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Hitting the Headlines - Opportunity for Australian Player Anna Dowling
25 Feb 2025
A news article featuring Australia's Anna Dowling:
Anna Dowling, 21, of Merringo, NSW, one of the rising stars of international ladies polo, will this week be riding as part of the “L’Oreal Paris” team at the King Power International Ladies Polo Tournament in Thailand, hosted by the prestigious VS Sports Club and Siam Polo Park in Thailand.
The tournament runs from Feb 23rd to March 1st 2025 and will feature teams from Thailand, England and France. Anna, who has already played polo for Australia on several occasions, is hoping that playing in this tournament will cement a place in the Australian women’s polo team for the forthcoming World Women’s Polo Championship in Italy later this year. Anna is on the short list for Australian National team selection.
The rider, who is still at college studying business, has already been named as part of the squad of hopefuls.
Anna will be partly sponsored on her pursuit of World Championship participation by Italian riding helmet company, KEP Italia (“KEP”). KEP, who already have significant involvement in other equestrian disciplines and are a world leader in developing the safest helmets for horse sport, are about to launch their special edition “Anna Dowling Polo” Cromo 2.0 helmet.
This will be innovative in several areas and unique with its NFS technology and it’s five point strap harness. Traditionally Polo helmets are fastened under the chin, with only two points of security.
A spokesperson for KEP Italia said; “KEP Italia have decided to sponsor Anna Dowling because she is a promising young athlete rising up the ranks of international women’s polo. Anna’s aim of being the best polo player possible, is entirely synchronous with KEP’s desire to provide the best helmet possible for the athletes in this high risk sport. We are also committed to supporting women in sport and this initiative will achieve that, while also demonstrating the safety, style and versatility of our riding helmets. We look forward to revealing the custom helmet created for Anna, to be revealed soon.”
For further information on both Anna Dowling and KEP Italia please contact press@showjumpinfo.com.au
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