Paul Francis Clarkin (21 August 1950 – 22 July 2004) was a New Zealand
polo player.
Biography
Clarkin started playing polo in his early twenties. He was known internationally as 'Mr Polo'.[1] Together with his wife Chele, he ran a polo club.[1] He also compete as a show-jumper and eventer, and he was a keen huntsman.[1]
He was married to Chele Clarkin.[1][2] They had one daughter and two sons:
Emma Clarkin, who was studying law at the time of her death in a car accident at the age of 19.
John-Paul Clarkin, 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.[1]