POLO AMERICA’S DAWN TO DUSK CHUKKER CHALLENGE
WORLDS LONGEST POLO GAME – NOVEMBER 6, 2010
POLO PLAYERS TO SUPPORT TROOPS
On November 6, 2010. Sixty polo players and 240 head of horses will set a world record for the longest polo game to raise funds for our Troops. Two polo teams will play 30 chukkers from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Polo players are lining up to play in this historic game to show their support for our Troops. A few of the high goal players that are donating their time include former ten goal players Adam Snow and Owen Rinehart.
Professional polo player Luis Escobar and amateur player Melissa Ganzi will try to set the individual world record for playing the most continuous chukkers by a man and a woman. . Luis Escobar rated at 7 goals is a major competitor. Luis has won the Pacific Coast Open twice, the East Coast Open twice, the Silver Cup, Sterling Cup and the Monte Waterbury. Melissa Ganzi has competed in numerous major tournaments including the U.S. Open Polo Championship. Among her many victories are the Monte Waterbury (first woman to win it), USPA Bronze Cup, North American Cup, WCT Final, Mayors Trophy, Bill Triller Cup and Piaget Polo on the Snow.
Atlantic Broadband and Aiken Standard will broadcast all eleven hours of the Dawn to Dusk Chukker Challenge for their Aiken subscribers. For the rest of the world they will create an eleven-hour live streaming Internet broadcast.
A polo game is six chukkers. The Dawn to Dusk Chukker Challenge will be five times that length. Each chukker or period of play in polo is 7 _ minutes. Between penalties and time for players to change horses after each chukker we should average four chukkers per hour. With eleven hours to play we are hopeful that we will achieve a minimum of thirty chukkers.
The site is the beautiful Storm Branch Equestrian Club in Aiken County, SC. Pledges are expected from several hundred companies each paying a dollar amount for every chukker played. The beneficiaries are the Wounded Warriors Program and families of our Service Men and Women from Fort Gordon. Pledges should exceed $250,000 from this polo game. Pledges are 100% tax deductible. To make a chukker pledge to support our Troops please log on to www.FortGordon.com/challenge
The Dawn to Dusk Chukker Challenge will have five beautiful Chukker Girls courtesy of “Achieve Fitness” to help us keep track of our record breaking chukkers. Our Chukker Girls will be driven around the polo field in between each chukker holding a sign indicating the upcoming chukker. Chukker signs one through thirty-two have been created.
In addition to the World Record Polo Game, there will be a U.S. Army Signal Corp Band concert, tether balloon rides in the Polo hot air balloon, Equestrian Vendor Village, inflatable amusement park, Club Car golf cart polo, food and beverage vendors, fireworks and much more.
Admission to the Dawn to Dusk Chukker Challenge is a donation to the Troops. For more information please call Randy Russell at (803) 652-1181 or log on to www.poloamerica.com