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Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria +234 809 926 6745 +234 803 310 9689 +234 803 665 0875 +234 803 285 6946 e-mail: [email protected] www.barbedosgroup.com 18 62 Contentsoctober 2012 | Vol 1 Issue 003 20 7 CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD 46 daPO OJora Ahmed Dasuki “I lived and breathed polo” 9 EDITor’S WELcome 48 Passion for POLO Funmi Oladeinde-Ogbue Mame-Yaa Bonsu LAST SEASON ADVENTURES IN LUXURY AT FIFTH CHUKKER 50 “ELEGance is VerY simPLE” 10 chariTY shieLD, Access Top Nigerian designer Ségun BanK CUP, Unicef CUP Adelaja, one of the best known We bring you a breakdown of the action names in menswear 14 seen AT fifTH chUKKer 54 arT in PosT modern Who’s who in the In Crowd Bohemia Dozie Igweze, owner of the HourGlass 18 The FUsion coLLecTion Art Gallery in Lagos, shares his story Unveiling the Needle Point Shop’s summer collection 60 LUXURY LisT Boucheron – the world’s most 20 access BanK daY AT exclusive jewels ham POLO CLUB All the excitement, all the fashion, 62 arriVE in STYLE all the faces Private aircraft are the way to come and go 30 Yordanos TeshaGer 70 ALhaJI Kashim The Ethiopian model and now Fifth BUKar SheTTima Chukker’s new UNICEF ambassador Interview with the owner of SkyJet Ltd 32 Women IN PoLO 76 radisson BLU Polo Princess, HH Sheika Maitha bint Lagos’ best kept secret Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 80 TonY EZEKIEL The furniture man of class UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL 38 YinKA and AKin AKinKUGBE the NIGerian Season “Polo will always be a part of me” 86 The maJEKodUnmi CUP AT 50 40 Bashir hadeJia Nigeria’s most coveted polo prize “Horses are a family tradition” turns 50 42 ABU Kari 88 The ABraKA season “You just have to play polo in a positive All the excitement of the mood and with friends” Coronation Cup 44 HABeeB Fasinro 90 HABIBA BALOGUN 10 “Play it safely and take it seriously” Sporting chances and tourism 40 32 76 international hiGHLIGhts profiles 92 enGLand hiGHLIGHTS 122 senaTor EKweremadU The polo-loving Deputy President 94 ARGenTina HIGHLIGHTS of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 96 US HIGHLIGHTS 126 micheLLE OGUndehin 98 SOUTH Africa HIGHLIGHTS Editor in Chief of Elle Decoration UK 100 DUBai HIGHLIGHTS 128 oLYMPic TorchBearers 102 sPain HIGHLIGHTS An inspirational story 104 INTernaTionaL FIXTUres the GAME Plan your trip 130 POLO ETIQUETTE 106 PoLO SUPremos The dos and don’ts of polo behaviour Adolfo Cambiaso and Augustin Merlos 132 POLO SKILLS COUNTRY FOCUS – barBados Field awareness and anticipation 110 oVerView of BarBados fifth chukker Judith Baker explores the island 136 whaT’S new AT 112 POLO in BarBados fifTH chUKKer Polo’s history on the island and All the news where to play 140 PLAYers AT fifTH 114 hisTorY of BarBados chUKKer A look at the island’s past and its All the top guns historical attractions 142 BreasT cancer 116 eVenTS in BarBados Enjoy the island’s many festivals awareness Don’t wait to get checked 117 naTUre in BarBados Investigate the island’s natural wonders 54 118 hoTELS in BarBados Exclusive and elegant 60 126 110 chairman’s foreword The Club goes from strength to strength and is now firmly established as the internationally best- known polo club in Nigeria. welve months ago, the inaugural edition of this magazine celebrated the first ten years of the Fifth Chukker Club’s history. A year on, “the first eleven years” may not have quite the same ring to it, but it has still been a year to remember. The Club goes from strength to strength and is now firmly established Tas the internationally best-known polo club in Nigeria. We have again hosted top-class tournaments such the African Masters Patrons Cup and the Access Bank UNICEF Charity Shield, attracting the world’s best players. And this year, Fifth Chukker travelled to the UK to participate in the Access Bank Day in London – where Adolfo Cambiaso, the world’s no. 1, and HH Sheika Maitha Al Maktoum played for us. It doesn’t get much better than that. At the same time, the Club has continued its work in support of charities promoting access to horses for disadvantaged people – and we were delighted to welcome a team from America’s Work To Ride for a memorable appearance at the UNICEF Cup – even if they did get beaten! All in all, it has been another great year for Fifth Chukker and this edition of our magazine gives me the perfect opportunity to thank all those who have worked so hard to make it so. Fifth Chukker Polo & Country Club sets a benchmark in excellence. I hope the exciting and informative features in our magazine give you a flavour of that. AHMED DaSUKI Chairman of the Board of Trustees BOARD members Adamu Atta, BabanGida Hassan, Umaru ALIYU, AYO OlashOJU, Kashim Bukar Shettima Fifth Chukker Magazine | october 2012 7 MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2012 | VOL 1 ISSUE 003 Editor in Chief FUNMI OLADEINDe-OGBUE Deputy Editor OBEBE OJEIFO Assistant Editor SARAH CARTLEDGE Contributors Features Writer JUDITH BAKER Design LESLEY MITCHELL HABIBA BALOGUN TONY RAMIREZ TERFA TILLEY-GYADO Sub Editor MARTIN RICKERD Polo Research YUSUF SAAB Habiba Balogun is an Tony Ramirez is a renowned is a visionary leader in Publisher ANcoRAPOINT Ltd organisational change polo photographer whose the field of newspaper consultant and newspaper work has appeared in major publishing, editing, FUNMI OladeINde-OGBUE is co-founder and managing partner of Ancorapoint. Prior to founding columnist. Her insights publications both in the UK investigative reporting and Ancorapoint, Funmi worked in multinational into Nigerian life are and worldwide, including New Media dissemination. organisations such as Abacan, Shell, British American Tobacco and Nexen Inc for more than 15 years. A witty, observant and The Financial Times, He has recently made graduate from the University of Manchester, Funmi is a sometimes hard-hitting, Daily Mail, Hurlingham his mark as a political polo enthusiast and loves to ride. but her love of Nigeria Magazine, Polo Times, analyst for CNN and Obebe OjeIFO is co-founder of Ancorapoint and has a shines through all The Polo Magazine, El Al-Jazeera, in legislative Masters degree from the London School of Economics. She has played a major role in developing many award-winning her writing. Grafico, Polo Mundial, consulting for newspapers marketing strategies for global 500 companies such as BP, Polo Today, Pololifestyle and the National House HSBC, AXA, HP, Linde Prudential and SunStoragetek. and Centauros. Tony is of Representatives in Obebe began riding when she was 10 at the Ibadan Polo Club and has since maintained an avid passion for the game qualified as an Associate Abuja. He also writes of polo. of the British Institute of and produces national Sarah CARTLEDGE is a well-known lifestyle and Professional Photography radio dramas. Terfa lives celebrity contributor, whose interviewees range from and covers polo in the UK, in Abuja, is married and presidents and politicians to high-profile sportsmen and women. An Oxford graduate, she would like to say her Spain, Switzerland, Italy, blessed with two sons. own sporting achievements are similar but, having written SHEYI AFOLABI Argentina and Dubai, to about such amazing Fifth Chukker polo players, she realises she still has a long way to go. name but a few, and works Sheyi Afolabi is a with organisers and teams. JUDITH BAKER is a travel writer and editor based in professional photographer London. She has travelled extensively and is a contributor based in London, to the Sunday Telegraph and other newspapers and specialising in sports, magazines. She is a former Editor of Caribbean World magazine and The Caribbean Property Investor. Her motorsports and the work has taken her around the entire Caribbean region automotive industry. He including the unusual Dutch islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. endeavours to cover events and commissions LesleY MITCHELL is a London-based graphic designer specialising in book and magazine design. She has in a creative and artistic BARBARA ZINGG thoroughly enjoyed working on a publication dedicated manner, using natural to such an exhilarating sport and has been particularly impressed by all that the Nigerian polo community is light and colour to their Swiss-born Barbara Zingg doing to assist those less fortunate. maximum effect. Sheyi is the creator and event YUSUF SAAB is the super-efficient representative combines his love of sport manager of the Heritage of the Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club on the with the beautiful world Polo Cup. She abandoned team. He is the Administrative Manager of Fifth Chukker of photography. England this winter to Resorts and provides the historical perspective and information about polo. Yusuf is a graduate of the work at Lagos Polo Club University of Leeds. where she was in charge MARTIN RICKERD is a former diplomat who has lived of pony welfare. A keen in West Africa among many other places in a long career. polo player, Barbara plays Since his retirement he has retrained as a proofreader. off a zero-goal handicap.