SEBASTIAN Dawnay, a fully qualified umpire since 2005 as well as a professional in the sport since 2002, was at Polo Wicklow recently presenting a clinic on umpire skills and for 10 of the people there, time to sit their written Rules Test.

The Dawnay name is well known in polo circles and it’s no surprise that Sebastian features strongly in his late father Major Hugh’s first book, Polo Vision.