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Send off the season with a bang! Charles Cup is a favourite among the polo community steeped in traditions (on and off field).
Perth Polo Club take great pride in hosting this tournament.
The Charles Cup is Western Australia’s premier polo cup. The beautiful silver current cup is actually the third cup donated by Joseph Charles esq. Joseph Charles presented the first cup many years prior with the proviso that should the cup be won for three years in succession by the same team then that team would win the cup outright. On two occasions this phenomenon was achieved and both times by the then famous Broomehill Polo Club. On the second occasions the team as captained for the three years by the late Edgar Richardson. It was only after these events that Joseph Charles who was not only an extremely staunch supporter of polo in WA, but also President of the WA Polo Association presented the third Charles Cup in 1929. The cup was presented as a perpetual cup to be played for in WA and stipulated to be played from scratch, (no handicap advantage). The hand beaten figure on the sterling silver masterpiece is from an actual match photograph taken from a contest between teams from Broomehill and Mingenew
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kings Meadow, Guildford, Tema