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Hiromi held on to position two and played all the four chukkas to score a hat-trick.

A couple of mistakes in shooting wide from open play however saw them fall behind especially in the last three chukkas, where they managed only one goal against Samurai's six.

After a thrilling first chukka, Team Qatar Airways broke away in the third and fourth chukkas following a top display by talented Argentinean player, Lucas Labat.

Fine & Country can't promise a Royal presence at its annual Gold Cup event but it will deliver an afternoon of exciting chukkas.

Suede used to be the more accepted material for chukkas but times have changed.

Play is divided into chukkas lasting either six or eight minutes depending on the rules of the tournament with games lasting up to an hour in total.

How many chukkas or periods of play are there in a polo match?

I'm writing this in my pyjamas On my veranda in the Bahamas The reason that I can sit here and relax is because unlike you I avoided most of my tax Time to say goodnight to all of you suckers I've got to be up at eleven to play a few chukkas Well maybe just one more g and t So here's to George and HMRC In the U.K.

Wales got off to a quick start in the first of four chukkas, with Pete Webb, the team's most experienced player, slotting home twice before the bell.

* The game is divided up into seven-minute periods called chukkas. Each game might be four, six or eight chukkas in length; a bell or hooter is sounded to indicate that the seven minutes of the chukka has elapsed.

Vikram Singh Rathore, a leading figure in international polo, is transporting seven elephants by truck from Jaipur for the tournament, where guests will play in three-a-side teams and recover from their chukkas over a champagne high tea on the lawns.