Innovation created to make polo safer
Our story
PGPgoal is a Spanish brand specializing in the development and manufacture of polo goal posts.
Our story did not begin with the intention of creating a new product, but with the aim of solving real needs that arose on the polo field.
For many years, our work was closely connected with Santa María Polo Club and the International Polo
Tournament in Sotogrande. From our facilities in El Cuervo, Seville, we produced signage, banners, advertising, structures and other elements required for their tournaments.
This long-standing relationship meant that whenever a different need arose, they relied on us to help find a solution.
The beginning
Around 2010, Santa María Polo Club began replacing the traditional wicker goal posts with others made from softer materials, with the aim of improving safety.
The foam goal posts available at the time were cylindrical, while the club wanted to retain the distinctive conical shape of traditional polo goal posts.
They asked us whether we could manufacture them in that shape.
After various tests and adapting our own production methods, we developed a system for manufacturing conical foam goal posts.
The development of the magnetic system
Years later, an order for Brunei created a new need: to develop a system for securing the goal post to the ground, something we had not manufactured until then.
Up to that point, our work had focused on manufacturing the conical foam goal post and its outer cover. This new requirement led to a process of testing and development to achieve sufficient stability during play while, at the same time, avoiding a rigid connection between the post and the ground.
The solution came through the use of neodymium magnets and by separating the system into two independent elements: a base secured to the ground and a goal post connected to it by magnetic force.
This is how the technical principle that continues to define PGPgoal was born.
Testing and development in competition
In the summer of 2020, Santa María Polo Club allowed the new system to be tested during the final of the International Polo Tournament in Sotogrande.
That first experience in competition confirmed that the concept worked and allowed us to continue refining it under real playing conditions.
Later, using several sets of goal posts in competitions organized by Ayala Polo Club, we gained weeks of experience with installation, wind, maintenance and impacts during high-level matches.
This experience allowed us to continue adjusting the system until we achieved the balance we were looking for: a goal post that remains stable during play but can release from its base in the event of a sufficiently strong impact.
From Sotogrande to Palermo
In 2022, PGPgoal magnetic polo goal posts were installed on Field 1 at Palermo during the Argentine Open Polo Championship.
For a product that had originated years earlier to solve a specific need in Sotogrande, reaching one of the most renowned venues in international polo marked an important milestone in its journey.
Since then, PGPgoal has continued its international expansion, reaching clubs and competitions in different countries while maintaining the same technical principle and evolving through accumulated experience.
A product that continues to evolve
The more a product is used, the more we learn about it.
Years of use across different clubs, countries, playing surfaces and conditions allow us to continue analysing the performance of the goal posts and improving specific components without altering the original concept.
The first magnetic goal post and the one we manufacture today are based on the same principle. Between them lie years of use, testing, experience and evolution.
And that process will continue.
PGPgoal today
Today, PGPgoal develops and manufactures its goal posts in Spain, directly controlling the manufacturing, customization and preparation of every order.
Our way of working remains the same as the one that gave rise to the project: identify a need, find a solution, test it under real conditions and continue improving it through experience.
Can we make it better?
That question remains part of the way we work.
That question remains part of the way we work.
Observe. Test. Learn. Improve.
Built for Safer Polo
Designed for safer polo.
