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Federation Of International Polo
The Federation of International Polo (FIP) is the international federation representing the sport of polo, officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded in 1982 by representatives of eleven national polo associations, and it currently represents the national polo associations of more than 80 countries. FIP's principal aim is to enhance the image and status of the game of polo internationally. Mission FIP's mission is to promote the practice of the sport of polo worldwide in order to defend and ensure the spirit of fair play and moral fortitude, with the objective of forming the sporting attitude of gentlemanly behaviour during and after the game, on the playing fields and wherever polo players should meet, so as to form one great world polo family. In addition to organising international tournaments, FIP develops international tournaments for children, conducts umpiring and coaching seminars and encourages participation in the sport of polo at all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of International Sports Federations
This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental organization, non-governmental sports governing body, governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectator sport, spectators and fan (person), fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships. Some international sports federations, such as the FINA, International Swimming Federation and the International Skating Union, may oversee multiple activities referred to in common parlance as separate sports: FINA, for example governs swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, and water polo as separate "disciplines" within the single "sport" of Aquatics. International sports federations form an integral part of the Olympic and Paralympic movements. Each Olympic sport is represented by its respective international sports federation, which in turn helps administer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIP European Polo Championships
FIP or fip may refer to: Government and politics * Federal Identity Program, of the government of Canada * Forestry Incentive Program, of the United States Department of Agriculture * FTC Fair Information Practice, guidelines promulgated by the United States Federal Trade Commission Sport * Federation of International Polo, worldwide governing body for polo * ''Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro'' (Italian Basketball Federation), Italian sports body * Fielding Independent Pitching, in baseball, one of several defence-independent pitching statistics * Full Impact Pro, an American professional wrestling promotion * ' (International Padel Federation), the international governing body for padel Other uses * FIP (radio station), a French radio station * Factory Instrumentation Protocol, a standardized field bus protocol * Fédération Internationale de Philatélie, the international philatelic organisation * Federation of Indian Photography * Feed-in premium, a policy mechanism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Of America
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Holden Sr
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath".. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Etymology The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. In Manx, ''glan'' is also to be found meaning glen. It is cognate with Welsh ''glyn''. Examples in Northern England, such as Glenridding, Westmorland, or Glendue, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Irish word ''glan'' meaning clean, or the Welsh word ''gleindid'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Polo Association
The Argentine Polo Association ( es, Asociación Argentina de Polo, AAP) is the guiding entity of the game of Polo in the Argentina. It is a non-profit association constituted on September 14, 1922 in Buenos Aires. Before its creation the Polo Association of the River Plate (the P.A.R.P) was the governing body for polo in Argentina. However in 1921, a group of players formed the Argentine Polo Federation with the intent on sending teams abroad to compete internationally, an idea opposed by the P.A.R.P. When the teams sent to England and the United States by the Argentine Polo Federation were successful, it appeared that clubs and players would defect from the P.A.R.P. to join the Federation. The P.A.R.P. agreed to negotiations in 1922. The negotiations took place between Francisco Ceballos and Miguel Martinzes de Hoz of the Argentine Polo Federation and Ernest Jewell and Joseph Monroe Hinds of the P.A.R.P. Finally at a meeting at the Hurlingham Club on September 14, 1922, twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education And Culture (Uruguay)
The Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for the coordination of national education, the promotion of the country's cultural development, the preservation of the nation's artistic, historical and cultural heritage, as well as innovation, science and technology and the promotion and strengthening of the validity of human rights. It is also responsible for the development of the state communication multimedia system and for promoting the digitized access of the entire population to information. It is also responsible for the formulation and coordination of policies regarding the judicial defense of the interests of the State and for ensuring the necessary information for the correct application of the law. The Ministry is headquartered in the Reconquista Street in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. The current Minister of Education and Culture is Pablo Da Silveira, who has held the position since 1 March 2020. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim May Market
The May Market (german: Maimarkt) is the largest regional consumer exhibition of Germany, which always begins on last Saturday in April and lasts for eleven days. The traditionally last day is therefore called May Market Tuesday. It takes place at the Maimarktgelände in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. History The May Market has a long history beginning in 1613 in Mannheim (when the city was only six years old) after John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken granted it privileges. The market was originally used for shopkeepers and cattle dealers. In the 18th century, the May Market was moved under the arcades of stores in the city center. In 1876, the side shows were separated from the May Market and shifted to the old show ground. In 1892, part of the May Market moved to the newly opened slaughterhouse. In 1900 the remainder followed. In addition to the old cattle and horse market, agricultural equipment was now added, along with butcher's shops and sales of dairy produce. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezra Cup
The Ezra Cup is a popular polo tournament conducted annually in India by the Calcutta Polo Club. It is claimed that it is the first official polo trophy in history. The first Ezra Cup was held in 1880. After a period of inactivity, it has now been revived by Keshav Bangur, Calcutta Polo Club's president. Keshav Bangur's patronage Ezra Cup is named after David Elias Ezra, a leading Jewish business tycoon in Calcutta who patronized the sport in the city. As part of its 150 years celebration, the Calcutta Polo Club organized Ezra World Cup at the Pat Williamson Ground, Kolkata from 18–25 December 2011. It has been doing so since 2006 when polo was revived in Kolkata by Calcutta Polo Club president Keshav Bangur. After years of neglect the Calcutta Polo Club was put in cold storage by the army in 1998 through a resolution and the season was revived in 2006, at the initiative of Keshav Bangur. "We are happy that the army is cooperating with us to make the season a success no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PIPA Beach Polo World Series
The PIPA Beach Polo World Series is an international series of beach polo tournaments organized by PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association in cooperation with A Quechua World of Polo. It is the largest international beach polo tour. The rules are similar to arena polo. About Beach polo tour events are played in stadiums in touristic destinations, like in Lignano Sabbiadoro for example where the worldwide largest beach polo arena is located. National teams compete in teams of two players each and fight in several events for the world championship title. The PIPA tournament series are featured by some equestrian but also sports media. The 2015 Beach Polo Tour took place in four destinations: Graz, Vienna, Wiener Neustadt and Lignano Sabbiadoro.http://www.polo-ipa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Folie04.jpg The 2016 PIPA Beach Polo World Series is in planning and will be much bigger than the years before with ten events in eight countries all across the world. The 2016 tour st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour
The PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour is an international played series of worldwide Polo tournaments organized by the PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association in cooperation witA Quechua World of Polo Snow Polo Tournaments are played in teams with two or three players each. Teams are built by nationality, so for example there plays team Argentina versus Austria. The game and the rules are similar to Arena polo. History What started with a single event in 2010 became bigger each year and since 2014 the PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association Snow Polo World Cup Tour is held in several events across Europe. It generates more and more media visibility like the events at the famous Munich Olympicparc with more than 15.000 spectators every day, oevent in Bad Gasteinor the Olympic Region Seefeld Since the beginning of the Snow Polo World Cup, 13 nations have registered to participate at the events. Beneath middle-European nations like Austria or Germany, also the grand nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIP Children's Championships
FIP or fip may refer to: Government and politics * Federal Identity Program, of the government of Canada * Forestry Incentive Program, of the United States Department of Agriculture * FTC Fair Information Practice, guidelines promulgated by the United States Federal Trade Commission Sport * Federation of International Polo, worldwide governing body for polo * ''Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro'' (Italian Basketball Federation), Italian sports body * Fielding Independent Pitching, in baseball, one of several defence-independent pitching statistics * Full Impact Pro, an American professional wrestling promotion * ' (International Padel Federation), the international governing body for padel Other uses * FIP (radio station), a French radio station * Factory Instrumentation Protocol, a standardized field bus protocol * Fédération Internationale de Philatélie, the international philatelic organisation * Federation of Indian Photography * Feed-in premium, a policy mechanism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
