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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!

 

Chris Karp

Occupation: Accounting Manager
Company Name: ENVIRON
Email: 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!”

 

 

 

Mariel Bialy
Nickname: Mare

Occupation: Student at UNI
Email: GangsterPegasus@aim.com
Background: UNI high school. So Cal native I love Pony Polo since the first day! I hope to pursue and go to a college on a scholarship!
Horse Experience: I've ridden my whole life; trail ride; jumping now polo, a really cool sport! I hope to own a polo pony very soon!
Quote: "It doesn't matter if you're black or white, the only color that really matters is green?"
 

Shelley Geiler Allen

Nickname: McGee
Occupation:  Self Storage
Email Address:

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!               

 

Dave Schuberth

Nickname: Shoe

Occupation: Mortgage Broker

Company Name: 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 Blauvelt

Nickname:  “The Irritator”

Occupation:  Veterinary Clinical Pathologist

Background: Hitting the ball effectively is not my strength.  I have tried to compensate as 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

 

 Dennis Geiler

 

 

 

 

Nickname: Denny
Occupation:  Developing polo clubs
Email Address: 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Munk

Nickname:  The Munkyman
Occupation:  Marketing Manager
Email:  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?

 

Matt Madenfort

Occupation:  Sales Engineer

Company Name: NSW-Airelink Email: matthew_madenfort@hotmail.com
Horse Experience: Rode growing up...hunters.  Started riding again 9 years ago 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
Nickname:   Jonsey
Occupation:  Self Storage
Email Address:  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

 

Elaine Rivest

Occupation:  Sales in Premise Cabling- customers always wanted!

Email erivest@tycoelectronics.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!

 

Cindy Schuberth

Occupation: Secretary

Company Name: 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

 

Andrew Jasco

Nickname: Jasco
Occupation: Trading - Commodities...Company Name: Wisdom Financial Inc.
 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."

 

 

Mark McQuitty

Occupation:  B2B Consultant
Background:  Born and raised in NZ; graduated UC Berkeley '88 (Go Bears! After 30 years playing rugby, needed someone else to do the running!
Horse Experience:  Except for  camp trail rides on old nags, never done any "real riding" till 6 years ago.
Quote:  I LIKE!...speed; exhilaration; fusion of man and beast engaged in primordial martial contest, against skilled opponents.!
 

 

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?

 

Dave Baker

Occupation: School Administrator

Nickname: The Weapon

Email: dbaker@cvcs.org

Horse Experience: I had some experience  just riding for fun. A couple of falls later and I realize that this is not Kansas Toto. It is a lot of fun when you can stay on the horse. I love riding, hitting the ball with a big stick and running my horse into the other players. What more could you want out of a sport?

Quote: ”God gives you 1 life on earth. Live it to the fullest.”

 

 

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