China Rendez-Vous brings an all new lifestyle experience once again. From July 3-6, 2014, an all-encompassing event will visit the shores of Dalian, one that is set to become a reference for both the marine lifestyle and the king of sports!
Since teaming up with the world-renowned experts from The Polo Life, creators of the Miami Beach Polo tournament, China Rendez-Vous will bring Beach Polo to the shores of Dalian for the first time ever.
In order to offer visitors an amazing combination of polo as well as yachting lifestyle experiences, there will also be a large-scale yacht display near the tournament.
By offering Beach Polo and a wide range of sea-related activities, this four-day event is dedicated to boost Dalian as a boating destination, an attractive costal city located on a strategic location, as well as to boost the yachting industry in the entire region.
As the highest-rated and longest running beach polo tournament in the world, this addition is sure to be a convivial and an even more exciting experience of the polo game while highlighting the passion, speed and mastery of some of the world’s best polo players. China Rendez-Vous Ltd. will be bringing the action to the audience, right up to the front-lines on the sand.
The very first Beach Polo World Cup in China comes in the timely year of the horse indeed. Polo continues, as it has done for so long, to represent the pinnacle of sport, and a reaffirmation of the special bond between horse and rider.
Some lesser-known Polo history is that it originated in China and Persia about 2,000 years ago. The horse-riding sport went on to become a wildly popular trend among China’s elite of the Tang dynasty, and women often played too (as depicted in art and artifacts of that period). Also used as a training game for elite cavalry units, polo remains known as the Game of Kings.
“We’ve been aiming to develop a strong event like this in the North of China for almost 4 years and I’m glad to see that we have received such great support from our regular partners and sponsors who are all used to our high-level of standards. They know that the values and the identity of their brand will be duly respected during our events,” says Delphine Lignieres, founder and CEO of China Rendez-Vous. “In Sanya, we have strongly promoted the destination as a yachting hub with great success and we will develop a similar strategy for Dalian which we strongly believe to be soon the Northern China’s yachting hub as well as a key city for Polo”.
This new event will add a unique touch of refinement and glamour to Dalian, especially with La Martina as Official Supplier, a world-famous sport luxury brand.
La Martina understands that polo is a passion, a lifestyle choice and a sport with a unique culture that needs to be protected and preserved.
“Let others play at other things. The king of games is still the game of kings.”
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La Martina was founded in 1985, in Argentina, by Lando Simonetti. A keen polo player in his youth; Simonetti saw an opportunity to provide professional players with high-quality equipment. The company began making leather saddles and boots before adding shirts and caps to its offering.
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