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Polo

Polo. By Toby Otorubio. History of Polo. Polo is said to have originated in China about 2,000 years ago The name of the game came from the word pholo, the Tibet word for ballgame The first polo game took place in 600B.C, it was between the Turkomans and Persians (Turkomans won)

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Polo

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  1. Polo By Toby Otorubio

  2. History of Polo • Polo is said to have originated in China about 2,000 years ago • The name of the game came from the word pholo, the Tibet word for ballgame • The first polo game took place in 600B.C, it was between the Turkomans and Persians (Turkomans won) • By 1500’s the game was established in India by Emperor Babur • In the mid 19th century polo was discovered by British tea planters in Manipur on the Burmese border with India • They made the world’s first polo club in Silchar, west of Manipur • England’s first polo club Monmouthshire was founded in 1872 by Capitan Francis Herbert

  3. Rules of polo

  4. Playing field

  5. Number of players during a game

  6. How technology has changed the way we play polo

  7. Governing Bodies and legislation that impacts the sport

  8. http://www.polo.co.uk/polo_history.htm

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