Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club unveils its fixture list

Kicks off on 5 November.

It’s time to pony up as Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club has announced it 2021/2022 fixture list after it was approved by club chairman, His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Commencing on 5 November and running through 26 March 2022, the polo season will see three ranking tournaments alongside four exhibition events.

 

 

The upcoming season will kick off with the 12th Pink Polo Day dedicated to raising awareness on breast cancer.

The ranking tournaments are the Emirates Polo Championship International (medium goal), Sultan Bin Zayed Polo Cup (low goal) and HH President of the UAE Polo Cup (high goal).

There will also be exhibition events including UAE National Day polo exhibition match, Al Amal polo day for people of determination – charity polo match and exhibition polo match to support UAE Red Crescent.

Speaking on the unveiling of the fixtures, His Excellency Hamad Abdelrahman Alshaikh, Executive Director of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club said: “We are pleased to announce that the club is ready to launch the polo season of 2021-2022, celebrating twenty-seven years of bringing the best of polo to the region since the establishment of the club by the hands of the late president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.”

 

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Matt Cassidy

When he is not hunting for the latest piece of Abu Dhabi news, Matt is ticking off his UAE bucket-list experiences (although he does love to take a break to test out the fine restaurants and bars of the capital). An armchair sports lover, he is on a personal mission to attend every sporting event in the UAE to make out for most likely missing the big one in Doha in November.