Draft:Port harcourt Polo club

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Declined by Vanderwaalforces 45 days ago. Last edited by Vanderwaalforces 45 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: The problem is just the way the article reads, unencyclopedic, see WP:ENCYCLOPEDIC. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:26, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Port Harcourt Polo Club (PPC) is an event centre in South-South, Port Harcourt Nigeria, where the game Polo can be played.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History edit

Founded in 1972^[4] by the Nigerian Army, the club was privatized in 1974. The club is authorised as a polo-playing club by the Nigeria Polo Association (NPA)^[5].The Club hosts horse riding^[6], equestrian sporting events, and the game of polo. The club hosts an annual NPA polo tournament.

The Field edit

The polo-playing field is 300 yards long by 150 yards wide, coequal to nine football areas by approximation. Goals posts are set eight yards apart at each end of a mowed turf field.

The Tournament edit

Niger Delta International Polo Fiesta - January.^[7]
Gen. T.Y Danjuma cup *2 to *4.^[8]
Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina cup +9 and above.
President's cup +5 to +8.
Rowland Cookey-Gam (beginner's cup).^[9]

Reference. edit

^ "Home". Nigeria Polo Association. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ "Port Harcourt Polo Club Ready for Tourney in January - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ Nigeria, Guardian (2023-12-16). "Port Harcourt Polo Club confirms international tournament". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ "History - Nigeria Polo Federation". 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ "Home". Nigeria Polo Association. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ Essang, Dennis (2023-01-16). "Why we are staging Polo tourney – Official". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ "Frenzy as 2024 Niger Delta Polo gallops off Jan 14". Daily Trust. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ Tide, The (2019-01-15). "TY Danjuma Polo Tournament: Beverly Hills Hotel Team Desires To Win". :::...The Tide News Online:::... Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ "Port Harcourt Polo Club Moves to Woo Students to the Game - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[1] "Home". Nigeria Polo Association. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[2] "Port Harcourt Polo Club Ready for Tourney in January - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[3] Nigeria, Guardian (2023-12-16). "Port Harcourt Polo Club confirms international tournament". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[4] "History - Nigeria Polo Federation". 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[5] "Home". Nigeria Polo Association. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[6] Essang, Dennis (2023-01-16). "Why we are staging Polo tourney – Official". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[7] "Frenzy as 2024 Niger Delta Polo gallops off Jan 14". Daily Trust. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[8] Tide, The (2019-01-15). "TY Danjuma Polo Tournament: Beverly Hills Hotel Team Desires To Win". :::...The Tide News Online:::... Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[9] "Port Harcourt Polo Club Moves to Woo Students to the Game - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

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