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@Mjosh
There was a time when all polo players just played on any surface possible, as long as it was ridable and had walls, polo would happen.
I guess as the game changed and play gets faster and harder the need for gripper surfaces is a must, but obviously somewhere like cambridge has a massive lack of courts, as do most cities, so their is a limited choice. We are very lucky to have an indoor court, i personally think the court is pretty grippy and i can push it has hard and fast as any other court-it is a million miles from a 'crap' surface.
I think it would be little minded to regulate tournaments down to the surface, how would that even work, who would regulate it? would that mean someone/a group would go an inspect courts?
Far enough maybe something like the UK champs needs to be played on a good surface, but not every town has a court like Downs. To say to a city that their surfaces is shit and that the tournament would not be worth having would for me ruin polo and the community feeling it has.
All the tournaments I have been to this year have been great, surfaces issues are just something you deal with and if you don't like it go home or don't come.
Theses are just my views....