Professional Polo team. Baku Guardians is an Azerbaijani polo team set up in 2014 and based in Oxfordshire, UK.
The team is patronized by Nasib Piriyev and supported by the PNN Group. The players continue a tradition that began in Azerbaijan with the Chovgan game, forerunner of modern polo, and since Azerbaijan is known as ‘The Land of Fire’, the team’s motto is ‘The Guardians of the Flame’.
29/09/2014
Have you ever wondered about the origins of our beloved sport?
History of Polo A polo ground (300 yards long and with goal posts 8 yards apart) was built at Ispahan, then the capital, by Shah Abbas the Great. The Moguls were largely responsible for taking the game from Persia to the east and by the 16th century the Emperor Babur had established it in India. Polo was revived in…
18/09/2014
Baku Guardians The Newborn Polo Team, With Centuries-Old Traditions
16/09/2014
Congratulations to Poroto, winner of the Whale Gaming Best Playing Pony Award at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala.
Poroto is owned and played by Baku Guardians player Charlie Pidgley, pictured here with event organiser, Princess Tamara Czartoryski.
Thank you to event partners Whale Gaming (Whale Lifestyle).
15/09/2014
Baku Guardians receiving their trophy at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala having played brilliantly, winning their game 6 - 4.5 against the PNN Group team.
The team are pictured here along side our patron, Nasib Piriyev, and event organiser Princess Tamara Czartoryski.
13/09/2014
We are very pleased to have been featured in The Resident, who have done a brilliant write up of the evenings events at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala, including Baku Guardians 6 - 4.5 win against the PNN Group Team.
CELEBRITIES PARTY AT HAM POLO CLUB Natalia Vodianova, Lindsay Lohan and Jack Guinness were among the celebrities at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala Dinner at Ham Polo Club
12/09/2014
All the highlights and photos from the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala http://www.bakuguardians.com/news/2014/9/12/chovgan-twilight-polo-gala
Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala
This week saw 400 international guests from the worlds of fashion, art,
music and the City, including The PNN Group’s Nasib Piriyev, Natalia
Vodianova, Lindsay Lohan, Benny Higgins and Jack Guinness, as well as
Co-Founders Princess Tamara Czartoryski and Alan O’Sullivan gather together
to celebrate the inaugural Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala Dinner. This
exclusive event took place at the renowned Ham Polo Club, only eight miles
from Hyde Park Corner and the last remaining polo club in Greater London,
and was in aid of War Child and The Naked Heart Foundation.
12/09/2014
We'd like to say a huge thank you to all who attended the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala.
Special thanks to...
Our team patron, Nasib Piriyev and The PNN Group
Princess Tamara Czartoryski, Alan O'Sullivan and their amazing efforts.
Rob Williams and War Child.
Natalia Vodianova and The Naked Heart Foundation.
Our team captain, leading us to victory, Simon Holland.
..and finally to all the performers, partners and guests who made it such a wonderful evening, raising substantial funds in support of War Child and The Naked Heart Foundation.
11/09/2014
Take a look at these great photos from Tatler of some of last nights glamourous guests at The Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala, including Natalia Vodianova, Lindsay Lohan, Amber Atherton and Jack Guinness.
Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala - Ham Polo Club - Lindsay Lohan, Natalia Vodianova,
11/09/2014
Baku Guardians played brilliantly in a charity polo match against the PNN Group team, in support of the Naked Heart Foundation, at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala on September 10th 2014.
11/09/2014
The Daily Mail highlights of some of last nights guests and their glamorous outfits at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala for the Naked Heart Foundation.
Lindsay Lohan rugs up in a fur shawl at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala As the UK nights begin to get colder, Lindsay Lohan continues to get warmer thanks to the fabulous fur shawl she unveiled at the Chovgan Twilight Polo Gala on Monday.