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Brookshire, winners of The Basalt Handicap

Brookshire (Scott Wood, Ale Poma, Nacho Figueras & Torito Ruiz) won its second tournament of the summer polo season on Sunday 24 July at McClure River Ranch Stadium with a 12-7 win against Mountain Chevrolet (Michael Payne, Stewart Armstrong, Nic Roldan, Alex Gooding) in The Basalt Handicap Final. Figueras was named Most Valuable Player and Chancho Va, owned and played by Figueras in the second and sixth chukkers, was selected Best Playing Pony.

Los Amigos (Paul Foster, Marc Ganzi, Gonzalito Pieres & Nacho Figueras) led from start to finish to win a hard fought 6-4 battle against Tonkawa (Jeff Hildebrand, Brian Boyd, Nacho Novillo Astrada/ Alejandro Novillo Astrada & Jason Crowder) in The High Alpine Cup Final. Gonzalito Pieres was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and Open Conga, a nine-year-old bay mare, owned and played by Pieres was selected Best Playing Pony.

La Karina’s Lauren Sherry, Brian Boyd, Torito Ruiz and Tomacho Pieres led from start to finish for a 9-8 victory over NetJets (Melissa Ganzi, Vinny Sangaline, Alejandro Novillo Astrada & Juan Bollini) in

Los Amigos, winners of The High Alpine Cup

La Karina, winners of The Mount Sopris Cup

The Mount Sopris Cup Final. Ruiz, playing his third season in Aspen was named Most Valuable Player after scoring six goals in the Final. Fiesta, owned by Juan Martin Nero and played by Alejandro Novillo Astrada, was selected Best Playing Pony.

Cirencester Park Polo Club

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CANI, winners of The Wilson Trophy On Saturday 6 August, CANI (Louise Jebson, Oli Fanshawe, Dane Csazar & Matias Amaya) defeated Semper Anticus (Clarinda TjiaDharmadi, Jack Aldridge, Jonny Coddington & Zac Beim) 5-3 in The Wilson Trophy Final.

The Cirencester Non Playing Members Tournament saw five teams between 2 and 6 goals compete from Saturday 6 August for a place in the Final on Sunday 14 August, in the end it was Los Chinos and Semper Anticus who took the two spots, with Los Chinos narrowly securing a 5½-5 win.

On Friday 9 September, Cirencester Park Polo Club will be holding a fundraising Dinner & Dancing evening with proceeds going towards the redecoration and improvements to the Clubhouse. Tickets are £120 per person and include a Champagne reception, canapes, supper plus live DJ and dancing. Visit www.cirencesterpolo. co.uk/buy-tickets for tickets.

Los Chinos, winners of The Cirencester Non Playing Members Tournament

The Cirencester Non Playing Members Tournament Final Teams:

Los Chinos (5): Alison Clark (-1), Olivia Lamphee (0), Lauchie Appleby (2) & Tom Beim (4) Semper Anticus (6): Tomas Rossi (0), Ed Morris (1), Jack Aldridge (2) & Jonny Coddington (3)

Guards Polo Club

AFB, winners of The Crawford Cup Tchogan, winners of The Social Cup

On Sunday 31 July, AFB narrowly defeated Eleven/Carisbrook 5-4 in The Crawford Cup Final at Guards Polo Club with Harum Scarum securing the Subsidiary Final after defeating Porto Ronco Dogs, 6-3½. On Sunday 24 July, Tchogan defeated Honesty, 8-3, in The Social Cup Final, while Maidabino secured the Subsidiary Final with a close 5-4½ win in the Subsidiary Final.

Brandywine Polo Club

Hawkwood Polo, winners of The Regional President’s Cup On Sunday 7 August, Hawkwood Polo (Leandro Berrios, Barclay Knapp, Martin Ravina & Sophie Grant) defeated Taylor Hill Farm/La Monarquia (Marcos Onetto, Sarah Martin, CJ Martin, Martin Estrada & Megan Maunbay) to defend their 2021 Regional President’s Cup title. Trailing throughout most of the game, Hawkwood Polo fought their way back to even the score in the last minute with Martin Ravina scoring the golden goal in the extra chukka to claim The Regional President’s Cup title 7-6 for the second consecutive year. Tachuela, played and owned by Martin Estrada was the Best Playing Pony and Martin Ravina was awarded Most Valuable Player.

Cowdray Park Polo Club

La Dolce Vita overcame Gould 6-5 in a close game on Ambersham 1 to secure The Lodsworth Village Cup on Sunday 14 August. Marco Vignali stepped down from the podium to receive the trophy and the X-zony Best Playing Pony rug was awarded to Tennessee, owned and played by Josh Cork. In the Subsidiary Final, TLC Polo were victorious against Mansfield Advisors.

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Beaufort Polo Club

On Friday 9 September, the Club will be hosting a charity polo day in aid of Alzheimer’s Society, Luke Tomlinson commented on the upcoming event, “We are delighted to be joining forces with Alzheimer’s Society once again to hold this fantastic event, but this time around it will very much be in mum’s memory. For that reason, it will be even more poignant. The way dementia has affected the family has been very profound as mum was an incredible person with so much energy and organisational drive. Dementia’s impact is wide-ranging, affecting partners, children, grandchildren and so on, so Alzheimer’s Society is a charity close to our hearts because it provides vital support to those affected. It’s a fun and family-friendly day out with a very relaxed atmosphere, and it gives people a great introduction to the game of polo.”

This will be the third year that the event has taken place and the previous charity polo days in aid of Alzheimer’s Society have raised more than £162,000.