schedule updates and match results, call the seasonal Info Line: 401-846-0200 and surf the rest of our site including POLO.

           One of the season's biggest social highlights will be the 8th annual International Polo Ball on Friday, August 1st and tribute match the following day.  

           The annual Polo Series is one of New England's most popular summer attractions, continuing a tradition of international polo begun 130 years ago in Newport, home of the first polo club in America.  Teams participating in the Polo Series have come from England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Barbados and Canada.  

           Polo match tickets are available at the gates 1½ hours prior to the matches.  Tailgate picnics on the lawn are welcome with field-side General Admission of $10 for adults; Children 15 & under are free.  Tickets are also available for box seating within the Subscribers Enclosure for $15/person.  For season passes, group reservations and more information, call 401-847-7090.  Register to win exciting door prizes each week and enter our tailgating contests ~ Tailgate Contest Info.

           The Newport International Polo Series thanks is its sponsors including the Carnegie Abbey Club, WCRB Classical Radio, NBC Channel 10, the Newport Daily News,  Pearls of Newport, Lufthansa, Continental Airlines, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Shreve Crump and Low Jewelers, and Bose.  For more information about partnering with the Polo Series, click here.

            The Series takes place at historic and picturesque Glen Farm, the last 100 acres of what was once a 700-acre manorial farm whose history dates back to the 1600's.  Its classical stone barns from the Gilded Age and its park-like grounds were acquired by the Town of Portsmouth who gave a 25-year old developer named Dan Keating the chance to rescue it from ruins and rehabilitate the property, which thrives today as a vital equestrian and recreational property for the community and the jewel of Portsmouth.