Tent pegging

Tent pegging
One of the founders of the International Tent Pegging Federation, Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, with his Lance at the Ranger Ground Lahore, 2012
Highest governing bodyInternational Tent Pegging Federation
NicknamesTent Pegging
First played4th century BC
Characteristics
ContactYes
Team membersSingle or Section
Mixed-sexYes, separate competitions
TypeIndividual Lance or Sword/Team Lance or Sword/Lemons and Peg/ Rings and Peg/Team and Pairs/Lance, Sword, and Revolver/Indian File
EquipmentLance, Sword, and/or Revolver
VenueTent Pegging Ground
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide
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At Ecoivres, France, a cavalryman displays his tent-pegging skills at a Horse show organised by the XIII British Corps, 20 June 1917.

Tent pegging (sometimes spelled tent-pegging or tentpegging) is a cavalry sport of ancient origin, and is one of only ten equestrian disciplines officially recognised by the International Equestrian Federation. Used narrowly, the term refers to a specific mounted game with ground targets. More broadly, it refers to the entire class of mounted cavalry games involving pointed and edged weapons (lance and sword) on horseback, for which the term "equestrian skill-at-arms" is also used.