Tacoma polo

Tacoma Polo club had a day of indoor polo, so I thought I'd go down and see what indoor was all about - of course I did take my jeans, boots and helmet just in case. Ran in to Tom Skaggs right off and since his wife recently had a baby he was more than happy to have me help get his ponies back into playing mode (he and his wife have six horses). So, I got to ride "Miss Piggy" in the 3rd and 6th chuckers (chuckers are the periods in polo, usually four are played in a regular match). The club set up the two 'slow' chuckers for a few of us beginners. The more seasoned players, Annie, Randy, Tom, Chris, etc. were great and gave us a lot of advice along the way. I did well enough...I stayed on "Pig" as Tom called here and managed to hit the ball at least a couple of times. Almost scored once, but missed the shot completely - that would have been too much for my first try anyway. Once again, polo made it clear that I still have some balance and overall confidence issue to address. Overall, I had a great time, its a wonderful group of people and I look forward to playing some more.