RMPA International League Final with Royal Salute @ Royal Selangor Polo Club

3rd from right: Darren Hosie, Regional Mentoring Manager Asia, Chivas Brothers, presenting Royal Salute 21 bottles to the winning team 

The Royal Malaysian Polo Association started the first RMPA International Polo Leagues back in 2005. Royal Salute, the world’s leading luxury Scotch whisky, sponsored the Royal Salute 21-Year Old at the Royal Malaysian Polo Association (RMPA) International League Final held at the Royal Selangor Polo Club.

The Selangor Polo Club was started at Port Swettenham (now Port Klang) in 1902. In the 1960’s, Malaysia's first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, granted the Selangor Polo Club a lease of 26 acres of state land in an area known as Ampang Hilir. In October of 1965, the new clubhouse was officially opened by the Tunku. Royal Salute begins where other whiskies end, as only the most precious whiskies aged for at least 21 years. Royal Salute created in 1953 by Chivas Brothers as a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II upon her coronation. The home of Royal Salute is Strathisla, the oldest working distillery in the Highlands of Scotland.

Royal Salute is a leading international supporter of polo, ‘the king of sports and the sport of kings’. Royal Salute World Polo is truly international with a presence in every major region globally such as:

• Argentina Campeonado Abierto de Polo, Palermo, Buenos Aires

• Australia Sydney Gold Cup, Sydney and Portsea Polo, Victoria

• Brazil Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, Sao Paulo and Copa Ouro Sao Jose Polo, Sao Paulo

• China Royal Salute China Open, Beijing

• India Royal Salute Maharaja of Jodhpur Golden Jubilee Cup, Jodhpur

• Italy Polo Gold Cup, Cortina d’ Ampezzo

• South Korea Royal Salute Polo Cup, Jeju

• Spain Snow Polo, Baqueira, Lérida and Sotogrande, Cádiz

• UAE Royal Salute Nations Cup, Dubai

• USA Foundation Polo Challenge, Santa Barbara and Royal Salute Jubilee Cup, Greenwich, New York

• UK The Sentebale Polo Cup, Coworth Park, Kent & Curwen Polo Club, London And Beaufort Polo Cup, Tetbury

Two bottles of Royal Salute Diamond Jubilee Editions were presented by Pernod Ricard Malaysia to the Royal Selangor Polo Club for them to auction for fundraising initiatives of the polo sport in Malaysia.