The foremost Fifth Chukker Polo & Country Club has announced its tournament calendar for the 2024 playing season with the Nigerian polo club organizing and hosting tournaments in Nigeria, United Kingdoms, South Africa and Argentina.
According to a release made available to Polo Royals, the 2024 polo season will gallop off next month with the Easter/ Eid polo tournament billed for the lawns of the Kangimi Resort in Kaduna from April 11-14, 2024, to celebrate the end of the Islam and Christian religious festivities.
Following on the heels of the religious holiday events, the prestigious polo resort will flung its door open for the Children Day celebration on May 27, before hosting its flagship annual tournament, the Access Bank UNICEF Charity Shield tournament from May 28- June2, 2024.
The Charity Shield Polo Tournament that raise fund from sponsors, partners and well spirited members of the public in support of UNICEF campaigns in aid of the less privilege and vulnerable children in Kaduna State and its environs, will climax in South Africa with the Access Bank South Africa Polo Day in December14, 2024.
It was gathered that before the trip to South Africa, Fifth Chckker will host a special tournament on October 1, to mark the 2024 Independence Day Anniversary in a series of activities with the noble game of king at the center stage.
From October 21-27, 2024 the Kangimi Resort will play host to the best of Nigerian polo patrons and professional players around the world for this year’s Emir of Zazzau African Patrons Cup polo tournament.
The tournament also supports an awareness campaign against the dreaded Breast Cancer pandemic among women through its Pink Polo component that runs side by side with the Patrons Cup showdown.
One other foreign tournament will see Fifth Chukker travel to Southern America from November12-24, for the Argentina Polo Experience at Pilar, Argentina, before returning home for the five days back-to-back Christmas Holiday polo tournament from December 25-29. The last tournament is the New Year Mini Polo scheduled for December31, to January 1, 2025.
