PRESS RELEASE

The polo field and the stables are in classic "Maremma" countryside with wonderful view of the sea and in the middle of a new golf court of 18 holes.
The Club is glad to present the Finals of Italian Polo Championship and the II° edition of the Ladies Tournament Il Pellicano Ladies Cup 2010.

Italian Polo Championship 2010
The Argentario Polo Club has the honour to host the finals of this important championship.
The best Italians teams who will fight for the Title are: Mimosa - Green Season and La NuovaPoncia from the Northern area and La Ginevra I and Granducato di Toscana from the Centre- Southern area.

Il Pellicano Ladies Cup 2010:
The Pellicano Hotel, historic 5-stars hotel, is located in Tuscany on the promontory of Monte Argentario and supports the work of the Argentario Polo Club since almost twenty years. This year will sponsor the II° edition of Il Pellicano Ladies Cup, the only women's tournament held in Italy.

Amazons coming from various parts of the globe will compete on our fields showing how the sport of polo has now gained the female audience.
Il Pellicano Ladies Cup will take place together with the Finals of Italian Polo Championship.
On 25th July the owner of Il Pellicano Hotel, Mr Roberto Sciò will award the four Ladies teams and the finalists of Italian Polo Championship with the Il Pellicano Cup trophy created exclusively for this event by the artist Eugenio Lenzi.
Il Pellicano Hotel and The Argentario Polo Club have an exceptional partnership, they are both the symbol of excellence in their field and their presence and activities increase the value of Monte Argentario.

Mr Roberto Sciò comments: “I am glad that the Ladies Cup has reached its II° edition and gaining a growing fame all over the world. This year we decided to support the Ladies tournament because it is the first and only organized in Italy and I have a great admiration for the pioneering women who play a sport traditionally played only by the men. It is an honour for us to support the game of polo that attracts an audience of the bien vivre lovers who can also appreciate the nature and the beauty of this authentic land.

The President of Argentario Polo Club, Mr Arnaldo Galantino comments: “ I am excited for this challenge! The Ladies tournament have a great success worldwide, our management choose to become a promoter of this initiative in Italy where there are players of a good competitive level.
Thanks to the great success of the last edition, the tournament was included in the Women's Championship Tournament, the most important circuit of women's tournament in the world. I am honoured that Mr Sciò, who believed from the beginning in our activities, has chosen to support once again the Excellence with Il Pellicano Ladies Cup 2010.”

Both tournaments will take place on our fields from 21st to 25th July with the following schedule:
Wednesday 21th July
h. 7.00 p.m. La Mimosa Green Season – La Ginevra I (Italian Championship)
Thursday 22nd July
h. 5.00 p.m. La Mimosa – El Metejon (Ladies)
h. 6.00 p.m. La Taba – La Ginevra (Ladies)
h. 7.00 p.m. Granducato di Toscana – La Nuova Poncia (Italian Championship)
Friday 23rd July
h. 6.00 p.m. La Ginevra – El Metejon (Ladies)
h. 7.00 p.m. La Mimosa Green Season – Granducato di Toscana (Italian Championship)
Saturday 24 July
h. 6.00 p.m. La Mimosa – La Taba (Ladies)
h. 7.00 p.m. La Ginevra I – La Nuova Poncia (Italian Championship)
Sunday 25 July
h. 4.00 p.m. La Mimosa – La Ginevra (Ladies)
h. 5.00 p.m. El Metejon – La Taba (Ladies)
h. 6,00 p.m. La Ginevra I – Granducato di Toscana (Italian Championship)
h. 7,00 p.m. La Mimosa Green Season – La Nuova Poncia (Italian Championship)
h. 8.30 p.m. PRICE GIVING

Notes:
Since its birth, on 1987, at The Argentario Polo Club most of the best episodes of Italian polo have been played out. Many big names in the polo international spotlight are gone from here, to give some: Gonzalo and Horacito Heguy, Eduardo Heguy, Alejandro (Piki) Diaz Alberdi, Santiago Araya, David Stirling, Juan Martin Nero, Juan Josè Branè, Agustin Garcia Grossi e Lolo Castagnola, Alfio Marchini.

Thanks to the passion for this sport and the work of maintenance of the playing field, recognized as one of the best in Europe, the Argentario Polo Club has become the reference point of polo in Italy. In recent years the sports organization has achieved several Italian and European records, such as: the I° edition of the Ladies
Polo Cup, the first Ladies polo tournament to be held in Italy and again the first who had organized in Europe a 18 hp tournament at night (during the XX° Anniversary of the club- 2007) and Junior tournaments (age 10-15 years).

Every year for the Coppa Italia F.I.S.E. and the Summer Cup tournaments the Club counts the Italian record of registered teams, second in Europe only after Sotogrande in Spain.