SRI LANKA: ELEPHANT POLO.

Record ID: 959396

  • Title: SRI LANKA: ELEPHANT POLO.
  • Date: 20th March 2003
  • Summary: (L!3) TAPROBANE BEACH, SRI LANKA (RECENT, 2003) (HOT UNDER THE COLLAR PRODUCTIONS (SCHEDULED NEWS BULLETINS ONLY. NO ARCHIVE OR LIBRARY USE) 1. TROPICAL FOREST NEAR BEACH 2. ELEPHANT WALKING ON MAIN ROAD 3. BEACH WITH LOW TIDE 4. SRI LANKAN AND SCOTT MARKING PITCH WITH STICK ACROSS SAND 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED SCOTTISH PLAYER SAYING: "Yes, we have to mark the pitch every morning. We do this with Mr. Marouni here and it's simply because at night time the tide comes up and washes the whole pitch away. So, this is an every morning process. Pitches of course change side according to where the tide is every morning but we can deal with that. It's part of the understood rules of sea polo." 6. REFRESHMENTS TENT 6. WOMAN DRESSED IN CEYLON POLO TEAM T-SHIRT 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SRI LANKA CAPTAIN PETER PRENTICE SAYING: "This time our Sri Lankan team is, I think, very well and I think very best. We can ride the elephant and we can play polo." 8. SCOTTISH PLAYER HOLDING MICROPHONE, WELCOMING TEAMS 9. SRI LANKA PLAYER (BLUE AND WHITE SHIRT) MOUNTS ELEPHANT 10. BALL THROWN ON SAND AS GAME STARTS 11. VARIOUS OF POLO MATCH BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND SCOTLAND (IN YELLOW) 12. GOAL SCORED 13. SPECTATORS 14. ANOTHER GOAL 15. SPECTATORS 16. SCOTTISH TEAM POSING IN FRONT OF TROPHIES DISPLAYED ON TABLE 17. WINNING CUP 18. SRI LANKA TEAM HOLDS CUP 19. BEACH AS NIGH FALLS 20. TWO FISHERMEN STANDING ON POLLS 21. SUNSET OVER SEA, BOAT Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TAPROBANE BEACH, SRI LANKA
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Reuters ID: LVA3JYEMJRDWFMYEVUQ7SWXKL83D
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