THE summer season of polo at the AIPC came to a dramatic conclusion when a yellow alert storm passed through the inaugural Pink Polo in the Park, a fundraising tournament held last weekend at the Phoenix Park between Ireland and Canada for Breast Cancer Ireland, kindly sponsored by Nissan.

The going was tough for Ireland’s team captain Caroline Keeling, Dan Laverty, Colm Kelleher and Michael Connolly and for Andrew Rivkin, team captain for Canada along with Evan White Jnr, Mitch Ward and Kingsley Ward Jnr - the portion of the Nine Acres where polo is played each summer already requiring a dose of care and attention even before the storm hit.