POIGNANT START TO NEW SEASON AT GHANTOOT RACING & POLO
An exhibition match that hoped to raise awareness about breast cancer in the UAE hits all the right notes.
The Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club kicked off their 49th UAE National Day celebrations early on Wednesday with an exhibition match featuring some of the cream of UAE and overseas polo playing talent.
The nail-biting encounter between Ghantoot A and Ghantoot B teams was the highlight of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club’s UAE National Day Polo event organized in co-operation with Abu Dhabi Sports Council.
The exhibition game was held under the generous patronage of Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club.
Ali Al Bawardy, Chairman of Emirates Polo Association, was the guest of honour at the event. Zayed Khalifa Zayed Al Aboudi Al Zaabi, Executive Director of the Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club, honoured Bawardy with a memento inscribed with the picture of Sheikh Falah playing the ‘sport of kings’.
The match had all the elements to keep the sport’s enthusiasts watching the action broadcast live on YouTube, entertained throughout the four chukkers of play. Ghantoot B team had a perfect start as Abdullah Bin Desmal put them ahead with two goals by the end of the first chukka.
Players from both teams failed to get their names on the score-sheet during the second chukka, enabling Ghantoot B to hold on to their lead. Nasser Al Shamsi added one goal in the third chukka to stretch their advantage. However, their joy was short-lived as Ghantoot A rallied to effect a comeback with two goals coming from Ali Al Marri. The final chukka witnessed a tense battle, with Ghantoot A’s Ramiro Cordero making all the difference through a standout performance.
Cordero’s dominant display turned the tide in his team’s favour and it was entirely because of his three goals that Ghantoot A were able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as they wrapped the game 5-4.
The event took place behind closed doors in line with the UAE’s Covid-19 precautionary and preventive measures, and the club management followed the highest standards of health and safety norms to ensure everyone taking part is safe. Taking no risk, the management also ensured the players and staff present on the occasion were tested to rule out any risk factor.
Zaabi said: “Through our UAE National Day Polo event, the club was delighted to join the country in celebrating the spirit of solidarity and unity.
“As the UAE’s official annual event, National Day brings together its multitude of nationalities in a united celebration of inclusivity and tolerance.
“On the 2nd of December each year, the leadership and the people of the UAE celebrate the UAE National Day, which manifests the national will of the founding leaders, and the determination of the loyal sons of the homeland, to promote the concept of the union.”
Following the success of UAE National Day Polo, the Ghantoot Polo and Racing Club management will now turn their attention to hosting the first major tournament of the club’s calendar—Emirates International Polo Championship.
The 21st edition of the prestigious Emirates International Polo Championship will be held at the Ghantoot Polo and Racing Club from Dec.8-21.
With a rich history, the Emirates International Polo Championship is one of the most-anticipated polo tournaments in the UAE, attracting top players from around the globe and delivering the highest quality of polo. Zaabi also welcomed leading online brokers Capex.com, who have joined Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club as their new official trading partners for the club’s new season.
“I genuinely thank Capex.com for joining us in the new season of the club. I also thank all of our esteemed partners and sponsors for their continuous support to the Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club,” said Zaabi.
Madalina Rotaru, chief executive officer of Key Way Markets Ltd, the operating company of CAPEX.com, said: “Our sponsorship policy vis-a-vis Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club — not only the biggest polo club in the UAE, but the biggest in the region — is in line with Capex.com’s corporate support to the sport of polo and our larger social commitment of giving back to the community. What better partners, therefore, to support the sport and the community in the region and more so, the UAE, than Ghantoot.
“We’ve been keenly following Ghantoot’s activities for a while, their support to the sport and their business model, match ours. Their focus and commitment to their principles and goals — particularly to the community at large — which have brought them success, are in perfect symmetry with the principles and goals we treasure and uphold,” she added.
Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club’s UAE National Day Polo was also supported by Yas International Properties LLC, Paris Reverie and Capex.com. Paris Reverie, a French-style brand that was created by experts who have years of experience in the perfumes industry, joined the club as a new sponsor of the club activities.
]]>The 2020-2021 polo season at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club (GRPC) got off to a poignant start when a friendly exhibition match featuring some of the best players from the UAE and Argentina was held at the scenic Abu Dhabi-based polo club on Friday, November 6.
The match was held to mark the club’s annual Pink Polo Day, which has developed into an awe-inspiring initiative to raise awareness about breast-cancer in the UAE.
The game itself was played in a friendly manner with winning not the only objective for the players’ who turned ambassadors to promote the cause of and ideals of battling the disease through sport.
For the record Ghantoot A led by Abdullah Bin Desmal won the match against Faris Al Yabhouni’s Ghantoot B, by four goals to three.
In a close game that saw the players using the occasion to shake off all the off-season rust due to the long lay-off, Argentie professional Manuel Tocallino scored three goals after Nasser Al Shamsi’s opening goal. Yousef Bin Desmal showed plenty of early season form when he scored twice for Ghantoot B after Ali Al Marri’s opening goal.
This is the 11th year since Pink Polo Day was instituted at Ghantoot, the UAE’s only Royal Polo Club, which was created by the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, in 1994 as a private sporting venue. It is now run under the patronage of his son, Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Speaking on the occasion HE Zayed Khalifa Zayed Alboudi Alzaabi, the club’s Director, said: “We have seen Pink Polo Day grow in leaps and bounds over the past 10 years and are hugely encouraged by the impact it has had on our society. Events like these are very successful in raising awareness towards such a disturbing issue as breast cancer.
“In response to the Covid-19 pandemic our first priority was always the safety and health of our people and as a result we put in place a range of measures to best protect our players, officials and guests.
“The measure included strict limitations and controls on who could attend our event as we resorted to the many steps that helped keep Ghantoot Racing & Polo club safe the use of protective equipment, health screening processes and social distancing protocols,” Al Zaabi added.“We are proud that we have successfully delivered the first polo event behind closed doors and we will now turn out to focus on continuing to maintain the high standards of assured safety for future events. We will continue to work closely with the players,, sporting authorities and government to ensure compliance with all necessary requirements.”
“We at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club are determined to remain resilient, strong and vigilant as we move forwards in these unprecedented times,” Al Zaabi concluded.
SPONSORS
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LIVIUS
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AYASO BOUTIQUE
SABS
PRICKLY PEAR
RESULTS
Ghantoot Polo A beat Ghantoot Polo B 4 goals to three
Ghantoot A: Abduallah Bin Desmal, Nassser Al Shamsi (1 goal) Fahad Al Qubaisi, Manuel Toccalino (3)
Ghantoot Polo B: Faris Al Yabhouni, Yousif Bin Desmal (2 goals) Ali Al Merri (1 goal), Miguel Delia
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A Royal start to the proceedings at the Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, which was buzzing with anticipation and festivity last weekend. The overall theme was to raise awareness for breast cancer and to support the community through sport.
The club could not have wished for a better start to the landmarked new season when it hosted the tradition of the Pink Polo Exhibition match at their state-of-the-art polo club in Abu Dhabi last weekend.
This was the 10th edition of Pink Polo Day, an event which hopes to raise awareness for breast cancer through sport and by bringing the whole community together to support each other in coping and dealing with the illness.
The highlight of a day filled with exciting activities and entertainment was the polo match between YAS Properties Polo Team and the hosts, Ghantoot Polo Team. Victory went to the visitors who scored six goals against the three by Ghantoot.
Ali Al Marri stole the show with a high-level display of polo, during which he scored a goal in each of the game’s four chukkers.
He was well supported by Yousef Bin Dasmal, who scored two goals, with the two women in the team, HH Sheikha Alya Al Maktoum, and Petre B Spanko, providing them all the support on the field.
Abdullah Bin Desmal top scored for Ghantoot while Khalid Bin Drai also put his name on the scoreboard., Maryam Al Hassani also showed she can mix it with the men with a good display of horsemanship.
Petra B Spanka saluted the spirit of the players on the field and described the match and atmosphere at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club was thoroughly enjoyable.
Pink Polo Day is supported by Yas International Investment, Yas Capital Investments, Yas International Developments, Maserati Premier Motors, and La Roche Pharmacy.
The activities also feature a demonstration by the Abu Dhabi K9s dog unit show, jiu jitsu, and more after the traditional Balloon release ceremony.
There were several marquees at the venue where women could undergo random tests for breast cancer and the reassuring message that was delivered was that the treatment in the UAE is free while the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHaP) also encourages all women in the UAE, nationals and residents to avail of the screenings for the early detection of breast cancer. An interesting feature of the match was the participation of women players in both teams.
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Friday 12th April: Ghantoot UAE Polo Team to play against KSA Polo Team in this weekend’s polo season finale.
As the curtain comes down on the 2018-2019 polo season at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club this weekend, the UAE’s only Royal Polo Club announced an exciting summer program of events to mark the Year of Tolerance 2019.
The polo season officially ends with a highly-anticipated friendly polo game between the UAE Polo Team and the visiting KSA Polo team at the club’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The match has attracted some of the Middle East’s best polo players from the UAE, KSA, and Kuwait. The Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club hosted an important forward planning meet earlier this week to discuss plans for the future. The club operates under the patronage and guidance of H.H. Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Meanwhile, the club welcomed HE Zayed Alaboudi Al Zaabi as its new Managing Director at an important meeting to lay out plans for the future, which include, for the first time, a summer program of activities.
Al Zaabi expressed his delight at joining the Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club family who have been at the forefront of promoting the game of polo which was close to the heart of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
“I would like to thank HH Sheikh Falah for this opportunity to guide Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club further ahead in developing polo and taking it to the next level,” Al Zaabi said.
“I would also like to thank all the board members and staff at Ghantoot for their extraordinary efforts and support to keep Ghantoot at the very pinnacle of the sport.
“This is a very exciting day for me personally and I’m very much looking forward to continuing the good work being accomplished at the cub during the summer season and towards the next polo season,” Al Zaabi added.
SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM THE EVENT
Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club will conduct several interesting events and activities during the summer months which will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
This weekend’s exhibition match between UAE Polo Teal and KSA Polo Team will feature the debut of Alya Al Awalaqi as a member of the UAE. She will play alongside Khalid Bin Drai, Youssef Bin Dasmal and Rashed Al Bawardi. The KSA Polo Team will also comprise a lady player Souad Al Sabah, who teams up with Abderrahman Al Abbar, Amr Zedan and Tomy Iriarte. The exhibition polo game day is open to the public and offers the highest entertainment featuring a series of activities for both the family & children.
Abu Dhabi Sports Council is the Governing Partner together with under the patronage of the Emirates Polo Association, and Maserati – Premier Motors is the Official Car of the season finale.
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Each year, Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, the UAE’s only Royal polo facility, extends an arm to charities in the country by hosting special polo days at their state-of-the-art facility on the border of Abu Dhabi.
Friday, was no different as many people, young and old, rich and poor, came together at Ghantoot to celebrate the sport of equestrian polo and the noble cause of supporting orphans.
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A good many children in orphanages around the world lack good quality clothing and care, but a visit to any of the UAE Red Crescent Societies will reveal a different story, thanks to the support of sports events like Red Crescent Polo.
Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club is run under the patronage of HH Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan who is fully committed to supporting all charitable organizations in the UAE through the Club, which was created by his late father, HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Ahmad Al Nuaimi, general manager of the Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, hailed the Red Crescent Charity Match a big success and said: “Supporting causes like the UAE Red Crescent Society is closest to our hearts at Ghantoot.
“It is a big accomplishment to be able to put smiles on the faces of the orphans through initiatives that benefit them. We are proud and honored at Ghantoot to be supporting our society and praise the management and staff at the UAE Red Crescent Society for their continued efforts.
“We always believe that by supporting charitable organizations like Red Crescent it will give the orphans the chance to have a brighter future and very glad to receive a lot of celebrities; and social media influencers to support this cause.”
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Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club continues its commitment to supporting humanitarian societies in the UAE when it hosts the Red Crescent Charity Polo Exhibition match on Friday, January 25.
The event is held in aid of the Red Crescent Society of the UAE, which is an affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club was built on the vision of the late President HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and is run under the passionate patronage of his son, HH Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is a keen supporter of causes in our wider society and Ghantoot is the only Royal Polo Club in the UAE.
The Red Crescent Polo Match will hope to raise awareness about the children at Red Crescent Society and support their pursuit for a better education and life as well as creating a fun day for these children in beneficial programs that Ghantoot team prepares that is suitable for their different ages.
The Charity match is one of many inspiring initiatives that are held annually at Ghantoot together with Pink Polo and Al Amal Polo Day.
The management of Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, led by Ahmad Al Nuaimi, General Manager of the Club, are encouraging people to get involved in events like Red Crescent Polo.
“Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club’s history and mission are grounded in its grassroots efforts to encourage individuals, and families, to get involved and take action on such important issues in our society,” said Al Nuaimi.
“We must send out a strong message across the UAE, Middle East and World, that we are united in our goal to increase people’s knowledge and understanding of people in need in general and how to deal with their issues, successfully.
“Through our collective efforts we hope that initiatives like Red Crescent Polo, Pink Polo and Al Amal Polo; Polo Match will be beneficial to the society in which we live,” Al Nuaimi added.
Along with the action on the field, there will be entertainment for everyone at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club which will make it a memorable and enjoyable day for audiences of all ages.
At a Glance
- What: Red Crescent Polo Match
- When: January 25th
- Where: Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club
- Time: 2pm onwards
- Match: 5:00pm
- Entrance: Free to the public
Shows
- Parachute jumping
- Trick riding show
- Cowboy show
- Mini Showjumping show Children Carnival City
- Horse riding & photo opportunities with horses
Teams Playing
Ghantoot A:
- Yousif Bin Desmal
- C Crespo
- Juan G Zavaleta
- M Donovan
Ghantoot B:
- Faris Al Yabhouni
- S G Romero
- G Gibrat
- A Acappella
Partners & Sponsors
- Abu Dhabi Sports Council – Governing Partner
- Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority – Partner
- Golden Tulip Al Jazeera – official Hotel & team sponsor
- Maserati Premier Motors – Official Car
- Sobha Realty – Official Sponsor
- Palmers Middle East – supporter
- Ahmed Al Maghribi – Official sponsor
- Noor Al Wasl Clinic – supporter
- Premier Events Management – supporter
- Monviso Italian Natural Mineral Water – Official Water
Forthcoming events
- March 13-25: HH President of UAE Polo Cup
- April 6: British Polo Day
Official website: www.grpc.ae
Official social media : www.instagram.com/ghantootpolo
20 February 2013
20-Goal Match Held To Benefit Al Ain Private Centre For Care & Rehabilitation
Abu Dhabi 20th of February 2013: The highest goal polo match of the season is to be held at Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club to raise money for the Al Ain Private Centre for Care and Rehabilitation this Saturday, February 23.
A new addition to the Royal club’s season, the 20-goal match, is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Spectators will witness the clash of some of the best polo players in the UAE when Abu Dhabi’s Ghantoot Polo clashes with Dubai’s Habtoor Polo.
Promoted through all colleges and schools in the UAE, the exhibition match aims to bring to the attention of the young people of the UAE the different paths that those with special needs must take in life.
All proceeds from the family polo day will be donated to the centre.
The children from the centre will also be invited to attend the fun day and beforehand will also be treated to a private tour of Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club where they will meet the polo ponies and players.
H E. Saeed Bin Houfan Al Mansouri, Vice Chairman of Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club said: “This event has been organised as a way to offer a fun and family-centred day to the youngsters from the Al Ain Private Centre For Care and Rehabilitation and also to highlight the important work that the centre does to the UAE community.
“We hope that members of the public in the UAE will get on board for such a worthwhile cause and come along and support us. There will be many activities for children put on throughout the day as well as a 20-goal polo tournament which will provide a great deal of excitement and interest.”
Gates open at 3pm and match starts at 5pm Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club.
The Al Ain Private Center for Care and Rehabilitation was founded in 1999 through the personal initiative of a father of a child with autism.
The center was established to provide basic education and care services for a limited number of children who required extra help. A non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organization, the centre is currently housed in a villa with 20 classrooms to provide education and rehabilitation to 120 children.
The facility can also house residential pupils and it currently hosts 73 children, of which 33 come from GCC counties.
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