Nepal
has
number
of
adventure
sports
to
enjoy.
Elephant
polo is
one of
the
rare,
adventures
and only
of it's
kind in
Nepal.
The
World
Elephant
Polo
Association
(WEPA)
organizes
an
annual
Elephant
polo
tournament
in the
airfield
of
Meghauli
Chitwan,
south
west of
Kathmandu
and
north of
the
Indian
border.
The
World
Elephant
Polo
Association
(WEPA)
was
established
in 1982
having
it's
headquarter
at the
Tiger
Tops
Jungle
Lodge in
Chitwan,
Nepal.
WEPA has
also
established
the
governing
rules
for the
Elephant
Polo
Tournament.
Somehow,
Elephant
polo is
similar
to the
Horse
polo but
you can
easily a
bit
difference.
A fast
(at
times),
exciting
game,
like
polo but
with
elephants
and
longer
sticks,
this is
quite
possibly
the
biggest
sport in
the
world.
The game
is
played
by four
players
of each
team on
a marked
pitch
140 x 70
meters,
using a
standard
size
polo
ball and
consists
of two
10-minute
chukkers
of
playing
time,
with an
interval
of 15
minutes.
The
whistle
blown by
the
referee
stops
and
starts
play.
The
pitch is
marked
with a
centre
line, a
circle
with a
radius
of 15
meters
in the
centre
of the
field,
and a
semi-circle
with a
radius
of 30
meters
measured
from the
centre
of the
goal
line at
either
end of
the
pitch.
Elephants
and ends
are
changed
at half
time.
Teams
participate
from all
over the
world
including
Scotland,
Thailand,
England
and Hong
Kong.
The
local
favorites,
the
Tiger
Tops
Tuskers,
also
take a
part.
After
the
day's
play all
the
players
and
guests
have
dinner
in the
Golghar,
a
traditional
round
house
with a
great
bar.
Elephant
Polo in
Nepal
runs
between
last
week of
November
– 1st
week of
December. |
