Youth
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Rocket Rentals Junior Tournament
Photography courtesy of Zahra Lucas
Arabella McCartney, winner of The Wellie Trophy
Division 1 teams
Tuesday 1 June saw an impressive 19 teams enter this year’s Rocket Rentals Junior Tournament at Longdole Polo Club, sponsored by Simon and Jessica Tomblin. After an unusual year with lockdowns and school closures, this event had become a muchneeded fun day out for both children and parents, with four divisions there were players from six-year-olds on fluffies to the more experienced and competitive 16 to 18-yearolds. Division 4 (six to 12-year-olds on fluffies) was won by Cotswold Pony Club with Beaufort V in a very close second place; Division 3 (six to 12-year-olds on polo ponies) saw RA take the win with Cotswold in second place; Division 2B (12 to 14-year-olds) was won by Hampshire Hunt with a very strong lead; in Division 2A, La Querceta won both their games to take first place with Neogem a close second; Division 1 (14 to 18-year-olds) saw a very competitive New Forest Hunt take a well-deserved first place. A special prize consisting of The Wellie Trophy was awarded to six-year-old Arabella McCartney in the Beaufort team for her very adorable grey fluffy pony.
Division 2A teams
Division 2B teams
Division 3 teams
Division 4 teams
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Polo Times, June 2021
Rocket Rentals Junior Tournament Winners: Division 1 – New Forest Hunt (-3): Jacob Watson (-1), George Williams (-1), Archie Turner (-1) & Lucas Stern (0) Division 2A – La Querceta: Archie Heseltine, Billy Barlow, Marcos Petjovic & George Copcutt Division 2B – Hampshire Hunt: Alice Gregory, Lara Gregory, Ava Burke & Bart Bell Division 3 – RA: Holly Cowley, Henry Whittington, Cosimo Thome & Jack Spring Division 4 – Cotswold Pony Club: Valentine McPherson, Elizabeth Clarkin, Melba Fox & Wills Gouldstone
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