My fellow enthusiasts,

I trust you share with me today a sense of achievement, as we formally acknowledge the establishment of the Nusantara Polo Club. Speaking as the former Chairman of the Jakarta Polo and Equestrian Center – the pioneer polo organization in Indonesia – I commend Prabowo Subianto’s remarkable accomplishment, for the sport and for Indonesia, in founding Nusantara Polo Club, or ‘NPC’.

We remember with pride how NPC and its member athletes took part in international events, the latest being as Indonesia’s representatives at the Thailand 2007 SEA Games. Their commitment reveals how NPC’s vision is not merely to facilitate the exercise of our sport but also to demonstrate that Indonesia is a nation capable of holding its own in equestrian sports, particularly polo.

I am optimistic that NPC can flourish, as a center for developing our skills, with your continued support and commitment. While we still have a long journey ahead of us to achieve set goals, I strongly believe that the very presence of NPC is a notable milestone in the history of Indonesian polo.

To all polo enthusiasts and newcomers alike, I extend the invitation to work together in building NPC as a place to nourish our love and affection towards the game; with your collaboration it will become a focus for recreation, in a spirit of friendly competition, as well as a facility for networking. Let us strive together to make NPC a place where new generations of Indonesian polo players with strong character and determined dedication will be born.

Best regards,

Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo, Chairman of Nusantara Polo Club

Dear fellow polo lovers,

I proudly welcome all of you to Nusantara Polo Club, the establishment of  which is the remarkable result of a long and dedicated effort of its founders for their affection for equestrian sport, in particular polo. I would thus like to express heartfelt appreciation to my brother, Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo, for his extraordinary contribution in bringing polo to Indonesia. His persistent endeavors in support of the Indonesian Polo Team’s effort to compete successfully in international events has been an inspiration for us in establishing this new club.

Further, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to all those groups and individuals who have generously shared their support and counsel through all the stages of the development, so that this Club can finally be proclaimed for us here today.

Polo is regarded as a new sport in Indonesia. But once its enthusiasts established its presence in this country, it soon captured the heart of Indonesian equestrian lovers. It is a sport with unique characteristics and certainly reveals challenges, at once intense and yet addictive. Polo requires more than physical strength. Riding skills and a gentle understanding is also necessary to expertly a high-strung horse. Bravery is there too, in competing as such an intense tempo. It also requires the ability to make a quick decision within a very limited timeframe, under intense competitive pressure from another equally skillful – or superior! – opponent. Polo thus becomes a close analogy to daily life of a leader, and it is no exaggeration to refer to it as the ‘the King of Sports and Sports of the Kings’.

The presence of this website is also a definitive step toward spreading understanding and development of polo in Indonesia. Through this new medium we hope that ideas and thoughts can be shared so that Polo can evolve nationwide.

Again, I would like to thank all of readers, equestrian and polo enthusiasts for your support and contribution to the Nusantara Polo Club.

Regards,

Prabowo Subianto, Patron of Nusantara Polo Club