The rider, Her Highness Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, led the Emirates team to win the Emaar Master Polo Cup 2020, after defeating the Ghantoot team led by Ali Al-Marri, with eight goals against five in the final match of the first edition of the championship that was held at the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club in the Muraba’a region in Dubai, With the support of the Dubai Sports Council, and the total prize pool is 120 thousand dirhams.
Her Highness Sheikha Maitha Bint Mohammed expressed her happiness over a large team the size of Ghantoot, who owns the rounds and achievements in the game arenas, stressing that sport is a victory and a loss, and she added: «This victory has a special taste, represented in restoring our loss against the Ghantoot team at the final of the Dubai Silver Cup, and we invested The positives of our career in the previous championship, and our eagerness to overcome some of its disadvantages, and thank God we achieved our desired goal by winning deserved ».
Her Highness added: “This win has given us a positive motivation and incentive to continue our successful team’s journey this season, especially as we are about to participate in the Dubai Gold Cup, and we hope to achieve the ambition and hope for victory.”
Her Highness revealed that her successful career in the season represents an important station for the upcoming participation in the upcoming international championship in London, noting that her team includes young elements.
The chairman of Emaar Properties, Mohamed Al Abbar, was crowned in the presence of the managing director of Emaar Ahmed Al Matrooshi, the director of hospitality at Emaar Real Estate clubs Khaled Al Yassi, the secretary general of the Emirates Polo Association Fares Al-Yahouni, the general manager of the Ghantoot club Zayed Al Zaabi, the UAE teams and Ghantoot in the first and second prize awards While the third place went to the bin Dari team, led by Khalid bin Humaid bin Dari, who scored four goals that gave his team a third place, after he passed the Punjash team by eight goals to five, and the player Benjamin Panilo of the Emirates team won the award for the best player in the tournament and his scorer , Horse Fashion and got the horses Emirates team in the best title of the tournament.
Alabbar: The championship made us cool
Muhammad Al-Abbar praised the technical level presented by the two teams in the final match, and said in press statements: “The tournament has delighted all of us, especially with the presence of many daughters and sons of the Emirates, especially the Persian knight, Maitha Bint Muhammad, who gave the game an optimistic spread of Emirati girls in the arenas. The game, along with many of the Emirati people, especially the young elements. ”
He congratulated Her Highness Sheikha Maitha Bint Mohammed on winning the championship trophy, and appreciated the performance of the Ghantoot team, in addition to the rest of the teams.
Al-Abbar stressed that the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club is considered one of the oldest clubs in this sport in the country, and he valued the mass attendance of this game, stressing that the game has a major role in many tourism and even promotional aspects, especially that the UAE is a kiss for celebrities and stars to enjoy the wonderful atmosphere and infrastructure For this sport.
- The tournament was held at the Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club, with a total prize pool of 120,000 dirhams.