Bangkok--22 Mar--Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas
After a fierce kick off on day one of elephant polo, day two embraced a slightly more childish nature. Known as Children's Day, Thursday was a fun and fabulous day of skillful competition that let the kids go home with plenty of memorable moments.
10 teams battled it out on the pitch with the match of the day between Audemars Piguet and the all lady team Casillero Del Diablo (CDD) featuring former Miss Thailand Areeya Sirisopa. Audermars Piguet's professional horse polo players the Kalaan brothers, Uday and Angad showed their world champion skills matched with Cameron Humphries stellar defense early in the match scoring the first seven goals of the game.
Audermars Piguet's strength early in the match continued into the second chukka and proved to be too strong for the CDD ladies with the final score of 10 – 6.
The big winners of the day were the 1000 local school children that attended the day. Known as Chang Noi Day (Little Elephant Day), children from local schools all over Bangkok were invited to get up close with the elephants and learn more about their national animal. A range of educational walks, games and activities all teaching the benefits of elephant conservation and well being were put on by the organizers.
For more information on the 14th Annual King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, please visit www.anantaraelephantpolo.com.
Day One – Scores
King Power v Arabian Knights 15 - 6
Audermars Piguet v Casillero del Diablo (CDD) 10 - 6
Citi v Johnnie Walker Blue Label 9 - 7
Rueang Chang v Anantara 11 – 5
Mekong v PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) 7 - 3