AIPC season opens to works in progress on and off the field
![Tyrone v Glenpatrick Polo Wicklow will host the opening tournaments of the 2024 season in the all-weather arena and the grass field](https://www.irishpolofoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1-TyroneVGlenpatrick.jpg)
It was a work in progress for Tyrone (pictured: Dan Laverty) as the team accumulated goals to win by just one against Glenpatrick (pictured) and LHK Insurance
Tyrone’s Eamonn Laverty, the lately arrived Tommy Diaz, Dan Laverty and John Corbett came from behind to win with 14 goals scored, being the only team to lose just one of their matches against LHK Insurance (13 goals) and Glenpatrick (13 goals) in a cumulative round-robin of two days (8-9 June).
![First Prizes New Polo Bar Training Award recipient Kristina White at the 2022 awards ceremony, presented by James Kennedy of the IPF](https://www.irishpolofoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2-FirstPrizesNewPoloBar.jpg)
The Stuarts Trophy, Stanley Corcoran Cup and an array of prizes give a glimpse of the newly renovated bar at the All Ireland Polo Club
Eamonn Laverty, who later at the prize presentations on Sunday 9 June thanked participating teams and said: “The bar and the clubhouse weren’t just the way we wanted it, but we are working hard at it. It will be completed in the next few weeks, all going well.”
![Lar Sheeran The 2024 season will open with the Novice Cup in the arena at Polo Wicklow](https://www.irishpolofoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/3-LarSheeran.jpg)
Retired polo player and renowned commentator Lar Sheeran, applying sound knowledge to rigging up the old Tannoy while renovations are carried out at the All Ireland Polo Club
The newly named and sponsored One for the Road team (formerly known as Killenagh) swept through Sixt’s defensive lines across two days of accumulated goals to add one more tournament win ahead of Sixt, One for the Road earning 12 goals and Sixt, 6 goals.
![Tyrone Stuarts Trophy The 2024 season will open with the Novice Cup in the arena at Polo Wicklow](https://www.irishpolofoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/4-TyroneStuartsTrophy.jpg)
Tyrone’s Tommy Diaz (l-r), Dan Laverty, John Corbett and Eamonn Laverty were presented with the Stuarts Trophy for their 4 Goal win by the AIPC President’s wife, Mary Laverty
![One For The Road Stanley Corcoran Cup The 2024 season will open with the Novice Cup in the arena at Polo Wicklow](https://www.irishpolofoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/5-OneForTheRoadStanleyCorcoranCup.jpg)
AIPC Polo Manager David Stone with the 0 Goal winners for the Stanley Corcoran Cup (l-r), Tom Small, Sinead Doyle, Jennifer Doyle and Kieran “Bottle” Doyle of One for the Road, the trophy presented by the club president’s wife, Mary Laverty
Article by Kim Mullahey
Image credits: Kim Mullahey
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