The El Remanso Pony Club Polo Championships 2016

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PONY CLUB POLO Handly Cross Finals action - Old Surrey & Burstow vs Cowdray Hunt

The El Remanso Pony Club Polo Championships T he El Remanso Pony Club Polo Championships were held from 5th to 7th August 2016 at prestigious Cowdray Park Polo Club, West Sussex, and saw some incredible displays of young talent under sunny skies with superb support from title sponsor El Remanso.

188 players made up the 47 teams who played well over 150 chukkas across the action packed weekend, as the Championships hosted the annual finals for The Pony Club Polo sections of Handley Cross, Surtees, Loriner, Langford, Rendell and Gannon.

The action got underway on Friday morning and continued throughout the weekend, with teams on a mission to secure their place in the Sunday afternoon finals, held on Cowdray’s hallowed Lawns, in front of family and spectators.

The finals got underway with the hotly contested Gannon section, that mirrored the 2015 showdown, featuring the Cotswold Hunt fighting it out against Old Surrey and Burstow; with the Cotswold Hunt emerging victorious yet again 7 - 4.5 goals.

The Handley Cross section final, for those aged nine to fourteen, proved just as nail biting as the upper sections, with just a single six minute chukka for teams to show what they had got, and the Cowdray Hunt gold team and the Old Surrey and Burstow Hunt Branch certainly did that; with the Cowdray Hunt team of Rufus Uloth (11), Beanie Bradley (11), Connor Kay (13) and Oliver Conway (13) just emerging victorious on a score of 1-0.

Alfie Hyde of the Cowdray Hunt, winner of the Young Telegraph Award for the most promising player in the U15/14 sections.

Pictures by Michael Chevis

“The Pony Club Polo Championships is somewhere we really wanted to come and playing on the main ground at Cowdray Park was the best bit!” said Beanie Bradley, who plays number in 2 for Cowdray Hunt team.

The prize giving saw a vast array of trophies given out, not only to section winners, but also individual awards for up and coming talent including a generous week of polo development for a player under 15 courtesy of sponsors El Remanso, awarded to Ben Nott (15) from the Tedworth Hunt Branch.

“We were very proud to sponsor the Pony Club Polo Championships again this year, and what a success it was!” commented Bridget Hanbury of El Remanso. “It’s hugely encouraging to see so many young players enjoying the game and improving their polo year on year, forging new friendships and taking home memories that will last a lifetime. We’ve seen lots of promising Pony Club Polo players out at El Remanso who are now coming through the ranks, it’s hugely rewarding and we hope to see lots more in the years to come!”

Pony Club Polo incorporates the following sections: Jorrocks (6 - under 11), Handley Cross (9 - under 14), Surtees (9 - under 14), Loriner (12 - under 16), Langford (under 17), Rendell (16 - under 21), Gannon (under 21).

Billy Cooper of the Cowdray Hunt with Max, winner of the Jorrocks Best Playing Pony award.

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Royal Artillery Hunt, winners of the Frank Rendell Cup and the Bank of Ireland Trophy for the Rendell League: Charlie Barker, Nell Macaire, Oli Fanshawe and George Hankinson, with Brigadier Christopher Price

Cowdray Hunt (Gold) Surtees II winners: Martha Crosdil, Beanie Bradley, Nonie Uloth and Oliver Conway-Johnson.

Crawley & Horsham Hunt won the Jorrocks Cup for the Most Improved Girls Team, with Chris Eaton

Cowdray Hunt (Blue) Surtees I winners: Tia Radson, Freddie Cooper, Alfie Hyde and William Drewitt.

Cowdray Hunt winners of the Handley Cross 1 Cup: Rufus Oloth, Beanie Bradley, Oliver Conway-Johnson and Connor Kay.

Royal Artillery Jorrocks III winners: Theo Heathcote Hobbins, Rosie Talbot Rice, Edward Phillips and Kate Talbot Rice, with Mary Tuckett, Chairman of the Pony Club.

Old Surrey & Burstow winners of the Gig Horswell Trophy for the Loriner League: Megan Wrigglesworth, Ralph Robson, Martine Patey and Lucy Martin.

Old Surrey & Burstow Jorrocks II winners: Mati Maldonado, Georgie Muddle, Alicia Murphy and Tallulah Murphy, with Mary Tuckett, Chairman of the Pony Club.

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