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1995 Organizing Committee Chair Peter Märky opened the Fourth World Cup in the history of polo on 21 July 1995 (following Buenos Aires in 1987, Berlin in 1989 and Santiago de Chile in 1992). The preliminary round took place in Düsseldorf. A grand total of 21 000 spectators enjoyed polo of international quality. Travel specialists Kuoni had marketed the event worldwide, generating 2355 bednights. A total of 212 media representatives reported on the games to 16 countries, and 75 TV channels relayed a total of 65 broadcasting hours. According to rating research by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, the 44-minute World Cup summary attracted an audience of around 70 000 in Switzerland. Moreover, the outcome of the World Cup took all the pundits by surprise. On 30 July 1995, in a final of unsurpassed excitement, the battle-hardened Brazilian team beat top favourites Argentina by 11 goals to 10. The courageous Swiss team, all of whose players were members of the St. Moritz Polo Club, came sixth (and last), in line with expectations.
1995 also saw the foundation of the Association ‘Top Events of Switzerland’ in Zurich. This is an umbrella organization for world-famous cultural and sporting events from all over Switzerland. In addition to the Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow in St. Moritz, it includes Art Basel, the Golf European Master’s at Crans sur Sierre-Montana, the Locarno International Film Festival, the Lucerne International Music Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Swiss Tennis Open in Gstaad.
1996 Arrangements were made for the building rights to the San Gian Equestrian Sports Field to revert to the citizens and municipality of St. Moritz. The site had proved unexpectedly costly to lay out and equip. This and reinstatement work after the World Cup and other events placed the Club in financial straits. The reversion of the building rights was a help in overcoming these.
1997 Attendees of the Ordinary General Meeting were informed that the St. Moritz Polo Club had been completely restored to financial health. This had been possible through the willingness of the municipality and the Club’s creditors to help, and with generous financial support from some of the Club’s members. At the motion of Claudio and Diane Conrad and Peter Märky, a summer polo camp was started. This event was intended to give both practised players and juniors an opportunity to exchange experience and to gauge their skills on friendly terms. back >>1998–2006 |
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