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Port Harcourt Polo Club (PPC) is an event centre in South-South, Port Harcourt Nigeria, where the game Polo can be played.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]Founded in 1972[4] by the Nigerian Army, the club was privatized in 1974. The club is authorised as a polo-playing club by the Nigeria Polo Association (NPA)[5].The Club hosts horse riding[6], equestrian sporting events, and the game of polo. The club hosts an annual NPA polo tournament.
The Field
[edit]The polo-playing field is 300 yards long by 150 yards wide, coequal to nine football areas by approximation. Goals posts are set eight yards apart at each end of a mowed turf field.
The Tournament
[edit]- Niger Delta International Polo Fiesta - January.[7]
- Gen. T.Y Danjuma cup *2 to *4.[8]
- Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina cup +9 and above.
- President's cup +5 to +8.
- Rowland Cookey-Gam (beginner's cup).[9]
Reference.
[edit]- ^ "Home". Nigeria Polo Association. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Port Harcourt Polo Club Ready for Tourney in January - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Nigeria, Guardian (2023-12-16). "Port Harcourt Polo Club confirms international tournament". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "History - Nigeria Polo Federation". 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Home". Nigeria Polo Association. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Essang, Dennis (2023-01-16). "Why we are staging Polo tourney – Official". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Frenzy as 2024 Niger Delta Polo gallops off Jan 14". Daily Trust. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Tide, The (2019-01-15). "TY Danjuma Polo Tournament: Beverly Hills Hotel Team Desires To Win". :::...The Tide News Online:::... Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Port Harcourt Polo Club Moves to Woo Students to the Game - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.