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Rutland Polo Club
The Club’s Chairman, Robert Dale has made the following announcement, “Camilla Speed has been acting as temporary Polo Manager at Rutland Polo Club for the second half of this season. The club’s committee has been so impressed by her performance, particularly when she brought in 6 teams for the recent Ladies WIP weekend, that they have made her position permanent. The club wishes Camilla well for what will be a challenging and exciting 2021 season.” The Club had a busy August, with a selection of Finals being played. The XXXIX Trofeo Principiantes Darío Campos was won by Club Sant Antoni de Viladrau (Santi Calzado, Lucas Calzado, Tonete Ayesa & Tonete jr. Ayesa) on Sunday 2 August, while Aldo-Unión P.T. (Álvaro Calzada, Santiago Calzado, Leonel Robaldi & Guillermo Permanyer) won the V High Summer Cup on Sunday 9 August. The VII Friends Cup was won by La Mariana P.T. (Jerome Porterie, Emmanuelle Morandi, Juan Carlos Puebla & Mariano López) on Sunday 16 August and Club Sant Antoni de Viladrau (Tonete Ayesa, Pierre Fourmestraux, Benoit Tari & Polina Nazarova) secured the VII Ladies & Gentlemen Polo Cup on Sunday 23 August. The Club ended their summer with The II End Of The Summer Polo Cup, which was played on an arena ground due to rain, and was won by Aldo Unión P.T. (Alvaro Calzada, Santiago Calzado & Leonel Robaldi). The last tournament of the year at the Club will be the XII CPA Tournament, Memorial Wolfgang Reber (2 – 11 Ocotber).
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Club de Polo Ampurdan
On Sunday 23 August, La Karina defeated Spindrift 10-9 in The Rocky Mountain Open, with Carlitos Gracida named Most Valuable Player. Seven-year-old Open Maradona, owned and played by Stewart Armstrong in the second chukka, was the Best Playing Pony.
The following weekend, Sunday 30 August, McClure River Ranch defeated La Karina and Mountain Chevrolet in a round robin to take home The Carbondale Classic title. Gussie Busch was the Most Valuable Player and Colt M4, played by Horacio Heguy, was the Best Playing Pony.
Los Amigos secured the World Polo League’s (WPL) Triple Crown of Polo title on Sunday 30 August at McClure River Ranch’s Field One with an 8-6 win, Horacio Heguy was named Most Valuable Player and the WPL Best Playing Pony was once again Colt M4, played by Heguy. The APHA Best Playing Pony was Bacall, played by Juancito Bollini.
Photograph by @claudiaquintanafoto
Fun was had by all in The XXXIX Trofeo Principiantes Darío Campos
La Karina, winners of The Rocky Mountain Open
McClure River Ranch, winners of The Carbondale Classic
Los Amigos, winners of the World Polo League’s Triple Crown of Polo
Cirencester Park Polo Club
Sunday 6 September saw The Jack Williams Cup Final between Los Chinos and Ballinger; Alison Clarke’s Los Chinos won 3-2 for the third consecutive year in a row. Ballinger’s Oli Fansahwe’s Cheeky was named Best Playing Pony. The Subsidiary Final for The Trewsbury Salver, saw Inglesham defeat Syreford 4-3½. For reports from The Gerald Balding and County Cup Finals, please turn to our Victor Ludorum Reports pages.
White Waltham Polo Club
The Club had a busy bank holiday weekend over three days; On Saturday 29 August, the Final of the Mar del Plata Polo Challenge was won by Mount Loftus with a final score of 6-2.
On Sunday 30 August the Final of The Summer Cup was played between Maple Leafs and Cedar Polo Team, with Maple Leafs winning 3½-3 and on Monday 31 August, the Final of The Arena Trophy was played between Odosan1485 Polo Team who won 5-3 against the Telemark Polo Team. The Aadamas Tournament was won by Adamas on Saturday 5 September, with each of the winners awarded a beautiful pewter polo pony trophy which had been donated to the Club by Paul Cheung in 2009.
On Sunday 6 September, the Telemark “Christina” was won by Mountgerald Polo Team captained by Sarah Grant, Man of the Match was Tarsis Goncalves who scored three goals in the Final.
On Saturday 12 September Bilal Shaykh’s beautiful gold Cedar Tree of Lebanon was played for between four teams, in the end Mar del Plata Polo Team won the Final 7-2. The following day, Sunday 13 September Maple Leafs won The Carpe Diem Trophy in the Final against Carpe Diem. Maple Leafs also defeated Mar del Plata
Photograph by White Waltham Polo Club Mount Loftus, winners of The 4 Goal Mountgerald Tournament
Madeva, winners of The Tai Tai Polo Tournament polo team 6-2½ for the 1947 Saunders Davies three handled trophy on Saturday 19 September, whilst on Sunday 20 September Cedar Polo Team played against Mount Loftus, the final result was 5½-2 with Mount Loftus Polo Team winning Carlitos’ polo pony bronze.
Saturday 26 September saw the Final of the 4 Goal Mountgerald Tournament which was won by Nicola Davidson’s Madeva who played against Carlitos Polo Team. The action continued on Sunday 27 September with Georgina Brittain’s Mount Loftus clinching the Final of the Tai Tai Tournament along with Daniel Smith and Naji Aziz.
Mount Loftus, winners of the Carlitos polo pony bronze
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Hascombe Stud, winners of Somerville Livingstone-Learmonth Trophy 6 Goal
Over the Bank Holiday weekend the Final of the Somerville LivingstoneLearmonth Trophy was played for between Beaufort and Hascombe Stud. It was a close game which saw strong defence from Hascombe Stud in reply to robust attack from their opponents which meant scores were tied at 1-1 at half time. In the second half it was all to play for and Hascombe Stud pulled out the stops to secure a 4-2 victory.
The Subsidiary Final saw action between Noon Giraffe and Senzaltro. It was a game of few goals, but fierce competition which saw Noon Giraffe emerge victorious with a close but definitive 2-1 win.
Over the weekend of 19 – 20 September, Beaufort Polo Club
Los Chinos, winners of the Solitaire Salver 4 Goal Final
hosted the Solitaire Salver 4 Goal Final. The tournament had a competitive nine teams entered and after several exciting league games the Final was set between Los Chinos and DWF. The Final was fast-paced with both teams trying to gain and maintain the advantage; after half-time, father-son duo, Tom and Zac Beim turned up the heat and managed to put Los Chinos in the lead, 6-5. With victory slipping from DWF’s grasp, Henry Smith zipped past the traffic to score, levelling the scores to 6-6 and pushing the match into an extra chukka. Zac Beim made a run to goal and sent the ball towards the posts, there was an anxious moment when it hit the post, but it shot across the line to give Los Chinos the win, 7-6.
Cowdray Park Polo Club
Photography by Mark Beaumont Photography Action from The Midsummer 12 Goal
du Domain de Chantilly The Trophee Castel Final took place on Sunday 20 September between Cavok IC Polo and Berlinosos. After four close chukkas of competitive polo, Cavok IC Polo secured a 6-5 win, Thomas Rolland was named Most Valuable Player and Lucerita was the Best Playing Pony.
The Trophee Castel Final Teams:
Cavok IC Polo (8): Arnaud De Chenevarin (0), Thierry Vetois (3), Louis Jarrige (3) & Thomas Rolland (2) Berlinosos (8): Clarisa Marggraf (0), Anne Marie Grobmann (-1), Max Bosch (3) Bank Holiday Monday saw three Finals played at Cowdray Park Polo Club. Lovelocks Polo Stud took an 8-5 win against Maiz Dulce on Lawns 2 to take home The Midsummer 12 Goal title, with Lovelocks Bonjovi, owned and ridden by Charlie Hanbury, named Best Playing Pony. Madam’s Farm defeated Ausherra/Winkfield Park 5-3 in The Lodsworth Village Cup 4 goal Final and the last Final of the day saw Gorilla Polo secure a 6-5 win against Confido in The Selham 2 goal.
The weekend of 19 – 20 September saw plenty of action at Cowdray Park Polo Club with the Cowdray vs Ham Invitation Match and Tillington 2 goal.
The annual Ham v Cowdray Invitation Match was held on the iconic River ground, with Ham receivimg a half goal handicap advantage, which ultimately clinched them the 6-6½ win.
Sunday 20 September saw the Final of the inaugural Tillington Trophy, a new 2 goal tournament added to the Cowdray fixtures list. With a young demographic for both teams, Wilf Fine’s Sea Breeze 2 goal team took on Creighton Boyd’s Confido. In the end, it was
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Confido who secured a 6-4 win against Sea Breeze. & Manuel Elizalde (6)
Oak Brook Polo Club
Photograph courtesy of Oak Brook Polo Club The 4th Annual ‘Team Up For Tony’ raised $50,000 On Sunday 30 August Oak Brook Polo hosted the 4th Annual ‘Team Up For Tony’ benefit which successfully raised $50,000 to support Tony Sekera, who suffered a devastating polo accident in June 2017.
The first action of the day in front of a sell-out crowd was the 4 goal USPA Master’s Cup Finals between Elk Grove-Sanfilippo and Brinker Hill Farm. A close-fought match saw Brinker Hill’s Pedro Manion score the winning goal to clinch the win. Casablanca Polo’s Most Valuable Player award went to RJ Roberts and The Playing Pony went to Pico Blanco, owned by Lindor Novillo Corvalan.
The action continued with the 8 goal USPA Sportsmanship Cup Finals between Oak Brook and Morgan Creek-Good Thunder. A frenetic second half saw some fantastic polo with scores tied at every turn. However, it was Morgan Creek-Good Thunder who pulled away in the last two chukkas of the day to secure a resounding 10-8 victory over the opposition.
The Casablanca Polo Most Valuable Player Awards went to Tommy Collingwood and Best Playing Pony was presented to M&M, owned by Tomas Obregon and trained by Matt Sekera. Oak Brook Polo’s next home event will be the Gucci Challenge Cup on Sunday 13 September.
4 Goal USPA Master’s Cup Finals Teams:
Elk Grove–Sanfilippo (3½): Courtney Rohs (0), Roueen Rafeyan (-½), Lindor Novillo Corvalan (4) & Adam Kaminski (0) Brinker Hill Farm (3½): Kelcey Roberts ( -1), RJ Roberts (0), Christian Aycinena (1½) & Pedro Manion (3).
Sportsmanship Cup Final Teams:
Oak Brook )8): Jim Drury (0), Samantha Falbe (0), Mariano Gutierrez (4) & Tomas Obregon (4) Morgan Creek-Good Thunder (8): Bill Paterson (0), Tod Rackley (2), Cristobal Consigliere (1) & Tommy Collingwood (5)
Santa María Polo Club On Sunday 20 September Redcharms-Dü sseldorf won the XVIII Memorial Count of Guaqui at Santa María Polo Club. Over 25 – 27 September, Santa María Polo Club hosted their Santa Maria tournament, which saw Team Arte del Vino-Dusseldorf (Amy Huson, Estanislao Grahn, Jamie Le Hardy & Dirk Baumgartner) take the title on Sunday 27 September.
Santa Maria Tournament Final Teams:
Don Carlos (6): V Desmas (0), L Reijrink (-1), P Neves (4) & S Torreguitar (3) Arte del Vino – Düsseldorf (6): A Huson (- 1), E Grahn (3), J Le Hardy (4) & D Baumgartner (0) Photography courtesy of Santa María Polo Club
Socially distanced XVIII Memorial Count of Guaqui Tournament winners Team Arte del Vino-Dusseldorf presentation
Tedworth Park Polo Club
Photograph by Lucy Sleeman Hackett London Army Polo, winners of The QRH Trophy Hackett London Army Polo (Jamie Fry (1), Johnny Sleeman (2), Will Cecil (0), Max Morant (-2)) enjoyed a win in The QRH Trophy at Tedworth Park Polo Club on Sunday 27 September.
Greenwich Polo Club
White Birch, winners of the 2020 East Coast Open
Photograph by ©Peter Michaelis
The 2020 East Coast Open was rescheduled for Tuesday 15 September due to rain. Black Hound/Don Ercole faced White Birch in the Final, White Birch gained the initial advantage in the first chukka and held onto this throughout the final to take home the win with a final score of 13-10. White Birch’s Pablo Llorente commented, “Our strategy was to play fast and move the ball. I think the key was that we were really good on defence. We defended every ball as if it was the last.” Mariano Aguerre was named Most Valuable Player and his seven-year-old mare Machitos Francisca (Dolfina Cuarteto x Fantasia) received the Best Playing Pony rug.
2020 East Coast Open Final Teams:
White Birch: Chris Brant, Mariano Aguerre, Peke Gonzalez & Pablo Llorente Black Hound/Don Ercole: Will Tomita, Lucas Diaz Alberdi, Matias Magrini & Victorino Ruiz Jorba
Guards Polo Club
On Sunday 13 September Tchogan/Libertine defeated Mad Dogs 9-7 to take home The 2020 Social Cup, while Harum Scarum/Tex8n Polo won the Subsidiary Final with an 8½-7 against Quixote/Previse.
On Sunday 20 September, Alessandro Bazzoni’s Monterosso Polo Team secured The Duke of Cornwall Trophy on The Queen’s Ground following a 10-4½ win against Ana Escobedo’s Ojo Caliente. Monterosso’s Machitos Illusa was later named the Polo Times Best Playing Pony, while in the Subsidiary Final, Performance Polo defeated BHC on The Duke’s Ground. Also played on Sunday 20 September was The Autumn Amateur Final between Stable Cottage and Mad Dogs, which saw Stable Cottage clinch a narrow 5-4 win.
Guards Polo Club had a busy weekend of polo; Cuervos Negros won The Flemish Farm Trophy after beating Tchogan 5-2 in the Final, Green Gates defeated Mad Dogs 7-6 to take home The Autumn Nations Trophy and Royal Salute narrowly won The Autumn Nations Subsidiary Final 7½-7.
Tchogan/Libertine, winners of the 2020 Social Cup
Photography by ©www.imagesofpolo.com Monterosso’s Alessandro Bazzoni with The Duke of Cornwall Trophy
Stable Cottage, winners of The Autumn Amateur
Action from The Flemish Farm Trophy
Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club
Father and son, Mariano Darritchon and Segundo Darritchon battled it out on Sunday 20 September for The Groundsman’s Trophy, but experience prevailed over youth with Mariano and his team La Mariposa coming out the winners.
Sunday 27 September, saw the last Final of the 2020 season at The Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club. Congratulations to Asian Art (Rafi Bruckner, Ed Morris-Lowe, Fabio Lavinia & Chris Bruckner) and Lilienbach (Alex Hillier, Nicholas Hillier, Nicholas Leal & Adolfo Casabal) who were the winners of the Final and Subsidiary Final in The John Houghton Trophy.
Green Gates in action in The Autumn Nations Trophy Final
Photography by RCBPC La Mariposa, winners of The Groundsman’s Trophy
