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Club Focus Photograph courtesy of Thoresby Park Polo Club
RCBPC has a cameo in the new series of Bridgerton
The Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club
Thoresby Park Polo Club put on a polo display at The Eventing Spring Carnival
Thoresby Park Polo Club
Period drama fans across the globe have been thrilled to welcome back season 2 of Bridgerton and the eagle eyed viewers may have spotted The Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club which featured as part of the racing scenes!
Rutland Polo Club
Photograph by Rutland Polo Club
After many, many years of tireless work for RPC Ltd, Edwin de Lisle, John Tinsley and Robert Dale have decided to step back from their positions as Directors and some of their other active roles within the Club. This has provided an unique The Club is looking forward to a busy season ahead opportunity for a small group of playing members to get together to take the Club on. The team for the 2022 season is: Committee 2022 Edward Winterton (Chairman, Director), Polly Gillies Shields (Secretary, Director), Camilla Speed (Polo Manager, Director), Steve Brown (Vice President, Director), Jane Winterton (Welfare Officer), Anna Hunt (Social Secretary), Claire Durrant, Linda McCullough
Thoresby Park Polo Club entertained the crowds in the main arena at The Eventing Spring Carnival after the show jumping with an exhibition arena polo match. The two Thoresby teams, Equine Dreams (Corey Meikle, John Bagley & Calum Volrath) and Caunton Bulls (Ed Morris, Koren Danby & Max Collet), fought hard. After a dominant start by Caunton Bulls, Equine Dreams came out on top by one goal. Thoresby Park Polo Club had a stand for the three days of the Carnival and have had a great amount of interest with people wanting to come and learn polo and a record number of have a go polo lessons booked in!
La Aguada Polo Club On Thursday 31 March and Saturday 2 April, The Justo Novillo Astrada Cup was hosted at La Aguada Polo Club in memory of Justo Novillo Astrada. Justo’s twin brother, Cruz, together with friends, organised the tournament which featured entries through pairings and then these pairing were mixed to form a total of 16 line-ups between 12 and 16 goals – the competition had a special set of rules in order to adapt to ladies polo. La Porteña claimed the Justo Novillo Astrada Cup: Roda Polo, Imperial and Epona were the winners of the Raúl Giménez Cup, Javo Novillo Astrada Cup and Margarita Perkins Cup, respectively.
Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club
Photograph by AHPRC
The AHPRC League is a week-long tournament at Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club, which featured Habtoor Polo and El Basha in the Final on Saturday 2 April. The tournament saw four teams compete. Mohammed Al Habtoor opened the scoring in the Final and Habtoor Polo enjoyed the lead until half-time. Justo Cuitinho scored El Basha Polo’s first goal during the penultimate chukka, but a penalty shot from Al Habtoor ensured they maintained the lead. In spite of the additional goal from Cuitinho in the final chukka, Habtoor Polo remained victorious and ended the tournament, 3-2. Lauren Dickson was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and Fortuna, owned by Hani Jabshe was the Best Playing Pony. AHPRC League Final Teams: Habtoor (6): Mohammed Khalid (-1), Habtoor Al Habtoor (0), Mohammed Al Habtoor (0) & Juan Jauretche (6) El Basha (6): Hani Jabshe (-1), Raja Abuljebain (1), Justo Cuitiño (3) & JJ Díaz Alberdi (3)
A jubilant Habtoor celebrate their AHPRC League win
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Polo Times, May 2022
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