Cars & Autos | Thursday 9 March, 2017 10:22 am |

 Maserati Polo Tour announced the return of its Dubai edition with the Maserati Dubai Polo Trophy 2017 for the second consecutive year. Dubai will be the second destination of the tour that kicked off in St. Moritz in January.

The Maserati Dubai Polo Trophy will be held at Desert Palm Polo Club from 11 to 17 of March 2017. As a special highlight, HH Sheikh Falah bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s polo team, Ghantoot Polo Team, will be participating along with five other teams: Maserati, Abu Dhabi, Al Tayer, AES International, and Leica. The teams will be featuring both amateur and professional players, including some of the biggest names in the Polo scene from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and Argentina.

Ali Saeed Juma Albwardy, UAE President of the Polo Association and Founder of Desert Palm Polo Club, said: “I am delighted to welcome my friend Umberto Cini, Managing Director of Maserati Middle East, India and Africa and all our distinguished guests for what is bound to be another hugely successful tournament, here at our club’’.

Umberto Cini, Managing Director Maserati Middle East, India and Africa commented: “Maserati has natural synergy with “the sport of kings”, a sport that combines elegance and passion. We are very excited to be back at the prestigious Desert Palm Polo Club for the second consecutive year with The Maserati Dubai Polo Trophy 2017. I would like to thank Mr. Ali Albwardy for his great hospitality”.

Among the event’s highlights, Maserati will showcase its entire model range: the flagship Quattroporte, the executive sedan Ghibli, the sporty GranTurismo and GranCabrio as well as Maserati’s first-ever SUV, the Levante.

The Maserati Polo Tour was first established in 2014 to celebrate the 100th  Anniversary of Maserati and it has been aaccompanied by the successful partnership with the world's leading supplier of polo equipment, La Martina.

 

List of the participating teams and players, including their handicap, in the Maserati Dubai Polo Trophy 2017:

Team Maserati                                              Rashid Albwardy (UAE) )2) Saoud Khoory (UAE) (0) Daniel Gariador (ARG) (4) Martin Valent (ARG) (5)	Team Abu Dhabi Faris Al Yabhouni (UAE) (0) Kian Hall (UK) (2) Yousef Bin Desmal (UAE) (0) Alfredo Capella (ARG) (8)
Team Ghantoot Ali Al Marri (UAE) (0) Pipe Llorente (ARG) (4) Pablo Llorente (ARG) (6) Abdullah Bin Dasmal (UAE) (0)	Team Al Tayer Abdelrahman Abbar (KSA) )0) Haider Bangash (PAK) (0) Maxi Malacalza (ARG) (4) Federico Von Potobsky (ARG) (6)
Team Leica Peter Donald Reid (SCT) (0) Raja Abuljebain (JOR) (0) Mario Gomez (ESP) (4) Santi Laborde (ARG) (6)	Team AES International Sam Instone (UK) )0) Ayaad Damouni (LEB) (0) Matias Machado (ARG) (4) Jejo Taranco (URG) (7)

 

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Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer which was established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna (Italy) by its founder Alfieri Maserati and his brothers. Their passion and talent contributed to the company DNA: innovation, excellence, and challenge, which are reflected in the brand’s claim “The absolute opposite of ordinary”. Today, the company's headquarters and main production location are in Modena (Italy). A second state-of-the-art production location, based on the highest quality standards of the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) concept, was inaugurated in Grugliasco, near Turin (Italy), in 2013. Maserati has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. – now Fiat Chrysler Automobiles – since 1993.

Its emblem, the trident, was inspired by the fountain on the Piazza del Nettuno in the center of Bologna (Italy). It is a symbol that ties together the brothers, their hometown, and the artistry and craftsmanship for which Bologna and Emilia-Romagna are known.

Through major investments into product development, production facilities as well as its worldwide dealer network, Maserati has hit a turning point. In addition to the successful GranTurismo and GranCabrio ranges, the latest generation of Maserati’s flagship sedan, the Quattroporte, and the sports executive sedan, the Ghibli, and Maserati’s first-ever SUV – the Levante, provide the cornerstones to the brand’s strategy of producing some 70,000 and gaining a significantly strengthened presence in the global luxury car market.