15 July 2024 Association News

The Prince of Wales and the victorious U.S. Polo Assn. team

HRH The Prince of Wales took to the polo field on Friday (July 12) to play in the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Cup at Guards Polo Club, with the day raising £1,000,000 to be shared by eleven charities supported by The Prince and Princess of Wales - including the MND Association.

The contribution takes the total raised from Royal Charity Polo Days played in the UK over the last 13 years to more than £13million. The Prince was part of the US Polo Assn. team alongside Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Amr Zedan and Mark Tomlinson. 

The opposing Brand Machine Group team was formed by Philipp Muller, Emma MacRae, Steve Cox and Pablo MacDonough with the BP Healthcare Polo team made up of Lovy Beh, Jovey Beh, Edward Banner-Eve and Tunde Karim. 

In an exciting round-robin format, The Prince of Wales defended the title he won last year with US Polo Assn. but the team left it late. A last-minute penalty goal against BP Healthcare saw US Polo Assn. win the tournament on goal difference following a driving attack from HRH.

HRH The Prince of Wales in action

This year’s event provided a unique opportunity to support and raise funds for eleven of Their Royal Highness’s patronages. These organisations are: SHOUT, Wales Air Ambulance, Mountain Rescue England and Wales, Child Bereavement UK, Royal African Society, Place2Be, Action for Children, The Motor Neurone Disease Association, The Blackthorn Rally, HMS Oardacious and The Royal Marsden. 

Out-Sourcing Inc’s David M. Matsumoto said: “Out-Sourcing and I are honoured to support today’s charity polo match. Knowing that this polo event will raise much needed funds for eleven incredible charities aligns perfectly with the company’s own charitable ethos. We focus on creating platforms to highlight and support charitable endeavours across the world, including here in the UK.” 

Richard Evans, Director of Engagement at the MND Association, said: "We are incredibly grateful to their Royal Highnesses for making us a beneficiary of todays brilliant event. 

"This will make a real difference to the lives of people living with MND today in terms of the support we're able to offer, but it will also help us fund more research to find the treatments that will one day get us to the cure that everyone in the MND community really wants to see.