Welcome back Mary! My beautiful and talented wife just returned
from an extraordinary trip to Argentina. Mary led the North
American team to the finals after advancing past the African and
South American teams. A cheap hit from behind resulted in a
fractured fibula in her leg, but Mary tough as always played on.
Her team finished second in the tournament. Be sure to chat with
her about her experience, it's quite memorable. No less than
three days after confirmatory x-rays and the orthopaedic surgeon's
confirmation of the fractured fibula, Mary was off to play in a very
big match in Pittsburg, PA. As many of you know, 24 years ago
Mary's dad help to start the Family House Charity Polo tournament.
This polo event has cumulatively raised moe money that any other
polo event in the USA. Very impressive indeed. Every year for the
past 24 years the Muldoon's have fielded a team for the event, which
has fortunately had only one rain-out. Well, this year almost
didn't happen because the rains came and kept coming until moments
before game time. Mercifully, the team captains agreed to play four
rather than six chukkers due to the treacherous conditions. Mary
wrapped her broken leg with a red bandage to remind other players
not to hit hard on that spot (of course, not everyone respected the
request), but she player an outstanding game and was delighted to
receive the award for Best Playing Pony aboard her favorite horse
Snowflake, who has competed in the US Open and numerous other high
goal events in the US. Mary scored two from the field of Potomac's
five goals, with brother Joe putting in another two and Jay Fetner
adding one. Most importantly, she scored the last goal of the
match, which tied the game. Due to the conditions the captains
elected to let the score remain a draw. It was a great game with
superb playing. Next year is the 25th anniversary and we strongly
recommend that everyone mark their calendars for the second Saturday
in Spetember for a great party and great polo. We'll see you there!