British Polo Day - Great Britain 2014
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| Description | Marking the beginning of the English summer, the second British Polo Day Charity Cup was the home leg of its Global Series. Over lunch, professional auctioneer, author and political figure Lord Archer commenced the auction raising money for the benefit of Head Injury Through Sport, The James Wentworth Stanley Memorial Fund, The Eve Branson Foundation, Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Brooke and the British Red Cross (who, as part of their 60-year relationship with Land Rover, provided first aid support on the day from a Land Rover ambulance). With lots including a week for two at Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island, tickets to the Monaco Grand Prix (watching from none other than Eddie Jordan’s boat) and a stunning pair of early art deco diamond earrings, the live auction (and accompanying iBid silent auction) raised an impressive US$310,504, bringing the British Polo Day philanthropic total to an incredible $1,230,385USD. In the first match of the day – the British Polo Day Charity C |
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| Date | 2014-08-08 |
| Source | commons.wikimedia.org |
| Author | British Polo Day |
