(1) To that end, they invited 200 journalists from all over the world to watch polo last summer, the first time a chukka had been played on the island since the 1920s.

(2) The first section plays a 6-8 minute period or ‘chukka,’ then will rest and cool off their horses while the second section plays the second chukka .

(3) The women's match, which started with the two teams on level handicap, saw Zambia ‘A’ going ahead 10-0 at the end of the fifth chukka and the select side had to wait for a goal by Kenyan Nici Thoenes at the start of the final chukka .

(4) Zambia ‘C’ started off on a bad note conceding five unreplied goals in the first chukka against the New Zealanders who featured a more stronger side with Mclldowie and Brown doing much of the damage.

(5) Hein scored twice, he converted a 30 yard penalty and another goal to put the game at 6-6 going into the fifth chukka .

(6) Each game comprises two chukkas of seven minutes long, to make sure the giant beasts do not wear themselves out under the hot sun.

(7) In every game we scored a difference during the last two chukkers .

(8) Within a week I was playing her as a spare in the Open first game, playing her a full chukker in the second game and she never looked back.

(9) Real action started at 15: 00 hrs. with a Ladies Polo Exhibition match, ending after two chukkas in a draw.

(10) Breaks between chukkas are three minutes long, with a five minute halftime.

(11) An Australian novelist described him as a ‘tall, striking man still capable of playing a couple of useful chukkas of polo… in some ways more British than the British, but with a good deal more elasticity and charm’.

(12) Ashy's victory was not however, without a price as one of the team's players was stretchered off the pitch after picking up a back injury in the fourth chukker of the game.

(13) From the first chukker to the last, he reads the game very well.

(14) On January 30 and 31 the non-participating club players will get a rare chance to play a few chukkas with the worlds best.

(15) The game is played very fast, so the play time has to be divided into 6 periods of 7 minutes, called chukkas .

(16) Besides, they needed to be capable of putting up with intense work in a game of eight chukkers , galloping most of the time.

(17) In the final chukker the Army scored a second, but the Navy's Royal captain struck back, setting up a seventh for OM Grant Fraser.

(18) And so with only a bit of luck, El Duende could play four chukkers full out, and he was already caressing victory in his last championship.

(19) I went on a crash course to learn how to play polo, I played 12 chukkers every day for 3 weeks before the big tournament.

(20) By the fifth minute of the eighth chukker the score was 15-15, and the crowd was going crazy.