Win Exclusive Gold Cup Prize Package from Cowdray Park Polo Club worth over £500
World-class Polo since 1910
With a long and illustrious history, Cowdray Park Polo Club has been the home of the British Open for the Cowdray Gold Cup since 1956. Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within Viscount Cowdray’s 16,000-acre estate in West Sussex, the game of polo has been played at Cowdray for over a century.
Guide to Polo
Polo is a dynamic and exciting team game. One of the oldest known sports in the world, it is thought to have originated in Persia over 2,000 years ago. The game as we know it today was codified and developed in India in the 1800s, where British soldiers who were stationed there saw the game being played locally and adapted it for their own uses, often using it as training for cavalry riders. The object of Polo is for a team to score more goals than its opposition to win the game. Each team of four is made up of attackers and defenders, but all members of a polo team are expected to be flexible and make any play, changing position as necessary to benefit the team.
The 2025 Season
The season is in full swing at Cowdray Park Polo Club and 2025 is gearing up to be another bumper year. Featuring tournaments and family-friendly events, matches are played weekly until 21 September.
Quick guide to Cowdray
Members of the public are welcome to attend all matches at Cowdray, here’s a quick guide:
Polo is played in two locations: The Lawns and River grounds in Midhurst and the Ambersham pitches between Petworth and Midhurst.
Ambersham Clubhouse is open to everyone and has a superb restaurant and bar. Food is served every day that there are two or more polo matches at Ambersham plus weekends.
At The Lawns there’s a bar and food pop-up on days with two or more games.
The Today/Tomorrow ‘Daily Play’ feature on the Cowdray Polo website shows where matches are being played.
Matches take place throughout the week. It is free to attend and watch a weekday match until the Gold Cup starts. Weekend tickets are £10 per adult and under 12s go free.
The Cowdray Gold Cup – Europe’s premier tournament
The British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup is the premier polo tournament in Europe at 22 goal (High Goal) level. The prestigious Gold Cup, played throughout June culminates on the 20th July. This is the event that Cowdray is probably best known for as it showcases high-goal polo at its best and is one of three world majors. The world’s best polo players come and play the Gold Cup. Tickets start at just £15 per adult.
For all information and tickets visit: www.cowdraypolo.co.uk
Enter below for the chance to win a family day out to the Cowdray Gold Cup Final for six people on 20th July 2025. The package will include six general admission passes, a non-viewing gazebo picnic plot and six Lawns Enclosure passes
