The Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup will take place at Valiente Polo Farm, Palm Beach. The event will be covered by a fixed point, both for local and international media.
The fixed point will allow media access to the arrivals backdrop, the polo match, guests in the grandstand area and the prize giving. If you would like to apply for accreditation please email Sentebale at
media@sentebale.org by the
20th April.
In your email please include the following:
- Full name
- Email address
- Name of organization you represent
- Your position in that organization
Accreditation will be allocated, and successful applicants informed by on
27th April.
For this event, Sentebale has set up a hash tag which they encourage you to use - #SentebaleRS16
For further information please contact:
Alice Lycett Green
Head of Marketing & Communications, Sentebale
Tel : +44 (0) 20 749 9667 / +44 (0) 7823 778654
Francesca Gamble
PR Consultant, Royal Salute
Tel: +44 (0)78 4141 0823
Rebecca Storey
Royal Salute PR Agency
, SUTTON
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7183 3577 / +44 (0) 7843 393 962
FOR FILM FOOTAGE:
B-roll is available via Reuters World News Express.
For NTSC users:
username: VNR_NTSC
password: Videonews1
For PAL users:
username: VNR_PAL
password: Videonews1
Notes to Editors:
About The Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup
The Sentebale Polo Cup was Prince Harry's brainchild back in 2010. Now in its sixth year running, this annual event raises money and awareness of Sentebale's work in providing support to children living with HIV in Lesotho in southern Africa.
The Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup 2016 is supported by:
ISPS Handa - Sentebale team sponsor
Valiente Polo Farm - official host
American Airlines - official airline
USPA - official clothing sponsor
About Sentebale
Sentebale
is a charity co-founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho - a country bordered by South Africa. Prince Harry visited Lesotho in 2004 and was struck by the devastating effect the HIV/AIDS epidemic was having on the nation and particularly its children. Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso founded Sentebale, meaning 'forget me not' in Sesotho in 2006 - a charity aiming to rewrite the future for the impoverished population of Lesotho, providing the thousands of children and young people affected by HIV/AIDS with vital access to accommodation, care, education and critical psychosocial support. If children with HIV are educated about the virus, they not only learn about their condition but can educate their peers about the disease, enlightening a generation about this potential killer.
The Mamohato Children's Centre
On the 26 November 2015, Sentebale opened the Mamohato Children's Centre - the first purpose-built facility of its kind in southern Africa providing vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS access to the best care and support available - it is a place of hope and opportunity for a better future.
The money and awareness raised from the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup will support Sentebale's plans in providing psychosocial support to many more children coming to terms with living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in the coming years. The centre is the embodiment of that scale up in Lesotho and the hope is that it will serve as a centre of excellence as the charity expands into Botswana this year.
About Royal Salute
Royal Salute is a careful blend of malt and grain whiskies - with its youngest blend matured for a minimum of 21 years. Created to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 21 gun salute that honoured her, the brand is steeped in tradition and proud of its royal lineage, but is firmly engaged in the modern world by constantly pushing the art of blending into new, creative and ambitious forms. Royal Salute is deeply involved in polo - the world's oldest surviving team sport and a game that's expanding in the modern era. The brand sponsors more than 15 international tournaments from the UK and the USA through Argentina and China to Korea.
About Chivas Brothers
Chivas Brothers is the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard, the world's no.2 in wines and spirits. Chivas Brothers' award-winning portfolio features some of the world's most revered Scotch whisky brands including Chivas Regal, the world's first luxury whisky and the No.1 Scotch whisky in China; Ballantine's, Europe's No.1 Scotch whisky; The Glenlivet, the world's No.1 single malt whisky; and Royal Salute, the world's only exclusively prestige Scotch whisky range. The portfolio also includes two of the world's leading English gins - Beefeater, the world's most awarded premium gin, and Plymouth gin - plus a selection of highly acclaimed single malt whiskies, including Aberlour, Longmorn, Scapa, Strathisla and Tormore. The range is completed by a collection of blended Scotch whiskies operating in many of the world's key whisky markets which includes 100 Pipers, Clan Campbell, Something Special and Passport Scotch.