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Mr.
Oliver Winter :
Winner of the 2002 King’s Cup
trophy, Oliver Winter is once again captaining the Mercedes Benz Thailand
German team. In 2002 it was with his own brothers, Christopher and Thomas,
that he took the trophy home to Hamburg. This year he’s back with two more
brothers – but not his own this time. Oliver brought polo back to Thailand
after a 50-year interval with the reintroduction of polo to the Royal Siam
Polo Club. Importing polo ponies from Germany, Argentina, Brunei and
Australia, he also acted as teacher and coach and engaged Argentinean
professionals to train horses and players. |
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Mr. Hugo Goetz
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Hamburg-born and raised, 36
year old Hugo is more of a horse-rider than a polo player but promises to
be a force to contend with on an elephant. Together with brother and
team-mate Dirk, he runs M-TEX, a large textile business in Hamburg. When
not on a pony, he’s on the golf course. |
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Mr. Dirk Goetz
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34-year old Dirk, brother of
Hugo, is also a keen horseman and runs M-TEX. Together with his Mercedes
team-mates, he is learning elephant polo skills from atop a Hummvee
– one person drives while the other sits on a large foam box on the
roof wielding an elephant polo stick while the third person feeds him the
ball. An inventive and creative force on the elephant polo
pitch. |
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