John Gobin (polo)
John Gobin | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Polo player |
| Spouse | Kathleen Gobin |
| Children | 1 daughter |
John S. Gobin is an American six-goal polo player.
Early life
John S. Gobin grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.[1] He began playing arena polo in interscholastic competitions at the age of fifteen.[2][3] From the age of seventeen to nineteen, he trained to become a polo player in Argentina.[3]
Polo
He began his career by playing with polo patron Geoffrey Kent, the founder of Abercrombie & Kent.[3] He then played on the Budweiser Polo Team.[3] He is now a six-goal polo player.[4]
He won the Westchester Cup alongside Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the Guards Polo Club in England in 1992.[5][6][7] He won the Camacho Cup on the American team against Mexico in 2009.[2][8] He has competed on the Team USA against Argentina.[2] He has also played on the Duck Hill Polo Team at the Aiken Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina.[9] He has also won the U.S. Arena Championships four times.[10]
He has been the manager of the Great Meadow Polo Club in The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia since 2007.[1][2][3]
Personal life
He winters in Wellington, Florida, and summers in The Plains, Virginia.[2] He also owns the Four Oaks Farm in Aiken, South Carolina.[3] His wife, Kathleen, is an equine veterinarian.[2] They have a daughter.[2]
References
- ^ a b Kristen Armstrong, Polo Changed His Life, and Now Gobin Works Hard to Give Back, Sun Gazette, July 9, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g Kristen Obadal, Horse Country: Captain Polo, Washington Life Magazine, 22 November 2011
- ^ a b c d e f Gobin to manage Great Meadow Polo, Fairfax Times, April 4, 2007
- ^ Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, pp. 139-140
- ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 212, p. 301
- ^ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 255
- ^ Horace A. Laffaye, The Evolution of Polo, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2009, p. 184
- ^ Betsy Burke Parker, Great Meadow polo manager goes global, Loudoun Times-Mirror
- ^ Dede Biles, Gobin: Polo in Aiken more competitive this year, Aiken Standard, October 31, 2014
- ^ Out On the Townsend: America downs England in historic challenge, Polo Players' Edition
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