2026 Lagos Int’l polo tourney gallops off Jan 27
The 2026 edition of the NPA/ GTCO Lagos International Polo Tournament is set to gallop off January 27 with over 25 teams jostling for top honours. President of Lagos Polo Club, Adeyemo Alakija, who disclosed this at a media briefing said the international tournament would witness three weeks of high-octane polo games and climax with […]
The 2026 edition of the NPA/ GTCO Lagos International Polo Tournament is set to gallop off January 27 with over 25 teams jostling for top honours.
President of Lagos Polo Club, Adeyemo Alakija, who disclosed this at a media briefing said the international tournament would witness three weeks of high-octane polo games and climax with fanfare on February 15 at the foremost Ribadu Polo Ground in Ikoyi, Lagos
He commended the main sponsor GTCO, other sponsors, and partners for supporting the prestigious and historic polo event.
Alakija said: “The ambitious teams fully armed with foreign professionals and fortified with thoroughbred Argentine horses would be competing for four major prizes and a handful of subsidiary laurels.”
Lagos Polo Tournament Manager, Usman Dantata Jnr who gave a breakdown of the teams vying for top honours also disclosed that professional players from Argentina, United Kingdom, South Africa, other renowned polo countries would be in attendance.
Dantata listed the Majekdunmi Cup as the biggest prize of the tournament. Other major cups are the Chapel Hill Denham Open Cup; the Lagos Low Cup; as well as the crowded Lagos Silver Cup that would draw the curtain on the glamorous festival.
The subsidiary prizes are the Oba of Lagos; Governor’s Cup; Adedapo Ojora Memorial Cup; Sani Dangote Cup; the Argentine Ambassador’s Cup; the Independence Cup; Lagos Heritage Cup; and the Cancer Awareness Bowl, among others.
The Chapel Hill Denham Open Cup will be the prize to win at the opening week of the event, while the highly revered Majekodunmi Cup will take the center stage in the second week.
Meanwhile, the Low Cup and the Silver Cup that usually attract the highest number of teams would be competed for in the third and final week.