Polo in Argentine

Download
Share  Add to  Flag Embed
Views:
 
Category: Sports
     
 
License:   All Rights Reserved

Presentation Description

Polo, the king´s game

Comments

Presentation Transcript

Slide 1: 

Polo en Argentina

Slide 2: 

Argentine Championship 2004 , first match The players waiting on line for the referee to throw the ball

Slide 3: 

Each team has 4 players, the game goes during 8 chakers ( each lasting 7 minutes) and 3 minutes “in between”to rest.

Slide 4: 

End of the game, the players embraced each other “Chapa uno”,(the Marlboro team) is formed by 3 brothers . They were 4 (till 1 of them died ) and each of them was vallued with 10, the maximun handicap.

Slide 5: 

That day they won the match and were given a coup

Slide 6: 

Horses going “home” after the match. Horses can be changed whenever a player need it.

Slide 7: 

2004 : Final match for the Argentinian Campionship

Slide 8: 

Before the match, a parade with old traditional carriages

Slide 9: 

Tango is danced

Slide 10: 

The flag is shown all around the field

Slide 11: 

Siping “mate”, waiting for the match to begin

Slide 12: 

End of the day, end of the match. People cross the field to watch the new champions be given the cup

Slide 13: 

Year 2005, “Tortugas Country Club” Championship

Slide 16: 

Greeting the winners: “Chapa uno”

Slide 18: 

A militar parede before the final match for the “Argentinian Championship 2005”

Slide 19: 

Arrivive one of the teams

Slide 20: 

Polo, a sport that enjoy argentinians with people from all over the world

Slide 21: 

Year 2007 “Hurlingham Cllub Championship”

Slide 25: 

A closer view of the referee and the bag where the balls are kept

Slide 26: 

Changing “taco”: the wooden stick used to strike the balls

Slide 27: 

End of the game

Slide 28: 

Argentine Championship 2007

Slide 29: 

“Chapa uno,”, now sponsored by Toyota won a match, were given a coup, lost the champeonship and decided to retire. Historical photos. Last time the brothers played together

Slide 30: 

Behind the stalls & field people arriving for the final match

Slide 33: 

Robert Duval as a polo´s fan, arrives early to enjoy the previous show

Slide 34: 

Militar bands play before the final match

Slide 35: 

The 2 teams wait to begin while the journalist take photos

Slide 38: 

Finish the match, people go to congratulate the winers

Slide 41: 

The new champions showing the coup

Slide 43: 

One last look at the seats, now empties. By Maria mocampos@gmail.com Plotos : from 2004 till 2007. Polo in Argentina has 3 main championships: “Tortugas Country Club”, “ Hurlingham” and the “Argentinian Championship”.