Club History
It is mainly thanks to the energy and enthusiasm of Mervyn Fox Pitt that the Dundee and Perth Polo Club was born in the mid 1960’s. In the early days Polo was played on the Earl of Dundee’s Birkhill Estate in Fife among a few friends and on many and variable grounds.
In 1972 the club moved to a ground within the racecourse at Scone Palace in Perthshire.
In 2015 the club moved to Errol Park in Perthshire. Here the club enjoys amazing grounds in a beautiful setting by the River Tay.
One of the highlights of the club’s history has been the number and variety of visiting teams. International matches have been played against Canada, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Malta, Peru, South Africa and the USA to name a few.
The club has also been honoured to receive visits from some great Polo players over the years in particular visits from HRH The Prince of Wales recorded in the photographs below.
A collection of photos from the early days..
Bobby Stewart, Bill Drummond Moray, and David Drummond Moray
Western Horse Supplies Shop
Tacking up
Drum Polo Team
Grandstand at The Scone Palace Ground
Dalmahoy Polo Ground
Pony Club
Grandstand at The Fife Ground
Fife Polo School 1973
Prince Charles receives a trophy from Lady Mansfield
Mervyn Fox Pitt (L)
Bill Drummond Moray (L) and Prince Charles
Mervyn Fox Pitt
Parade before a match at The Scone Palace Ground
Polo picnic
Prince Charles, David Drummond Moray, and Bobby Stewart
Fife Polo School – tactics training
Polo at The Fife Polo Ground
Polo at the Fife Polo Ground
Polo at the Fife Polo Ground
Polo at The Scone Palace Ground
Prize giving at The Scone Palace Ground
Dalmahoy Polo Club
Polo at Dalmahoy
Polo at Dalmahoy
Winning team at Dalmahoy
Prince Charles warming up
Prince Charles receiving a trophy
Prince Charles meets a pony club rider
Prince Charles and Mervyn Fox Pitt
Parade before a match at The Scone Palace Ground
Mervyn Fox Pitt and Prince Charles
Champagne spillage!
Mervyn Fox Pitt umpiring
Mervyn Fox Pitt and Bill Drummond Moray
James Manclark, Mervyn Fox Pitt, and Alan More Nisbett
Volkswagen Polo Team
James Crawford umpiring
James Crawford (L), John Drummond Moray (Middle)
Polo spectators at The Scone Palace Polo Ground
Tractor flattening divots at half time
Edinburgh Polo team at Fife Polo School.
Fife Polo School – early seventies
Polo at Fife Grounds
Polo tournament at Fife Polo ground
Presentation at Fife Polo ground
David Drummond Moray (L), John Drummond Moray (2nd R), Bill Drummond Moray (R)
Presentation at The Scone Palace Polo Ground
Edinburgh Polo Club with trophy at The Scone Palace Polo Ground
Lady Mansfield with John Morton, Bill Drummond Moray and Jamie Douglas
Edinburgh Polo Team – Alan More Nisbett, Sheila Morton, John Morton, Jamie Douglas
Edinburgh Polo Team – Sheila Morton, John Morton, Jamie Douglas
Parade before the match (Scotland vs Canada) 1973
Canada receiving a trophy from Lady Mansfield 1973
Perth Tournament – 4th September 1975 (Los Caballeros vs Perthshire)
Brigadier Hobson teaching at The Fife Polo School
Bill Drummond Moray, David Drummond Moray, and Frank Lawson
David Walter at Edinburgh Polo Club
Thank you to Dylan Morgan for getting in touch and supplying these photographs.