The Pink Polo event at Ghantoot - in pictures

Funds raised at the event, of which Abu Dhabi Media, publisher of The National, is a partner, go towards medical research

Children play football at The Pink Polo event.

Models pose at the charity event.

At the health education area, a Pink Clinic was set up for visitors to meet medical experts and breast-cancer survivors, learn self-examination techniques and have free screenings at a mobile mammography unit.

SkyDive Dubai show.

The event also carried a healthy living message and trainers from Abu Dhabi Country Club were on hand to involve people in taster fitness classes and games such as battle ropes and jumping games.

he polo match, featuring Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, playing for the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank team, was preceded by family attractions including pony rides, face painting and a military skydiving show.

The Pink Polo event, which is now in its fifth year, aims to raise awareness of the cancer that is the UAE’s second biggest killer of women after cardiovascular disease. All photos by Satish Kumar / The National