USC Polo Team
c/o Eric Pahon
830 Childs Way, Suite 921
Los Angeles, CA 90089
www.uscpolo.com

The USC Trojan Polo Team is heading to the National Intercollegiate Polo Championship this April in Texas! The Trojans fought hard at the Western Regional Championships, and won both their preliminary game against Washington State University, and the championship game versus Westmont College. In addition, our #3 player, Himmat Singh, was elected to the Western Region All-Star Team.

This is the first time in many years that the Trojans have had an opportunity to compete for the National Intercollegiate Polo Championship. It's been a long, hard, year and the players have done their best to build a club and team that students and junior polo players can be proud to be a part of.

The team faces its biggest challenge now, not only in the spirit of competition, but also the enormous cost of traveling to Brushy Creek Ranch in Burleson, Texas to compete for the national title. For anyone who's ever been a student, you probably remember a tight budget and lots of ramen. Pile the costs of polo for a normal season on top of that and an un-planned trip to Texas for five days, and you'll probably realize our problem. Hotels, airfare, a rental car, meals, coaching costs, and equipment bills are going to be enormous.

We need the help of generous patrons to help us offset the costs. We hope to raise $5,000 through contributions. These funds will directly fund the costs associated with sending the team to Texas. Excess funds will apply to horse needs, such as blankets, halters, etc.

Please help the USC Polo Team make it to Nationals. Our players have worked long and hard to build a solid, competitive team, but without funding, we may not be able to compete.

All donations are tax-deductible through the Collegiate Equestrian Polo Association (CEPA), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping junior players at both the intercollegiate and interscholastic levels play polo. CEPA will then mail you a receipt for your contribution. Under "Purpose of Gift," please check "Collegiate Program Fund." Make all checks payable to: Collegiate Equestrian Polo Association.
In addition, any donation of $50 or more will receive a signed photo of the team holding the Western Division Championship trophy.

Please consider helping the USC Polo team reach our fundraising goal of $5,000 as we set off to win the Intercollegiate National Championship 2003. If you have any further questions, please contact either Ted Sousa, Andres Huertas, or Eric Pahon.

Sincerely,

Ted Sousa
Club President/Team Capt.
tsousa@usc.edu
323-733-3643

Eric Pahon
Club Secretary
pahon@usc.edu
(213) 321-3407

Andres Huertas
CEPA Representative
andres@cepa-polo.org
(818) 346-7648

Jan. 16th, '03: The Collegiate Equestrian Polo Assoc. (CEPA) Is in immediate need of horses/tack/funds to help support the collegiate programs of:

The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
The University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
The University of Southern California (USC)
The University of San Diego (USD)
The California Polo Club Scholastic Team (CPC)

All these schools have found home clubs to provide facilities and training. The students have a tremendous enthusiasm to help maintain and care for the strings, to reduce upkeep costs. Please visit www.cepa-polo.org for details or sent e-mail to:

Andres@cepa-polo.org
Huertas@Telerobotics.JPL.NASA.gov

Talk to you soon!

Megan Carter Towle
Central Coast Polo Club, Owner/Manager
805-801-0141 Cell
805-782-0378 Phone/Fax
megan@centalcoastpolo.com

July 9th, '02: We need saddles. A lot of our saddles have bad trees, and we need more bridles for sure. The leather we have is breaking and we are short on reins. Saddle pads would be great too.

Thanks again for all your help! :)

Christine
polodeva@aol.com

**English Saddles (good trees!)
**Stirrup leathers
Stirrup irons
English style girths
**6 Complete Gag Bridles (includes breast plate, martingale, mouth shutter, one set of straight reins)
Head Stalls (gag or pelham style)
8 Breast plates

Cash Donations - Henry Walker (henry.walker@fmb.com)

Tack, Horse & Other Donations - John Wesley of the Santa Barbara Polo Club (jwestley@sbpolo.com)

Click here to print out a donation form.

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