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This is a unique polo field, situated ten minutes away from downtown Buenos Aires, and is considered the most modern and comfortable for spectators in the sport. [5] The Campo Argentino, is the home to the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo , the most important polo event in the world, held there since 1928.
It is organized by the Asociación Argentina de Polo (Argentine Polo Association). In 1975, Coronel Suárez became the first team in history to play in the tournament with a maximum handicap of 40 goals. The individual record holder with the most Argentine Open Polo Championship victories is Juan C. Harriott Jr. with 20 total championships.
The initial meetings took place in Buenos Aires, and by April 1982, the Federation of International Polo, quickly known as “FIP,” was created. FIP's first President was Marcos Uranga. To that end, Mr. Uranga spearheaded the movement for a World Championship and scheduled the first for April 1987 in the Campo Argentino de Polo in Buenos ...
The Argentine Polo Association (Spanish: Asociación Argentina de Polo, AAP) is the guiding entity of the game of Polo in the Argentina. It is a non-profit association constituted on September 14, 1922 in Buenos Aires. [1] Before its creation the Polo Association of the River Plate (the P.A.R.P) was the governing body for polo in Argentina.
[9] [10] [11] The five matches played in Buenos Aires were held in SSA, [12] installing additional grandstands for a capacity of 10,000 people. The Sociedad Sportiva also served as venue for the "Juegos Olímpicos del Centenario" ("Centennial Olympic Games), a series of competitions held as part of the celebrations to commemorate the Argentine ...
Hurlingham polo team of 1893. On 6 January 1890 the first cricket match was held in Hurlingham Club, against Buenos Aires Cricket Club. The match was supported by the BAPR, even providing a special sleeping coach for the players, who travelled the night before the game. The first polo ground was inaugurated on May 16, 1890. [3]
For the 2002 Abierto Argentino final match, Cambiaso made the arrangements to move more than 200 Nueva Chicago football fans to the Campo Argentino de Polo, where they supported the team during the game against Indios Chapaleufú II on 15 November 2002. The fans gave a show never seen before in a polo match, displaying big flags, singing songs ...
The oldest polo ground in the world is the Imphal Polo Ground in Manipur State. The history of this polo ground is contained in the royal chronicle Cheitharol Kumbaba starting from 33 CE. Lieutenant (later Major General) Joseph Ford Sherer, the father of modern polo, visited the state and played on this polo ground in the 1850s.