Pattaya’s Thai Polo & Equestrian Club was decked out in hues of pink and filled with good hearted people last Saturday, Feb. 16, for the annual Queen’s Cup Pink Polo 2019 tournament, an event aimed at supporting women in their fight against breast cancer.
Pink Polo 2019 was co-organized by Dr. Harald Link, President of B.Grimm Group and President of the Thailand Equestrian Federation (TEF), and Nunthinee Tanner, Thailand’s first female polo player and initiator of the charity lady polo tournament, together with BMW Thailand and U.S. Polo Assn.
This year’s event was the 11th edition of this all-women polo tournament and was a feast for the senses, with most in attendance wearing bright pink attire to support the Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer Foundation.
Some famous faces were seen along the sidelines of the polo field, including H.E. Georg Schmidt, German Ambassador to Thailand, Siriyos Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Lee and Pattharapol Puengboonpra, M.L. Ubolwadee Jayankura, Luckana Champa, Vee Marr, Krisna and Krittaya Thiengtham, Tommy and Mira Kittichaiwong, Siriporn Panupong and many more.
For this year, in addition to the ladies polo competition, there was a vintage flea market, Lampang horse carriage rides; a fancy dog fashion show held by the Yorkshire Terrier Club Thailand which featured Khun Perfume, the pet of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, and a horseback fashion show by celebrities and supported by U.S. Polo Assn.
The main event of the day of course was the polo match between the host Thai Polo Team and 1003 Polo from China. In a thrilling contest Thai Polo Team claimed the championship with a score of 7-3.
As an added attraction, the organizers presented the ‘Best Hat’ award to Marie-Nicole Roy for her elegant bonnet and the ‘Best Dress’ award to Angel Zhang.
The day’s activities concluded with a glittering fireworks display to bring down the curtain on yet another memorable and successful Pink Polo event.
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