Gold & Silver Cup welcome Ghantoot for 2013 edition!

Another high class team has confirmed their entry for the Dubai Gold & Silver Cups as the famous Ghantoot team join the chase to win these prestigious titles. As the field increases for these competitions so the excitement builds.

ABU DHABI'S EMIRATES PALACE WILL HOST COUTTS POLO

It is exciting times for UAE Polo players and fans as the city of Abu Dhabi has confirmed it will host Coutts Polo at the Palace for the first time at the Emirates Palace on November 23 and 24.

The two-day event will take place on a custom-built polo field on the hotel's West Lawn and will be contested by teams from Buenos Aires, London and Milan as well as the UAE capital.

In a twist special ‘Palace Rules’ have been devised for the event to ensure fast and exciting matches on pitches a third smaller than regular polo fields. Games will be played between teams of three, with two points awarded for goals scored from outside a ‘D’ area marked on the playing surface. It all feels newfangled but will hopefully become the T20 version of Polo and will attract many new fans to the sport.

Matches will begin with what organisers have dubbed a ‘Palace dash’ with riders of the fastest horse from each side racing from opposite ends of the field towards a ball in its centre. It sounds that this start will be a really exciting moment and will potentially provide dangerous near misses.

Two matches will be played on each day with Team Abu Dhabi drawn to face Team London and Team Buenos Aires kicking off their campaign against Team Milan. The winners of those two matches will play each other in the final on the following day. It is great to have the draw out early.

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, conducted this morning’s draw at the Emirates Palace alongside former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf.

“Hopefully this is the beginning of creating a centre for polo in Abu Dhabi,” Sheikh Nahyan said before adding that “through sport we can create a better world for everybody.”

Capacity for the event has been restricted to 1,000 to guarantee the best vantage point for spectators.

Hospitality packages starting from Dh1,750 per day are available for the event while General Admission tickets, priced Dh250 per day, go on sale from Emirates Palace on November 10.

Pink Polo Returns to Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club on 10th November at 2pm

TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE MORE LIVES

Pink Polo is  returning again this season and this is an event dedicated to raising awareness about breast cancer in the UAE. Join the team for a fun day out with family and friends at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club. Gates open at 2pm. Polo Exhibition Game at 5pm. This event is open to the public with free admission. For more info please visit http://www.pinkpolo.ae/index.htm

• FREE & FUN
• FAMILY FRIENDLY (YOUR PETS TOO!)
• FOOD & BEVERAGES AVAILABLE

Teams are starting to confirm their participation in the Dubai Polo World Cup 2013 as the excitement builds

Teams are already jostling for position and entering the Dubai Polo Gold Cup 2013 - here are the entries we have already heard confirmed!

The Defending Champions - big defence

Habtoor Polo Team - former winners of Dubai Polo Gold Cup 2012, has confirmed its participation in both the 'Silver Cup' and the 'Gold Cup' 2013. The Defending Champions will be putting up a very tough defence of the title they won for the first time in March. 

Amr Zedan is patron of his Saudi Team

The first team to confirm their participation in the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series for 2013 was Zedan Polo Team , from Saudi Arabia - who have entered in both the ‘Silver Cup’ and the ‘Gold Cup’ for the fourth time in a row! It will be great to see them back again and success will not be far away for this crack outfit.

Saeed Bin Drai returns from injury

Also the Bin Drai Polo Team  have entered in both ' Silver Cup " and the ' Gold Cup '2013. This team really grew in to themselves last season and were unlucky runners up in the final of the Gold Cup. They did have loads of success and won the Cartier international amongst other successes. They will be keen to welcome back their 
patron and Captain Saeed Bin Drai who had been injured for the 2011/12 Season.

Mahra - Bidding for glory again

Mahra Polo Team, who will participate in both the 'Silver Cup' and the 'Gold Cup' 2013. They played in both tournaments in 2012 and Rashid Al Habtoor will be bidding for revenge over his brother Mohammed's Al Habtoor Polo side who beat this outfit last March.

Always smiling Fares the Abu Dhabi patron

Lets not forget about Abu Dhabi Polo Team who have confirmed their participation in the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series for 2013… – former winners of the Dubai Polo 
Gold Cup 2011 & winners of Silver Cup 2012. This team will be once again one of the main teams to beat in 2013 and with their ever popular patron Fares they will remain a well supported outfit. 
















With more teams to confirm who will be the 2013 Dubai Polo Gold Cup Champions?

The Dubai Gold Cup and Silver Cup daters are announced!

*** Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series 2013 *** Silver Cup ~ 2nd – 15th February 2013
Gold Cup ~ 25th February -15th March 2013 

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