Inkanyezi yomhlaba wonke nomodeli kaRalph Lauren, u-Ignacio Figueras, uqokwe njengenxusa lomkhiqizo we-AMAALA, okuyindawo yezokuvakasha ekhetheke kakhulu lapho kusakhiwa ogwini lwaseSaudi Arabia oLwandle Olubomvu.
Eyaziwa kakhulu njenge-'Nacho ', i-Figueras ibalwa njengomunye wabadlali be-polo abaphezulu abayi-100 emhlabeni. Ohlala njalo ezinhlelweni ze-TV zamazwe omhlaba, lesi sihlabani sinokulandelwa okukhulu komhlaba wonke futhi wake wavotelwa njengendoda yesibili ebukekayo emhlabeni ngabafundi bephephabhuku iVanity Fair. Endimeni yakhe yakamuva, uNacho uzosiza ekwakheni izakhiwo zikapolo ezisezingeni lomhlaba e-AMAALA futhi amele uphawu lomdlalo emidlalweni yamapolo yamazwe omhlaba.
"Bengihlale ngithi inhloso yami empilweni ukuletha ipolo emhlabeni, ngakho-ke ithuba lokusiza ekubumbeni ukuthi iziphi izikhungo ze-polo ezedlula zonke emhlabeni yithuba elijabulisa kakhulu futhi ebengingeke ngilichithe," kuphawula uFiueras. "Ngizobonisana ngamasu esewonke okubandakanya ukuklama, ukwakha, ukusebenza, ukumaketha nokuhlelwa kwemicimbi yezikhungo zepolo e-AMAALA."
Njengenxusa le-AMAALA eligxile emdlalweni wepolo, uNacho uzonikwa umsebenzi wokusungula imicimbi yodumo e-polo e-AMAALA, nasemhlabeni jikelele ngokuxhaswa ngamaqembu neminye imisebenzi. Uzosiza ekusunguleni i-AMAALA Polo Training Academy, akhuthaze ukuzibandakanya kwentsha kulo mdlalo futhi anikeze izivakashi ezikhethiwe ithuba lokuziqeqesha naye njengomqeqeshi wabo we-polo.
Ephawula ngalesi sivumelwano, Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-AMAALA uNicholas Naples uthe, “Ukubambisana kwethu noNacho kukhombisa ukuthi sibheka kangakanani ipolo njengengxenye yesipiliyoni sezemidlalo nendlela yokuphila ye-AMAALA. UNacho uhlala eba phakathi kwabadlali abaphambili emhlabeni ngephrofayili edlula lo mdlalo uqobo amzuzele i-moniker njengo 'David Beckham wepolo'. Uyinxusa elifanele lezikhungo ezisezingeni lomhlaba ezizosiza ukukhulisa umdlalo wepolo eSaudi Arabia. ”
Ukwakhiwa kwazo zonke izakhiwo ze-polo kuzosuselwa kwizilinganiso zomhlaba wonke, futhi kuzobandakanya inombolo efanelekile, ubukhulu nendawo yezimpahla ze-polo nezinye izikhungo zamahhashi ukuyenza indawo esezingeni lomhlaba. Izinsiza zizobandakanya ihhotela elinamahhashi kanye neklabhu yezwe, izindlu zasemaphandleni nezindawo zokuhlala, izitebele zamahhashi, izindawo zokugibela amahhashi nezindawo zokulashwa kwamahhashi. Kulezi zikhungo kuzobuye kube nezindawo zezivakashi, imikhondo yamahhashi nokugibela amahhashi ngenhloso yokuzijabulisa. Kuzoba futhi nezinkambu zamahhashi zezingane.
"Lokhu kuyajabulisa kakhulu emdlalweni wepolo e-Kingdom," kuphawula uSihlalo weSaudi Polo Federation u-Amr Zedan. "Izikhungo ezihlelwa e-AMAALA zisezingeni lomhlaba ngempela futhi zizogqugquzela isizukulwane esisha sentsha yaseSaudis ukuthi iqale lo mdlalo futhi ifunde ezinkanyezini zomhlaba ezifana noNacho."
Ngemuva kokusayinwa ngokusemthethweni kobambiswano, uNacho uhole iqembu le-AMAALA polo ukunqoba ku-AlUla Desert Polo Championship. Umdlalo wokuqala ohlelwe ngokubambisana neSaudi Polo Federation, kanye neRoyal Commission ye-AlUla, wahlelwa njengengxenye yoMkhosi Wasebusika eTantora. Kufaka amaqembu amane wabadlali abathathu kubandakanya iTeam AMAALA, iTeam AlUla, iTeam Al Nahla Bentley kanye neTeam Richard Mille, ubuqhawe babona ukunqoba okuqophamlando kweThimba AMAALA, kwagcina ngomcimbi wokuklonyeliswa owethulwe yiRoyal Highness Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal usihlalo weGeneral Igunya lezemidlalo.
I-AMAALA inamathele ezinsikeni ezintathu zempilo nezemidlalo, ezobuciko namasiko, nelanga, ulwandle nendlela yokuphila. Inikelwe futhi ekwakhiweni nasekusetshenzisweni kwemvelo okusimeme, ngokulondolozwa kwemvelo kanye nokwenza ngcono kubaluleke kakhulu empumelelweni yephrojekthi yokuvelela.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “I have always said my mission in life is to bring polo to the world a little more, so the chance to help shape what will be the world’s best polo facilities is an incredibly exciting opportunity and one that I simply could not turn down,”.
- As an AMAALA Ambassador focused on the sport of polo, Nacho will be tasked with establishing prestigious polo events at AMAALA, as well as around the world through team sponsorships and other activations.
- Design of all polo facilities will be based on international benchmarks, and will include a suitable number, size and location of polo assets and other equestrian facilities to make it a world-class venue.
