Invite: The Harriman Cup 31st Annual Polo Match

On Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, the 31st Harriman Cup will bestow the 2015 Harriman Cup Award to Neil Hirsch. Mr. Hirsch is an American businessman and the current owner of Loanet, a securities-tracking firm, and the Black Watch Polo Team. Black Watch has enjoyed much success including winning the 2007 Hall of Fame Cup. The team’s current captain is Nacho Figueras, and it is sponsored by Ralph Lauren. In 1995, Mr. Hirsch co-founded the Bridgehampton Polo Club with Peter M. Brant. He served as its President for many years.

The Harriman Cup will take place again at Bethpage State Park, which is the home of the summer-long Polo at the Park and has hosted several U.S. Open Golf Championships. The full-day event includes the polo match, tailgating, and dance party featuring the music of the highly popular East Coast Band. Prizes will be awarded for the Best Hat, Best Dressed, Best Tailgate, and Best Dog. The players for the UVa Team will be: Adam Klopp, CB Scherer, Joevy Beh, and Nick Barry. Playing for Team Yale will be: Kyla Hackman, Seppi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Jon Graham, and Chip Stiegler.

The Harriman Cup was founded in 1984 to commemorate the life of W. Averell Harriman, a 1913 Yale graduate and polo player, who was the former Governor of New York, former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Truman. The funds raised from the polo tournament will benefit the undergraduate polo teams at both the University of Virginia and Yale.

Get your tickets here:

https://harrimancup.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=1468991

Click here to read the recap from last year.