Team Riyadh won Chestertons Polo in the Park for a third year running in 2026, and England took the Olympic Trophy from South Africa at Hurlingham Park.
Hurlingham Park in Fulham staged three days of city-team polo from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 June 2026, when Chestertons Polo in the Park returned to the ground where the sport was codified.
The Hurlingham Club took its Fulham estate in 1869 as a shooting club, with the Prince of Wales as an early patron. Four years later it published the rules of polo that most of the world still follows, and the first match was played on its ground on 6 June 1874. The ground hosted the polo at the 1908 Olympics, and play lasted until 1939, when the war took the No. 1 ground for allotments.
Polo came back in 2009, the first time in 70 years, on land that had by then become a public park beside the club. The tournament adjusts the rules to make the game faster and bring spectators closer to the play, and its teams are named for cities rather than for patrons.
The 2026 draw brought six teams, representing Texas, Cape Town, Riyadh, London and Zurich, alongside a side called Rivals. England, fielding Max Charlton, Ed Banner-Eve and Hazel Jackson, narrowly beat South Africa on International Day to take the Olympic Trophy. On the Sunday Red Sea Global Team Riyadh won the final, the team’s third title in three years, after finals won against London in 2024 and Punta Cana in 2025.