Greenwich Polo Club

Greenwich Polo Club is a polo club in Greenwich, Connecticut that was established in 1981. It is one of only three polo venues in the United States offering high-goal polo (20 goals or above).

Greenwich Polo Club hosts public USPA high-goal polo matches on Sundays throughout the summer.

Greenwich Polo Club is located on North Street in the neighborhood of Conyers Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is surrounded by the Babcock Preserve, Rockwood Lake the Mianus Reserve State Park Scenic Reserve to the South, and Converse Lake and the Mianus Reservoir to the North.

Players have included:

It was established in 1981 by Peter M. Brant, who started the White Birch Polo Team. In the 1970s Brant first met polo legend Thomas B. “Tommy” Glynn at the Fairfield Hunt Club. Under Glynn’s tutelage, Brant grew to love the sport of polo and formed the polo team White Birch in 1979. Brant lived in Greenwich and wanted a place to play in the area. In 1981 Greenwich Polo Club was officially established by Brant with eight founding members including Peter Busch Orthwein, Mickey Tarnapol, Adam Linderman, Marty Gross, Charles Johnson, Henryk de Kwiatkoski, Geofrey Kent and Michael Shore. Glynn was manager of Greenwich Polo Club from 1981 until his death in 2001. Since 1981, Greenwich Polo Club expanded from one to three fields. In 2015, Brant honored Peter Busch Orthwein, co-founder of Thor Industries and the Patron of the Airstream polo team, by naming one of the polo fields at the Greenwich Polo Club in his honor.

White Birch captured its first US Open Polo Championship in 2005. It was the team's 31st title at the 26 goal level or higher. White Birch won all three 26 goal tournaments during the 2005 season in Palm Beach. In the 1990s White Birch dominated every major tournament at Palm Beach Polo Club in Florida. The White Birch Polo Team has won more high goal polo tournaments than any other single team in the past 25 years. In 2016, White Birch is playing the high-goal polo seasons at International Polo Club and at its home base at Greenwich Polo Club.

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