Jan 21, 2019 5:52 PM
The USPA is proud to report that the 2018 USPA National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) season was a success. The Central Region (Cipi Echezareta, Grayson Price, Vaughn Miller, Will Walton, coached by Mason Wroe) won the Cecil Smith Cup for the first time in the history of the tournament last year and the inaugural Girls All-Star Challenge was won by Black (Olivia Uechtritz, Cory Williams, Jenna Tarshis, Lila Bennett, coached by Jim Wright). The 24 players who advanced to the NYTS Championships competed at more than half of the NYTS qualifiers held.
New and exciting changes are in store for 2019! There a few minor adjustments in rules that will hopefully make qualifiers easier for host clubs and promote safety for players. The USPA will now accept a four-team tournament round-robin format and over girths will be mandatory. For further details and to see all changes for 2019, please review the official tournament conditions here.
The NYTS Qualifier Season officially opens March 1, 2019.
If your club is interested in hosting a NYTS qualifier, please fill out and email the 2019 Circuit Application found in the tournament conditions link above to either Amanda Snow asnow@uspolo.org or Hayley Heatley hheatley@uspolo.org to reserve your tournament date. Tournaments will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis and the USPA will continue to work hard to make sure that tournaments do not overlap within the same circuit.
Effective Date: Saturday, May 16, 2020
The suspension of USPA Tournaments and Events will be lifted for USPA Member Clubs in locales where hosting polo matches and tournaments is permitted under applicable state and local laws, executive orders and similar decrees. The USPA Member Clubs in these locales are encouraged to follow all such requirements of their state and local authorities with respect to polo operations. In addition, we also encourage all USPA Member Clubs to take the precautions recommended by the CDC. We are preparing a detailed list of best practices for USPA Member Clubs as they return to hosting USPA Tournaments and Events and plan to circulate these guidelines within the next week. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and will notify you if we determine a different course of action is necessary.
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