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azzuri
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 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:08 pm Post subject: Scotland crowned Elephant Polo world champions......yes! |
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see - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4073353.stm
In a nail biting final, Scotland retained one of the three World titles currently held, when the Elephant Polo Team gubbed National Parks of Nepal by 7 goals to 6 in the final.
An open topped bus will carry the victorious team from one end of Oban to the other in a ticker tape parade.
Team captain, the Duke of Argyll was suitably bevvied at the post match celebrations and led a Mexican kilt lift in typical hooray Henry fashion. The local maidens were said to be impressed!
 Yipee!
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azzuri
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| Quote: | The Inveraray-based Duke of Argyll said: "We're ecstatic at bringing the World Cup back to Scotland.
"With this victory, no one can deny Scotland are one of the world's sporting heavyweights.
"To travel to Tiger Tops, which is situated in the Chitwan National Park, and come away a world champion was an experience of a lifetime."
Trunk on success
Eight teams from Hong Kong, Thailand, India, the UK and a ladies' international squad, competed in the week-long tournament.
The Duke of Argyll said national pride played a part in Scotland's success.
"We'd heard news from home that there was a call to make St Andrew's Day a national holiday and day of national celebration," he said.
"This inspired us to pull out all the stops and it worked. After all, elephant polo was co-founded by a Scotsman."
Registered as an Olympic sport with the Nepal Olympic Committee, elephant polo was invented by Scotsman James Manclark in 1983.
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Abieuan
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Joined: 29 Sep 2005
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I wonder how much it costs to keep an elephant?
In spite of our success, i don't think this will become a popular participant sport in Scotland!
It's like something out of the Sunday Sport ! |
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