9th Annual Celebrity Polo X Jazz event to benefit Baltimore healthy start

Welcome to Grandiosity Events 9th annual celebrity PoloxJazz hosted by TBOZ!

Sunday May 25th hosted by Celebrity Tionne #Tboz Watkins from the legendary all girl group #TLC to benefit #BALTIMOREHEALTHYSTART.ORG!
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New venue: #BaltimorePeninsula overlooking Baltimore Inner Harbor! 🚢

Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. is committed to reducing infant and maternal mortality and morbidity by utilizing a Life Course Perspective to improve. Sunday, May 25th, hosted by Celebrity Tionne #Tboz Watkins from the legendary all-girl group #TLC to benefit #BALTIMOREHEALTHYSTART.ORG! the health and well-being of women and their families through the provision of comprehensive, supportive services offered in the communities where they live. 501(c)3

Baltimore Healthy Start assists approximately 1000 women annually.

Resistration Link: Grandiosity Events 9th Annual Celebrity Charity PoloXJazz Tickets, Sun, May 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

🐎 12p Gates open

🐎 1p Red Carpet interviews

🐎 3p Match starts

🐎 4p Half-time/Divot stomping

🐎 5p Trophy Presentation by sponsor/Remarkable on stage

🐎 6-9 After Party with DJ Vytas Reid Emmy Award Winning Chief Meteorologist setup CBS12 West Palm Beach

🐎 May bring your own posh picnic setup.

🐎 General Admission • Bring your own chair

🐎 No outside alcohol permitted

🐎 Food Trucks • Vendors• Cash bar on premises

🐎 Paid parking on premises

🐎 H;ost Hotel •The Luxurious Pendry Waterfront Resort is our host hotel for guests. Book here: https://book.passkey.com/event/50993928/owner/49658955/home

🐎 Ride share highly recommended •Drink Responsibly

🐎 THE GAME OF POLO 🐎

The sport of Kings bringing back ALL Black Polo Players!

Origins of Polo

Polo is the oldest ball sport in the world dating back to 600 BC. Polo is derived from the “pulu”, the willow root from which the polo balls were crafted in Tibet over 2000 years ago.

The sport gradually spread through Asia to India, where it was introduced to tea planters and British soldiers, who brought the game to England. The first match was played in the UK in 1871 between the 9th lancers and 10th Hussars. One of the players in this match was Captain Frank Henry who started the Beaufort Polo Club in 1872.

Polo for the Spectator

What makes polo such a special spectator sport is that you don’t have to be familiar with the rules, allowing you to take in the thrill and excitement of one of the fastest team sports in the world. The following information is designed to give you an insight into the finer parts of the game of polo.

The Game

The aim of the game is to score more goals than your opposing team! Play starts initially, and after each goal, with an umpire throwing the ball among the players in the middle of the ground. Ends are changed after each goal – this has been found to be the fairest way for teams not to be disadvantaged by wind or slopes on the pitch! When the ball goes out of play over the sides of the ground, teams line up side by side five yards back and the ball is thrown in.

If the ball crosses the back line, being last touched by the attacking team, the defending team takes a free hit from where the ball crossed the line. Should the defending team hit the ball over the back line a penalty is called and the attacking team is given a free hit from the 60 yard line opposite where the ball went out. There is no ‘corner’ or offside as in football.

The Ground

The ground is 300 yards long (274m) long and 200m (182m) wide, or if there are boards down the side (to help keep the ball in play) then 160 yards 182 wide. The goal posts (collapsible on severe impact for safety) are eight yards (7.3m) apart. There is a line at the centre of the ground and penalty lines, 30, 40 and 60 yards from each back line. A polo ground is roughly the size of 6 football pitches!

Duration of Play

The game is played over four, five or six periods of 7 minutes each which are called by the Indian name “Chukka”. At the end of the Chukka the first bell is rung but play continues until the ball goes out of play or the second bell is rung.

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