Santa María Polo Club faces a new challenge as a big sports events organizer. This time, polo moves to snow with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Snow Polo Cup 2010, to be held in Sierra Nevada (Granada) Ski Resort on March, 13 and 14. Four teams, 10-12 handicap, will be the stars in this new experience for Spain, in a free access event for spectators. Two matches will be played every day, the first starting at 14:00 and the next one at 15:30. Sunday 14, after the final match, starting at 15:30, the prize giving ceremony will take place. The polo field will be set up in Los Peñones Parking, and can be reached by road and Parador and Virgen de las Nieves chair lift.

Jaeger-LeCoultre, a brand closely linked to polo, will collaborate with Santa María Polo Club as Main Sponsor, while BMW will be the Official Car, Veuve Clicquot Official Champagne and Nespresso, Cervezas Alhambra, Coca-Cola, Casablanca, Hotel Meliá Sol y Nieve and AMG Servicios will be present as Official Products, counting with Turismo Andaluz, Consejería de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía, CETURSA, Patronato de Turismo de Granada, la CEA (Andalucía Entrepreuners Federation), Puerto Deportivo Alcaidesa, Federación Andaluza de Polo and Monachil Town Council as participating organizations. Regarding Associated Medias, El Mundo, TELVA, Fuera de Serie (Expansión), Polo LifeStyle, Polo Line, Spend-In and La Bocha will be present in Sierra Nevada.

Snow Polo is played in a compact snow surface, 100/150 meters long and 80/100 meters wide, enclosed by a fence to avoid the ball goin off the field. Teams might made up by four or three players and, just like on grass polo, their target it´s to score in the opposing goal. The snow polo ball is bigger, in intense orange to make it visible, and less rigid. Matches consist of 5 chukkers following the same rules that traditional polo. This new discipline preserves classical virtues of polo, such as speed and aesthetics, offering spectacle on snow and the sorroundings wher the competition is held. In the beginning, snow polo was a training for professional players like Adolfo Cambiaso, Pablo MacDonough or Piki Díaz Alberdi but year after year, the interest is raising both for players and spectators.

Thanks to Jaeger-LeCoultre Snow Polo Cup 2010, Santa María Polo Club keeps on a continuous effort to organize competitions all year round, joining the Snow Polo Tour, traditional in places like Saint Moritz and Klosters, in Switzerland; Cortina D’Ampezzo, Itlay or Chapelco in Argentina. Now Sierra Nevada will be the prestigious host for this spectacular Polo discipline.