KARNATAKA CYCLE POLO ASSOCIATION
(Affiliated to Cycle Polo Federation of India) redg
Recognised by ministry of youth affair and sports,government of India
(Affiliated to Cycle Polo Federation of India) redg
Recognised by ministry of youth affair and sports,government of India
Makes cycle polo popular World history: Polo is probably the first recorded game in the history. The description of a polo match is available in the poems of the Persian poet Firdausi who lived in 600BC. The Modern polo game, as we known it today is played on horseback and was patronized by maharajas and British colonialists before independence. After the First World War there was acute scarcity of horses. This gave way for of substitution of horses with cycles in the game along with a wider following.
Cycle polo Federation History: The Cycle polo Federation of India was formed in year 1967 with former Minister. Mr. Krishna as the President and Col.G.V. Raja Travancore as E-president. Shri. A. Sathiyanarayana (Andhra Pradesh) was founder secretary. Presently federation is headed by Mr. Yesyhwant sing Alwar (President) and Shri. Raghuvendra sing Dundlod Secretary General.
Karnataka Cycle polo Association : Karnataka cycle polo association was first formed by Arunkumar Patil in the year 2000 . Karnataka cycle polo team participated in every nationals without fail .