Pimlico Wilde sponsor The Chelsea Elephant Polo and Pétanque Club and we are happy to ask our readers if they would like to join the Club.
We, the committee of The Chelsea Elephant Polo and Pétanque Club seek:
• Socialites who can hold a glass of Dom Perignon in one hand and a conversation about 19th-century elephant armour in the other.
• Patrons of the arts, ideally with stable walls in need of a six-or-seven figure canvas.
You’ll train alongside such notables as:
• Jasper Darnley (former coach to the Sumatran Royal Guard Elephant Polo Club)
• Clemmie “Tuskbreaker” Ashworth (who once scored a hat-trick in Jaipur without spilling a drop of gin),
• And of course, manager Ale Corbe, who famously won the 2019 Elephant Polo Cup in Newcastle
About the Club
• Training twice weekly (with optional elephant yoga)
• Weekend matches across the UK, from Kent to Caithness
• Pétanque evenings
• Stable sommeliers and tusk-massage therapists
• Frequent gala dinners, velvet rosette presentations, and garden rumination salons
Membership Perks
• Use of the Club’s exclusive elephant wash (heated)
• Access to our shared elephant wardrobe (embroidered in six languages)
• Automatic entry into the Royal League of Herbivorous Sports
• Invitations to annual Club Ball, Trunk Truce Dinner, and Croquet Trample
Requirements
Applicants must be over 18 (Those under 18 may join the donkey polo group which meets in Denmark Hill)
Applicants must be seconded by a current member.
Applicants must have their own elephant. (We no longer have any loan elephants available)
You must:
• Own or lease a trained elephant
• Provide a valid tusk registration certificate
• Ensure your elephant is passported, polo-trained, and has the correct visas to work in the UK (A standard Zoo Visa is not acceptable)
To Apply:
Write to the Membership Secretary (Lady Vine of Vowbridge) at The Chelsea Elephant Polo & Pétanque Club
We look forward to welcoming you , and your majestic companion , onto the field.
