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R&R Glasses and China, winners of The Kingscote Cup

Eight teams had entered the 6 goal Kingscote Cup and Finals’ day opened with the Subsidiary Owl Trophy. Quel Domage won a tight match 6-5 against Noon Giraffe.

Then the main Final on Ivy Lodge Ground was surprisingly one-sided with R&R Glasses and China beating CANI 12-3. The Subsidiary Final was much closer, ending in a 5-4 win for La Rosada over Coxwell.

Seven teams entered this year’s Gouldsmith Bowl 4-8 Goal, but the Final on Sunday 12 September saw Arabella Oppenheimer’s Hascombe Stud taking home the trophy with a 6-3 win against Chris Fagan’s Noon Giraffe. In the Subsidiary Final, Smith’s Polo beat R&R 5-2.

The Town Cup Final saw Arabella Oppenheimer’s Hascombe Stud just edging ahead in a close match against SONA Polo to take home a 6-5 win. Hascombe Stud’s Tommy Severn was awarded Most Valuable Player. Earlier, in bright sunshine, Dominic David’s Tafia Mafia took the Subsidiary 6½ to 5 against R&R.

In the closing matches of the season, Charlie’s Angels, led by Ollie Jones, won the 0 to 2 goal Associates Trophy, beating OKL Equestrian, led by Tom Beim, 6 goals to 3, and Noon Giraffe Juniors had a convincing win 4½-0 against CPPC.

Hascombe Stud, winners of The Gouldsmith Bowl

Hascombe Stud, winners of The Town Cup Final

Cowdray Park Polo Club

Oriflamme, winners of The Wessex Cup

Photograph by Mark Beaumont

On Monday 30 August, Oriflamme secured The Wessex Cup following a 5-4 win against Innovent; Tina, owned and played by Jason Warren, was chosen as the Best Playing Pony. The Selham Trophy was won by Pink Panthers, with an 8-5 win against High Point Polo Stud.

On Friday 24 September, Cowdray Park Polo Club presented their 2021 Season Cup winners:

Pimm’s Cup for Most Improved Junior

Player: Rufus Uloth Large Cup for Pony Welfare: Pedro Harrison Millennium Plate for Umpiring Service: Nick Pepper Best Patron Prize: Duane Lent

Druids Lodge Polo Club

Saturday 28 August saw Druids Lodge host their last picnic day of the 2021 season; Parkgate Polo won the Subsidiary Final against Canonbury, 7-4½ and the second match was won by Avanti with a 7-4 victory against Low Profile.

Avanti defeated Low Profile, 7-4

Ayala Polo Club

On Sunday 5 September, Jaï Polo Team secured the 8 goal Campeonato de España Absoluto. The tournament saw four teams compete, with the Semi Finals held at Santa Maria Polo Club. Jaï Polo Team (James Nuttal, Cruz Marchini, Ned Hine & Javier Guerrero) defeated Electric Polo 6-5 in the Final, with Picaro, played by Fabián Bolanteiro named the Best Playing Pony, Cruz Marchini was the Most Valuable Player and Shara Braune received the Fair Play Award.

Carlitos White Waltham Polo Club

On Saturday 11 September the Club played the Final for The Adamas trophies. Cedar Polo Team were leading by two goals in the first two chukkas, then in the third chukka Shakib Polo Team (Tariq dag Khan, Kaveh Shakib, Nicola Bonito-Olivia & Malcolm Ford) scored three goals in succession and with a strengthened defence in the fourth chukka, carried on to win the match and the Adamas trophies kindly donated by Paul Cheung in 2010.

On Sunday 12 September teams played for The Quiach Trophy, with Carpe Diem v Mountgerald Polo team. Mountgerald scored three goals in the first chukka and although Carpe Diem scored two goals Mountgerald (Sarah Grant, Bilal Shaykh, Malcolm Ford and Adolfo Casabal) led all the way through the match until the final hooter.

After the qualifying matches on Saturday 18 September, The Carlitos Polo Pony Bronze Trophy action continued with the Final on Sunday when Maple Leafs Polo Team (Lt. Col Howard Flood, Sophie Morrison, Dominic Cunningham and Malcolm Ford) were crowned the winners.

Shakib Polo Team, winners of The Adamas trophies

Photography by Carlitos White Waltham Polo Club

On Sunday 26 September, the Club played for The “Premiere” Polo Pony Trophy kindly donated by film producer James Spring and his wife George. Mount Loftus Polo Team played in the Final against the Help 4 Heroes Polo Team (Col. Tom Armitage, Georgy Armitage, Kenny Wu and Tariq dag Khan), Help 4 Heroes kept their lead even after a last-minute goal from Mount Loftus, and won with a final score of 4-3.

Mountgerald, winners of The Quiach Trophy

Maple Leafs Polo Team, winners of The Carlitos Polo Pony Bronze Trophy

Help 4 Heroes, winners of The “Premiere” Polo Pony Trophy

Aspen Valley Polo Club

NetJets, winners of The Silver Queen Invitational.

Photograph by Nick Tininenko/ChukkerTV

On Sunday 5 September, NetJets (Brian Boyd, Pablo Spinacci, Nacho Figueras & Juan Bollini) defeated Quite Z (Alecia Siedler, Victoria Siedler, Gussie Busch, Tori Ruiz & Alejandro Novillo Astrada) 8-4 in The Silver Queen Invitational, the newest tournament at the Club. Brian Boyd was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and Channing Tatum, played by Juan Bollini and owned by Santa Rita Polo Farm, was chosen as the Best Playing Pony.

Beverly Polo Club

On Tuesday 31 August, The Eastern Challenge Final arrived at Beverly Polo Club with Greenhill vs Beverly; the two teams had met six days earlier with a narrow 12-11 win for Greenhill. A competitive final resulted in another one-goal difference and despite the change of line-up, Greenhill stood above the field, completing their undefeated run through the tournament with an 11-10 triumph. Gaston Lisioli was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and Tickle Red, played by Lisioli, was the Best Playing Pony.

Oak Brook Polo Club

On Sunday 12 September, Wild Card (Daniel Miranda, Josh Escapite, Vlad Tarashansky & Taylor Palacios) kept the game tight throughout, but ultimately Eastern Region’s (Sophie Grant, Aiden Meeker, Winston Painter & Landen Eckbo Daniels) effective communication helped them stay just out of reach to claim their second National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) Championship Final for The Cecil Smith Cup, 8-6.

Photograph by USPA/ ©Kaile Roos

El Rosario/Twelve Oaks, winners of The Chairman’s Cup Final

Photography by ©www.imagesofpolo.com The Queen’s Royal Hussars, winners of The Inter Regimental Trophy Final

Guards Polo Club

The Queen’s Royal Hussars won a fast, competitive Inter Regimental Trophy Final, beating the King’s Royal Hussars 6-5½. This game was played later than usual, bringing some additional military flavour to the Major General’s Day. KRH’s Capt Paddy Selfe was awarded the Pringle Cup as the Most Valuable Player while the winners’ Capt Jamie Fry received the Major Iain Forbes-Cockell Cup from Iain’s daughters, Annabel & Emma, for the Moment of the Match.

On Sunday 19 September, El Rosario/Twelve Oaks finished their 2021 season on a high by winning Guards Polo Club’s Chairman’s Cup Tournament. They defeated Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz’s team Porto Ronco 5-3. This two-goal contest for club teams delivered some good-to-watch, fast-paced play on the final day of the season at Guards Polo Club.

Oliver Drewitt’s Funky received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony award – to read more about Funky, please turn to our Pony Power pages.

Saturday 18 September saw the Club present their 2021 awards: Best Team: Spencer McCarthy’s Emlor Polo (received on behalf of the team by Richard Tyrone) Most Improved Player: Max Sponer Best Handicapped Player: Manny Arber (collected on his behalf by his father Simon) Best Professional Player: Richard Tyrone (with an impressive 80 per cent win rate) Best Umpire: Jamie Hayward Greatest Contribution to Club Life: Fafe & Rosemary Mudzingwa Chairman’s Cup Tournament Final Teams: El Rosario/Twelve Oaks (2): Rhett Wooldridge (-1), Elodie Avarguez (0), Alejandro Penafiel Jnr (0) & Antonio Manzorro (3) Porto Ronco (2): Oliver Drewitt (-1), Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz (0), Alexander Nix (1) & Mark Emerson (2)

Green Gates retained the Autumn Nations Trophy this year, with teamwork the key to their success. Isidro Strada, who was later named the Most Valuable Player, created a strong partnership with Cesar Crespo but every player contributed to this win. Louis Hine, who earlier in the day had won the schools’ Copenhagen Cup with Wellington College – ironically playing against Noor, a member of the Stowe school team – was strong in defence, producing some great rideoffs against Felix Esain and Benjamin Urquiza. Brian Stein, Chairman of Guards Polo Club, presented the prizes. This included the Polo Times Best Playing Pony to Strada’s eight-year-old Guadalupe Sandy Lane.

Green Gates, winners of the Autumn Nations Trophy

Photograph by Olivia Ellis Merry Devils Polo Team, winners of Merry del Val Winter Tournament. Edgeworth Polo Club

On the last weekend of the season the Club hosted The Merry del Val Winter Tournament. Merry Devils, FoF and Dutch Touch teams entered and enjoyed competitive polo over two days.

After the first round of matches on Saturday 18 September, on the fantastic new grounds at the Club the competition was all to play for with the Final on Sunday when Merry Devils (Felipe Merry del Val, Rheana Parmar, Rich Hine and Ollie Jones) were crowned the winners. The tournament was the last in the season at Edgeworth with the Club saying a big ‘Thank you’ to all everyone who has participated this summer.

The Summer League finalists Longdole Polo Club

On Friday 17 September Los Chinos secured The Summer League, sponsored by Sungod, with an 8-4½ win.

Ham Polo Club

The concluding tournament of the season for the coveted Billy Walsh Cup was hotly contested by six teams this year. The competition was spread over two weekends, culminating with the Finals day on 12 September. So it was that, on this warm late-summer day, Benn Shepherd’s Oriflamme and Abi Anderson’s Avengers found themselves stepping out onto the turf to vie for the trophy.

The match started with Oriflamme a man down, Jason Warren having received a double yellow card in the last 30 seconds of the previous match. This meant he had a further spell to serve in the ‘sin bin’ before he could join the game. Segundo Darritchon, filling in for Juan Cruz Araya, wasted no time in pressing the advantage, scoring three goals by the end of the chukka. Oriflamme recovered with two goals from Will Penfold in the second. But the second half was dominated by the young partnership of Darritchon and Logan Anderson, and although Warren and Penfold fought hard, with some moments of brilliance from patron Shepherd, the order was too tall, Avengers running out winners 8-3½.

The Billy Walsh Cup finalists

Photograph courtesy of Ham Polo Club

Billy Walsh Cup Final Teams:

Avengers (2): Abi Anderson (0), Logie Anderson (-2), Segundo Darritchon (3) & Charlie Knott (1) Oriflamme (1): Jo Denny (-2), Benn Shepherd (-1), Will Penfold (1) & Jason Warren (3)

Photograph by Tony Gibson

2021 National Chairman’s Cup Champions: Hotels At Sea.

Twilight Polo Club

The National Arena Chairman’s Cup Final saw Liberty Hall and Hotels at Sea go down to the wire on Saturday 4 September in the 12 goal national arena tournament, with defending champions securing the title following an 18-16 win as well as the $10,000 prizemoney.

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