USPA Hires Ed Armstrong to Manage I/I Tournament Program

Lexington, Kentucky -- The United States Polo Association of Lexington,Kentucky announces the hiring of Edward J. Amstrong to serve in the newly formed position of Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Tournament Director, effective February 1, 2004. In cooperation with the Polo Training Foundation, the USPA agreed to take interscholastic/intercollegiate polo tournament duties back in-house this year to allow the PTF to focus more energy on educational and fund-raising projects. - Mr. Armstrong's background includes polo experience both as a player (arena and outdoor) and as an instructor (Harvard University polo team coach and Byfield Polo Club manager in Massachusetts). He has also provided management and consultant services domestically and internationally in the equestrian apparel industry. - David Cummings, Executive Director of the USPA, and Danny Scheraga, Executive Director of the PTF, share confidence in Mr. Armstrong's ability to "hit the ground running." He will spend time in New York at the PTF offices to get up to speed and immediately begin traveling to various schools and tournaments on both coasts and points in between. - For more information, please contact Pamela Cummings with the United States Polo Association at 800-232-8772 (USPA), ext. 10 or
pamela@uspolo.org. You may also visit the Association web site at www.uspolo.org.