Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Windsor Cup

OUT-SOURCING INC. ROYAL WINDSOR CUP EMLOR WIN ROYAL APPROVAL

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SUNDAY 11TH JULY 2021

OUT-SOURCING INC. ROYAL WINDSOR CUP

TEAMS EMLOR, BARDON POLO TEAM, GREEN GATES, TWELVE OAKS

Spencer McCarthy received the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Windsor Cup from HM The Queen after his Emlor team delivered a powerful performance to win this thrilling final. With a half a goal on handicap already on the scoreboard due to Poroto Cambiaso’s mid-season handicap rise, Emlor held their nerve to claim the Club’s oldest trophy 8½ – 8. This is the second time that Spencer has added his name to the UK’s leading 15-goal tournament trophy, also winning with Emlor in 2007.

Spencer had a stand-out game, making the most of any space and running the ball down the field. He also scored in the first chukka. Out-Sourcing’s Most Valuable Player Max Charlton was sharp shooting with penalties, converting four in this match, while team-mate Richard Tyrone produced some stylish play through all five chukkas to ensure Emlor remained a formidable opponent.

Surprisingly, Andras Tombor’s Bardon were struggling in the initial stages of the match, trailing 5½ -1 at the end of the second chukka. They got themselves back in contention in the final two chukkas though. Poroto Cambiaso and Kian Hall scoring three goals in the fourth between them to start closing the gap. Although Emlor successfully converted two penalties to maintain their lead. So with the score reading 7½-5 going into the final chukka this was suddenly anyone’s game.

Max maintained Emlor’s advantage by converting a penalty before Poroto found the flags. Isidro Strada, who has been strong for Bardon throughout this tournament, then scored before successfully converting a penalty to bring this game very much alive – 8½ -8 with time ticking away. So when Bardon were awarded a penalty with little time left on the clock, Out-Sourcing’s guests and the day’s many spectators were on the edge of their seats. Was this the moment when Bardon would snatch a last-minute win? The pressure was evident on the field too as Isidro uncharacteristically sent this penalty wide, ensuring Emlor won the game.

HM The Queen, accompanied by Mr Andrew Bentley and Mr Charlie Bruin, presented the impressive Out-Sourcing prizes to all the players and then awarded the Best Playing Pony prize

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 fi nal. 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 fi nal – found fi ve goals between them. This late rally ensured that it was Green Gates who won the match 8-6. Mr Nick Tubbs, representing Out-Sourcing Inc. and a Director of Out-Sourcing UK, presented these prizes.

Immediately after the polo Guards Polo Club welcomed the return the British Driving Society’s parade of champions on The Queen’s Ground. The driving society had hosted its annual summer show on another area of Smith’s Lawn and HM The Queen, who watched the parade from the Royal Box, presented the championship rosettes. ✸

TEAMS

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).