From July 3-6, China Rendez-Vous will once again bring a new lifestyle experience to the enchanting Asia yacht charter destination – China. From July 3-6, 2014, the very first Beach Polo World Cup will visit the shores of Dalian, one that is set to become a reference for both the marine lifestyle as well as the king of sports!
La Martina supports the first Beach Polo World Cup in China launched by SO! DALIAN - Photo by Arpad Kurucz
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.
SO! DALIAN-launched First Beach Polo World Cup in China supported by La Martina
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”.
China Rendez-Vous to bring first Beach Polo World Cup to China
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.”
About LA MARTINA
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.
In 1985, La Martina opened their first store in the heart of Buenos Aires.
The company’s big break came in the early nineties when they put together a high handicap polo team to participate in the Argentinean Open, and outfitted them in La Martina’s iconic shirts. Major Argentinean polo players and teams quickly became regular customers and started to request special shirt series for their teams and clubs. Argentina being a mecca for polo, shop owners and teams from around the world came to Buenos Aires and started buying the shirts for wholesale distribution.
About China Rendez-Vous Ltd
China Rendez-Vous Ltd, founded by Ms. Delphine Lignieres in 2009, is an organiser of acclaimed high-end lifestyle events in China and works throughout the entire country on comprehensive projects that create the perfect networking platform for an extensive list of VIPs and associated brands. Dedicated to and specialized in the China high-end market for several years, China Rendez-Vous has a targeted database and accumulated knowledge, contributing to meet the goals and needs of each of its partners and participants. Its reputation has been growing in China and overseas, gaining the trust of the world’s most elegant brands with great success.
