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Summary of Youth Polo
from Polo Times Oct
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NZ School Team Announced
Congratulations to the following players that have been selected for the New Zealand School Team. 1. Liam Parrott 2. Tom Turner 3. Edward Elworthy-Jones 4. Ed Davidson Reserve: Jay Wilson/Zach Keyte This team will play on 27 November (a day earlier than previously stated) & 4 December in Canterbury. If Australia cannot make the trip invitational team(s) will be picked for this team to play against.
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Santa Paula Cup
The Santa Paula Cup was donated in 1951 by the Reynal brothers in homage to their mother, Doña Paula Llauró de Reynal. This year’s tournament saw 12 teams between 0 to 15 goals participate in the tournament, grouped into three sections. Monday 4 October saw the Final held in Pilar between Los Robles ‘Azul’ and New Zealand ‘White’, with Los Robles ‘Azul’ securing an 11-10½ win despite giving away a 4½ handicap advantage; Cruz heguy had a standout performance in his third tournament win.
Santa Paula Cup Final Teams:
Los Robles ‘Azul’ (15): Antonio Heguy (4), Juan C. Gallegos (3), Matías Mac Donough (3) & Cruz Heguy (5) New Zealand ‘White’ (10): Lorenzo Chavanne (2), Felipe Bargalló (3), Santos Merlos (3) & Juan Guerrero (2)
Photograph by Matias Callejo
Los Robles ‘Azul’, winners of The Santa Paula Cup The Copenhagen Cup teams
Copenhagen Cup
Last year’s Copenhagen Cup was postponed due to the pandemic, but 11 – 12 September this year saw the next generation of players enjoy the opportunity to play on the top quality fields at Guards Polo Club. Rugby School, Stowe, Radley College and Wellington College went head-to-head in the tournament, with Wellington College defeating Stowe 9-6½ in the Final and Rugby School securing the Subsidiary Final with a 7-5 win over Radley College.
The Copenhagen Cup Teams:
Rugby School (-3): Toby Bradshaw (1), Fred Thame (1), Beatrice Leyland (-1) & Praan Moodley (-2) Stowe (-3): Luca Natella (0), Noor Khadra (0), Archie Heseltine (-1) & Rafi Mahmood (-2) Radley College (-3): Ben Fleming (0), Harry Pitt (-1), Eugen Oettingen-Wallerstein (-1) & Zac Butterworth (-1) Wellington College (2): Louis Hine (2), Will Drewitt (1), Max Sponer (0) & Amar Anand/ William Grayken (-1)
Wellington College vs Stowe in the Final
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NYTS Championship Weekend
Photography by Kaile Roos
2021 NTYS Girls’ Championship winners, Girls Purple 2021 National Youth Tournament Series Championship winners, Eastern
Sunday 12 September saw the 2021 National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) Championship Final hosted by Oak Brook Polo Club. Eastern Region (Sophie Grant, Aiden Meeker, Winston Painter & Landen Eckbo Daniels) appeared to have a plan in place going into the Final against Wild Card (Daniel Miranda, Josh Escapite, Vlad Tarashansky, Taylor Palacios), with Eastern’s close communication helping them to stay just out of reach of Wild Card’s advances and secured them The Cecil Smith Cup, 8-6. Soda, a seven year-old mare owned by Mariano Obregon and played by Winston Painter, was chosen as the Best Playing Pony, Painter also received the Horsemanship Award and Western Region’s Quinn Kyle received the Sportsmanship Award.
The same weekend also saw the top US female youth players compete for the 2021 National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) Girls’ Championship. Capturing decisive victories in their respective Semi Finals, Girls Pink (Kelsey Bray, Grace Fleishmann, Reagan Leitner & Madison Jordan) met Girls Purple (Saralyn Painter, Elise Pardue, Caroline Mathews & Summer Kneece) in the Final. Going into the last chukka, Girls Purple were ahead by just half a goal, but soon managed to pull ahead and score two more goals to secure the victory. Summer Kneece was awarded Most Valuable Player and Sagebrush, an eight-year-old mare owned and played by Reagan Leitner, was chosen as the Best Playing Pony.
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