America, Argentina, England, Other Countries To Compete In Kaduna Polo Tourney
http://www.newsportng.com.ng The United States of America, (USA) Argentina, England, Columbia, South Africa, Egypt, other countries and dignitaries will participate in the 2023 Kaduna Annual Polo Tourney, slated for October 31st, 2023.
The tournament manager, Kaduna Polo Club, Mr. Atiku Abubakar disclosed this at the weekend, during the test-run of the pitch at the polo club Kaduna, said the event will take place for two weeks.
According to him, 70 teams have shown interest to participate in the tournament but they are most likely going to take 50 out of them.
He said, “we are going to play the prestigious Georgian cup, which is the largest and oldest cup in Africa, Imani cup, we have Emir of Katsina cup and El-Amin cup.
“We are expecting a lot of turnout within and outside the country. We are expecting players from Argentina, England, South Africa, Columbia, America, Egypt and a lot of people will participate and we are expecting a lot of dignitaries to also participate”.
“We are expecting about 60 to 70 teams , but we are mostly likely going to take 50 out of 70 that showed interest”.
“We are calling on the people of Kaduna and Nigeria to join us on the 31st for the opening ceremony”.
Speaking with Journalists shortly after the pitch test-run event, the President of Kaduna Polo Club, Mohammed Babangida said “we are ready to do it better this time around”.
“We have invested a lot of time and money to fix the pitch. It’s one of the negatives at that time for Kaduna Polo club because more of the participating teams were reluctant to come because of the condition of the field.
“So we decided to take a year off from the tournament and find those who are able to donate for the upliftment of the pitch. Thank God, today marks the first day since the rehabilitation work commenced and we are glad that everything is in order.”
The Captain Kaduna Polo, Ibrahim Abu Ibrahim, also said” we are very happy that almost 16 months of work, we are able to put the pitch in good condition.
“We are very comfortable with what we are seeing. It’s going to be a fantastic tournament especially the Georgia cup. This is the first game that is going on, on the pitch. Playing the game in a good pitch is another different thing entirely for us. I am so happy with the outcome of today’s game.
“We are prepared. Kaduna is the home of Polo. So expect to see Kaduna win all the cups comes 2023 polo tournament.”