26-729: Ham Polo Club is a Hurlingham Polo Association polo club situated in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , south-west London , England . It is one of the oldest polo clubs in the United Kingdom and the last surviving club in London. The club occupies a location between Richmond Park and the River Thames overlooked by Ham House , eight miles from Hyde Park Corner . The club's facilities include three polo fields (two boarded),
52-656: A helpline specifically for children in danger or distress, to be open throughout the year, 24/7, and launch it on the programme. The project was made possible by a benefactor Ian Skipper who underwrote the charity for the first three years. Childline joined the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in February 2006, and extra resources were pledged in an attempt to ensure that no child's call goes unanswered. Childline has 12 counselling centres around
78-470: A stick and ball field, an exercise track, livery service, coaching and a members' clubhouse with a restaurant and bar which is managed by Blue Strawberry Group. Polo is played at Ham Polo Club between May and September. The club has around 70 playing members and several hundred social members. Ham Polo Club is the last remaining of the many clubs that existed as satellites to London's 'Big Three' – Ranelagh , Hurlingham and Roehampton . The club began life as
104-555: Is Col. Geoffrey Godbold OBE TD DL. The club's Chairman is Simon Chamberlain. A number of tournaments run throughout the season at Ham Polo Club. The flagship tournaments are the Summer tournament (0–4 goal), The Roehampton Trophy (6 goal) and the Billy Walsh Tournament (0–2 goal). The number of playing members is limited and applicants must be interviewed by the committee. Social membership entitles individuals or families to use
130-493: Is an immediate serious concern for someone's welfare or they are worried a child's life is in danger, notes may be passed on to relevant bodies, including the Police and the NHS . Callers are not required to provide their name; they can give as little or as much personal information as they wish. In 1986 Esther Rantzen , presenter of consumer television show That's Life! , suggested to
156-556: Is responsible for implementing the rules of polo and for disciplining players who commit infractions against these rules. It also designates handicaps for each of the 2,500 or so players in the UK. It drew up the first set of formal British rules in 1875, many of which are still in existence. The association originated as the Hurlingham Polo Committee in 1875 (which drew up the first English rules). The Hurlingham Polo Committee
182-504: Is run by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) . It was set up in 1989. In 2006 a text and online service, in association with Zamano , was established to increase the availability of the listening service for children in Ireland. Childline Uganda helps people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS live a better life. The freephone number, 0800 1111, was one of
208-942: Is run directly by the NSPCC. In 2011 the NSPCC in Scotland began to work with partners to introduce new services for children and families. Similar helplines using the name Childline have been formed in a number of countries. As of May 2013 these included Childline Botswana, Childline India , Childline Ireland (Leanbh), チャイルドライン (Japan), Vaikų linija [ lt ] (Lithuania), Childline South Africa , National Child Protection Authority of Sri Lanka, Child Helpline Tanzania, Childline Trinidad and Tobago, as well as organizations in Namibia , Trinidad and Tobago , Gibraltar , Kenya , Zambia , and Zimbabwe . Some of these are independent charities; others have been set up by existing children's charities or more general helplines. Childline in Ireland
234-738: Is the governing body for polo in the United Kingdom , Ireland , the United Arab Emirates and many other countries. The Federation of International Polo produces the International Rules of Polo through a cooperative agreement with the Hurlingham Polo Association, the Asociacion Argentina de Polo , and the United States Polo Association . Within its jurisdiction, the Hurlingham Polo Association
260-529: The ChildLine organisation. Patron of the charity Esther Rantzen is always present alongside a host of celebrity guests. The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation works with millions of underprivileged children worldwide. An event takes place annually, this year a number of Laureus ambassadors were in attendance including Edwin Moses , Hugo Porta , Sean Fitzpatrick , Daley Thompson and Boris Becker . For many years
286-773: The UK and one home based team, staffed largely by volunteers. The bases are located in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester, Liverpool, Prestatyn, Birmingham, Nottingham, London, Belfast and Foyle, supported by the online only centres at Leeds and Cardiff and the Virtual Base. A restructure in 2011 saw the closure of the Childline bases in Exeter and Edinburgh, with Swansea relocating to Cardiff. As many as 4,500 phone Childline every day, though only 2,500 of these callers can be answered due to lack of resources. Since
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#1733093077609312-558: The BBC that they create "Childwatch", a programme about child abuse that was screened on 30 October 1986 on BBC1 , the aim being to try to detect children at risk before their lives were in danger. Viewers were asked if they would take part in the survey in an edition of That's Life! . A helpline was opened after the programme so that any child currently suffering abuse could call for help. Rantzen, together with her BBC producers Sarah Caplin and Ritchie Cogan, therefore suggested they should create
338-519: The COVID-19 pandemic. Counsellors in the virtual base answer emails sent by children and young people from their Childline accounts from their own home. Following Childline's merger with NSPCC in 2006, Childline Scotland was run by Children 1st under contract, available to all young people in Scotland up to 18 years of age. It had at that time bases in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. The Edinburgh base has since closed. As of March 2012, Childline Scotland
364-555: The Chakravarty cup was held at Ham Polo Club. The event, started in 1997, raises funds for the charities and foundations supported by The Royal Family . The Prince of Wales took part in the match for nine years; now he has retired, his sons The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex take part. 51°26′42″N 0°18′36″W / 51.445131°N 0.310034°W / 51.445131; -0.310034 Hurlingham Polo Association The Hurlingham Polo Association ( HPA )
390-557: The Ham Common Polo Club in 1926, with one full sized ground and two smaller rounds. The first ground was next door to Brown Gates House, Church Road, Ham Common , home of the first chairman, Loftus Storey. The full-sized ground lay between Richmond Gates and Sheen and a regular coach there was Johnny Traill , the first Argentine 10 goaler, who lived at nearby Roehampton. Ham Common Polo Club, together with Stoke d'Abernon and clubs such as Worcester Park, Kingsbury and Crystal Palace,
416-523: The Hurlingham Club Polo Committee was re-designated as the Hurlingham Polo Association. This polo -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . ChildLine Childline is a British counselling service for children and young people under 19 in the United Kingdom provided by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . They deal with any issues which cause distress or concern; some of
442-584: The club. The first president of the club was Major Archie David the patron of the Friars Park team. The Autumn cup which he presented is still played for annually at Ham. Johnny Traill became a familiar figure at the club and Edward Tauchert Rescued the Roehampton Trophy from the Roehampton Golf Club. In 1970, thanks largely to the efforts of the then president Sir David Brown , the club purchased
468-468: The clubhouse facilities on match days as well as being invited to the club's social functions. Academy membership is also available and a Junior category for young players. Ham Polo Club has helped raise almost £2 million for charity over the last few years. Several main charitable events are run each year. On a Saturday evening in June each year a polo match, dinner and charity auction is held to raise funds for
494-460: The first 0800 numbers to be issued in the United Kingdom. Before BT allocated this number to Childline, 0800 1111 was used as a test line number by technicians. Other early allocated 0800 numbers were 10 digit, including the prefix. Childline's number is one of only a handful of 8 digit 0800 UK numbers to ever have been allocated and the only one still in use. Calls to the number do not appear on
520-427: The freehold of the land. Sixteen years later land adjacent was purchased and the club gained another ground. In 1982, at the age of seventy, Billy Walsh retired as manager of the club to become president. He was succeeded by two further generations managing Ham Polo Club, Peggy, his daughter and Tim, his grandson. The club continues to play polo between May and September, managed by Antonino Menard. The current president
546-455: The merger with the NSPCC the service has expanded, and depends on public generosity to pay for the phone calls. Childline raises funds through several channels, including direct donations through the NSPCC, partnerships, events such as The X Factor Childline Ball and through third-party fundraising organisations such as Justgiving . Childline's virtual base was started in April 2020 in response to
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#1733093077609572-400: The most common issues include child abuse , bullying , mental illness , parental separation and or divorce , teenage pregnancy , substance misuse , neglect , and psychological abuse . ChildLine Counsellors will not record calls but write down case notes of calls and sometimes counselling supervisors may also listen in to calls to make sure that they can help the best they can. If there
598-401: The stables were on the market. Using his gratuity Walsh bought the stables and began offering a livery service to club members. Loftus Storey returned as club Chairman, formed a committee, appointed Billy as Polo Manager and Ham Polo Club was revived under HPA rules. It is widely believed that Lord Cowdray , Arthur Lucas and Billy Walsh were the trio who rescued polo in the United Kingdom after
624-579: The war. The first post-war English polo tournament was held at Roehampton in 1947 and the Ham Polo Club team carried off the premier trophy the Roehampton Cup (now played for at Ham). Three years later the club began using a field adjacent to Ham House for matches. Then in 1954, George Stevens, The Dysart families ' tenant at Ham House Farm' agreed to turn the Ham House orchard into a polo field for
650-522: Was ideal for Londoners who did not compete in the major tournaments at the 'Big Three' but who played for the fun of the game. The 1939 season was necessarily the last for the next six years. Ham was revived in 1946 largely by the efforts of William "Billy" Francis Walsh (1907–1992). On returning from service in the Army, Walsh found that Captain Tom Brigg, the owner of the stables where he had worked, had died and
676-734: Was re-titled as the Hurlingham Club Polo Committee and expanded to include representatives on the council from the Services, the County Polo Association (formed in 1898 to look after the interests of the country clubs and to run the County Cup Tournaments), the three London polo clubs - Hurlingham , Ranelagh and Roehampton - and from all associations within the Empire where polo was being played in 1903. Later, in 1925,
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