VA L ER I E H A L F O R D M E M O R I A L T R O P H Y
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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QUARTERS ORANGE, LA BERTA POLO TEAM
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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