Paul Clarkin
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
er and a polo
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...
player, known internationally as 'Mr Polo'.
He first started playing polo in his early twenties.
He was killed playing polo in Cirencester
Cirencester
Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
after falling during a game in which he was reputedly "playing a blinder".
He was married to Chele Clarkin and had a daughter Emma and two sons Jean-Paul and Matthew:-
John-Paul Clarkin
John-Paul Clarkin
John-Paul Clarkin is a professional polo player. Born in New Zealand, he is the eldest son of Chele and the late Paul Clarkin and elder brother of Matthew Clarkin a professional rugby player....
, a successful polo player who took over the running of Mystery Creek Polo Club in New Zealand after the death of his father and is married to Nina (née Vestey) of an equally prestigious polo playing family based in Gloucestershire, England.
Matthew Clarkin
Matthew Clarkin
Matthew Clarkin is an English born New Zealand rugby union player and son of Chele and the late Paul Clarkin who was known internationally as 'Mr Polo'...
playing TOP 14 rugby in 2011 as captain of Union Bordeaux Bègles in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Emma Clarkin, who was studying law at the time of her death in a car accident at the age of 19.