THE GAME  Mitsubishi PIPA Beach Polo Grand Prix powered by A Quechua, July 27th - 29th, 2012

VENUE  Gut Drasing, Summer Resort Woerthersee, County of Carinthia, Austria

HOST  Polo Instructor´s and Player´s Association (PIPA) and A Quechua Sports Academy Lim.

SPONSORS  Mitsubishi and County of Carinthia

RESULTS  A Quechua (Uwe Seebacher, Stefan Coszma) wins against Mitsubishi (Beate Pfister, Bernd Hotz) 14:8

APRÉS  Sunset Bar (Klagenfurt), http://www.sunsetclub.at/ and Gut Drasing Krumpendorf), www.gutdrasing.com

SPY  Stefan Coszma (Triple Crown Winner Munich Summer Night Polo), Dr. Uwe Seebacher (PIPA President),  Armin Assinger (Ex-Austrian International Ski World Cup Winner), Wolfgang Karlberger (Austrian National Offroad Champion), Thomas Kerschbaumer (International Segway Polo Player)

HEARD  Stefan Coszma (Triple Crown Winner Munich Summer Night Polo): “If Polo Events and Tournaments in Germany, and maybe other countries, were organized and staged as professionally as the Mitsubishi PIPA Beach Polo Grand Prix, Polo would have a much stronger media presence, more sponsors and many more visitors -  leading to much higher growth rates!”

Bernd Hotz (German Polo Legend and Party Animal for more than 15 years): “Well done A Quechua - as always! We’re coming back…!”

TASTE  Austrian and Carinthian food, stylish and local

SIP  The usual + ‘Crodino’ – a new non-alcoholic drink - very tasty! & A Quechua cocktail (Their very own special mixture)

INTEREST  The World Premiere: ‘Mitsubishi Car Polo Challenge’ was won by Bernd Hotz. Players were placed on Mitsubishi Pick-up truck and had 5 minutes to make as many goals as possible. This was great fun and proved a fantastic spectacle for guests, players and the media.  At the PIPA Ice Polo Trophy (March 7th - 11^th 2013) another even more powerful and fast version of Car Polo will be presented with 2 teams with each 2 cars, 2 drivers and 2 players playing against each other, playing for seven and a half minutes per chukker over 4 chukkers.

For 2012 PIPA the Beach Polo Grand Prix is planned to be held as the 1st PIPA European Beach Polo Championship. PIPA member nations can apply for participation directly at PIPA (info@pipa.com)

CONTRIBUTION  By PCW member A Quechua Family & Friends Polo