Jan. 15, 2017. Attendees of the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction at the WestWorld Equidome in Scottsdale, Arizona, witnessed a hyper-competitive game of high-goal arena polo that was a battle until the very end. The John R. Townsend International Challenge Cup is a 20-goal arena match played between the United States and the United Kingdom every other year. In 2013, the U.K. won in overtime, and two years ago, the USA prevailed 17-12 over the U.K. This year the USA team was represented by arena 10-goaler Tommy Biddle Jr., Shane Rice (7-goals) and Steve Krueger (4-goals). Jonny Good (8-goals), Max Charlton (9-goals), Ed Banner-Eve (5-goals) with coach Michael Amoore flew across the pond and arrived in Arizona earlier this week with one objective—bring the perpetual trophy back to the U.K.

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