Hurlingham Club (Argentina)

For the English institution of the same name, see The Hurlingham Club.
Hurlingham
Full nameHurlingham Club
Sports
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Founded22 November 1888; 135 years ago (1888-11-22)
Based inHurlingham, Buenos Aires
StadiumHurlingham Club Ground
(cricket)
Colors     [5]
ChairmanMartin Heller
ManagerFernando Kelly
Websitehurlinghamclub.com.ar

Hurlingham Club is an Argentine sports and social club located in the city of Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. It is named after the Hurlingham Club in London and was set up in 1888 by the local Anglo-Argentine community. The town of Hurlingham and Hurlingham Partido grew up around the club, taking its name.[6]

The club hosts a wide range of activities, such as cricket, gymnastics, golf, horse riding, polo, squash, and tennis. The "Abierto de Hurlingham" (Hurlingham Open) polo tournament is considered the 2nd. in importance after the Campeonato Argentino.

The club covers 73 hectares and has an 18-hole golf course, five polo fields, stables for 300 horses, schools of polo, horse riding and pony riding, 18 tennis courts including six grass courts, a cricket pitch, two swimming pools, three paddle tennis courts and an indoor complex with a gym, squash court and dressing rooms.

The club house also has function rooms, restaurant and bars, plus hotel rooms available to members.[6]

Hurlingham was the first place in Argentina where polo was played,[7] and the Argentine Polo Association was founded at the club in 1922.[8] Argentina has subsequently become a dominant power in international polo, and the club hosts a major polo tournament each year, the "Campeonato Abierto de Hurlingham".

  1. ^ Argentina 1891 by Osvaldo José Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina, by Jorge Iwanczuk - ISBN 950-43-4384-8
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 120years was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ River Plate Sport & Pastime #149, 9 May 1894
  5. ^ Reglamento vigente
  6. ^ a b Hurlingham Club, el club que dio origen al nombre de la ciudad, cumplió 130 años on Hurlingham al Día, 17 Jan 2019
  7. ^ 'Polo en Argentina', argentinaxplora.com. Accessed 21 July 2006. (in Spanish)
  8. ^ History of the AAP, poloarte.com. Accessed 21 July 2006. (in Spanish)


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