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The Monty Waterbury Cup is awarded annually in
polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...
at the
Meadowbrook Polo Club The Meadowbrook Polo Club (originally styled as the "Meadow Brook Club"), located in Old Westbury, New York, is the oldest continuously operating polo club in the United States, first established in 1881.Marie, Kim (August 27, 201The Power of The ...
in
Westbury, Long Island The Incorporated Village of Westbury is a Village (New York), village in the North Hempstead, New York, Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. It is located a ...
. The first match was in 1922. It is named after James Montaudevert Waterbury, Jr. In 1956,
Herbie Pennell Alfred G. "Herbie" Pennell (1921–2000) was an American polo player and long-time manager of the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
was the winner.Newsletter
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Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame The Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization to celebrate the sport of polo.Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, ''Polo in the United States: A History'', Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 28/ref> Overview It ...
, January 2012


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{{reflist 1922 establishments in New York (state) Polo in the United States Polo competitions in the United States