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[[File:Polo-Match.png|350px|thumb|Food table and royal hosts at the 3rd Annual Royal Polo Match in 2017]] | [[File:Polo-Match.png|350px|thumb|Food table and royal hosts at the 3rd Annual Royal Polo Match in 2017]] | ||
The '''Royal Polo Match''' also known as the '''Royal Polo Exhibition''' or the '''Polo Meet and Greet''' is an annual event hosted by the [[Kingdom of Shiloh]] and [[Westarctica]]. The event is open to the general public without cost, and has been developed as a method for Their Royal Highnesses to meet with members of the public in the informal setting of the Will Rogers Polo Club in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California. | The '''Royal Polo Match''' also known as the '''Royal Polo Exhibition''' or the '''Polo Meet and Greet''' is an annual event hosted by the [[Kingdom of Shiloh]] and [[Westarctica]]. The event is open to the general public without cost, and has been developed as a method for Their Royal Highnesses to meet with members of the public in the informal setting of the Will Rogers Polo Club in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California. | ||
The event was suspended in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and has not been held since. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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In 2016, attendance was down slightly, but the event went forward as planned. | In 2016, attendance was down slightly, but the event went forward as planned. | ||
[[Captain-General Kramer|Damien Kramer]], who would later serve as the [[Captain-General of Calsahara]], attended the event as a guest of the Grand Duke and [[Prince-Consort Dinny]]. | |||
===2017=== | ===2017=== | ||
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===2019=== | ===2019=== | ||
The fifth annual Polo Match | The fifth annual Polo Match was held on 18 August 2019. Although typically held in July, the date was moved to later in the season due to [[MicroCon 2019]] occurring in late July. | ||
Only two chukkers were played due to the early team not having enough players on hand to participate in a match. [[King Timothy of Shiloh|King Timothy]] and Princess Samantha provided Italian food in the form of meat lasagna, vegetarian lasagna, and garlic bread. A total of ten people attended the event, including two [[Order of the Snowflake|knights of the Snowflake]]. The polo match coincided with a meeting of the St. Andrews Society of Los Angeles, an organization devoted to Scottish culture and history, and several society members visited [[Westarctica]]'s tent to ask about the unusual flag. | |||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||