Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup, 1 – 24 Jun 2013
Overview
The Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup at Guards Polo Club provides passion, power and pageantry. The impressive trophy, historically presented by HM The Queen, is the premier medium-goal tournament in the English polo calendar.
It has been played at Guards Polo Club since 1955 – the Club’s inaugural year – and continues to attract the leading players of the sport. This tournament usually features more than 25 teams and so even qualifying is an achievement. The subsidiary match to this tournament is the Mountbatten Cup which is also played on the Finals day.
Teams comprising of Guards members who do not qualify for the quarter finals can also enter into the Prince Philip Cup. Many players consider winning the Royal Windsor as the pinnacle of their career due to the strength of the competition. Former winning teams include HRH The Prince of Wales’s Windsor Park team. The equine thrills do not end with the final whistle of the match. A carriage driving procession, organised by the British Driving Society, will then parade in front of the Royal Box.
The Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup Tournament is sponsored by the Al Habtoor Group, which is headed up by Khalaf Al Habtoor. He left his job with a local construction firm in 1970 and started his own company, Al Habtoor Engineering Ltd, the foundation of today’s Al Habtoor Group.
The Al Habtoor Group has since grown within the UAE and is now internationally recognised through its construction, hotels, real-estate, education, automobile distribution and leasing and publishing businesses. It is one of the UAE’s most successful and respected diversified business corporations, employing over 40,000 people.
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Hospitality packages can be tailor-made to your requirements, from champagne to afternoon tea, flowers to photographs even a marching band can be arranged. Choose from one of our three venues; The Royal Box, The Clubhouse or The Duke’s Pavilion or alternatively a picnic area next to the pitch can be reserved for your party.
We are happy to work with you in a number of ways from simply granting you a green field site as a venue for your event to managing your entire day. With the support of our long established relationships with caterers, contractors and suppliers, including furniture hire, power and telecommunications we are able to organise as much or as little of your event as you require.
