Mark Tomlinson

[Polo Fan]

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MARK TOMLINSON

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Mark's parents are Claire and Simon Tomlinson, they run Beaufort polo club, he has two older siblings Emma and Luke Tomlinson.

Emma is a vet and Luke a polo player, he is the captain of the english team.

Mark loves to say the word «lovely».

He speaks spanish fluently, he is studying spanish at Bristol or maybe was, not sure.

He doesn't smoke.

He loves to drink «pims».

[Princess H]

Baby Patricia,
I am going to ask you one more time...how do you know so much about Mark Tomlinson?  :hmm:

A possible clue?  :katewills:

Lovely? Pims?  :teehee:

[Polo Fan]

Unfortunately I just have google sources and besides I'm already married to Tom Inskip.  :katewills:

I don't have  :pics: to post, sorry.

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[Princess H]

LOL! To the Tom Inskip comment! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[saywhatwhat]

Mark studied Spanish at the University of West England located in Bristol (Luke also went there) where he played on their polo team.  He graduated a while ago and now plays professional polo.  He recently moved to 7 goals--same as Luke.

[12345]

Emma Tomlinson
http://www.beaufortembryotransfer.co.uk/page4.htm

[wheet]

Mark Tomlinson
http://www.polobarn.com/argentina/opentournaments/teamphotos/Beaufort2.jpg

[truly_thata]

Mark born on March 25, 1982

Happy Birthday Mark! :banana:

MARK and LUKE

MARK

[Polo Fan]

Truly_thata, thank's for sharing your lovely pics with all of us!  :thumbsup:


Beaufort Polo Club

http://www.beaufortpoloclub.co.uk/


Mark

http://gallery.brit-cars.com/showphoto.php/photo/8513/si/Horse

http://www.apeshillclub.com/main/polo/images/091007-2-lrg.jpg

(Luke on the left and Mark on the right)

[Princess H]

^^^the two on the far right are much, much more attractive than any to their left, are all related?

[Polo Fan]

The first guy on the left is Luke, Mark's brother the other two young guys play in their polo team but I don't think they are relatives.


Mark's picture from FB

http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v52/114/8/s504094984_9943.jpg

[echo]

how old are emma and luke?

[Polo Fan]

I don't know how old is Emma. Sorry!  :blush:

Luke is 8 years older than Prince Harry, Harry was born in 84 I believe Luke is now 31 or 32.  :flower:

[truly_thata]

Luke

Luke and Otis Ferry

[truly_thata]

Mark and other

Mark

Mark, Pelly and other on Klotser

Mark, Luke and other on Polo Game in Beuford

[Princess H]

They seem like a group of fun-loving lads.

[4321BAM]

t-t why did you remove your pics :(

Seems like a nice guy, MT

[Lila the Flirt]

I do not at all find MT attractive :pardon:

[WOW]

I can't see how unattractive MT is :(

[4321BAM]

http://www.apeshillclub.com/main/polo/images/091007-2-lrg.jpg - try this pic... he's the one in the middle



:lol: kidding, he's on the right

[Polo Fan]

I do not at all find MT attractive :pardon:

  :faint:

[truly_thata]

I do not at all find MT attractive :pardon:

cause u are TvS lover :teehee:

[truly_thata]

WELCOME TO THE TOMLINSON WORLD

Mark and other

Mark at friend party

Mark, Pelly and other on Klotser

Mark, Luke and other on Polo Game in Beuford

Luke

Luke and Otis Ferry

Polo Game

Mark with friends when injury and out from polo season

Other Polo Game

Mark and Harry

other polo game

[Vanny]

I thought Mark had brown/black hair...Is blonde his natural colour or is it a darker shade?

[truly_thata]

SIMON TOMLINSON

Simon Picture
Simon and Prince Charles

CLAIRE TOMLINSON

Claire Picture
Claire and Harry
Again

Claire Tomlinson went to Oxford University in 1963, studying agricultural economics at Somerville College. She soon earned a squash blue and was short-listed for the Olympic fencing team. Claire captained the Oxford Polo team beating Cambridge 7-0 in 1966 earning herself a half blue!

Claire became the only woman in the world to rise to five goals, spending more time on a horse than many professional players. She is more than simply the most influential lady player the world has ever known with her unswerving determination, exceptional understanding of the horse and sheer love of the game she has become a pioneering, world class coach, a champion for the young. In 1993 with Hugh Dawnay she instigated and set up a coaching system for the H.P.A. from scratch, which has had a profound effect on how players are taught. She is admired for her ability to instruct across the spectrum, working with leading professionals as effectively as novices. She is one of six official H.P.A. team coaches, and regularly coaches British squads at F.I.P. championships as well as holding sessions for the H.P.A. Junior Development Squad at Down Farm.

Claire is the biggest breeder of polo ponies in Britain, having started in the 1970s and is pro-active with the modern breeding programmer presently in operation, which includes Beaufort Embryo Transfer. Her father had always bred polo ponies, putting a small Thoroughbred stallion to his best mares. Down Farm has always had a Thoroughbred stallion, previously Man of Harlech by Welsh Pageant and now Mister Superb  by  Superlative as well as standing two Argentine stallions, Chess and Hector, who came from Héctor Barrantes and are respectively by Top Secret and Sequito, dozens of whose progeny play in the Argentine Open. Claire's sons, Luke and Mark both play polo for England and their top ponies are home-bred out of Claire's best playing mares.

EMMA TOMLINSON

Emma Picture
Emma at game

Emma studied at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge receiving a BA honours 1993-1996 and a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine 1996-1999.

The majority of Emma's veterinary career has been spent in equine practice, currently working for Buffy Shirley-Bevan, one of the UK's foremost equine vets, specialising in top class racehorses, and all other types of sports horses. Emma also covers the majority of the veterinary work at the Beaufort Polo Club as well as running Beaufort Embryo Transfer. Emma spends some of the winter in Argentina vetting horses for European buyers.

It was whilst working in Argentina that Emma met Fernando Riera who is recognised as being the top embryo transfer vet in the world. She appreciated how well the process worked under his auspices and was immediately inspired to try this method of breeding back in the UK, with his expert advice and guidence. Up to this point vets had not been too successful in the UK as they lacked the necessary experience and did not have acces to the level of recipient herd that is required. Emma immediately recognised that embryo transfer was a fabulous way of breeding from active sports horses without having to interfere with their competitive programme, at the same time allowing important bloodlines to continue at the very highest level.

Emma is one of England's top lady Polo players having represented the England team and being a qualified Polo coach. She has also Event ridden to Intermediate standard and ridden as an Amateur Jockey in Point to Points and National Hunt.

LUKE TOMLINSON

Luke picture
Luke with the Princes
Luke

Luke is an international polo player and is currently vice captain of the England polo team, with a handicap of seven goals in Britain. Tomlinson, who along with his family owns the Beaufort Polo Club, was born into a family of polo players in Gloucestershire and was educated at Eton and the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol. He has a younger brother and a sister, both of whom are international polo players (Emma with a two-goal handicap, and Mark with a six goal handicap in Britain). He is one of the top polo players in Britain.

Luke courted controversy in 2004 when he, along with Otis Ferry and six other pro-hunt protesters, stormed the House of Commons in protest at anti-hunting legislation. All eight were convicted of violating the Public Order Act, were each fined £350 and given 18-month conditional discharges.

THE TOMLINSON FARM and COMPANY

Farm size: 364 hectares (900 acres)

Farm type: mixed (cereal)
       
Altitude: 120 m (394')

Rainfall: 990 mm (39")

Soil type/aspect: Cotswold brash to heavy clay soil

Basic rotation: 4 years white clover ley/Lucerne white clover ley, 2/3 years arable e.g. winter wheat, peas, barley, wheat then 4 year clover ley if used Lucerne initially or vv

Enterprises: 202 ha (500 ac) grassland (16 ha (40 ac) of which permanent), 162 ha (400 ac) cereals (wheat, barley, oats feed and sale). 2 dairy herds, 300 cows and 100 cows. 300 head of beef. 170 polo horses to accommodate around the farm

Prior land use: not known

Weeding equipment: Einbok 6m harrow comb. Toppers, spades

Business: 2 farm owners. On farm 1 farm manager and 7 full time staff some casual labour when required

Marketing: milk to OMSCo, meat to Organic Livestock marketing co-op. Cereals to Mole Valley or Saxon. No contracts hawks at time