GUARDS POLO CLUB
2022
OFFICIAL
YEARBOOK
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FOREWORD
CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD
Brian Stein looks ahead to an exciting season thanks to the Club’s generous Players, Members and Sponsors
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he 2022 season is underway and our fixtures list has never looked better. A packed season of polo including the welcome return of the Hurlingham Polo Association’s Coronation Cup, featuring England v Uruguay. Guards Polo Club really is the home of world-class polo at every level. Thanks to your loyal support over two unprecedented and difficult years, Guards Polo Club is in an unenviable position as it heads into its 67th season. The redeveloped Princes’ Ground impressed when played lightly last year and is expected to deliver some outstanding sport when brought fully into our polo schedule this summer. Headed up by our Chief Operating Officer James Neighbour and Director of Polo Antony Fanshawe, work has started on the penultimate phase of our grounds project, the refurbishment of grounds six and eight into two full-size grounds. If the weather is kind, we expect this work to be completed by the end of the year. In addition to your staunch support, our sponsors have been equally generous. Cartier continues as title sponsor of the prestigious Cartier Queen’s Cup until 2024, enabling us to deliver premier polo, on amazing grounds, for the world’s top players and ponies. John Collins has agreed to sponsor the Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup for another season, delivering 22-goal polo in mid-August. Last year’s competition offered plenty of memorable play, an array of stand-out prizes, including Cartier watches for the winners plus an elegant yet informal Clubhouse dinner for the players and their partners; an evening full of camaraderie and bonhomie before the serious business of match play got under way. Our Ladies Charity Tournament sponsor Clé de Peau Beauté extended its support by providing luxury gifts to our members at several events. This included our recent Members’ Reception to herald the start of the season. Travel restrictions may have stopped the Out-Sourcing team, headed by David Matsumoto, from travelling to the UK last year but that did not stop them from being 100% involved in life at Guards Polo Club. Out-Sourcing not only generously sponsored the Royal Windsor Cup but also took on the title sponsorship of HRH The Duke of Cambridge’s Royal Charity Polo Day at Flemish Farm. A hugely generous gesture considering the company knew they could not attend themselves. Such support also enabled this event to raise more than £500,000 for the TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s charities. David Matsumoto has recently confirmed that Out-Sourcing Inc will sponsor the Royal Windsor Tournament for a further four years – until 2026. This commitment is, in part, the company’s unique way of honouring HM The Queen in her Platinum Jubilee. Out-Sourcing has also purchased 70 trees for the Queen’s Green Canopy charity, one tree for each of Her Majesty’s reign. Access Bank remained a Partner of the Club during lockdown even though this private bank knew that they would be unable to host their charitable day due to the travel restrictions. We are indebted to them for their continued funding and look forward 8
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Guards Polo Club is honoured to have HM The Queen attend the Club almost every year since the Club was founded. So this year we are delighted to honour Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years as our Monarch, on Sunday 5 June.
to welcoming their guests back to Smith’s Lawn this summer. Our friends at La Martina, headed by Becky Simpson, continue to deliver stylish clothing and innovative polo kit from their elegant Store at Smith’s Lawn. In addition, as title sponsors of the Varsity Day they continue to help raise the standard of student polo. It is 143 years since the Varsity Trophy was first played for. Cambridge won that historic first event, who will take home the honours on Saturday 4 June? Martin Collins remains part of our coveted stable of partners, with the all-weather experts continuing to manage the track at Flemish Farm. The newest member of our Corporate Partnership is Dorchester Collection’s Coworth Park. Generous discounts to Members when booking rooms or reserving tables, plus plenty of prizes for players throughout the summer. I am delighted to write that after an absence of two years we will again be hosting our charity shoot in the Park later this summer. Teams will be competing for the Charlie Stisted Memorial Trophy on Wednesday 22 June and funds raised on the day will be distributed between military charities. So it is very much business as usual at the Club in 2022. Philipp Mosimann and his team at Mosimann’s at Guards, including Tony Topi as the new Restaurant Manager and Nick Hebditch as Executive Chef will be delivering seasonal menus all summer. With Laurent-Perrier continuing as our official champagne partner we have all the ingredients to make this season a success on and off the field of play. So I look forward to meeting many of you during the coming season and would like to thank you all for your continued support of this great Club.
Brian Stein Chairman
B OA R D & S TA F F
BOARD & STAFF
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Mr James Neighbour ACMA, CGMA Chief Operating Officer
Mr Antony Fanshawe Director of Polo
Mrs Tara Bown Assistant Polo Manager
Mrs Tissy Sievwright Commercial Manager
VICE PRESIDENTS
Lieutenant Colonel Sean O’Dwyer CVO, DL Mr Jock Green-Armytage Guards Polo Club Holdings Ltd CHAIRMAN
Miss Pam Manku Financial Controller
Mrs Vanessa Cumming Membership Secretary
Mr Brian Stein BOARD MEMBERS
Mrs Diana Butler Communications Director
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Armitage Military playing member (elect)
Mrs Mindi Byrne Representative of the amateur playing members
Mr Jonathan Hare
Mr David Dickman Head Steward
Mr Paulius Kuklinskas Grounds Manager
Representative of amateur playing members
Mr Robert Toal Major Jamie Hayward Representative of life playing members (who no longer play)
Mr Freddie Huxtable Representative of non-playing members
Facilities Manager G R O U N D S S TA F F
Pavel Barto, Neil Clark, Michael Crawley, Andrius Dubauskas, Tomas Fedorkovic, Troy McDonald, Ivan Nunes Da Cunha, Marek Verkin
Mr Hissam Ali Hyder Representative of professional playing members
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Mr Howard Smith Mr Spencer McCarthy
Chief Umpire and Field Captain
Representative of amateur playing members
Mr Jeremy Pemberton Representative of amateur playing members
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Dr Graeme Robertson Medical Officer
Mr Thilo Sautter Representative of amateur playing members
Mr Simon Knapp LVO, MRCVS
Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz
Mr Graham Dennis
Representative of amateur playing members
Honorary Archivist
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GUARDS POLO CLUB OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 2022
CONTENTS 8
Chairman’s Foreword by Brian Stein
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Guards Youth Tournament makes welcome return
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The Future is Radiant with Clé de Peau Beauté Tribute: Momin Sheikh
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Board & Staff
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The Big Picture 2021 by Tony Ramirez
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Royal Charity Polo Cup Day
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Player Profile: Ali Albwardy – King of the Desert
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Tribute: Claire Tomlinson
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News from the Archive
Director of Polo’s Report by Antony Fanshawe
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Seen on the Lawn
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Sporting Dinner
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Turn Heads and Stay Chic with Olivia Cox and La Martina
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Teams & Patrons 2022
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Players Handicaps 2022
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Players Gallery
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TOURNAMENT Reports 98
Cartier Queen’s Cup
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Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Windsor Cup
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Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup
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Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies Charity Polo Tournament
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La Martina Varsity Day
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Hildon Archie David Cup
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Indian Empire Shield
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Duke of Cornwall Trophy
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La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy
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Spring Tournament
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Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy
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Committee Cup
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Coworth Park Challenge Trophy
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Phoenician Cup
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Social Cup
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Duke of Wellington Trophy
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Copenhagen Cup
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Town & County Championship
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Major General’s Cup
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Inter Regimental Trophy
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Autumn Nations Trophy
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President’s Trophy
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Chairman’s Cup
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Results 2021
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Her Majesty The Queen at Guards Polo Club (Photo © Images of Polo)
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A MIL L I O N MI LE S FROM E V E RY DAY The rural retreat. A twist on tradition. The clatter of hooves. The English countryside. The miles of possibility. The feeling of home. Coworth Park.
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Horsepower at Smith's Lawn: a Ferrari on display on Talacrest Prince of Wales's Championship Cup Final Day
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THE BIG PICTURE
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Above: HRH The Duke of Cambridge with his U.S Polo Assn. team-mates Clive Reid, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha and Mark Tomlinson on the Castle Ground at Flemish Farm
HRH THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE RAISES SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS ON RETURN TO THE CLUB Out-Sourcing Inc. takes title sponsorship of Royal Charity Polo Cup Day IMAGES: THE ART OF POLO
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uards Polo Club was honoured to host HRH The Duke of Cambridge’s Royal Charity Polo Cup Day in early July 2021. This wonderful sporting day, held at the Club for the first time and sponsored by the Club’s Royal Windsor Cup partner Out-Sourcing Inc, raised awareness and substantial funds for several charities supported by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Brian Stein, Chairman of Guards Polo Club, said: “Guards Polo Club was delighted to be able to welcome HRH The Duke of Cambridge 18
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and host his remarkable Royal Charity Polo Cup event. The Club is proud of its unique relationship with the Royal Family and it was wonderful that the Duke was once again able to compete at the Club founded by his grandfather, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. I would personally like to thank the patrons that offered their professional services for free. The charities benefiting from today’s polo match have suffered severe financial hardship and such generosity has been invaluable.” Out-Sourcing Inc’s David M. Matsumoto
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“ The Club is proud of its unique relationship with the Royal Family and it was wonderful that the Duke was once again able to compete at the Club founded by his grandfather, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh” BRIAN STEIN, CHAIRMAN GUARDS POLO CLUB
HRH The Duke of Cambridge in action in his Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Charity Polo Cup
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Main picture: The three teams line up to play in the Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Charity Polo Day - BP Polo Team, U.S Polo Assn. and Thomas Goode Polo Team.
“Funds raised from this event will provide a welcome boost to enable all the beneficiaries to continue their vital work” CHARLIE MAYHEW, CHIEF EXECUTIVE TUSK
added: “Out-Sourcing is honoured to support HRH The Duke of Cambridge and knowing that this polo event will raise much needed funds for eight incredible charities aligns perfectly with our own charitable ethos. Out-Sourcing focuses on creating platforms to highlight and support charitable endeavours across the world, including here in the UK.” The format of the Charity Polo Day saw HRH The Duke of Cambridge play as part of the U.S Polo Assn. team alongside Aiyawatt (Top) Srivaddhanaprabha, Clive Reid and Mark Tomlinson. The opposing teams were a Thomas Goode quartet showcasing Louisa Farrington Watt, Abdulla Boulsien, 2nd Lt George Cadogan and Jack Richardson and a BP Polo team featuring James Beh, Joevy Beh, Simon Arber and Hugo Taylor. In an exciting, round-robin format, it was the 20
Top: Platina Tong with Brian Stein, Chairman of Guards Polo Club. Above, left: Andrey Borodin and John Collins. Above, right: Mindi and Hugh Byrne with Simon and Yolanda Arber.
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Above, left: Out-Sourcing gifts for every guest. Above, middle: Clive Reid takes the ball clear in the U.S Polo Assn.’s game against Thomas Goode. Above, right: BP Polo versus U.S Polo Assn. Above: Windsor Castle provides a spectacular backdrop to the Castle Ground. Right: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha in action for the U.S Polo Assn.
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US Polo Association team who won by two goals over the Thomas Goode and BP Polo teams to win the Out-Sourcing Inc. Cup. Out-Sourcing also provided gifts to all the players and the guests attending the day. The event provided a unique opportunity to support and raise funds for eight of Their Royal Highness’s patronages, all of whom have seen a serious shortfall in revenue during the global Covid-19 pandemic. These organisations included Centrepoint, Family Action, Fields in Trust, East Anglia Children’s Hospices (EACH), Mountain Rescue England and Wales, Tusk and Forward Trust. Charlie Mayhew – Chief Executive of Tusk, commented on behalf of the charities. “We are immensely grateful to The Duke for choosing to support the charities today. It has been an extremely challenging period for all charities, and the funds raised from this event will provide a welcome boost to enable all the beneficiaries to continue their vital work.” ✸
Left: HRH The Duke of Cambridge received the Best Playing Pony prize for Savot, a 12-year-old gelding, sponsored by the Cox family from Oklahoma, USA. Below: Mr Andrew Bentley presents the Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Charity Polo Day Trophy to the U.S Polo Assn.'s team captain Mark Tomlinson.
Above: HRH The Duke of Cambridge on a run for the U.S Polo Assn. in their match against Thomas Goode. Inset: The VIP marquees delivered an unrivalled view of the game. Opposite: HRH The Duke of Cambridge goes to goal.
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I N T ER V I E W: A L I A L BWA R DY
KING OF THE DESERT Ali Albwardy, founder of Desert Palm Polo Club in Dubai and patron of the ultra-successful Dubai Polo Team reflects on his early days playing “sand polo” and why playing alongside his sons beats all his match success
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How did you first get into polo? “I was introduced by a friend of mine who played “sand polo “in Dubai and it was great fun. I then went to UK to play the low-goal at Ham Polo Club and Guards Polo Club. I realised polo was fun and winning was even more fun – the first year I played we won every tournament we entered so I started investing in better horses and moved up a few levels to high-goal.” Did you have any equestrian experience as a child? “Not horses but plenty of experience with donkeys and camels. By the way, I prefer horses!” What has been the highlight of your own playing career? “I have so many good memories. Of course winning The Queen’s Cup and Gold Cup many times and representing Dubai have been dreams come true but honestly, playing with my sons beats it all. Polo for me is a way of life and playing with family and friends on champion horses will always be the best for me.”
Above:Above: HM The Queen presents the Cartier Queen’s Cup to Ali in 2012. Left: Dubai after winning the Queen’s Cup in 2005 Ryan Pemble, Ali Albwardy, Adolfo Cambiaso and Piki Alberdi
How much do you play today? “I play as much as I can. Desert Palm Polo Club has an exceptionally long season (October to early May usually) and I play whenever I am in Dubai, four or five times a week. When the Dubai Polo Team is in England, I play high-goal practices at my farm and the same goes for Sotogrande and Argentina. So basically, I play all year round! Just how I like it.” Both your sons have followed in your footsteps. Do they take advice from you? “They have been around polo since they were born so they know the game well. We have a very good relationship and we all share a passion for polo – I am lucky to say they do take advice from me, most of the time!”
Above right: Ali with his sons Tariq and Rashid. Above left: The winning Dubai team in Sotogrande, Spain. Below: Ali and Tariq join members of the Dubai Polo Team after their success in the British Open at Cowdray Park
In what year did you create Desert Palm Polo Club? “Desert Palm Polo Club was born in 1995. I wanted Dubai to experience what I had experienced in Europe. So, together with hard work and a few good friends helping me, we were highly successful.” Desert Palm is today one of the leading polo clubs in the Middle East. What has been the secret of your success? “Desert Palm has been built on a passion for the sport. We have built beautiful facilities, have top horses, a successful Academy for learning. Most importantly we have the best Members 26
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HH Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum presents Raul Laplacette with the Most Valuable Player prize after the final of the Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge event in 2014, held at Desert Palm. Looking on is Laurent Gaborit, then Regional Managing Director of Cartier Middle East, India and Africa and Ali Albwardy
“DESERT PALM HAS BEEN BUILT ON A PASSION FOR THE SPORT. WE HAVE BUILT BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES, HAVE TOP HORSES”
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Ali Albwardy joins Lolo Castagnola and members of La Natividad (Polito Pieres, Barto and Jeta Castagnola) after their win in the Argentine Open in Buenos Aires in 2021. Below: HM King Juan Carlos presents the Cartier Gold Cup to Ali Albwardy after Dubai's success in Sotogrande, Spain, in 2016
“DUBAI IS LA NATIVIDAD — WE ARE ONE AND THE SAME. POLO FOR US IS ABOUT FAMILY AND SO OUR TEAMS ARE ONE” who, by the way, are my dear friends.” What was the biggest hurdle when creating Desert Palm? “The biggest challenge in the beginning was finding people to play. When we first created the Club there were not many people who played polo in the region. We got the message out through friends and taught a few Emiratis to play which was something that made me immensely proud. Sharing polo with my people has been extra special.” How has the sport changed since you first started to play? “The horses. The horses are getting better and better and without them, even the most talented players cannot stand a chance at success. This is why we have been focusing on our own polo pony breeding and we are delighted with the results.” The La Natividad team, winners of the Argentine Open 2021, were sponsored by Dubai. How involved were you with this team? 28
“Lolo is my friend and his family are my family. His children [Barto and Jeta] have grown up in the Dubai Polo Team so it’s natural that I would support them with anything they need to fulfil their potential.”
“I have supported them from day one, just like they supported me and the Dubai Polo Team from the beginning. We are one big family.” Will you be part of the La Nativdiad set-up in their UK high-goal campaign in 2022? If so, how? “Dubai is La Natividad – we are one and the same. Polo for us is about family and so our teams are one. Our families play together and our horse breeding is together. It’s how we like to do things.” Your relationship with Lolo Castagnola dates back more than 20 years. How important is this relationship to this team’s success?
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What are your plans for Desert Palm going forward? “Desert Palm will go from strength to strength because we have the best team. We focus on having good horses, maintaining and developing our facilities to a high standard and making sure our members are happy. The key is for us to remember that it’s not about us as a family but it’s about our Members, both the new and more experienced players.” How would you like to be remembered by the global polo community? “As a man who gave more than he took from the sport. I love polo and I have been lucky to play all over the world, representing Dubai at the highest level. However, I also really enjoy supporting young and talented players and creating polo facilities for others to enjoy – even
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“WHEN WE FIRST CREATED DESERT PALM THERE WERE NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO PLAYED POLO IN THE REGION. WE GOT THE MESSAGE OUT AND TAUGHT A FEW EMIRATIS TO PLAY WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE ME VERY PROUD. SHARING POLO WITH MY PEOPLE HAS BEEN EXTRA SPECIAL”
Ali Albwardy has built an oasis of polo and luxury at his Desert Palm Resort and Polo Club
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh rides out to play for Windsor Park in the Argentine Cup in 1967
ARCHIVE FIND RECALLS AN EARLIER ERA
Club Archivist Graham Dennis discovers some amazing archive images of the Club dating back to 1967
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he Club archivist, Graham Dennis, recently purchased this previously unseen set of images featuring Guards Polo Club. The caption was vague, “Polo Windsor Great Park 1967”. However, after some detective work we can reveal that the match was for the Argentine Cup and was played on Sunday 16 July 1967. The teams playing were HRH The Duke of Edinburgh’s Windsor Park versus Harold Bamberg’s Eaglesfield team, who received 1½ goals on handicap. Windsor Park narrowly won the match 6-5½. Lord Patrick scored a hat-trick, his older 30
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brother, The Marquis of Waterford, fired through a goal and JJ Alberdi put a couple of shots through the flags for Windsor Park. Meanwhile a pair of goals from both Eduardo Moore and Luis Maguire ensured Eaglesfield remained in contention throughout the match. The Club’s beautiful, copperplate record books confirm the teams as: Windsor Park: Lord Patrick Beresford (4); The Marquis of Waterford (4); Mr J J Alberdi (6); HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (5) Eaglesfield: Mr Harold Bamberg (1); Mr Paul Withers (6); Mr Eduardo Moore (6); Mr Luis Maguire (4). ✸
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Above: The Windsor Park team parade in front of the spectators on the north side of the field. Above left: His Royal Highness's car, an Alvis TD21, proves popular with some younger spectators. This car was built to the Duke's particular specifications, including a taller windscreen and and the installation of an electric, folding hood three inches higher than standard
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh receives the Argentine Cup in front of the first incarnation of the Royal Box on the Club's number one ground, later renamed The Queen’s Ground. Note the substantial commentator's box behind the grandstand!
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Above: HM The Queen watches her husband receive the Argentine Cup Left: Eaglesfield players, including Harold Bamberg (far right) chat with their Windsor Park rivals in front of the Royal Box Below: HM The Queen drives herself home from polo in her Vauxhall Cresta Estate
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SEEN ON THE LAWN
Royalty, pageantry and plenty of horsepower heralds a more social season in 2021 IMAGES: IMAGES OF POLO
Above: HM The Queen, Brian Stein, Chairman of Guards Polo Club, Andrew Bentley and Charlie Bruin head out to the Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Windsor Cup Final presentations Far left: Our Head Steward David Dickman in command of the Household Cavalry Musical Ride Left: Andras Tombor and family with the Indian Empire Shield
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Clockwise from top left: June Howell Jones; Col Stuart Cowen; Platina Tong and Tissy Sievwright; John Collins arrrives in style; Major Jamie Hayward prepping for a livestream commentary
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SEEN ON THE LAWN Clockwise from top left: Timekeeper Rosie Hall; Simon Holland and Melissa Stisted; Former Head Groundsman Peter Svoboda; Club Steward Chris Lee; Pony Lines Steward Bonnie Leheup; Truefitt & Hill's pop-up barbers on the La Martina Lawn
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Clockwise from top left: Alex Jacob; Julia Fall; Cristina Carneiro de Mendonca and fellow guest on ladies' day; James Beh, Stephen Lamprell, Brian Stein and Sir Mike Rake; Polo Cam TV's Shene Powell and Greg Hughes with commentator Karl Ude-Martinez; Philipp Mosimann with June Paeng and Miss Leangpontru
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Clockwise from top left: Park Place Polo Manager Ash Price; Tara Bown with James, Sue and Geoff Smith and Ernie Bown; Daniel and Cruz Otamendi; Our Director of Polo Antony Fanshawe with some of the team from Wexham Park Hospital including Michael McAleer and Suzanne Veltri; Stylish guests on the Lawn; Stephen and Gillian Lamprell; Freddie Huxtable, Chairman of the Social Committee
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Guards Polo Club and John Collins co-hosted an informal dinner in the Clubhouse for all the players competing in the first edition of the Talacrest Prince of Wales's Championship Cup. The result was a wonderfully relaxed, easy-going evening before everyone focussed on the serious business of winning the Club's newest trophy ✸
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The popular Youth Tournament made a welcome return in 2021, delivering thrilling yet fun sport for our younger supporters
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uards Polo Club, supported by La Martina, was delighted to host a competitive Youth Tournament in late August. Some 20 young players were divided into two age groups - 13-15 years old and 8-12 years old. Some familiar names from the high-goal were sprinkled among the five teams such as Toccalino, Monteverde, Muzzio and Araya. The older competitors took part in four chukkas of four minutes each while the younger ones played three chukkas of five minutes each. Lucio Toccalino, a member of La Martina Minis, was named the Most Valuable Player in the younger category, while the judges could not decide between Estanislao Darritchon (Guards
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Polo Club) and Juana Lavinia (La Martina) in the senior class. With the Club providing a post-match BBQ and La Martina giving away lots of prizes this event was as much about having fun as competing to win. 8-12s: La Martina Minis: Lucio Toccalino, Ava Southwell, Ruby Byrne, Felix Toccalino. Guards Minis: Lucero Monteverde, Isabella Lavinia, Alejandro Otamendi, Sebastian Cunningham-Day 13-15s: La Martina: Juana Lavinia, Rupert Cunningham-Day, Aramaya Sheikh, Nicolas San Roman Jnr. Guards: Lulu Saunders, Estanislao Darritchon, Pedro Amaya, Rosaleen Cunningham-Day. Flemish Farm: Tomas Muzzio, Leander Sautter, Raffi Bruckner, Tomas San Roman. ✸
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Above: HM The Queen in conversation with Mo Sheikh after his team had won the Mountbatten Trophy on Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup Final Day in 2013
TRIBUTE MOMIN SHEIKH DECEMBER 1963 – SEPTEMBER 2021
The Guards Polo Club community was shocked last September at the death of a much-loved Home Elected Player and Patron, Mo Sheikh, following a period of illness
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omin, known to all as Mo, had been a member of Guards Polo Club since 2006. He ran medium and low goal teams under various banners but most recognisably as BHC Polo and latterly as the Bridge House of Twyford Polo Team. These teams took their name from his business interests – Mo was a pioneer in retirement living. He achieved much success in polo, especially here at Smith’s Lawn, adding his name to some coveted trophies including the Duke of Cornwall, the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary, the Duke of Wellington, the Autumn
Nations Tournament and the Town & County Championship. Mo was also successful in raiding Cowdray Park’s trophy locker, registering wins in the Holden White Cup and Dollar Cup in past seasons. Mo’s love of polo also saw him create an opportunity for the next generation of players. He was instrumental in the creation of the Copenhagen Cup schools tournament at Guards Polo Club. This competition allows polo-playing schools to compete competitively on the top-quality grounds at Smith’s Lawn, delivering an unprecedented opportunity for these student players. Since its inception many G UA R D S P O L O C L U B O F F I C I A L Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 2
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Mo's BHC Polo Team, featuring Roddy Matthews, Oli Hipwood and his long-standing Polo Manger, the late Juracy Santos, after winning the Ganjam Jaipur Trophy in 2014.
young players have come through the initial experience of playing at Guards Polo Club whilst at school and then moving on to playing at the Club as professional players and patrons, even up to the Queen’s Cup level. This is a true legacy of Mo’s passion for polo and has helped inspire the next generation of polo players. In addition to his passion for playing polo, Mo was also a long-standing Board Director, representing the Amateur Playing Members for some seven years at the Club. He contributed to the good governance and efficiency of the Club with his subtle but well-informed inputs and suggestions, always having the values and ethos of the “gentlemanly nature” of the sport at the forefront of his proposals. Indeed, Mo was always impeccably dressed and set a high standard for all to aspire to, whether he was in the Royal Box, attending a meeting, on the polo pitch or enjoying the après-polo. Mo lived his life “flat out” in the same manner as he would invariably be seen entering the field of play. Whilst others would be in a hand-canter, working on their swing before the resumption of play, Mo would be giving his steed a full gallop to get ready for the ball being brought into play. Ever-smiling and ever kind and gracious to all he met, Mo touched many hearts with empathy, respect and without any discrimination of status or situation. This distinguished gentleman of the sport will be sorely missed, but never forgotten. The Chairman, Board of Directors, Players and Members send their deepest condolences to Mo’s wife, Sapna, their children and the wider Sheikh family. Vivek Rawal 62
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Left: The Autumn Nations Cup-winning Bridge House of Twyford team — Jack Richardson, Tommy Beresford, Mo Sheikh and Ralph Richardson— in 2016.
Above: Mo receives the 2015 Autumn Nations Trophy from Jock Green-Armytage.
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TRIBUTE CLAIRE TOMLINSON FEBRUARY 1944 – JANUARY 2022
The highest handicapped lady player who also revolutionised polo coaching
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laire Tomlinson may not have been a playing member of Guards Polo Club but warrants a tribute in our Yearbook thanks to her unparalleled influence on the game of polo for more than half a century. She single-handedly secured the rights of women to compete in high-goal competitions from the Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA) and then went on to practice what she had preached, winning the Queen’s Cup here at Smith’s Lawn in 1979 with her Los Locos team. She also has her name engraved on the 22-goal Warwickshire Cup and the Cowdray Park Challenge Cup when it was played for at that level. At the height of her playing career Claire was registered at five goals. This was long before ladies’ handicaps were introduced and makes her the highest handicapped woman player ever, a record that still stands to this day. It is not surprising that
DESPITE BEING THE BEST PLAYER ON THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY POLO TEAM LADIES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE VARSITY MATCH. SO CLAIRE SET ABOUT GETTING THE RULE CHANGED such a remarkable player added her name to a raft of world-class tournaments. This includes our 15-goal Royal Windsor Cup in 1980, ’81, ’96 and 2010. Other Club victories include two wins in the Archie David Cup. Claire’s battles to get women players recognised started when a student at Oxford. Despite being the best player on the Oxford University polo team ladies were not allowed to compete in the Varsity match. So Claire set about getting the rule changed, although she was listed as “Mr Lucas” in the 1964 event! But two years 64
later, as Claire Lucas, she captained the Oxford team to victory in the 1966 Varsity match, winning the game 7-0, the first time Cambridge registered a zero score. These successes were in addition to her representing the university at fencing, squash and, most surprisingly, ploughing! Claire’s parents, Arthur and Ethel Lucas were both keen players. Her father
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founded Woolmer’s Park Polo Club at the family home in Hertfordshire in 1949 and was a key figure in the resurrection of polo after the Second World War. Claire and her siblings, John and Pat, all inherited their parents’ passion for the game. It was while at Oxford that Claire met her husband, Simon Tomlinson, who had first played polo when serving in the Army.
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In addition to fighting for recognition for women in polo, Claire was focused on improving coaching in polo. She worked as a senior HPA coach at Pony Club and International level and worked in partnership with David Morley and Major Hugh Dawnay to develop a world-class coaching system for the HPA. She also taught TRH The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex to play when they were younger and coached England teams at every level, including at the World Championships in 2001 and 2004. Claire was a one-off whose like we are unlikely to see again. We send our deepest condolences to Claire’s family and all the team at Beaufort Polo Club. ✸ Diana Butler
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Clockwise from top left: Claire in action for Oxford in an old Blues game on Varsity Day; with younger son Mark when winning the Royal Windsor Cup with Los Locos in 2010; celebrating her Hurlingham Polo Association Lifetime Achievement Award with her daughter Emma; in conversation with HM The Queen after her Los Locos team won The Queen's Cup in 1979
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“Over the winter we added some 80 miles of drainage to the polo fields at Flemish Farm and The Princes’ Ground so that they better handle wet weather”
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Antony Fanshawe, Guards Polo Club’s Director of Polo, is in upbeat mood as work begins on redeveloping Grounds Six and Eight and the Club welcomes a raft of new playing members
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s we head into the 2022 season, I want to start by thanking all the players who have supported this Club over the past two years. Covid threw far too many curve balls at us but we pulled through stronger and fitter than ever before. That is thanks to all of the teams that stayed with us, supported our vision and entered our tournaments. My personal thanks must go to Tara Bown here in the Polo Office and all the ground staff that worked so hard last year to ensure we could play so many games. Sadly Peter Svoboda left the Club in December after 10 years as Head Groundsman but we are fortunate to have secured the experienced Paulius Kuklinskas to take on this demanding role, ensuring a smooth and effortless transition at a key time for the Club. 68
Polo came back with a vengeance last season; so many people showing their love of the sport. Ironically, I believe Covid reignited our passion for the game – when we thought we might not be able to play we grabbed every opportunity with both hands. Because this Club worked so hard to open safely and successfully in 2020 the global polo community were able to plan their 2021 season in confidence, knowing that Guards Polo Club would deliver plenty of competitive sport. We are now reaping the rewards of that effort. The Club heads into this new season with a strong playing membership – a record number of players have joined Guards Polo Club over the past year – accompanied by our impressive fixtures list. We are very much ready to play at every level in 2022.
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Despite still being in uncertain times – the price of diesel, the war in Ukraine, covid regularly returning – we are also in the incredible position of being able to move forward with the penultimate stage of our grounds plan, the redevelopment of Grounds Six and Eight. If the weather is kind to us at key times, we aim to deliver level, dry, full-size fields from next season. The Princes’ Ground has already exceeded my expectations and will come into full use this season. We will be playing 22-goal polo on what, I believe, is the best polo field in the world this summer and I see no reason why Grounds Six and Eight will not be equally impressive once they have bedded in. Of course such a project does not come without its inconveniences but it is important to remember our end goal – to deliver six, full-size, world-class, laser-levelled grounds at Smith’s Lawn. We plan to complete this £3million+ grounds project by rebuilding Ground Four in 2023. The ultimate result will not just be of huge benefit to our players but also for our Social Members and sponsors too. The ultimate aim is to play
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all of our polo here at Smith’s Lawn. In the short-term we are working hard to make sure that the works have as negligible an impact on your polo as possible. Over the winter we added some 80 miles of drainage to the polo fields at Flemish Farm and The Princes’ Ground so that these grounds handle wet weather. We have fully upgraded the irrigation system at Smiths Lawn, replacing more than a mile of underground pipework and adding new irrigation reels so that we can more accurately and quickly can irrigate in dry
Antony Fanshawe treading in divots on the newly created Princes’ Ground.
“ IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER OUR END GOAL – TO DELIVER SIX, FULL-SIZE, WORLD-CLASS, LASER-LEVELLED GROUNDS AT SMITH’S LAWN” weather. We have replaced the vertidrain machine and added a new “hollowcoring” machine that will help speed the recovery of our fields. Of course Ground Four will be in use this season and we have successfully approached Beenhams Farm, Westcroft Park and Black Bears to ensure that we can play a number of our games with them this season. So it is all systems go for an actionpacked season for everyone. Don’t forget though that my door is always open if you want to talk about your season. My success is your success so let us all make this season a winning one. ✸
The Queen’s Ground looking immaculate and ready to play in 2021. With improved draining and new irrigation machinery, everything is in place to ensure all the grounds at Smith’s Law and Flemish Farm can deliver with every game, whatever the weather
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TEAMS & PATRONS 2022 A AFB
Patron: Mr C Reid
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AINSLEY SADDLERY Patron: Mr A Dechet
ALTAMIRA Patron: Mr A Agosti
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AMOS Patron: Mr M Sponer
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BEL POLO
BEL POLO Patron: Mr H Lunn
BLACK BEARS Patron: Mr G Schwarzenbach
BPG Patron: Mr U Hu
CADENCE Patron: Miss E Avarguez
CAMBRIDGE Patron: The Students
CARISBROOKE Patron: Mrs J Rumsey
CHEDS Patron: Mr W Berry
CIBAO LA PAMPA Patron: Mr J Pepa
CLAREMONT FAMILY OFFICE Patron: Mr L Lim
CONOSCO IT Patron: Mr J Pemberton
CORTIUM SPORT Patron: Mr A Kirby
CUATRO ESTRELLAS Patron: Mr J Taylor
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DUBAI Patron: Mr A Albwardy
ELEVEN Patron: Ms K Lindsay-Fynn
EL ROSARIO Patron: Mr A Penafiel
EMLOR Patron: Mr S McCarthy
EMSWORTH POLO GROUNDS Patron: Mr E Arber
ETON COLLEGE Patrons: The Parents
FIFTH CHUKKER/ACCESS BANK Patron: Mr A Atta
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KING KONG Patron: Major P Hunter
LEMONADE CLUB POLO Patron: Mr S Franc
LES LIONS Patrons: Mr J & Mr M Gottschalk
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PARK PLACE Patron: Mr A Borodin
PORTO RONCO Patron: K Graf von Schweinitz
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PLAYERS HANDICAPS 2022
All of our players’ handicaps are listed here for the season. The majority of our lady players have a ladies’ handicap and we list those here too, in square brackets after their name
Bartolome Castagnola Jnr Camilo Castagnola Pablo MacDonough Juan Martin Nero Gonzalo Pieres Polito Pieres David Stirling
Tom Brodie Clement Delfosse Ed Banner-Eve William Emerson Pedro Harrison Cruz Heguy Ned Hine Jack Hyde Patrick Maleitzke Antonino Menard Bautista Panelo Santiago Tanoira Mackenzie Weisz
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Adolfo Cambiaso Snr Facundo Pieres Hilario Ulloa 9-GOAL HANDICAP
Juan Britos Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr Alfredo Capella Diego Cavanagh Agustin Merlos Sebastian Merlos Tomas Panelo Ignacio Toccalino Juan Martin Zubia 7-GOAL HANDICAP
Juan Ambroggio Tomas Beresford Bartolome Castagnola Snr Alejandro Muzzio Guillermo Terrera Juan Gris Zavaleta 6-GOAL HANDICAP
Max Charlton John Paul Clarkin Jacinto Crotto Santiago de Estrada Michel del Carril Gonzalo Garcia del Rio Jaime Garcia Huidobro Chris Mackenzie Lucas Monteverde Snr Lucas Monteverde Jnr Benjamin Panelo Manuel Plaza Isidro Strada Mark Tomlinson Earl of Tyrone 5-GOAL HANDICAP
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Vieri Antinori Jose Araya Andrew Blake Thomas Ollie Cork Matias Gonzalez Nacho Gonzalez Jonny Good Charlie Hanbury Will Harper Antonio Heguy Louis Hine Oliver Hipwood Terence Lent Juan Marambio Santos Merlos Daniel Otamendi Nicolas San Roman Tommy Severn Hugo Taylor Peter Webb Luke Wiles 3-GOAL HANDICAP
Hamid Ali Zac Beim Adolfo Casabal Charles Cooney Marcus Cork Segundo Darritchon James Emlyn Kian Hall Alfie Hyde Fabio Lavinia Antonio Manzorro Oscar Mancini Hamza Mawaz Edward Morris-Lowe Harry Muddle Hernan Muzzio
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HH Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur Rashid Albwardy Lachlan Appleby Emanuel Arber Adamu Atta Dillon Bacon Toby Bradshaw Charles Cadogan Joshua Clover Mariano Darritchon Victoria Day Pedro de Lamare George Deverall Mark Emerson Ludo Ephson Nick Evans Antony Fanshawe James Grayson Louis Heard Hazel Jackson [10] Juan (Chino) Leiva James Mann James McCarthy George Pearson Jose Penafiel Capt Oliver Powell Evan Power Marcelo Puga Prada Guy Schwarzenbach Howard Smith Fred Thame Cornet James Thomas Ed Walker Heloise Wilson-Smith [6] Luca Zindel 1-GOAL HANDICAP
HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Sussex HM Al-Sultan Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah Alessandro Bazzoni Nick Beitner Joaquin Bossignon Lt Giles Bromley-Martin Martin Brown 2nd Lt Hon George Cadogan Andrew Dechet
Will Drewitt Patrick Ephson Alan Fall Oliver Fanshawe Max Gottschalk Mark Hayden-Kellard Oliver Heard Edward Horswell Adebayo Karim Tunde Karim Maximilian Kirchhoff Adrian Kirby Spencer McCarthy Luca Natella Alexander Nix Col Michael O’Dwyer Jeremy Pemberton Alejandro Penafiel Jnr Juan Pepa Octavio Pinto Gustav Rausing Thilo Sautter David Sievwright Max Sponer Max Voelker David Woodd Charlie Wooldridge O-GOAL HANDICAP
HRH Prince Rashid El Hassan HH Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum [3] Sultan Edrees Adriano Agosti Tariq Albwardy Khalid Alomran Yolanda Arber [2] Elodie Avarguez [2] Lt Frederick Benyon William Berry Andrey Borodin Alex Brodie Mindi Byrne [2] Alexie Calvert-Ansari Jasmine Calvert-Ansari [3] Sarah Clark Oliver Drewitt Damian Duncan Ramsey El-Ashkar Ana Escobedo [3] Siri Evjemo-Nysveen [2] Gleb Fetisov
Simon Franc Joachim Gottschalk Jock Green-Armytage Capt Matthew GreenArmytage Capt Maurice Hamilton Jonathan Hare Melanie Hare [1] Major Jamie Hayward Ulysses Hu Major Peter Hunter Kola Karim Noor Khadra Vinod Kumar Mo Ladan Muhammadu Dikko Ladan Julian Leake Riley Leake Larry Lim Ziwen Arno Liu Major The Lord Milo Manton Henry Lunn Ricardo Massu Iyad Omari Olympia Paus [1] Alejandro Penafiel Snr Vivek Rawal Clive Reid Jayne Rumsey [2] Raphael Singh Stefan Sund Georgia Sweeney [2] Justin Taylor Heiko Voelker Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz Mark Wadhwa -1-GOAL HANDICAP
Lt Col Tom Armitage Éclair Chen Lt Col Howard Flood Capt George Lane Fox Phoebe Leake Kate Lindsay-Fynn Major Edward Mackie Enrico Meneghetti Leander Sautter Rhett Wooldridge -2-GOAL HANDICAP
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Ainsley Saddlery and Ojo Caliente pose post match: Zac Beim, Manuel Plaza, John Paul Clarkin, Andrew Dechet, Ana Escobedo, Fabio Lavinia, Jonny Good, George Deverall
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Clockwise from top left: Park Place’s Andrey Borodin and Monterosso’s Alessandro Bazzoni after the Talacrest final; King Power’s Hilario Ulloa, Brian Stein with Alejandro Penafiel Jnr; Will Harper; Green Gates' Noor Khadra with the Mountbatten Trophy; Tex8n Polo’s Mindi Byrne; Charles Cooney v Adolfo Cambiaso Snr
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Clockwise from top left: Luke Wiles; Josh Clover; Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz; Nico San Roman; Charlie Wooldridge and family; Jayne Rumsey; Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr; Elodie Avarguez; Muhammadu Dikko Ladan
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Phoebe Leake of La Martina with the Oxford and Cambridge teams in the Old Blues Match for the Arthur Lucas Cup (from left): Sam Outtridge, Jeremy Allen, Victor Chua, Francesca Smith, Hilali Noordeen, Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz, Cameron Walton Masters, Major Jamie Hayward
Clockwise from above: Yolanda and Emanuel Arber after winning the Hildon Archie David Cup; Manuel Plaza; Dillon Bacon returning the Cartier Queen’s Cup to the Club
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Clockwise from above left: Thilo and Leander Sautter; Director of Polo Antony Fanshawe; Emlor patron Spencer McCarthy; Previse patron Stefan Sund; Segundo Darritchon; Oliver Drewitt; Octavio Pinto with Maddie Hebbourne; Four Quarters Black’s Romilla Arber; Alexander Nix and Heiko Voelker
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Clockwise from top left: Agustin Merlos and Rufino Merlos; Vivek Rawal; HH Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; King Power’s Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha; Tommy and Teresa Beresford; Will Emerson; Brian Stein with Tunde Karim; The Lord Milo Manton with Lady Manton; Pelon Stirling
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Clockwise from top left: La Magnolia’s patron Luca Natella; HPA’s Chief Umpire Peter Wright with Talacrest’s John Collins; Jack Hyde and Genevieve Meadows; the Bardon team - Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr; Ignacio Negri, Andras Tombor, Isidro Strada; Matt Perry; Julian Appleby; Max Charlton
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Clockwise from left: Captain Oliver Powell; Hissam Ali Hyder; Oliver and Louis Heard with Laura Heard; Fred Thame; Tomas Panelo; Raphael Singh with Brian Stein; Hugo Taylor in the rain; Howard Smith with Will Millard
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Clockwise from top left: Emlor Black’s James McCarthy; Conosco patron Jeremy Pemberton; Isidro Strada; Facundo Pieres makes certain of a goal; Lucas Monteverde Jnr; Black Bears’ Guy Schwarzenbach; Shakib Polo's Kaveh Shakib
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Clockwise from top left: Mad Dogs patron Alan Fall with Clive Reid of the AFB team; Pink Power’s Nick Beitner; White Crane: Andrew Blake Thomas, Juan Gris Zavaleta, Tom Brodie and Alexie Calvert-Ansari; 2Lt The Hon George Cadogan; Graham Wooldridge with his nephew Rhett Wooldridge; Schockemohle Polo’s Patrick Maleitzke; Hazel Jackson
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Left: Polito Pieres at full speed
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Laurent Feniou with Scone Polo, Cartier Queen’s Cup runners-up
The victorious UAE Polo Team with the Cartier Queen’s Cup - Tomas Beresford, Polito Pieres, HH Sheikha Maitha, Tomas Panelo. Below: Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha receives the Most Valuable Player prize from Laurent Feniou after the morning’s sub final match
UK’s Managing Director also presented a prize to King Power’s patron, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. He had delivered a strong performance throughout the three-week tournament and was named the Most Valuable Player in the sub final. Cartier has generously sponsored this high-goal tournament since 2012 and has been a supporter of polo worldwide for more than 35 years. Therefore Cartier was delighted to again celebrate the final in the company of friends of the Maison. Guests enjoyed an intimate lunch and afternoon tea in the Cartier enclosure, followed by this exciting final. Cartier Ambassadors Ramla Ali and Maisie Williams were in attendance amongst notable attendees: Ikram Abdi, 102
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Adolfo Cambiaso Snr and Tomas Panelo in a horse race down the Queen’s Ground
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to Genie, who had been played by Max Charlton. This 12-year-old bay mare is Max’s favourite retrained racehorse in his string and he had played her in the second chukka. Out-Sourcing Inc. has sponsored this tournament since 2018 but travel restrictions due to the global pandemic meant that the Out-Sourcing team, who are based in Tokyo, were unable to attend the final. However as the tournament was streamed live, they were able to watch every moment via Guards TV. Twenty-one teams had entered this year’s tournament and earlier in the day Noor Khadra’s Green Gates won the subsidiary final for the Mountbatten Trophy. They defeated Charlie Wooldridge’s Twelve Oaks in an equally fast-paced game. Twelve Oaks were 6-3 up at half-time but then the dynamics changed. Twelve Oaks failed to score at all in the final two chukkas while Green Gates’ Charles Cooney and Diego Cavanagh – the tournament’s leading goal-scorer coming into this final – found five goals between them. This late rally ensured that 108
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Emlor: Spencer McCarthy (1); Hugo Taylor (3); Max Charlton (6); Richard Tyrone (5). Bardon: Andras Tombor (0); Kian Hall (3); Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr (7); Isidro Strada (6). Green Gates: Noor Khadra (0); Charles Cooney (3); Diego Cavanagh (8); Cesar Crespo (4). Twelve Oaks: Charlie Wooldridge (2); Jonny Good (4); John Paul Clarkin (6); Josh Cork (3).
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ark Place made history at Guards Polo Club in late August. Andrey Borodin’s squad is the first team to win the impressive, 22-goal Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup. Although Alessandro Bazzoni’s Monterosso team made Park Place work hard for this victory, keeping themselves in contention until the final bell. There was little between these two sides for much of the match, with both teams producing strong defensive play which kept the goal judges idle. Park Place had a narrow 3-1 lead at half-time but the players, and the packed grandstands, knew that this advantage was on a knife-edge and could change at any time. There had only been a goal between these two sides when they met in the league stages of the Club’s newest tournament, again in favour of Park Place (9-8). In the fifth chukka Facundo Pieres turned up the heat a little, making the most of some space to push Park Place ahead 4-3. When he had the chance to successfully convert a penalty 112
many wondered if this was the moment that Park Place would now run away with the match. Monterosso’s Ignacio Toccalino had other ideas though. He successfully converted a penalty to put Monterosso back in contention. Facundo Sola then had two chances for Monterosso in the sixth but sent them wide and as nobody else had a shot at goal in this final period the score remained stuck at 5-4, confirming Park Place’s victory. John Collins, the founder of Talacrest and sponsor of this new high-goal tournament, produced some amazing prizes for all players – and match officials – on finals day, including Cartier watches for the winners. Juan Britos was named Talacrest Most Valuable Player while Machitos Puccini, owned by Monterosso and played by Facundo Sola, was named the Talacrest Best Playing Pony. This seven-year-old, bay mare is one of Sola’s favourites. Appropriately for a title sponsor who is the world’s most experienced classic Ferrari dealer, having sold in excess of about 1,750 Ferraris to the value of more than $1billion, the teams were not introduced on the field on horseback but from an impressive array of Ferrari. A former high-goal polo patron himself, John Collins said when on signing this new partnership: “I have been involved with polo at Guards
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Polo Club for more than 30 years and so am thrilled to be able to support the Club in this high-goal competition. I know from first-hand experience of playing high-goal at Guards that the opportunity for players to compete at the highest level on the best grounds is invaluable.” Five teams entered this first edition of the Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup, with each team playing the others over the previous three weeks. So both teams in the sub final for the Talacrest Trophy, Sheikha Maitha’s UAE Polo Team and Andras Tombor’s Bardon, had met before. In that first encounter the UAE team had comfortably won 13-8. So Bardon, playing in their first 22-goal tournament, came to this game having done their homework and dominated the first half. Matias Machado, who was later named the Talacrest Trophy Most Valuable Player was outstanding in the first half, putting Bardon comfortably ahead 7-2. UAE Polo Team, no stranger to the big occasion, closed the gap in the second half, forcing this match into extra time. This was the first time in the entire tournament that overtime had to be played. Bardon were awarded a penalty early into the extra time which Fran Elizalde converted to win the match 10-9. ✸ 114
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Park Place: Andrey Borodin (0); Will Harper (4); Juan Britos (8); Facundo Pieres (10). Monterosso: Alessandro Bazzoni (1); Matt Perry (5); Ignacio Toccalino (8); Facundo Sola (8). Bardon Polo Team: Andras Tombor (0); Fran Elizalde (8); Alfredo Bigatti (8); Matias Machado (6). UAE Polo Team: HH Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum (0); Lucas Monteverde Jnr (5); Bartolome Castagnola Jnr (9); Alfredo Capella (8).
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H Sheikha Maitha’s UAE Polo Team cemented their position as the leading ladies’ polo squad in 2021 by winning the Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies Charity Polo Final. The Sheikha’s team, featuring the 10-goaler Hazel Jackson, defeated Alicia Woods’ La Ruleta (rec ½ goal on handicap) 8-3½ on The Queen’s Ground in late August. These two teams had met in the 2019 final of this tournament, with La Ruleta taking the honours then. UAE Polo Team were taking no chances this time and dominated the match from the first whistle. Hazel started the goal 116
scoring, with team-mates and sisters, Cata and Juana Lavinia following suit. This ensured UAE Polo Team were 3-½ up after the first chukka. A fabulous field goal from Cata, who was later named the Clé de Peau Beauté Most Valuable Player, put UAE further ahead in the second. When she was hooked out of a play in the same chukka, Hazel was perfectly placed to pick up the ball and fire through the goal. Nina Clarkin, also playing off 10-goals, successfully converted a 40-yard penalty to get La Ruleta off the mark before the half-time bell but Alicia’s team were now playing catch-up. The Sheikha successfully converted a 30-yard penalty in the third, while team-mate Cata closed this chukka with another goal. Despite trailing for the entire match La Ruleta never gave up fighting. Good teamwork from Nina and Danielle Lussi produced a good goal in the third and some smart play from Nina and Alicia in the fourth secured another goal for La Ruleta. However with Hazel finding the flags once more in this final chukka, UAE Polo Team’s victory was never
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in doubt. Helen Wood, General Manager of Clé de Peau Beauté, presented the prizes, including the Lord Patrick Beresford Trophy to HH Sheikha Maitha. Helen also awarded the Best Playing Pony Prize to Matuza Perry. This seven-year-old was played by Cata in the first and third chukkas and is owned by her father, the professional player Fabio Lavinia. This was the first year of Clé de Peau Beauté’s generous sponsorship of the Guards Ladies Charity Polo Tournament and so all the players headed home with some fabulous gifts. Non-players also benefited from Clé de Peau Beauté generosity as everyone dining in the Clubhouse received a gift too. This luxury skincare and makeup brand was also supporting UNICEF UK on finals day and so there were several fundraising opportunities including a live auction in the Clubhouse. The event raised more than £6,000 which will go towards UNICEF’s work with the COVAX initiative, which aimed to deliver two billion covid vaccine doses to some of the poorest nations in the world by the end of 2021. Lydia Raw and Victoria Roe from UNICEF UK presented the prizes for the second match, for the Clé de Peau Beauté Charity Plate. This match featured several of the Club’s lady patrons and players plus two professional lady players – Nina Clarkin for Clé de Peau Beauté and Lia Salvo for Guards Polo Club. In a much tighter game Guards Polo Club (rec ½ goal) won the match 6½– 3. Elodie Avarguez was named the Most Valuable Player while Clé de Peau Beauté’s Mindi Byrne received the Best Playing Pony Prizes, including a stunning floral headcollar, for Niagara. Seven teams had entered this year’s 18-goal ladies’ tournament and so the first ladies match of the day was for the equally competitive sub final. This was a win for Annita van der Hoeven’s Nipas-ESP. They beat Team Tonic/Mount Loftus 5-3 in the closest game of the day. ✸ TEAMS
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Oxford: Jamie Baillie (-1); Cecily Day (0); Tamara Gibbons (0); Thomas Gordon-Colebrook (1). Cambridge: Éclair Chen (-1); Catherine Richards (-1); Junaid Safdar (0); Tate Lavitt (0). Harrow: Ulysses Hu (-1); Freddie Strange (-2); Marc Lindgren (-2); Hector Rogberg (0). Eton: Alick Sweeting (-2); Oliver Drewitt (-1); Beau Buchan (-1); Fraser McDade (-2)/ Sacha Davie Thornill (-2).
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SATURDAY 26TH JUNE 2021
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closer affair, played earlier in the day. Quixote defeated last year’s winners, Louise Jebson’s CANI, 10-7. The third game of this tournament, for the Claude Pert Trophy, is just for those Club teams that have not made it through after the league stages. This was another close contest between Home Farm (rec ½ goal) and Shakib Polo. Oliver Heard’s Home Farm came out best, with Louis joining his brother to deliver this win. ✸ TEAMS
Emsworth: Yolanda Arber (0); Emanuel Arber (1); Zac Beim (2); Gonzalo Ferrari (5). Tchogan/ Libertine: Heiko Voelker (0); Alexander Nix (1); Hugo Taylor (3); Tommy Severn (4). Quixote: Olympia Paus (0); Will Millard (1); Terence Lent (3); Tom Brodie (4). CANI: Louise Jebson (0); Emily Johnson (0); Grant Collett (3); Matias Amaya (5). Home Farm: Oliver Heard (0); Patrick Ephson (1); Louis Heard (1); Antonino Menard (5). Shakib Polo: Raphael Singh (0); Oliver Fanshawe (1); Joshua Clover (2); Federico Boudou (5).
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had played in the second chukka. Eleven teams had entered this high-goal contest, delivering 21 games over the previous 20 days. So it was no surprise that the sub-final was equally competitive. Honours in this game, played at Coworth Park earlier in the day, went to Noor Khadra’s Green Gates. This team were 5-3 down at half-time to Guy Schwarzenbach’s Black Bears but rallied strongly in the second half. Green Gates fired through four goals in the fifth chukka, most coming off the stick of Diego Cavanagh, to win the equally impressive sub final trophy 8-7. ✸ TEAMS
Bardon: Andras Tombor (0); Ignacio Negri (6); Poroto Cambiaso (7); Isidro Strada (6). Emlor: James McCarthy (2); Richard Tyrone (5); Juan Ambroggio (6); Pedro Harrison (5). Green Gates: Noor Khadra (0); Gonzalo Ferrari (5); Diego Cavanagh (8); Tomas Garbarini (5). Black Bears: Guy Schwarzenbach (2); James Fewster (4); Paco O’Dwyer (6); Ollie Cudmore (6).
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pencer McCarthy’s Emlor team first highlighted their dominance in the 15-goal tournaments at Smith’s Lawn in 2021 by retaining the La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy. Spencer’s team then went on to win the Royal Windsor Cup, the UK’s leading 15-goal tournament just a month later. In this La Martina final Emlor had to work hard for the win, battling both a competitive Black Bears squad, patroned by Guy Schwarzenbach, and torrential rain. It was closely fought, Emlor coming out best 5-4. The win also ensured Spencer’s team could claim the double as Emlor had won the trophy in 2019 and the tournament was not played for in 2020 due to the pandemic. Emlor had dug deep to win this match, with Spencer on great form throughout the four chukkas. His sterling efforts were rewarded with the Most Valuable Player prize, while Paco O’Dwyer of Black Bears headed home with the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize.
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SUNDAY 9TH MAY 2021
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TEAMS PREVISE, CONOSCO, TCHOGAN/ LIBERTINE, SHAKIB POLO
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revise started their 2021 season with a win, capturing the competitive Spring Tournament. Stefan Sund’s team delivered a strong performance on the polo fields at Coworth Park to defeat Jeremy Pemberton’s Conosco team 8-4. Eleven teams had entered this early tournament, the Club’s first six-goal competition of the season and invariably a great warm-up for both players and ponies. Luke Wiles in particular had a good final. Not only did he receive the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Ink but was also named the Most Valuable Player. The sub-final had been played later in the day at Smith’s Lawn and saw a win for Heiko Voelker and Alexander Nix’s Tchogan/Libertine. They beat Shakib Polo, patroned by Kaveh Shakib, 6-2 in four fast-paced chukkas. ✸
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Previse: Stefan Sund (0); Fred Thame (1); Toby Bradshaw (1); Luke Wiles (4). Conosco: Jeremy Pemberton (0); Oliver Drewitt (-1); Will Drewitt (1); Will Emerson (5). Tchogan/Libertine: Heiko Voelker (0); Alexander Nix (1); Alfie Hyde (2); Fabio Lavinia (3). Shakib Polo: Kaveh Shakib (0); Edward Horswell (0); Josh Clover (2); Adolfo Casabal (3).
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VALERIE HALFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY
TCHOGAN BEGIN WITH A VICTORY SUNDAY 9TH MAY 2021
VALERIE HALFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY
TEAMS TCHOGAN, OJO CALIENTE, FOUR
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eiko Voelker’s Tchogan claimed the first tournament victory of the 2021 season. They narrowly beat Ana Escobedo’s Ojo Caliente 7-6 in a competitive, 12-goal game to win the Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy. Played at Coworth Park, this final had been delayed by 24 hours due to heavy rain but the rearranged fixture, on the Sunday lunchtime, delivered plenty of fast-paced polo. Tchogan’s Tom Brodie received the Most Valuable Player prize while John Paul Clarkin, captain of the Ojo Caliente team, received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize for Centrical. 140
The sub final, which had been played on the Saturday saw a victory for Simon Arber’s Four Quarters Orange. They beat Bruno Bensoussan’s La Berta Polo Team 7-4. The tournament is played in memory of Valerie Halford, a passionate polo writer and photographer who did so much to bring new audiences to polo. So competitive matches such as these are the perfect tribute to such an advocate of the game. ✸ TEAMS
Tchogan: Heiko Voelker (0), Charles Cooney (3), Tom Brodie (4), Will Emerson (5). Ojo Caliente: Ana Escobedo (0), Zac Beim (2), Jonny Good (4), John Paul Clarkin (6). Four Quarters Orange: Simon Arber (0); Segundo Darritchon (3); Jose Ramon Araya (4); Tom Morley (5). La Berta Polo Team: Bruno Bensoussan (0); James Emlyn (3); Juan Cruz Araya (3); Marcos Araya (6).
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SUNDAY 23RD MAY 2021
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TEAMS AFB, MAD DOGS/PREVISE,
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live Reid’s AFB polo team started their 2021 campaign on a winning note by capturing the Committee Cup. This experienced Club team defeated Alan Fall and Stefan Sund’s Mad Dogs/ Previse 5-4 in a tight final on The Queen’s Ground. Although with 13 teams taking part in this eight-goal tournament – often played as a warm-up for the ultra-competitive Hildon Archie David Cup, just reaching the final was an achievement. AFB’s Chino Leiva was named Most Valuable Player while the opposition’s Pedro Harrison received the Best Playing Pony prize for Zeus. The sub final was equally close. Luca Natella’s La Magnolia, a new team to Guards Polo Club in 2021, came out best in this contest, defeating Vivek Rawal and Nick Beitner’s Tashan Power 7-6. ✸
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SUNDAY 30TH MAY 2021
COWORTH PARK CHALLENGE TROPHY
TEAMS WHITE CRANE, EMLOR BLACK,
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hite Crane put up a powerful performance to add their name to one of the most unusual trophies played for at Guards Polo Club each season. Alexie Calvert-Ansari’s team won the mighty Coworth Park Challenge Trophy on the penultimate day of May, defeating James McCarthy’s Emlor Black 6-5. Played on the fabulous grounds at Coworth Park in warm sunshine, this fast-paced 15-goal competition always delivers great polo and the 2021 competition did not disappoint. Juan Gris Zavaleta, White Crane’s number four, received the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Penal Cruzada, although all the players received lovely gifts from Zoe Jenkins, the General Manager at Coworth Park. Also home to the Guards Polo Academy, Coworth Park is the country house hotel of the Dorchester Collection group of hotels. Eight strong teams had entered this 15-goal contest and the sub final was equally tight. Four Quarters, winners of the main title in 2020, took the subsidiary final this time around. Like the main trophy winners, they also won on a 6-5 scoreline, beating Noor Khadra’s Green Gates. ✸
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White Crane: Alexie Calvert Ansari (0); Tom Brodie (4); Andrew Blake Thomas (4); Juan Gris Zavaleta (7). Emlor Black: James McCarthy (2); Terence Lent (3); Mark Tomlinson (6); Nacho Gonzalez (4). Four Quarters: Simon Arber (0); Jose Araya (4); Benjamin Urquiza (6); Gonzalo Ferrari (5). Green Gates: Noor Khadra (0); Charles Cooney (3); Cesar Crespo (4); Diego Cavanagh (8). 144
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EMLOR FIGHT BACK FOR PHOENICIAN GOLD
SUNDAY 27TH JUNE 2021
PHOENICIAN CUP
TEAMS EMLOR BLACK, MAD DOGS OJO CALIENTE, AINSLEY SADDLERY
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ames McCarthy’s Emlor Black overcame a competitive Mad Dogs team to win the Phoenician Cup for the first time. Emlor Black won this thrilling 12-goal final 6-5 thanks to a golden goal. Alan Fall’s team put up a strong fight, forcing this spirited match into extra time. Emlor Black’s Terence Lent was named the Most Valuable Player, while Mad Dogs’ Charlie Hanbury received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize for Lovelocks Cubic. This home-bred pony is by Open Nueva York out of Metrical. All the prizes were presented by Jeannie Holmes, a long-standing friend of the Arida family. The tournament had been played in memory of its founder, Eddy Arida, who died earlier in the year. Eddy created the Phoenician Tournament 146
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some 40 years ago and generously continued to support the competition long after he had retired from competitive polo. In fact he would have been thrilled that the final delivered such a competitive match. Guards Polo Club had hoped to make finals day a celebration of Eddy’s life but the ongoing restrictions due to the pandemic meant that the Arida family could not travel to the UK. The sub final was played later in the season and saw victory for Ana Escobedo’s Ojo Caliente. They beat Andrew Dechet’s Ainsley Saddlery 8-3. ✸ TEAMS
Emlor Black: James McCarthy (2); Terence Lent (2); Hugo Taylor (3); Nacho Gonzalez (4). Mad Dogs: Alan Fall (1); George Pearson (2); Charlie Hanbury (4); Will Emerson (5). Ojo Caliente: Ana Escobedo (0); Zac Beim (2); Jonny Good (4); John Paul Clarkin (6). Ainsley Saddlery: Andrew Dechet (1); George Deverall (2); Manuel Plaza (6); Fabio Lavinia (3).
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MEMBERS’ SUPPORT DELIVERS PERFORMANCE SATURDAY 24TH JULY 2021
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TEAMS KILDARE/AMOS, TCHOGAN, CARISBROOKE/HOME FARM, HARUM SCARUM/THE WALL DESIGN,
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he Social Cup is unique among the roster of tournaments at Guards Polo Club – it is sponsored by the Social Members. The Club has an extensive, non-playing membership and this tournament enables this sector of our membership to get closer to the game and the players. There are also rewards for financially supporting the Social Cup – a bespoke Champagne Afternoon Tea in the Royal Box on finals day for our generous tournament benefactors and their guests. So if you cannot actually be on the field of play then there is nowhere better to watch a game than from our iconic Royal Box with a glass of Laurent-Perrier in hand.
This year’s final did not disappoint either. Honours went to Andrew Dechet and Max Sponer’s Kildare/Amos team. They defeated Heiko Voelker’s Tchogan (rec ½ goal on handicap) in a close game across four chukkas on The Queen’s Ground. Max had a particularly strong game and was rewarded with the Most Valuable Player prize. His team-mate Manuel Plaza took home the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Laucha. Win or lose though, all the players were then invited to the Royal Box to join the Social Cup sponsors for tea. There were two further games on finals day. Jayne Rumsey and Oliver Heard’s Carisbrooke/ Home Farm won the sub final 7-4½. Their opponents, Harum Scarum/The Wall Design received ½ a goal on handicap and did kick off the scoring but were trailing 6-3½ at the end of the third and could not close the gap. The last game of the day was a win for Alan Fall and Olympia Paus’ Mad Dogs / Quixote squad. Melanie Hare was playing in place of Olympia but this change of line up did not affect the team and Mad Dogs/ Quixote defeated Stefan Sund’s Previse, (rec ½ a goal on handicap) 6-3½ on the Club’s newest ground, the Princes’ Ground. *If you are interested in being a Social Cup sponsor in 2022, please contact Vanessa Cumming in our Membership Team by emailing vanessa.cumming@guardspoloclub.com ✸ TEAMS
Kildare/Amos: Max Sponer (0); Andrew Dechet (1); Edward Morris-Lowe (3); Manuel Plaza (6). Tchogan: Heiko Voelker (0); Max Voelker (0); Tom Brodie (4); Will Emerson (5). Carisbrooke/Home Farm: Jayne Rumsey (0); Oliver Heard (0); Ed Banner Eve (5); Antonino Menard (5). Harum Scarum/The Wall Design: Jonathan Hare (0); Octavio Pinto (1); Segundo Darritchon (3); Federico Boudou (5). Mad Dogs/Quixote: Melanie Hare (0); Alan Fall (1); Charlie Hanbury (4); Pedro Harrison (5). Previse: Stefan Sund (0); Fred Thame (1); Luke Wiles (4); Daniel Otamendi (4).
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DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY
KING POWER RULE UNDER PRESSURE SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST 2021
DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY
TEAMS KING POWER, GREEN GATES, OJO CALIENTE, POLO PERFORMANCE, ASIAN ART, EMLOR,
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ing Power snatched a 9-8 win over Noor Khadra’s Green Gates to win the Duke of Wellington Trophy. This 12-goal final was a tight game, with the advantage swapping regularly between both sides. Green Gates had a 4-2 advantage at the end of the second and looked in control of the game, Gonzalo Ferrari and Cesar Crespo delivering a strong partnership to put Khadra’s team ahead. The pressure started to show in the third though. King Power successfully converted four penalties and with Marcus Cork firing through a fabulous goal just before the bell King Power now had the advantage, 7-6. Both of Green Gates’ goals in this chukka had come from penalties too. With all to play for, Ferrari started the fourth with a field goal to level the scores and a subsequent Green Gates penalty put them ahead once more. However with two Green Gates penalties going wide in this chukka King Power 150
were still in contention. Jeronimo del Carril, who was later named The Most Valuable Player, made the most of this by first levelling the scores and then firing through the winner from the subsequent line-out with only seconds left on the clock. Pili Pichimahuida, who had been played by Marcus Cork in the second half of this match, received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize. With 14 teams entering the 2021 tournament, the sub final matches were no less competitive. Honours here went to Ojo Caliente, who beat Polo Performance 8-7. The sub sub final for the Smith’s Lawn Bowl saw a win for Asian Art. They beat Emlor 8-7.5. ✸ TEAMS
King Power: Marcus Cork (2); Segundo Darritchon (3); Raphael Singh (0); Jeronimo del Carril (7). Green Gates: Noor Khadra (0); Charles Cooney (3); Gonzalo Ferrari (5); Cesar Crespo (4). Ojo Caliente: Ana Escobedo (0); Zac Beim (2); Jonny Good (4); John Paul Clarkin (6). Polo Performance: Jonathan Hare (0); Temur Nadeem (3); Nicolas San Roman (4); Federico Boudou (5). Asian Art: Raffi Bruckner (-1); Louis Hine (2); Nacho Gonzalez (4); Michel del Carril (6). Emlor: Spencer McCarthy (1); Richard Tyrone (5); Hugo Taylor (3); Ed Hitchman (4).
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WELLINGTON COLLEGE STAY TOP OF THE CLASS SUNDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2021
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TEAMS WELLINGTON COLLEGE, STOWE SCHOOL RUGBY SCHOOL, RADLEY COLLEGE
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ellington College confirmed that they are the stand-out schools team after retaining the Copenhagen Cup in mid-September. They beat Stowe School (rec 2½ goals on handicap) 9-6½ in a fast-paced game on one of the Club’s top grounds. Incredibly, five of the eight players in this final were already playing members of Guards Polo Club and so were very familiar with the high standard of polo field. Such experienced players also highlighted the impressive standard of schools’ polo today. In fact two players in this final, Wellington’s Louis Hine and Stowe’s Noor Khadra found themselves in action later that same day, playing in Noor’s winning Green Gates team in the final of the 12-goal Autumn 152
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Nations tournament. Amr Sheikh, co-founder of this tournament with his brother Mo, presented the prizes including the La Martina Most Valuable Player prize to Louis Hine. Louis had also received this honour when Wellington had won two years ago. Meanwhile Stowe’s Rafi Mahmood returned to school with the La Martina Sportsmanship Award, while his team-mate Noor received the Best Playing Pony prize for his own Cereza. This two-day tournament had not been played in 2020 as the schools had been closed due to the pandemic and so all the teams were delighted to have the opportunity to play at Guards Polo Club once again. The sub final featured Rugby School versus Radley College (rec 1 goal). The higher-handicapped Rugby School won this contest 7-5, retaining the trophy they last won in 2019. ✸ TEAMS
Wellington College: Amar Anand / William Grayken (-1); Max Sponer (0); Will Drewitt (1); Louis Hine (2). Stowe: Rafi Mahmood (-2); Archie Heseltine (-1); Luca Natella (0); Noor Khadra (0). Rugby School: Toby Bradshaw (1); Fred Thame (1); Beatrice Leyland (-1); Sadek Rehman / Bruno Bradshaw (-2). Radley College: Benjamin Fleming (0); Eugen OettingenWallerstein (-1); Zac Butterworth (-1); Jose Trenar / Harry Pitt (-1).
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SUNDAY 8TH AUGUST 2021
TOWN & COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAMS MAIDABINO, MAD DOGS/PREVISE, HOME FARM, TASHAN POWER
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o Ladan ensured his first season as a patron at Guards Polo Club was a successful one when winning the Town & County Championship. His Maidabino team delivered a strong performance over Alan Fall and Stefan Sund’s Mad Dogs/ Previse team to secure this eight-goal final, winning 10-4. Mo’s team-mate, Matias Amaya received the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Tormenta, and was then named the Most Valuable Player. Ten teams had entered this popular, low-goal contest – who wouldn’t want to take home such a magnificent trophy – and the sub final was a closer affair. The Heard family’s Home Farm team won this battle, defeating the Vivek Rawal and Nick Beitner’s Tashan Power team 8-7. ✸
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HACKETT ARMY WIN MAJOR GENERAL’S SILVER
SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2021
MAJOR GENERAL’S TROPHY
TEAMS HACKETT ARMY POLO TEAM, SLADMORE, AFB, STABLE COTTAGE
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he Hackett Army Polo Team put on a strong display on The Queen’s Ground to win, appropriately, the Major General’s Trophy for the first time. This talented military team beat Edward Horswell’s Sladmore squad 4-3½. Lt General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne, a former Major General, presented all the prizes including the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize to Capt Oliver Powell for his ex-racehorse Monty. Sladmore did not go home empty-handed thought as Alexander Nix was named the Most Valuable Player. Four teams had entered this two-goal 156
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tournament which is open to both Club and military teams and reminds us all of the Club’s military roots. It is traditionally played over the first weekend of September and includes a sub final too. Honours in this game went to Clive Reid’s AFB. They defeated Major Jamie Hayward’s Stable Cottage 6-3. ✸ TEAMS
Hackett Army Polo Team: Capt Maurice Hamilton, Irish Guards (0); Lt Frederick Benyon, Coldstream Guards (0); 2Lt George Cadogan, Welsh Guards (0); Capt Oliver Powell, Welsh Guards (2). Sladmore: Oliver Drewitt (-1); The Lord Milo Manton (0); Alexander Nix (1); Edward Horswell (1). AFB: Clive Reid (0); Charlie Wooldridge (2); Stefan Sund (0); Raphael Singh (0); Stable Cottage: Alejandro Penfiel Jnr (0); Adebayo Karim (1); Tunde Karim (1); Jamie Hayward (0).
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SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2021
INTER REGIMENTAL TROPHY
TEAMS QUEEN’S ROYAL HUSSARS KING’S ROYAL HUSSARS
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ongratulations to the Queen’s Royal Hussars who defeated the King’s Royal Hussars (rec ½ goal) 6-5½for the prestigious Inter Regimental Trophy. This was the first time that this match has been played on Major General’s Cup Finals Day but ensured the first Sunday in September was a wonderful day of military sport and spectacle. Capt Paddy Selfe of the King’s Royal Hussars received the Pringle Cup for the Most Valuable Player while the Queen’s Royal Hussars’ Capt Jamie Fry was presented with the Major Iain Forbes-Cockell Award by Iain’s daughters Annabel and Emma, for the Moment of the Match. ✸ TEAMS
Queen’s Royal Hussars: Lt The Hon Will Cecil (0); Col Nick Cowley (0); Capt Henry Armor (2); Capt Jamie Fry (1). King’s Royal Hussars: Lt Hector Fair (1); Capt Alex Walch (-1); Capt Q Hicks (0); Capt Paddy Selfe (2). 158
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GREEN GATES FIND AUTUMN TO THEIR LIKING SUNDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2021
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TEAMS GREEN GATES, FOUR QUARTERS BLACK
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reen Gates concluded a successful 2021 season by retaining the Autumn Nations Trophy. Noor Khadra’s team came to this final having already won the 16-goal Duke of Cornwall Trophy and the 15-goal Mountbatten Cup but they had to work hard to win this prize. Romilla Arber’s Four Quarters Black delivered a tough opposition and the match was tighter than the final 6-4 scoreline implied. Romilla herself kickstarted Four Quarters Black’s tally on the scoreboard by delivering a fabulous run to goal in the second when her team were 3-0 down. The key to Green Gates’ success in this 12-goal final was their team-work. 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 ride-offs against Felix
Esain and Benjamin Urquiza. Although Green Gates were ahead for all of the match they could not relax for a moment. Four Quarters Black never gave up fighting, with Emanuel Arber, Esain and Urquiza continually trying to find their way to goal. The result for the spectators was a wonderful, fast and flowing game that was a treat to watch. Brian Stein, Chairman of Guards Polo Club, presented the prizes. This included the Polo Times Best Playing Pony to Strada’s eightyear-old Guadalupe Sandy Lane. Eighteen teams had entered this year’s tournament, ensuring just reaching the final was an achievement. It also meant that the sub final was equally competitive. Victory went to Tashan Polo. They beat Sona Polo 6-5 in another close game played earlier in the day. ✸ TEAMS
Green Gates: Noor Khadra (0); Louis Hine (2); Cesar Crespo (4); Isidro Strada (6). Four Quarters Black: Romilla Arber (0); Emanuel Arber (1); Felix Esain (5); Benjamin Urquiza (6). Tashan Polo: Hilali Noordeen (0); Juan Araya (3); Ed Hitchman (4); Richard Tyrone (5). Sona Polo: Sunjay Kapur (0); Nina Clarkin (3); Mark Tomlinson (6); Cristian Chaves (3).
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SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2021
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TEAMS SHORELINE, QUIXOTE, TCHOGAN DOGS, PINK POWER
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SHORELINE CLOSE SEASON WITH A FLOURISH
unde Karim’s Shoreline team closed the 2021 season at Guards Polo Club with a victory in the President’s Trophy. The final of this 10-goal tournament was the last game of the season and so there was plenty of pressure on all the players to deliver a stand-out game. Although Shoreline won this match 5-1, their opponents, Olympia Paus’s Quixote, delivered a much tougher opposition than the final score implied. Quixote was fielding the sibling duo Nina Vestey and Tamara Fox, and it was great to see three lady players in action in a competitive Club final. Both teams delivered lovely, end-to-end polo, making the spectators sad that this really was the last day of the season. Shoreline’s Adabayo Karim, Tunde’s talented young nephew, was named the Most Valuable Player. Meanwhile his team-mate Santiago de Estrada received the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Bruja from the Club’s Chairman Brian Stein. The earlier sub final was a win for Alan Fall and Heiko Voelker’s Tchogan Dogs squad. They beat a change-of-line-up Pink Power team (rec ½ goal on handicap) 7-5½ in a fast-paced game on the Prince’s Ground. ✸ TEAMS
Shoreline: Max Sponer (0); Adebayo Karim (1); Edward Morris Lowe (3); Santiago de Estrada (6). Quixote: Olympia Paus (0); Tamara Fox (2); Nina Clarkin (3); Will Emerson (5). Tchogan Dogs: Heiko Voelker (0); Alan Fall (1); Tommy Severn (4); Pedro Harrison (5). Pink Power: Thilo Sautter (1); Vivek Rawal (0); Pete Webb (4); Daniel Otamendi (4). G UA R D S P O L O C L U B O F F I C I A L Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 2
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FINAL FLOURISH FOR CHAIRMAN’S CUP
SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2021
CHAIRMAN’S CUP
TEAMS EL ROSARIO/TWELVE OAKS PORTO RONCO, AFB/TEX8N POLO, SHORELINE
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Ronco, received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize for Funky. The sub final was a tighter, but equally fast-paced game. Victory went to Clive Reid and Mindi Byrne’s AFB/Tex8n Polo. They beat Shoreline 6-5. A hallmark of this tournament is that the match presentations are combined and as rain showers had started during the sub final, the awards ceremony moved to inside the Clubhouse, much to the delight of those who were already dining. ✸ TEAMS
El Rosario/Twelve Oaks: Rhett Wooldridge (-1); Elodie Avarguez (0); Alejandro Penafiel Jnr (0); Antonio Manzorro (3). Porto Ronco: Oliver Drewitt (-1); Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz (0); Alexander Nix (1); Mark Emerson (2). AFB/Tex8n Polo: Mindi Byrne (0); Clive Reid (0); Lord Milo Manton (0); Chino Leiva (2). Shoreline: Lt Col Tom Armitage (-1); Luca Natella(0); Tunde Karim (1); Antony Fanshawe (2).
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SPRING TOURNAMENT – COMBERMERE CUP
SPRING TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Sunday 25 April
COMMITTEE CUP SUB FINAL
Previse: Stefan Sund, Fred Thame, Toby Bradshaw, Luke Wiles
Sunday 23 May
La Magnolia: Ed Banner-Eve, Jamie Grayson, Luca Natella, Emanuel Arber
SPRING TOURNAMENT – LOYD CUP Saturday 2 May
Previse: Toby Bradshaw, Fred Thame, Stefan Sund, Luke Wiles
COMMITTEE CUP FINAL
SPRING TOURNAMENT SUB FINAL
Sunday 23 May
Sunday 9 May
AFB: Pete Webb, Chino Leiva, Clive Reid, Marcus Cork
Tchogan/Libertine: Fabio Lavinia, Alfie Hyde, Alexander Nix, Heiko Voelker
SPRING TOURNAMENT FINAL Sunday 9 May
SPRING TOURNAMENT IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
COMMITTEE CUP BEST PLAYING PONY
Ink (Luke Wiles)
Zeus (Pedro Harrison)
Previse: Luke Wiles, Fred Thame, Toby Bradshaw, Stefan Sund
VALERIE HALFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY SUB FINAL Saturday 15 May
Four Quarters: Simon Arber, Segundo Darritchon, Jose Araya, Tom Morley.
VALERIE HALFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
Centrical (John Paul Clarkin)
VALERIE HALFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY FINAL Saturday 9 May
VALERIE HALFORD MEMORIAL TROPHY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Tchogan: Will Emerson, Tom Brodie, Charles Cooney, Heiko Voelker 170
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Tom Brodie
COMMITTEE CUP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
China Leiva
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LA MARTINA QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER’S CENTENARY TROPHY FINAL Sunday 16 May
Emlor: Richard Tyrone, Max Charlton, Hugo Taylor, Spencer McCarthy
LA MARTINA QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER’S CENTENARY TROPHY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Spencer McCarthy
LA MARTINA QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER’S CENTENARY TROPHY SUB FINAL Sunday 16 May
Oakley Court: Alejandro Muzzio, Hernan Muzzio, Max Voelker, Nico San Roman
LA MARTINA QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER’S CENTENARY TROPHY POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
Cruz Montiel (Paco O’Dwyer)
LA MARTINA QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER’S CENTENARY TROPHY – RODNEY MOORE CUP Sunday 9 May
Kilnwood Park: Daniel Otamendi, Thilo Sautter, Satnam Dhillon, Hissam Ali Hyder
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COWORTH PARK CHALLENGE TROPHY FINAL Sunday 30 May
White Crane: Juan Gris Zavaleta, Andrew Blake Thomas, Tom Brodie, Alexie Calvert-Ansari
COWORTH PARK CHALLENGE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Juan Gris Zavaleta
LABRADOR CUP FINAL Monday 31 May
Mad Dogs/Libertine: Stefan Sund, Alan Fall, Fred Thame, Marcus Cork LABRADOR CUP SUB FINAL COWORTH PARK CHALLENGE IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
COWORTH PARK CHALLENGE TROPHY SUB FINAL
Penal Cruzada (Juan Gris Zavaleta)
Four Quarters Orange: Jose Araya, Simon Arber, Gonzalo Ferrari, Benjamin Urquiza
Sunday 30 May
HILDON ARCHIE DAVID CUP FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
HILDON ARCHIE DAVID CUP FINAL
Emanuel Arber
Emsworth: Gonzalo Ferrari, Yolanda Arber, Emanuel Arber, Zac Beim
Saturday 26 June
HILDON ARCHIE DAVID CUP SUB FINAL – CATERHAM CUP Saturday 26 June
Quixote: Tom Brodie, Terence Lent, Olympia Paus, Will Millard HILDON ARCHIE DAVID CUP SUB FINAL (GUARDS TEAMS ONLY) – CLAUDE PERT TROPHY Saturday 26 June
Home Farm: Antonino Menard, Ludo Ephson, Ollie Heard, Louis Heard
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Monday 31 May
Home Farm: Oliver Heard, Louis Heard, Patrick Ephson, Ludo Ephson
HILDON ARCHIE DAVID CUP FINAL – HILDON BEST PLAYING PONY
Vero (Gonzalo Ferrari)
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LA MARTINA VARSITY POLO – OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE Saturday 5 June
Oxford: Thomas Gordon-Colebrook, Tamara Gibbons, Cecily Day, Jamie Baillie LA MARTINA VARSITY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (ETON V HARROW)
Oliver Drewitt
LA MARTINA VARSITY POLO – JENNY WALTON MASTERS TROPHY (ETON V HARROW)
LA MARTINA VARSITY BEST PLAYING PONY
Saturday 5 June
Chasco Laguna (Junaid Safdar)
Harrow: Ulysses Hu, Freddie Strange, Marc Lindgren, Hector Rogberg
LA MARTINA VARSITY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Tamara Gibbons
LA MARTINA VARSITY POLO – ARTHUR LUCAS CUP (OLD BLUES MATCH) Monday 30 August
Oxford Old Blues: Hilali Noordeen, Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz, Cameron Walton-Masters, Major Jamie Hayward
LA MARTINA VARSITY BEST PLAYING PONY (ETON V HARROW)
Sapo (Beau Buchan) G UA R D S P O L O C L U B O F F I C I A L Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 2
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CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP FINAL Sunday 27 June
UAE Polo Team: Tommy Beresford, Polito Pieres, HH Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum, Tomas Panelo
CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP FINAL – BEST PLAYING PONY
Bleach (Polito Pieres)
CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SUB FINAL THE CARTIER TROPHY Sunday 27 June
Park Place: Facundo Pieres, Will Harper, Juan Britos, Emily Johnson CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP – RICHARD WATT CUP Sunday 13 June
Monterosso: Pelon Stirling, Ignacio Toccalino, Mackenzie Weisz, Alessandro Bazzoni CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP – ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW CUP
CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Saturday 5 June
Tomas Panelo
UAE Polo Team: Polito Pieres, Tommy Beresford, Cata Lavinia, Tomas Panelo 174
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CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP QUARTER-FINAL – GERARD LEIGH TROPHY Sunday 20 June
UAE Polo Team II: Jaime Huidobro, Alfredo Cappella, Lucas Monteverde Jnr, Hugo Taylor
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CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SEMI-FINAL – HUBERT PERRODO TROPHY Wednesday 23 June
Scone Polo: Adolfo Cambiaso Snr, Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr, Isidro Strada, David Paradice CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SEMI-FINAL – HUBERT PERRODO TROPHY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Adolfo Cambiaso Snr CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SEMI-FINAL – HUBERT PERRODO TROPHY BEST PLAYING PONY
Lapa 07
PHOENICIAN CUP FINAL Sunday 27 June
Emlor Black: Terence Lent, James McCarthy; Hugo Taylor, Nacho Gonzalez
CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SEMI FINAL – KERRY PACKER TROPHY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Lucas Monteverde Jnr
CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SEMI-FINAL – KERRY PACKER TROPHY
PHOENICIAN CUP FINAL – POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
Wednesday 23 June
Lovelocks Cubic (Charlie Hanbury)
UAE Polo Team : Tommy Beresford, Polito Pieres, HH Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum, Tomas Panelo CARTIER QUEEN’S CUP SEMI-FINAL – KERRY PACKER TROPHY BEST PLAYING PONY
El Overa Sensata (Lucas Monteverde Jnr)
PHOENICIAN CUP SUB FINAL Sunday 18 July
Ojo Caliente: John Paul Clarkin, Ana Escobedo, Zac Beim, Jonny Good
PHOENICIAN CUP FINAL – BRITISH POLO GIN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Terence Lent
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ROBERTS CUP FINAL
OUT-SOURCING INC ROYAL WINDSOR CUP FINAL
Sunday 11 July
Sunday 11 July
Tchogan: James Mann, Max Voelker, Heiko Voelker, Angus Rowan Hamilton
Emlor: Richard Tyrone, Max Charlton, Hugo Taylor, Spencer McCarthy
ROBERTS CUP SUB FINAL Sunday 11 July
Porto Ronco: Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz, Capt Oliver Powell, 2Lt Hon George Cadogan, Mark Emerson
ROBERTS CUP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Heiko Voelker
OUT-SOURCING INC ROYAL WINDSOR CUP SUB FINAL – MOUNTBATTEN TROPHY Sunday 11 July
Green Gates: Cesar Crespo, Diego Cavanagh, Noor Khadra, Charles Cooney
OUT-SOURCING INC ROYAL WINDSOR CUP FINAL – BEST PLAYING PONY
OUT-SOURCING INC ROYAL WINDSOR CUP FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Genie (Max Charlton)
Max Charlton
OUT-SOURCING INC ROYAL CHARITY POLO CUP DAY
OUT-SOURCING INC ROYAL CHARITY POLO CUP DAY – THE COX FAMILY OF OKLAHOMA BEST PLAYING PONY
ROBERTS CUP IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
Fuchi (Marcus Cork)
Friday 9 July
U.S. Polo Assn.: HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Mark Tomlinson, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Clive Reid 176
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Savot (HRH The Duke of Cambridge)
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INDIAN EMPIRE SHIELD FINAL Saturday 18 July
Bardon: Isidro Strada, Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr, Ignacio Negri, Andras Tombor
INDIAN EMPIRE SHIELD – POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
INDIAN EMPIRE SHIELD – BRITISH POLO GIN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Open Callaway (Played by Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr, owned by Matias Machado)
Ignacio Negri
INDIAN EMPIRE SHIELD SUB FINAL Saturday 18 July
Green Gates: Diego Cavanagh, Tomas Garbarini, Noor Khadra, Gonzalo Ferrari
SOCIAL CUP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Max Sponer
SOCIAL CUP FINAL Saturday 24 July
Kildare/Amos: Max Sponer, Andrew Dechet, Edward Morris Lowe, Manuel Plaza SOCIAL CUP IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
Laucha (Manuel Plaza)
CRAWFORD CUP FINAL Sunday 1 August
Tchogan: Heiko Voelker, Max Voelker, Angus Rowan Hamilton, James Mann CRAWFORD CUP SUB FINAL
SOCIAL CUP SUB FINAL
SOCIAL CUP SUB FINAL FOR THE POLO MANAGER’S CUP
Saturday 24 July
Saturday 24 July
Carisbrooke/Home Farm: Ed Banner-Eve, Jayne Rumsey, Oliver Heard, Antonino Menard
Mad Dogs/Quixote: Alan Fall, Pedro Harrison, Charlie Hanbury, Melanie Hare
Sunday 1 August
Cadence/El Rosario: Adebayo Karim, Elodie Avarguez, Max Sponer, Antonio Manzorro
G UA R D S P O L O C L U B O F F I C I A L Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 2
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COTTINGTON CUP – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Fred Thame
TOWN & COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
COTTINGTON CUP FINAL
Sunday 8 August
Sunday 15 August
Maidabino: Raphael Singh, Mo Ladan, Michael Henderson, Matias Amaya
Previse: Luke Wiles, Fred Thame, Stefan Sund, Toby Bradshaw
TOWN & COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SUB FINAL
COTTINGTON CUP – IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
COTTINGTON CUP SUB FINAL Sunday 8 August
Home Farm: Antonino Menard, Ludo Ephson, Louis Heard, Oliver Heard
Sunday 15 August
Sapito Chica (Matias Amaya)
Tchogan: Heiko Voelker, Oliver Drewitt, Angus Rowan Hamilton, Will Emerson
FLEMISH FARM TROPHY FINAL
FLEMISH FARM TROPHY SUB FINAL
TOWN & COUNTY CHAMPIONSIP IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
Tormenta (Matias Amaya)
TOWN & COUNTY - MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Matias Amaya
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Monday 30 August
Monday 30 August
Maidabino: Mo Ladan, Raphael Singh, James Mann, Matias Amaya
Previse: Oliver Heard, Stefan Sund, Angus Rowan Hamilton, Luke Wiles
FLEMISH FARM TROPHY FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
FLEMISH FARM TROPHY FINAL – IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
Matias Amaya
Emezeta Copla (Matias Amaya)
G UA R D S P O L O C L U B O F F I C I A L Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 2
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TALACREST PRINCE OF WALES’S CHAMPIONSHIP CUP Sunday 22 August
Park Place: Will Harper, Andrey Borodin, Juan Britos, Facundo Pieres
TALACREST PRINCE OF WALES’S CHAMPIONSHIP CUP SUB FINAL Sunday 22 August
Bardon: Andras Tombor, Matias Machado, Fran Elizalde, Alfredo Bigatti
TALACREST PRINCE OF WALES’S CHAMPIONSHIP CUP BEST PLAYING PONY
Machitos Puccini (owned by Monterosso, played by Facundo Sola)
TALACREST PRINCE OF WALES’S CHAMPIONSHIP CUP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Juan Britos G UA R D S P O L O C L U B O F F I C I A L Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 2
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CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ GUARDS LADIES’ POLO CHARITY TOURNAMENT – LORD PATRICK BERESFORD TROPHY BEST PLAYING PONY
Matuza Perry (owned by Fabio Lavinia, played by Cata Lavinia)
CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ GUARDS LADIES’ POLO CHARITY TOURNAMENT – LORD PATRICK BERESFORD TROPHY Saturday 28 August
UAE Polo Team: Hazel Jackson, HH Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum, Cata Lavinia, Juana Lavinia
THE GUARDS LADIES’ CHARITY TOURNAMENT – INVITATIONAL FOR THE GUARDS LADIES’ CHARITY SHIELD BEST PLAYING PONY
CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ GUARDS LADIES’ POLO CHARITY TOURNAMENT – INVITATIONAL FOR THE GUARDS LADIES’ CHARITY SHIELD MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Niagara (Mindi Byrne)
Elodie Avarguez
CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ GUARDS LADIES’ POLO CHARITY TOURNAMENT – INVITATIONAL FOR THE GUARDS LADIES’ CHARITY SHIELD Saturday 28 August
Guards Polo Club: Lia Salvo, Elodie Avarguez, Jayne Rumsey, Phoebe Leake
CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ GUARDS LADIES’ POLO CHARITY TOURNAMENT – LORD PATRICK BERESFORD TROPHY SUB FINAL Saturday 28 August CLÉ DE PEAU BEAUTÉ GUARDS LADIES’ POLO CHARITY TOURNAMENT – LORD PATRICK BERESFORD TROPHY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Cata Lavinia 180
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Nipas – ESP: Rosie Ross, Bryony Taylor, Annita van der Hoeven, Izzy McGregor
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THE DUKE OF CORNWALL – BRITISH POLO GIN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL TROPHY Sunday 29 August
Cesar Crespo
Green Gates: Paco O’Dwyer, Isidro Strada, Noor Khadra, Cesar Crespo
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL SUB FINAL Sunday 29 August
Tempest: Rosendo Torreguitar, Ryan Pemble, Gustav Rausing, Michel del Carril
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL – POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
Open Calloway (Matias Machado) DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY FINAL – BRITISH POLO GIN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Jeronimo del Carril
DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY FINAL
DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY SUB FINAL
Sunday 15 August
Sunday 15 August
King Power: Raphael Singh, Marcus Cork, Segundo Darritchon, Jeronimo del Carril
Ojo Caliente: John Paul Clarkin, Jonny Good, Ana Escobedo, Zac Beim
DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY SUB SUB FINAL FOR THE SMITH’S LAWN BOWL
DUKE OF WELLINGTON TROPHY FINAL – POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
Sunday 15 August
Pili Pichimahuida (Marcus Cork)
Asian Art: Nacho Gonzalez, Louis Hine, Rafi Buckner, Michel Del Carril
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HACKETT INTER REGIMENTAL POLO FINAL Sunday 5 September
Queen’s Royal Hussars: Lt Col Nick Cowley, Capt Jamie Fry, Capt Henry Amro, Lt The Hon Will Cecil AUTUMN NATIONS TROPHY SUB FINAL Sunday 12 September
Tashan Polo: Hilali Noordeen, Richard Tyrone, Charles Cooney, Ed Hitchman
HACKETT INTER REGIMENTAL POLO FINAL – IAIN FORBES COCKELL CUP FOR BEST MOMENT OF THE MATCH
Capt Jamie Fry
AUTUMN NATIONS TROPHY FINAL – POLO TIMES BEST PLAYING PONY
Guadalupe Sandy Lane (Isidro Strada)
AUTUMN NATIONS TROPHY FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Isidro Strada
HACKETT INTER REGIMENTAL POLO FINAL – PRINGLE CUP FOR THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Capt Paddy Selfe
SPRING AMATEUR TOURNAMENT FINAL Saturday 11 August
Shoreline: Stefan Sund, The Lord Milo Manton, Adebayo Karim, Tunde Karim
AUTUMN NATIONS TROPHY FINAL Sunday 12 September
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COPENHAGEN CUP – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Louis Hine
COPENHAGEN CUP
COPENHAGEN CUP SUB-FINAL
Sunday 12 September
Sunday 12 September
Wellington College: Will Drewitt, Max Sponer, Louis Hine, Amar Anand / William Grayken
Rugby School: Toby Bradshaw, Beatrice Leyland, Fred Thame, Sadek Rehman / Bruno Bradshaw
COPENHAGEN CUP – BEST PLAYING PONY
Cereza (Noor Khadra)
MAJOR GENERAL’S CUP FINAL Sunday 5 September
Hackett Army Polo Team: Capt Oliver Powell, 2Lt George Cadogan, Lt Frederick Benyon, Capt Maurice Hamilton MAJOR GENERAL’S CUP SUB FINAL Sunday 5 September
AFB: Charlie Wooldridge, Clive Reid, Stefan Sund, Raphael Singh
MAJOR-GENERAL’S CUP FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
MAJOR-GENERAL’S CUP FINAL – IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
Alexander Nix
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CHAIRMAN’S TOURNAMENT FINAL – BEST PLAYING PONY
Funky (Oliver Drewitt)
CHAIRMAN’S TOURNAMENT FINAL Sunday 19 September
El Rosario/Twelve Oaks: Rhett Wooldridge, Elodie Avarguez, Alejandro Penafiel Jnr, Antonio Manzorro
CHAIRMAN’S TOURNAMENT SUB FINAL – DIRECTORS CUP Sunday 19 September
CHAIRMAN’S TOURNAMENT FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
AFB/Tex8n Polo: Chino Leiva, Mindi Byrne, Clive Reid, The Lord Milo Manton
Rhett Wooldridge
PRESIDENT’S TROPHY Sunday 19 September
Shoreline: Edward Morris Lowe, Adebayo Karim, Max Sponer, Santiago de Estrada
PRESIDENT’S TROPHY SUB FINAL Sunday 19 September
Tchogan Dogs: Pedro Harrison, Tommy Severn, Alan Fall, Heiko Voelker
PRESIDENT’S TROPHY FINAL – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
PRESIDENT’S TROPHY FINAL – IMAGES OF POLO BEST PLAYING PONY
Adebayo Karim
Bruja (Santiago de Estrada)
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