Social Cup

SOCIAL CUP

MEMBERS’ SUPPORT DELIVERS PERFORMANCE

SATURDAY 24TH JULY 2021 SOCIAL CUP

TEAMS KILDARE/AMOS, TCHOGAN, CARISBROOKE/HOME FARM, HARUM SCARUM/THE WALL DESIGN, MAD DOGS/QUIXOTE, PREVISE

The 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 fi nancially 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 fi nals 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 aff ect 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).