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O.C. Polo Interscolastic Team


Name:	Dayln, Marial, Jordan, Mila
Occupation:	Future polo stars
Background:	O.C. Polo
Horse Experience:	They ride them all, and never know what their gona get.
Quote:	”Which goal were we going too?”

Dave Carlson


Name:	Dave Carlson
Occupation:	Salior “no b.s. he’s really a sailor!”
Background:	Unknown, but I bet the oceans involved. “Just a guess!”
Horse Experience:	“Like I said hes a sailor!”
Quote:	“Trying to teach my horse how to sail has had its ups and downs!”

Eric Munk


Name:	Eric Munk
Nickname:	The Munkyman
Occupation:	Marketing Manager
E-mail:	eric@ocpolo.com
Background:	Competitive Gymnast, Hockey Player, Water Skier, Scuba Diver, Sailor, Shooter – Polo is more exhilarating than any other sport that I have ever played!
Horse Experience:	I had no prior horse experience before my first polo lesson 6 years ago. Now, I am ready for the rodeo…..
Quote:	Who is ready for a Tequila shot?

Andrew Jasco


Name:	Andrew Jasco
Nickname:	Jasco
Occupation:	Trading – Commodities, Wisdom Financial Inc.
E-mail:	andrewjasco@gmail.com
Background:	Grew up in the small town of Chico, CA. Left for college at 18 and haven’t looked back since……
Horse Experience:	A friend invited me to play polo. He thought that since I was good at golf, I’d also be good at polo. His logic was flawed: after a few hard falls I really got into it, and now, I couldn’t imagine life without polo.
Quote:	“I’d rather be lucky than good.”

Cindy Schuberth


Name:	Cindy Schuberth
Occupation:	Secretary, Point West Financial, Inc.
E-mail:	cindyshoe@verizon.net
Background:	tennis, camping, fishing (actually, I prefer catching!), watching, polo
Horse Experience:	professional polo match timer
Quote:	the time to be happy in now; the place to be happy is at the Orange County Polo Club

Elaine Rivest


Name:	Elaine Rivest
Occupation:	Sales in Premise Cabling- customers always wanted!
E-mail:	erivest@te.com erivest@te.com
Background:	I have lived longer in CA than in my native home town of Montreal.
Horse Experience:	I took riding lessons with my mother when I was 9. First Polo Lesson was 10 years ago. I was hooked and bought my first horse 6 months later!

Matt Madenfort


Name:	Matt Madenfort
Occupation:	Sales Engineer, NSW-Airelink
E-mail:	matthew.madenfort@gmail.com
Horse Experience:	Rode growing up…hunters. Started riding again 9 yearsago when OC Polo was known as Playa Grande Polo in Huntington Beach.
Quote:	I’m fortunate enough to be around horses and polo’s a blast. How lucky am I?

Joanne Geiler


Name:	Joanne Geiler
Nickname:	Jonsey
Occupation:	Self Storage
E-mail:	joanne@poloproperties.com
Background:	Camera club at Pasadena High School
Horse Experience:	I’ve been busting broncos all my life. I haven’t met a bronco I couldn’t bust. Or maybe it’s the other way around.
Quote:	Nowadays I prefer to photo them rather than ride them

Dennis Geiler


Name:	Dennis Geiler
Nickname:	Denny
Occupation:	Developing polo clubs
E-mail:	denny@poloproperties.com
Background:	Well buckaroos, don’t call ‘em a cowboy until you’ve seen ‘em ride!
Horse Experience:	I’ve been riding horses all my life and is my butt sore!
Quote:	Polo dissolves all the cobwebs and makes the stress go away.

Dave Schuberth


Name:	Dave Schuberth
Nickname:	Shoe
Occupation:	Mortgage Broker, Point West Financial, Inc.
E-mail:	dave@pointwestfinancial.com
Background:	Graduated from Cal State Northridge, enjoy dirt bike riding, car racing, fishing, and camping and of course: playing polo
Horse Experience:	I took my first polo lesson at age 49 and haven’t looked back since!

Melissa Bleauvet


Name:	Melissa Bleauvet
Nickname:	“The Irritator”
Occupation:	Veterinary Clinical Pathologist
Background:	Hitting the ball effectively is not my strength. I have tried to compensateas a more effective defensive player. Hence the name the “irritator”!
Horse Experience:	I had a wonderful Appaloosa as a teenager but had not ridden for many years prior to polo.
Quote:	‘When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.’ – Winston Churchill

Shelley Geiler Allen


Name:	Shelley Geiler Allen
Nickname:	McGee
Occupation:	Self Storage
E-mail:	shelley@poloproperties.com
Background:	My Dad introduced me to polo at a young age and I’ve never forgiven him.
Horse Experience:	I owned my first horse when I was 8 and I’ve been horsing around ever since.
Quote:	I like to ride them fast and furious!

Al Vom Steeg


Name:	Al Vom Steeg
Nickname:	Vom Steeg
Occupation:	Atlas Indicators Investors Advisors, Inc.
E-mail:	coues@earthlink.com
Background:	A Portfolio Manager, with great kids all of to college. “Time for polo!”
Horse Experience:	Western packing, Avid outdoorsmen & hunter. “A spicy horse named Salsa!”
Quote:	“Everyman dies, not everyman plays the sport of kings.”

Chris Karp


Name:	Chris Karp
Occupation:	Accounting Manager, ENVIRON
E-mail:	ckarp@environcorp.com
Background:	Swimming, water skiing; horse trail riding; grandma of 3!
Horse Experience:	Pleasure riding. Took up polo at the young age of 53. Now in my fifth year -it gets better every time! Can’t get enough! The BIG BAD Boys don’t scare me, bring it on!
Quote:	“Was that foul on me? Oops sorry!”

Heather Schuberth


Name:	Heather Schuberth
Nickname:	Heather
Occupation:	OC Polo Club Manager, if you call it work, I call it FUN!
E-mail:	heather@ocpolo.com
Background:	Former barn rat, been riding my whole life, whether its horses or surfboards, sounds great to me
Horse Experience:	Too much to list – Let’s just say I eat, sleep and breathe horses!!
Quote:	I’m not going to beg for it!

kellinewton122@yahoo.com


Occupation:	Full time student
E-mail:	kellinewton122@yahoo.com
Horse Experience:	Started riding lessons at 4 years old: hunte- dressage and more recently (2010) Polo - Traveled with OC Polo to Argentina~Favorite trip of all time…can’t wait to go back!.
Quote:	"Livin’ The Dream"

Bo Karp and his dog Corky


Name:	Bo Karp and his dog Corky
Nickname:	Farmer Bo, One legged guy (dog) Cork, Shorty
Occupation:	Professional bagger and customer complaint manager; (dog) herder; mostly sheep, goats, pigs and chickens
Background:	Farm animal educator to kids with special needs. I love to watch my wife play polo. She scares me, but it’s great and I know this makes her very happy.
Quote:	Hey, who wants a beer?