A GROUP of four beginner polo players, with just one month of lessons behind them, really played their part in the season-opener in the Polo Wicklow arena last Sunday.

Milly Coyne and Louise Regazzoli for Lamorlaye, in their first polo match for the Novice Cup, lined out with veteran Bryan Lynam along with Sergio Valor and relative newcomer Blondie Horan, in for two chukkas of four, to draw level with six goals all to Keelings.