Participating teams that are building up the 2025 Access Bank UNICEF Charity Shield Polo Tournament will pay participating fees ranging from one million five hundred naira (N1.5 million) to three million naira (N3 million) only to vie for honours in Africa’s biggest charity polo event.
The Organizers, Fifth Chukker Polo & Country Club, in a latest release announcing the commencement of registration for the prestigious Access Bank UNICEF charity polo grand slam, stated that teams wishing to vie for the event’s biggest prize, the Charity Shield, will pay N3 million as entry fees.
Teams that would play in the event’s second most wanted prize, the Access Bank Cup would pay N2.5 million to book a slot in the highly competitive cup that has already been oversubscribed well before the close of entry, billed for the end of April.
According to the organisers, teams that would do battles for the Late Usman Dantata Cup and the UNICEF Cup are expected to pay N2 million and million, respectively, to be part of the richest charity polo tournament in Africa.
“It is with great delight that we write to inform you & extend our invitation to your club & team for the 2025 Access Bank UNICEF Charity Shield Polo tournament at Fifth Chukker Polo & Country Club Kaduna.” statement signed by the Tournament Organizing Committee declared, pointing out that the “Tournament is scheduled to hold from 22, May to 1, June 2025 & registration is hereby open.
The statement that listed other requirements for intending participating team explained that Registration for entries will remain open until 25, April 2025 after which we will not accept any entry. “All entries must be confirmed with payment as that will guarantee your team registration for the tournament.”
The release required that the bio-data of all grooms be provided prior to the arrival of any team horses and grooms. It also stated that the Schedule of play is attached to the entry form, while all teams must select a slot after registration against the cup they are registering for.
Before now, teams pay as much as N5million depending on the team handicap range, to play in the prestigious charity event whose entire proceeds and donations are donated to UNICEF to aid its campaign against HIV pandemic among venerable children in Kaduna and its environs.