DUKE OF WEL L ING TON TROPH Y
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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