ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
The mid-winter rains the town received late last month has claimed another victim today after the president of the Betoota Heights Polo Club announced the upcoming Polo in the Outback Festival is being moved to Quilpie because the local polo fields have turned ‘too green’.
Speaking to local media this morning, BHPC President Lucas Conbar-Delga, explained that the green pasture regrowth on the town’s polo fields no longer fits the aesthetic of outback polo.
“You can’t have an Outback Polo Festival on a green paddock, can you?” he asked journalists.
“So we’ve been in touch with the Quilpie Diggers Race Club, where it hasn’t rained since 1947, and they’ve been kind enough to agree to host the festival this year. We’ve had a few calls this morning about tickets; if you’ve already purchased a ticket to the event, you will be able to use it at Quilpie,”
“Just to reiterate, the upcoming Polo in the Outback Festival from the 17th-19th of this month is now at Quilpie, not Betoota Heights. I hope to see you all there.”
The Festival has attracted some of the biggest names in professional and amateur polo from around the world.
One notable attendee is said to be fabled Argentinian polocrosse coach, Roberto Teaguello, who is rumoured to be scouting players for the world-renowned Everybody vs The Whites Polo-A-Thon in the NSW Hunter Valley later this year.
For more information on the Polo in the Outback Festival, click here.
Tickets to the Polo can be purchased through the Quilpie Diggers Race Club by clicking here.
More to come.
