Women prove passion for game of the kings: First Ladies Polo Tour
A group of women organised exhibitions to promote ladies polo from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The exhibition brought women’s polo to light and generated tremendous interest in the sport.
It may not be odd to say that women’s polo is developing across the globe and fascinating more and more participants. The number of the tournaments in the head of women sport also is rising day-by-day, which is a positive sign for the development of polo.
However, the praise worthy event occurred in the months of May and June, as it would have strengthen the view that the women have had similar fervent for polo – the game of kings or king of games.
However, the event is quite different and unusual as it was the first ever Ladies Polo Tour in which four women travelled a lot in order to promote women’s polo in the region. The four names in the head of ladies polo tour were Samantha Perrusi, Marianela
Lagomarsino, Anabel McNought Davis and Carla Horeyco, who managed a unique event to get the sport some recognition at the international level.
It was not only a journey, but a voyage in which the four ladies arranged many exhibitions in the way from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro.
One of the member of the Ladies Polo Sub-Commission of the Association of Argentina Polo namely Samantha Perrusi stated that the major aim of the entire episode was to upgrade the women’s support in the region. The tour was carried out with only single aim
that was to spread the women enthusiasm with the other people. It also generated the promotion of the game in the bordering countries, she added.
The trip was planned to cover the major hockey playing areas in the country. Uruguayana – the city situated at the border of three countries including Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil was the first stop of the Ladies Polo Tour. They only have a plan to organise
an exhibition but the local club namely Del Circulo Militar de Quarai sought their help for hosting an event.
In the stopover, the foursome stayed in Indaiatuba before arriving Rio de Janiero where they displayed brilliant performance and proved their worth onto the field. The other destinations of the ladies tour were Orlandia, Franca and Gurara.
It was not over in the return as the quartet also paid visits in the states of Corrientes and Misiones to demonstrate their acquirement. However, they failed to do so due to bad weather condition but still succeeded to send their messages.
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