@GhantootPolo - Emirates Open Polo Championship 2014 - Gets underway today

Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club with the support of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council; Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club is organizing during the period starting from March 23rd until 4th of April, the 13th Emirates Open Polo Championship, with the strong participation of Local and GCC Polo Teams, with Ghantoot carrying the golden title. The tournament has 9 teams as follows: Ghantoot Basti Team, UAE Team, The Saudi Edrees Team, Al Habtoor Team, Abu Dhabi Team, Bin Drai Team, The Saudi Zedan Team, and Desert Palm Team, which involved two teams (1 and 2).

As it was confirmed during the press conference held by the club's headquarters in Ghantoot yesterday morning in the presence of HE / Saeed bin Hofan Al Mansouri Vice Chairman of Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, Mr. Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Managing Director of the club in addition to Ghantoot Al Basti Polo player Francisco and the official Partner of Al Basti Equiworld.

H.E Al Mansouri passed his greetings of His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan throughout the opening statement in the conference, wishing success for the annual tournament as well as the participating teams besides continuous achievements for the Emirati Polo through the continuous tournaments across the country, which extended to the Gulf Countries which is contributing to the boom of Polo locally, in Gulf and Arab countries and reaching up to advanced regional and international levels. Adding that the participation of nine teams in the tournament, confirms the growth in the Polo that is experiencing a lot of improvement due to the support provided from the game officials, institutions and national companies.

Added H.E Vice Chairman of the club - it's a great opportunity to extend our thanks to the Abu Dhabi Sports Council; chaired by H.H Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan and who is as well the Chairman of the Board of The Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation to provide massive support and witness a great booming which is taking place in the youth sector and sports as well, great thanks to the patronage and guidance of H.H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. All this has a great impact for the renaissance and development in Sport Clubs in the region which is reflected as great achievements recorded by Emarati athletes in various Local and International sport events.

Finally H.E Al Mansouri thanked all the partners the success during the season, and in particular the sponsors of Emirates Open Polo Championship, led by the official sponsor of the tournament Al Basti Equiworld, The media sponsor Polo +10 the Polo Magazine, the Emirates Heritage Club, Emirates Motor Company ( Mercedes-Benz ) as well as all supporters, adding H.E Bin Hoofan his appreciation to all those who have been contributing to the successes of the club especially Abu Dhabi Police , Health services , and the media .

Emirates Open Polo Championship 2014
DATE & TIME	TEAM		TEAM
SUN 23-3-14
4:30 PM	Bin Drai Polo	vs	Zedan Polo
6:00 PM	UAE Polo	vs	Desert Palm 1
MON 24-3-14
4:30 PM	Desert Palm 2	vs	Edrees Polo
TUE 25-3-14
4:30 PM	UAE Polo	vs	Abu Dhabi Polo
6:00 PM	Bin Dari Polo	vs	Al Habtoor Polo
WED 26-3-14
6:00 PM	Desert Palm 2	vs	Ghantoot Al Basti
THU 27-3-14
4:30 PM	Desert Palm 1	vs	Abu Dhabi Polo
6:00 PM	Zedan Polo	vs	Al Habtoor Polo
FRI 28-3-14
6:00 PM	Edrees Polo	vs	Ghantoot Al Basti
SUN 30-3-14
4:30 PM	3rd Qualified Team	vs	6th Qualified Team
6:00 PM	4th Qualified Team	vs	5th Qualified Team
MON 31-3-14
4:30 PM	1st Qualified Team	vs	8th Qualified Team
6:00 PM	2nd Qualified Team	vs	7th Qualifeid Team
WED 2-4-14
4:30 PM	Winner Qf 1	vs	Winner Qf 4
6:00 PM	Winner Qf 2	vs	Winner Qf 3
FRI 4-4-14
4:00 PM	final subs	vs	final subs
6:00 PM	final	vs	final