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Villa a Sesta Polo Club hosts 2018 Euro Championship

During the last ten days of September, the Polo Club Villa a Sesta (Ripaltella Pietraviva) will face a new international challenge of great importance. The…

During the last ten days of September, the Polo Club Villa a Sesta (Ripaltella Pietraviva) will face a new international challenge of great importance.

The club, set amidst the wonderful classic Chianti landscape and in the heart of the farming will host the matches to be played for the 2018 European titles and medals. For polo teams on the Old Continent, this is the most important event on the international polo calendar.

For the first time, two different tournaments will be held from Thursday September 20th to Sunday September 30th within the framework of the FIP European Polo Championships–Quantocoin Cup, adding the second edition of the Women’s Championship to the 12th European Championship, open to mixed teams like all equestrian sports.

This championship was held for the first time last year in Chantilly and the Italian team was the first to have its name on the Roll of Honour.

These championships, organised jointly by the Federation of International Polo, the Italian Federation Equestrian Sports and the Villa a Sesta Polo Club, have already broken all records before starting.

There will be ten nations playing in this championships, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Ireland and Italy, with four of these countries (France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands) also fielding a women’s team.

This is a great success considering that only eight teams competed at the last two championships. With the addition of the four women’s teams, this means a total of 14 teams and therefore the arrival of about 300 polo ponies.

The Organising Committee, which in 2011 organized a splendid edition of the European Play Off for the World Championships, has already been at work for months preparing a significant number of events that, in addition to the purely sporting aspects, will increase the glamour of this event.

As far as special moments are concerned for this FIP European Championship–Quantocoin Cup, the opening parade in Siena’s historical Piazza del Campo and an audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican City have already been confirmed.

 

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