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Army chief chairs Indian Polo Association AGM

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat, who heads the Indian Polo Association, chaired the Annual General Body meeting of the IPA here.

The meeting was also attended by professional and amateur players, serving officers of all three defence services, and para-military forces among others on Sunday.

"It was decided that the Jaipur Polo ground in Delhi would be renovated to bring it at par with International standards. The improvement of the ground would ensure better performance with lesser injury to both horses and players," said a press release.

The IPA would be collaborating with the Argentina Polo Association for player exchange programmes, bilateral tournaments and training of budding polo players in Argentina has been agreed upon.

 

"IPA has already sent four young players to Argentina for training."

"The IPA also recognised Manipur as the origin of modern Polo and it included Manipur Polo as an important entity in its ambit, which would help promoting the Manipur polo at international level.

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First Published: Sep 10 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

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