Guards Polo Club Official Yearbook 2024

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elcome to the 69th season of polo at Guards Polo Club. With our Grounds Development Plan almost complete we look forward to offering great sport on some of the finest polo fields in the world for all of our members. This epic work project has already reaped rewards – we played more than 600 games last year – highlighting the great depth of polo that we can offer at all levels of the game.

The Cartier Queen’s Cup was my stand out memory from last year. Seventeen teams contesting incredibly fast paced games in this world-class, 22-goal competition and there was not a game that did not live up to expectations. The final was particularly memorable, despite the rain, with both teams, Murus Sanctus and La Magdeleine, vying to add their name to this prestigious trophy for the first time. This year Cartier will celebrate 40 years of sponsorship of polo here at the Club. This is a remarkable achievement –and I would like to thank Laurent Feniou, Managing Director of Cartier UK, for the brand’s generous and unwavering support.

David Matsumoto and the team from Out-Sourcing Inc. have also continued to support the Club generously through its sponsorship of the Club’s oldest tournament, the Royal Windsor Cup. In addition the company has taken the title sponsorship of HRH The Prince of Wales’s Royal Charity Polo Day for the past three years. Such consistent investment enables us to continue to attract top-quality players and their impressive equine strings.

Our roster of Home Elected Players (HEP) continues to grow and they are, without doubt, the bedrock of this Club. The pages of team shirts in this publication increases every year and I would like to thank every one of these HEPs for their support of the Club. Within these Yearbook pages we recall a HEP who was passionate about polo

Chairman’s foreword

Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer looks forward to a season of superb polo

in general and Guards Polo Club in particular – Brian Stein. My fellow Board Director Major Jamie Hayward pays tribute to our former Chairman who was a Playing Member at Guards Polo Club for some 50 years.

La Martina is another brand that has aligned itself with this Club for more than a decade. Long-term sponsor of the historic Varsity Day and the 15-goal Centenary Cup, and the official supplier of all of the Club’s kit and clothing, La Martina generously expanded its partnership in 2023 by supporting our tournament at La Aguada in Argentina.

In addition, La Martina’s Becky Simpson and James Neighbour, the Club’s Chief Operating Officer, have just returned from a successful trip to India, promoting both La Martina and the Club to new polo audiences. Such innovative partnerships will reap rewards for both parties.

I am delighted to confirm that Access Bank has renewed its excellent

partnership with us until 2026. This vibrant day always delivers for those playing and spectating as well as raising substantial funds for UNICEF. We look forward to welcoming John Collins and his fabulous Talacrest Ferraris back to the Club this August too.

With Harry Wilson and the Searcys team returning to our Clubhouse, Laurent-Perrier in abundance behind the bar, chilled Clinova goodies in the team tents and the date set for the Members Welcome to the Season, we are ready to welcome every Player and Member through our doors. I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible as the year progresses and I wish you all a successful season, on and off the field of play. u

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh is welcomed to the Club by Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer.

Lieutenant Colonel Sean O’Dwyer CVO DL Chairman & Vice President

Guards Polo Club Board and Staff

VICE PRESIDENTS

Lieutenant Colonel Sean O’Dwyer CVO, DL

Mr Jock Green-Armytage

Guards Polo Club Holdings Ltd

CHAIRMAN

Lieutenant Colonel Sean O’Dwyer CVO, DL

BOARD MEMBERS

Lieutenant Colonel Tom Armitage Military playing member

Mr Dillon Bacon

Representative of amateur playing members

Mrs Mindi Byrne

Representative of the amateur playing members

Mr Jonathan Hare

Representative of amateur playing members

Major Jamie Hayward

Representative of life playing members (who no longer play)

Mr Freddie Huxtable

Representative of non-playing members

Mr Hissam Ali Hyder

Representative of professional playing members

Mr Jeremy Pemberton

Representative of amateur playing members

Mr Thilo Sautter

Representative of amateur playing members

Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz

Representative of amateur playing members

GUARDS POLO CLUB STAFF

Mr James Neighbour ACMA, CGMA Chief Operating Officer

Mr Antony Fanshawe Director of Polo

Mrs Tara Bown Polo Manager

Miss Alice Harvey Polo Secretary

Mrs Tissy Sievwright Commercial Manager

Miss Pam Manku  Financial Controller

Mrs Vanessa Cumming Membership Secretary/Ticket Office Manager

Mrs Diana Butler Communications Director

Mrs Sarah Fox Social Media Manager

Mrs Jane Hebditch Hospitality Manager

Miss Sophie White Events Co-ordinator

Mr David Dickman Head Steward

Mr Paulius Kuklinskas Grounds Manager

Mr Robert Toal Facilities Manager

Mrs Cristina Gomez Club Veterinary Surgeon

GROUNDS STAFF

Pavel Barto, Neil Clark, Andrius Dubauskas, Oleh Hrabar, David Knock, Troy McDonald, George McKernan, Ivan Nunes Da Cunha, Carl Rider-Friend, Karolis Silingas, Adrian Smith, Anele Surviliene, Marek Verkin

GUARDS POLO CLUB OFFICIALS

Mr Howard Smith Chief Umpire and Field Captain

Dr Graeme Robertson Medical Officer

Mr Simon Knapp LVO, MRCVS Veterinary/Welfare

Mr Graham Dennis Honorary Archivist

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THE BIG PICTURE

This is what winning looks like. The Murus Sanctus team celebrate winning the Cartier Queen’s Cup with their family, grooms and support team.

Image © Sam Churchill

HRH The Prince of Wales and Malcolm Borwick.

ROyAl Charity polo cup Out-sourcing inc.

Royal couple take part in Polo Day and raise more than £1million for charity

Guards Polo Club again plays host to the Prince of Wales’s Royal Charity Polo Cup Day, sponsored by Out-Sourcing Inc. for the third successive year and breaking an already impressive fundraising barrier

Images: Chris Jackson/Getty Images & Images of Polo

HRH The Princess of Wales with the winning U.S Polo Assn. team: Amr Zedan, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Mark Tomlinson and HRH The Prince of Wales.

HRH The Prince of Wales took to the polo field at Guards Polo Club last summer to play in the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Cup. This incredible day raised more than £1,000,000 which was shared by 11 charities supported by The Prince and Princess of Wales. This impressive sum means that the overall total raised from the Royal Charity

Polo Days played in the UK over the past 12 years comes to more than £12,000,000.

The Prince played as part of the U.S. Polo Assn. team alongside Aiyawatt (Top) Srivaddhanaprabha, Amr Zedan and Mark Tomlinson. Their opponents were the Standing Rock Polo team, featuring Philipp Mueller, Ivan Rubinich, Malcolm Borwick and Clarinda TjiaDharmadi, and the BP

Healthcare team made up of Joevy Beh, James Beh, Henry Porter and Steve Cox.

In an exciting, round-robin format comprising six chukkas, the US Polo Assn. team finished top of the leaderboard. HRH The Princess of Wales presented the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Cup to the winning captain, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha.

James Beh of the BP Healthcare Team was named the Most

Above: HRH in action on The Castle Ground. Inset: Yuya Ono and David Matsumoto of Out-Sourcing Inc join HRH The Princess of Wales to present a winner's prize to Aiyawatt Srivaddhanprabha of the U.S. Polo Assn. team.

Valuable Player, while Lily, played by Standing Rock’s Philipp Mueller, was named the Cox Family of Oklahoma’s Best Playing Pony.

Once again, this unique event provided a fabulous opportunity to support and raise funds for 11 of Their Royal Highness’s patronages. These organisations

were: MHI (Shout), Wales Air Ambulance, Centrepoint, The Passage, Mountain Rescue England & Wales, Foundling Museum, Forward Trust, East Anglia Children’s Hospices, Baby Basics, Little Village and AberNecessities

David M. Matsumoto, representing the title sponsor,

Out-Sourcing Inc. said on arriving at the Club: “OutSourcing Inc. is honoured to support today’s charity polo match. Knowing that this polo event will raise much needed funds for 11 incredible charities aligns perfectly with the company’s own charitable ethos. Out-Sourcing Inc. focuses on creating platforms to highlight and support charitable endeavours across the world, including here in the UK.”

Charity representative, Victoria Hornby, CEO of Shout/ MHI speaking on behalf of all the charities involved in the day said that “all the organisations benefiting from this event support

Below: HRH The Princess of Wales and Out-Sourcing's David Matsumoto and Yuya Ono present a player's prize to Steve Cox, a member of the BP Healthcare team.

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“Out-Sourcing Inc. is honoured to support today’s charity polo match. Knowing that this polo event will raise much needed funds for 11 incredible charities aligns perfectly with the company’s own charitable ethos”.

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Standing Rock's Philipp Mueller receives the Cox Family of Oklahoma's Best Playing Pony prize for Lily.

people in some of the most difficult and testing moments of their lives. The funds from this year’s Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Day will ensure that we can continue to be there to offer the support they deserve.”

Of course, the day was only

made possible by the generous sponsors and event partners, not least Out-Sourcing Inc, who generously assumed the role of title sponsor for the third successive year and have a long association with fundraising events such as this. Grateful

thanks were also given to the other sponsors and supporters including Guards Polo Club, U.S. Polo Assn., Standing Rock Polo Team, BP Healthcare, Lugano Diamonds, Audi, AP&Co, The Cox Family of Oklahoma and Whispering Angel. u

Top: HRH The Princess of Wales presents James Beh with the Most Valuable Player prize.

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brian stein TRIBUTE

1943 – 2023

The Club was deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the untimely death of our much loved and well-respected Chairman, Brian Stein, on 15 May last year. The news was particularly distressing as Brian had attended the annual Members Welcome to the Season event just a few weeks earlier.

It would be easy to just remember Brian for his involvement and friendships within the polo community but he was so much more than that. His life encompassed a broad spectrum of interests and achievements – recording musician, fashion photographer, entrepreneur, pilot (both fixed wing and rotary), sailor, navigator, engineer, diver, marksman, pianist, guitarist, singer and painter... the list is pretty lengthy!

Born in Johannesburg in 1943, Brian left South Africa for Israel in 1962 where he joined the Israeli Defence Force as a paratrooper. One of the most demanding militaries in the world, it is testament to Brians resilience and strength, both mentally and physically.

Following military service, Brian headed to the UK in 1964 to make his fortune – which he duly did. Starting out with the band The Frugal Sound as singer, guitarist and pianist, Brian soon moved onto fashion photography before finding his forte as a restauranteur. He began with a coffee shop in London’s Hampstead, before graduating to more salubrious establishments. Maxwells, and all its various venues, will forever be associated with Brian and few will forget his legendary hospitality. From hosting the Queen’s Cup Draw at the Café de Paris with our late President HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh through to his memorable and most generous early season drinks parties at PJ’s on the Fulham Road – Brian as always the genial and convivial host. He loved a room packed full of people. When told by his team that the guest list for a PJs Polo Party was already at

maximum, he always wanted to add more names, such was his nature.

Although a lifelong excellent shot and a man of the sea, Brian went on to discover a passion for polo in the 1980s. After first playing at the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club – the Club’s founders Bryan Morrison and Norman Lobel were friends - Brian and his Ockholt team became an enduring entity at Guards Polo Club, enjoying considerable trophy success.

Assisted by a succession of players, including Derek Reid, Will Hine, Tommy Elliott, Jimmy Mulligan, Ashley Rake and, latterly, Antonio Manzorro, Ockholt secured the Spring Amateur

in 2003, Labrador in 2007, Crawford in 2007 and 2013, Roberts in 2013 and the Chairman’s in 2013 and 2014. Sadly, when competing for his own trophy as Chairman, Ockholt finished runners-up in the 2019 final after which Brian finally hung up his polo boots. However, for many Playing Members, an enduring polo memory will be the annual polo tournament for the Ockwell’s Trophy in the latter half of September. Following the end of the season at Guards Polo Club, Brian would host many players at his historic, Berkshire home. It was a time for much conviviality – polo, barbeques, parties – with Brian as ever the understated

Images: Images of Polo & Art of Polo

Brian loved this picture of him in a Club shirt, heading out to play at Smith's Lawn. Part of his personal collection of images.

Clockwise from top left: Brian Stein walking to the pony lines with TRH The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Royal Charity Polo Day in 2022; Presenting a prize; With his long-term partner Platina Tong; HM Queen Elizabeth ll and Brian watching the carriage driving display during The Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Windsor Cup Final in 2019; With his Ockholt team after winning the Roberts Cup in 2013. Playing alongside Brian was Tom Brodie, Antonio Manzorro and Martin Brown.

host at the helm.

Having been elected to the Board at Guards Polo Club in 2001, Brian became an integral part of the Club’s core. He chaired the Clubhouse Redevelopment Committee which successfully concluded with HM Queen Elizabeth ll officially opening the new Clubhouse, Royal Box and La Martina Store in 2009. As a thank you, Her Majesty presented Brian with his own personal parking space in front of the Clubhouse, something of which he was most proud. If you look around the Clubhouse today Brians presence remains. The striking stick sculpture in the Stick Room and the propeller above the bar are enduring hallmarks of his influence and style.

“Brian’s life encompassed a broad spectrum of interests and achievements – recording musician, fashion photographer, entrepreneur, pilot , sailor, navigator, engineer, diver, marksman, pianist, guitarist, singer and painter”

But more was to follow. In 2018 Brian was elected Chairman and over the following five years he successfully guided the Club through the Pandemic and beyond. Under his stewardship the Club thrived and Brian successfully steered the Club’s impressive Grounds Project through to its final stage, the redevelopment of Ground Four, just before he died.

Unconventional though he was, Brian forged a close relationship with the Crown Estate and the Royal Family which bore rich rewards for the Club in the form of the successful Royal Charity Polo Day, now entering its fourth year. Charitable endeavours were in Brian’s heart and he was a prime mover and supporter of the Charles Stisted Memorial Shoot, which is held every other year in the Park and has raised many thousands of pounds for military charities.

Having been re-elected Chairman in 2022 for a second term, Brian remained passionate about securing the Club’s future. He was a people person who relished interacting with everyone from all walks of life. As such he impacted on many people’s lives who benefited from just knowing him. It

was a two-way process and Brian enjoyed engaging with people. He loved life and I am sure that the South African Cultural Gospel Choir UK, that entertained everyone so colourfully during his Memorial wake last summer, would have brought a mischievous twinkle to his eye.

Always kind and humble, it will be no surprise to learn that Brian was both a loving father and grandfather. The Chairman, Vice-President, Board of Directors, staff, Players and Members

extend our warmest wishes for the future to Platina Tong, Brian’s partner and soulmate and his beloved children, Dan, Emily and Alice and their families.

As we welcome in the season, with the new fields impatient for play, the Club’s robust health, growth and ongoing success is, without doubt, Brian’s legacy, for everyone to enjoy and benefit from. For all of this Brian we, as your Club, would just like to say thank you. u

Major Jamie Hayward

Clockwise from above: Brian loved horsepower of all denominations including cars, planes, boats and motorbikes; Brian shows Adolfo Cambiaso his painting of himself, the world's pre-eminent player, that has pride of place in the Clubhouse; a fine shot, Brian was a founder of the Charlie Stisted Memorial Shoot; Brian in action for his own Ockholt team on the polo fields at Smith's Lawn.

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Clockwise from top left: Searcys at the Gherkin; the Champagne Bar at St Pancras; 116 Pall Mall Champagne Bar; Battersea Power Station.

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Iconic British heritage brand Searcys, managers of the Clubhouse here at Guards Polo Club, has been a staple of the London hospitality scene since it was founded by John Searcy in 1847. With an unwavering commitment to quality, Searcys’ collection of champagne bars, restaurants and event venues continues to inspire and delight. The company began with humble beginnings in the 19th century. The founder, John Searcy, began his journey as an apprentice pastry chef where he honed his craftsmanship for which Searcys has become well known today. Nowadays, Searcys is in residence at some of UK’s most iconic venues including Blenheim Palace, The Pump Room in Bath and London’s St Pancras International and many more.

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Searcys champagne bars, brasseries and hospitality venues provide an exquisite setting to celebrate those special moments, however big or small.

afternoon tea events, jazz nights and wine-paired dinners throughout the year. Guards Polo Club Members can also unlock an array of exclusive benefits by joining Searcys Club 1847. From April 2024, all Club 1847 members will receive 20% off a-la carte food menus at all Searcys restaurants. This means this discount is valid at The Gherkin, St Pancras Brasserie, the Barbican Brasserie, Barbican Bar + Grill, 116 Pall Mall Brasserie, as well as afternoon tea in Bath’s fabulous Pump Room –always a must-visit place in this west country city.

Searcys is always all about special moments, so Club 1847 members can raise a glass to their birthday with a loved one and enjoy a complimentary glass of Searcys Cuvée Brut or Searcys English sparkling. Club 1847 members can also enjoy a 10% discount on all ticketed events in the Searcys Series, including

the company’s champagne masterclasses and tasting dinners. The 2024 Series is a fun and engaging way to spend some special time with friends and family. It is also an opportunity to learn something new, or even meet new people.

The spectacular Grade I listed Georgian townhouse, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace is the location for the Bubbly Show by Searcys, a two-day celebration of all things Champagne and English sparkling wine in late April. This is one of the many breathtaking locations within Searcys elegant portfolio, which is available for exclusive hire. This could be private dining and meeting rooms to weddings, summer or Christmas parties. Searcys has a space to suit all needs, always delivering events in unrivalled, Searcys style. In fact event spaces for celebrations, weddings, special occasions and corporate events are available at more than 20 Searcys venues, including such gems as 116 Pall Mall, The HAC, The View at the Royal College of Surgeons, the Barbican in London, or The Pump Room in Bath. u

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Searcys at The Gherkin, in London

“I have a deep love of beautiful and comfortable dresses that you can quickly change into after a game. This is one of them!”

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la Martina style

Polo player Neku Atawodi – the highest ranked female player of African descent – takes a sneak peek through La Martina’s Spring/Summer Collection for 2024. She picks out her favourite pieces for post-match relaxing or casual dining with family and friends. Although Neku is no stranger to La Martina style as she represents the brand as an Ambassador throughout the world. This is in addition to her work as an equestrian sports scientist and Access Bank W Initiative Global Ambasador. Not surprisingly her commitments take her all around the world, including USA and Argentina and Neku’s strong social media presence reflects a passionate commitment to polo and promoting the causes that are closest to her heart. She also successfully juggles her work and polo with being a busy mum of two with a keen interest in fashion. So off the polo field, Neku can often be seen in her characteristic, stylish and colourful dresses, chasing her children around the polo fields here at Guards Polo Club. To find out more about Neku and her La Martina life go to @nekuatawodi u

“Gorgeous pants. Quick, easy glam for a Sunday match final at Guards Polo Club.”

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the brown sweater. It would look super lovely on my husband and also on me –when I steal it!”

“This is a super fun Wimbledon outfit! Glass of Pimm’s to go, please!”

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“Love, love, love this shirt! Ideal for that transition from stick and balling to fun, lunchtimes vibes.”

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nce again a vibrant Access Bank Polo Day combined celebrating another year of outstanding international business growth for The Access Bank UK Ltd with fabulous fundraising for UNICEF schools building programme in Nigeria, part of The Access Bank/ Fifth Chukker impressive fundraising initiatives across Africa. During the event more than 700 guests pledged to build another 200 classroom blocks.

On the field of play Malcomines Polo won the Khalifa

Cup, beating Delaney Polo 7-4 across four chukkas. However

Delaney Polo’s Damian Duncan, who had a standout game in the number one position, was rewarded with the Access Bank Most Valuable Player prize. The second match of the day, for the Access Bank Charity Cup, saw a win for Access Bank. They beat Fifth Chukker 4-3 in a fast-paced game that featured some of the sport’s top players including Juan Martin Nero, Polito Pieres, Alfredo Bigatti and Guillermo Terrera. For Polito Pieres this was his second

“We continue to look for ways to enable more resources to be directed at supporting the children. We are part of the community and as such should support its wellbeing”

Jamie Simmonds, CEO/MD of The Access Bank UK Ltd

appearance of the day, as he was also a member of the winning Malcomines team.

Access Bank’s Sayyu Dantata received the Most Valuable Player prize from the HH Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi II, 14th Emir of Kano. He then stepped up to receive the Access Bank Best Playing Pony prize for Bayita, whom he had played in the

fourth chukka.

For The Access Bank UK Ltd Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director, Jamie Simmonds, the highlight of a strong financial operating performance has been securing the approval of French regulators for the Bank to open a regulated branch in Paris. “This is a significant development representing the Bank’s latest success in expanding our parent group’s international footprint beyond Africa, the City of London and its branch in Dubai.”

Dr Herbert Wigwe*, the Group Chief Executive Officer of The Access Corporation Plc and Chairman of The Access Bank UK Ltd, added “The successes of

The Access Bank UK Ltd have been a major milestone in the development of the banking group into the biggest Nigerian Bank in respect of assets and the largest in Africa by customer base and has charted our course for

the future and vision to be the world’s most respected African bank. Together our continuing support for the Fifth ChukkerUNICEF initiative reflects our view of our role as a change agent in Nigeria and Africa that can help institute socio-economic development through responsible business practice, social initiatives and environmental consideration.”

“We continue to look for ways to enable more resources to be directed at supporting the children. We are part of the community and as such should support its wellbeing.”

This UNICEF/Access Bank initiative has rebuilt schools in Kaduna and has kept more than 12,000 students in continuous education. At the same time new school blocks and a computer literacy building, all in a more secure and friendly school environment, have also been

This UNICEF/Access Bank initiative has rebuilt schools in Kaduna and has kept more than 12,000 students in continuous education.

developed. In addition, the communities surrounding the schools are supported with boreholes for water as well as sewing and grinding machines to secure employment and stimulate economic and social development. u

*A tribute to Dr Herbert Wigwe, who sadly died in a helicopter crash in February 2024, is published on page 52.

The Teams

Malcomines Polo: Murtala Laushi (0); Shamsuddeen Dahiru Mangal (1); Alejo Aramburu (6); Polito Pieres (9).

Delaney Polo: Damian Duncan (0); Adebayo Karim (2); Jose Araya (5); Agustin Merlos (7).

Access Bank: Sayyu Dantata (10; Polito Pieres (9); Juan Martin Nero (9); Adamu Mahmoud Atta (2).

Fifth Chukker: Gidado Ladan (0); Diego White (5); Alfredo Bigatti (8); Guillermo Terrera (7).

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In the dynamic arena of contemporary business leadership, few names shine as brightly as that of Dr Herbert Wigwe, the Group Chief Executive Officer of The Access Corporation Plc. Dr Wigwe has not only transformed the financial landscape of Nigeria but has also left an indelible mark on the global stage through his visionary leadership, unwavering dedication, and commitment to excellence.

A VISIONARY LEADER

Dr Herbert Wigwes life was a testament to the transformative power of visionary leadership. As the Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, where he served until May 2022, he led with integrity and passion. Under his guidance, Access Bank Plc emerged as a trailblazer in the financial sector, pioneering innovative solutions, embracing digital transformation, and setting new standards of excellence in banking. His visionary leadership inspired countless others to dream big, think boldly, and strive for greatness in their own endeavours.

As Chairman of The Access Bank UK Ltd, he led the Board to grow the Bank year on year and to develop a significant contribution to the Group, whilst at all times upholding the values that he holds dear.

AN ADVOCATE OF SOCIAL IMPACT

At the heart of Herberts lifes work was a deep-seated commitment to making a positive difference in the world. He understood that true success is measured not by wealth or accolades but by the impact we have on the lives of others. Through his philanthropic endeavours and corporate social responsibility initiatives, Herbert touched the lives of millions, leaving behind a legacy of compassion,

Through his philanthropic endeavours and corporate social responsibility initiatives, Dr Wigwe touched the lives of millions, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, generosity, and social impact.

generosity, and social impact.

Through his leadership, Access Bank Plc implemented numerous initiatives aimed at promoting education, healthcare, and economic empowerment, touching the lives of millions of people across Nigeria and beyond. From supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs to empowering women and youth, Herberts legacy of social impact will continue to shine brightly, inspiring

Dr Herbert Wigwe, Group Chief Executive Officer of The Access Corporation Plc.

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Perhaps most of all, Dr Herbert Wigwe will be remembered for his warmth, kindness, and generosity of spirit. He had a rare ability to connect with people from all walks of life, making everyone feel valued, heard, and appreciated. Whether he was leading a boardroom meeting or volunteering at a local charity, Herbert approached every interaction with empathy, humility, and grace.

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His genuine concern for the well-being of others, coupled with his infectious optimism and zest for life, touched the hearts of all who had the privilege of knowing him.

A LIFE WELL LIVED

As we celebrate the life of Dr Herbert Wigwe, let us take comfort in knowing that his legacy will endure for eternity. Though he may no longer walk among us, his spirit lives on in the countless lives he touched, the communities he transformed, and the hearts he inspired. His memory will forever be cherished by all who had the privilege of knowing him, and his impact will continue to reverberate throughout the ages. May we honour Herberts memory by living our lives with the same passion, integrity, and compassion that defined his. Let us strive each day to make a positive difference in the world, just as he did, and to leave behind a legacy of love, kindness, and service to others. In doing so, we will ensure that Herberts light continues to shine brightly, guiding us on our journey towards a better, brighter future for all.

Rest in peace, dear Herbert. Your legacy will live on in our hearts forever. u Everyone at The Access Bank UK Ltd.

Above: Roosevelt Ogbonna, CEO/MD of Access Bank Plc; Dr Herbert Wigwe, Group Chief Executive Officer of The Access Corporation Plc; Jamie Simmonds, CEO/MD of The Access Bank UK Ltd at the Access Bank Cup 2022.

guards la aguada trophy

La Martina and Guards Polo Club make welcome return to La Aguada

Guards Polo Club links up with long-standing partner

La Martina to revive a popular trophy in Argentina

Images: Alice Gipps

Two very familiar names to the polo community in the UK, Guards Polo Club and La Martina, teamed up in Argentina to co-host a competitive tournament for the UK club’s players, La Martina ambassadors and members of the hosting Novillo Astrada family. Three teams took to the field at the Novillo Astrada family’s impressive La Aguada Polo Club and Resort, located in the wonderfully named Open Door, to win the Guards Polo Club Trophy. This silverware was last played for in 2018 and resides permanently in the La Aguada clubhouse.

The Guards Navy team featuring Arno Liu, Lia Salvo, Adolfo Casabal and Nacho Novillo Astrada, emerged victorious after a hotly contested round-robin style tournament. This was made up of six competitive chukkas and featured all three teams. Each squad included a high-goal

representative of the Novillo Astrada family, which added an added depth of competitiveness to each chukka.

James Neighbour, Guards Polo Club’s Chief Operating Officer and Adrian Simonetti, President of La Martina, presented all the prizes, ably supported by Thomas Hume, the Polo Manager of La Aguada.

Post presentations Adrian Simonetti,

whose father Lando founded La Martina in the 1970s, said: “What a pleasure it is for La Martina to be back here at La Aguada, to gather our friends here from Guards Polo Club and be so warmly welcomed by the Novillo Astrada family. I have been particularly delighted to welcome James Neighbour to Argentina and have the opportunity to show him the Argentine

polo season at its very best and for James to experience all that Argentina has to offer to the wider polo community. We very much look forward to making this tournament a yearly event and to welcoming many more patrons, friends and members from Guards Polo Club to Argentina in the future.”

James added his own thanks,

including special mention to the Club’s players whose support had helped make this such a memorable event. “I have been overwhelmed by the warm reception that I have received on this, my first visit to Argentina. The day here at La Aguada in particular has been outstanding and I would like to thank Adrian, Becky and Thomas for creating

such a friendly yet competitive event in such beautiful surroundings. I hope that our players, like me, will return to Guards Polo Club inspired and impatient for our new season.”

Highlighting the camaraderie on and off the field of play, which has always been a hallmark of this tournament, the presentations were followed by a traditional asado for all the players and spectators as the sun set over La Aguada’s magnificent polo fields. u

The Teams

Guards Blue: Arno Liu (0); Lia Salvo (2); Adolfo Casabal (3); Nacho Novillo Astrada (8).

Guards Green: Iyad Omari (0); Hamid Ali (3); Malcolm Borwick (5); Alejandro Novillo Astrada (7).

Guards Maroon: Enrico Meneghetti (-1); Satinder Garcha (2); Antonino Menard (5); Miguel Novillo Astrada (8).

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Our canine superstars put on a show

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Members turned out in force last summer, accompanied by their beloved canine friends, to compete in the Club’s annual Dog Show. Every class was full and there was a fabulous atmosphere throughout the event. Thanks to our team of brilliant judges, David Emanuel, Tanya Brett and Seb Baker, everyone was on their best behaviour! In addition to lots of competitors heading home with rosettes and arms full of prizes, the day also raised £1,500 for Dogs For Good. This UK-based charity makes life-changing differences for people with disabilities through the power of expertly trained dogs. The Dogs For Good team was at the Club throughout the show, with the charity mascot taking part in the agility course, much to everyone’s amusement.

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Christmas comes early to the Clubhouse

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More than 120 people enjoyed Searcys first Christmas Lunch in the Clubhouse in December. This was the perfect way for the Club to bring its popular Members’ events to a seasonal close. However, before everyone sat down to a delicious festive feast, created by Searcys, Christmas carols were on the menu. The choir from the Royal Chapel in Windsor Great Park encouraged everyone to join them in singing several well-known carols.

Without doubt the perfect way to start the festive celebrations. Then, after the sumptuous feast, featuring everyone’s Christmas favourites, every diner was given a free ticket to experience the stunning Illuminations in the Park display in Windsor Great Park. Not only a wonderful way to walk off a delicious lunch, but another brilliant reminder that Christmas was just around the corner. u

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Royalty, film stars, football legends and top polo players mingled with Members throughout last season.With more than 600 games played from April to September there was an abundance of outstanding sport, invariably accompanied by superb hospitality and memorable entertainment, ensuring everyone experienced plenty of exceptional days at this world-class club.

The magnificent Household Cavalry Drumhorse and the Band of the Grenadier Guards.

Images: Art of Polo, Gillian Hughes, Images of Polo, Marcos Cerdeira, Pablo Ramirez , Sam Churchill

Clockwise from top: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh salutes the British Driving Society s carriage driving display; Baroness Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary General with Col Kuldeep Singh Garcha and Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer; Head Steward David Dickman with a member of the Honorable Artillery Company; John Collins with football legends John Terry and Graeme Souness.

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From above left: Pony lines steward Bonnie Leheup; Agustin Merlos offers some polo advice to a younger member of his family; Vivek Rawal with the Power of Polo s Katy Hayward.

Clockwise from top left: Members of the Power of Polo team; Sean and Mary O’Dwyer with Mick O Dwyer; Petra Hoeffer and Enrico Meneghetti; Nicholas, Kinny and Mimi Evans; Julian and Natasha Hipwood.

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Clockwise from top left: Laura van Harpen with Teresa and Charles Beresford; the Karim family supporting Adebayo in a match; Rick Parfitt Junior; Ebe Sievwright; Susie Green-Armytage with the late Queen’s riding horse Emma; Becky Simpson and David Emanuel; Clubhouse Manager Harry Wilson; Polito Pieres with Martin and Stephanie Brown; Poroto Cambiaso, Jeta Castagnola and Rufino Bensadon.

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Clockwise from left: Clarinda Tjia Dharmadi and Lia Salvo; the La Martina team - Louise Richardson, Becky Simpson, Holly Smith and Annabel Forbes-Cockell; Major General Sir Christopher Ghika, Col Guy Stone and General Sir Reddy Watt; June Howell Jones and Mangal Kapoor in the Royal Box; Will Poulter; Polocam TV's Greg Hughes; Freddie Huxtable and Richard Piller; Pony Lines Steward Patrick Fullerton.

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director of polo’s report

Non-stop polo delivers fantastic season

Antony Fanshawe, getting ready to celebrate his 10th year in charge of all polo at the Club, reflects on a packed season where a record number of matches were played, invariably on a new polo field

Guards Polo Club played a staggering 604 games last season. A particularly impressive tally as although three fields were out of contention due to the Grounds Development Plan, the quality of the grounds that we could play was superb. Of course this meant that the Polo Office, headed up by the Director of Polo Antony Fanshawe and brilliantly supported by Polo Manager Tara Bown and Polo Secretary Shannon Stephenson worked flat out, constantly juggling the weather and teams’ no-play dates. Despite the pressure Antony recalls several highlights in 2023.

“ The standout of last year for me was an incredible Cartier Queen’s Cup final. We played almost three weeks of non-stop, two games per day polo in this tournament concluding in an awesome final [Murus Sanctus v La Magdeleine]. This is what the top end of polo is about; fast, furious polo where the players have huge respect for each other but winning is everything. It was an insane game of polo – fantastic stuff.

“In addition to acknowledging these players’ incredible passion and dedication to the game, I would also like to give a big thank you to to our ground staff, headed up by Paulius Kuklinskas. His team worked 24/7 and ensured the grounds were match-fit for every game. Running 10 games per day was very tough and the work that had to go on behind the scenes was just crazy.”

Antony added: “Thinking of the grounds recalls another highlight for me - the seeding of Ground Four at the

“This is what the top end of polo is about; fast, furious polo where the players have huge respect for each but winning is everything”

beginning of September. I have to admit it was such a relief to get that done despite the weather.”

The work on Ground Four was the final part of the Club’s impressive Grounds Development Plan which had started back in 2014 with the creation of the new fields at Flemish Farm. The completion of the development of Grounds Six and Eight will, in years to

come, reiterate that the Players’ and Club’s commitment into taking these steps was the right way to go.

“As a player – well an old player – the new fields make it much easier to hit the ball,” explained Antony. “You know where the ball is going to be, not in a hole and is easier for the horses. If they are properly prepared, great fields make faster polo with less stops and sharp turns. Last year the average amount of goals scored on the new fields almost doubled as compared to the old fields.

“With my Director of Polo hat on I would say that I can remember playing on Kerry Packer’s fields at Stedham [in West Sussex] and the positive difference to the game that they produced. Our new fields are a massive step forward for British polo and the production of British players. Guards Polo Club has produced five new high-goal fields in the last seven or eight years. Wow!”

Antony continued: “Cowdray Park did a massive resetting of its fields 30 years ago and they became the centre of world polo.  We cannot expect players to invest in the sport if we, the people who run it, don’t back the game ourselves. The future is built from where we are now and the start point is looking much better than it was five or 10 years ago. Now, thanks to the successful redevelopment of these grounds Guards Polo Club has just set the bar even higher.”

Of course such a grounds improvement plan does not come cheaply. In a previous Yearbook it was said that the project was going to cost around £3million. Remarkably, the Club did not turn to its players for financial

Images: Images of Polo, Pablo Ramirez, White Horse Contractors

Top: This year s Cartier Queen s Cup Final between Murus Sanctus and La Magdeleine was the game of the year for Antony Fanshawe, “an insane game of polofantastic stuff.” Above: An aerial shot of the new Grounds Six and Eight, looking towards The Queen s Ground and the Clubhouse.

support. “Of course we did think about asking our Members and high-goal teams to contribute but we felt that this would compromise our tournament relationship,” explained Antony. “So thanks to the passion of the players this Club was able to successfully build a business model that would enable a bank to financially support us.

“Since 2016 we have transformed how we charge for polo games, how we try to guarantee the best available field for the level (even if we have to rent fields), treat every team the same and demonstrate to all players the improvements that (by playing here) they are paying for. This has resulted in a huge upshift in teams entering our tournaments. The policy is clearly working. That said, every player also knows that if we want great polo fields then we all have to pay for them. We are all responsible for how things improve.”

So with the massive Grounds Development plan almost completed, what is next on Antony’s to do list at Smith’s Lawn? “Not surprisingly, there is an ever-moving argument about what to invest in next,” revealed Antony. “As Guards Polo Club is a non-profit organisation money is always short. Of course we are already focusing on our sustainability; getting greener with our machinery replacements and modernising our irrigation systems. It is brilliant how much cheaper and cleaner new machinery runs, but as a result we do need a proper machinery yard for all the kit. I would also like to plant more trees around the polo fields; create a polo paradise here in Windsor Great Park.”

With the season just a month away when writing this, what is Antony most looking forward to it 2024? “I cannot wait to see the new fields come into full action. I am not sure that we will play 22-goal on Grounds Four, Six or Eight but it will be close. I also love the return of so many people who share the same passion as me - fast clean polo.”

For a man who is about to spend the next few months mostly in the office or on a polo field and rarely at home his answer to the next question, what is the hardest part of your job, is something of a surprise. “October,” replied Antony without hesitation. “Suddenly the phone stops ringing and you definitely experience a moment of mental change.”

Antony is clearly someone who loves

“I know most aspects of this sport and this Club has given me the opportunity to carry out what I know. It has been a brilliant combination”

his job – ironically he also lists October as what he loves most about being the Director of Polo but with a caveat: “only if it’s been a good season”! He remains as passionate about polo at Guards Polo Club as he was when he first joined the Club in 2015. “I try to live by the adage ‘do what you know’. Horses were a massive part of my childhood. I left school at 16 and came to polo by chance whilst working on a ranch in the middle of Brazil. I became a polo groom, then started stick and balling, then playing and by the age of 24/25 I was playing high-goal. I was a ‘pilot’ to some of the best players/teams of my generation, and managed teams, built fields and did all kinds of jobs to make polo happen in my

life. Without fail, I wintered in Argentina for 20 years and worked for teams that played and won the Argentine Open.

“I know most aspects of this sport and this Club has given me the opportunity to carry out what I know. It has been a brilliant combination. Since 2015 we have identified where to improve, dragged polo through Covid, and still managed to keep our grounds project on track. To be honest it is almost a miracle. From the Castle Ground at Flemish Farm through to today, where fields Six and Eight – two fields that weren’t even flat, drained or rectangular – are now high-goal grounds is a great testament to all who work and play at the Club.

“It has been a bumpy road and the job is never over but I love seeing what can be achieved by people with passion. And I love that something so silly as whacking a ball off the back of a horse can produce so many opportunities for so many people from the great and the good, to the grooms, truck drivers, farriers, groundsmen etc – all of us who put our hearts into this mad sport. It’s brilliant and makes me pleased every day that I turned down the sensible school path when I was 16!” u

Antony managed to escape his desk for one tournament and compete in the Major General s Tournament in 2023.

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CONOSCO IT Jeremy Pemberton COOL HOOVES/ELEMENTAL Rafi Bruckner

CORTIUM SPORT Adrian Kirby DELANEY Damian Duncan

DUBAI Ali Albwardy

EL ZANA POLO Conrad Odogwu

ELEVEN Kate Lindsay-Fynn

EMLOR Spencer McCarthy

EMSWORTH POLO GROUNDS Emanuel Arber

ESTANCIA LAMAR Rayyan Al Ajaji

ETON COLLEGE The Parents

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10-GOAL HANDICAP

Camilo Castagnola

Facundo Pieres

Polito Pieres

Hilario Ulloa

9-GOAL HANDICAP

Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr

Adolfo Cambiaso Snr

Bartolome Castagnola Jnr

Pablo MacDonough

Juan Martin Nero

Tomas Panelo

8-GOAL HANDICAP

Bautista Bayugar

Juan Britos

Diego Cavanagh

Jeronimo del Carril

Fran Elizalde

Gonzalo Pieres

David Stirling

Juan Martin Zubia

7-GOAL HANDICAP

Rufino Bensadon

Julian de Lusarreta

Juan Gris Zavaleta

James Harper Lucas James

Cristian Laprida

Teodoro Lacau

Agustin Merlos

Benjamin Panelo

Martin Podesta

Genaro Ringa

Isidro Strada

Ignacio Toccalino

6-GOAL HANDICAP

Juan Ambroggio

James Beim

Max Charlton

John Paul Clarkin

Lucas Criado

Oliver Cudmore

Santiago de Estrada

Michel del Carril

Gonzalo Deltour

Jaime Huidobro

Juan Cruz Merlos

Santos Merlos

Patrick O’Dwyer

Matt Perry

Simon Prado

Jack Richardson

Mark Tomlinson

5-GOAL HANDICAP

Matias Amaya

Jose Araya

Ignacio Badiola

Here is the complete list players’ handicaps for the 2024 season. As many of our lady players compete in ladies’ tournaments they have an additional handicap. These are listed in brackets after their name

Tom Brodie

William Emerson

Bautista Garcia

Ricardo Garros

Pedro Harrison

Louis Hine

Ned Hine

Antonio Heguy

Jack Hyde

Beltran Laulhe

Gaston Laulhe

Antonino Menard

Rosendo Torreguitar

4-GOAL HANDICAP

Lucho Aguirre

Hissam Ali Hyder

Garvy Beh

Federico Boudou

Segundo Darritchon

Matias Gonzalez

Nacho Gonzalez

Will Harper

Rufino Merlos

Daniel Otamendi

Ryan Pemble

Henry Porter

Nicolas Roberts

Nicolas San Roman

Bautista Sorzana

Hugo Taylor

Luke Wiles

3-GOAL HANDICAP

HH Maharaja Sawai

Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur

Ross Ainsley

David Ashby

Timi Badiru

Joevy Beh

Toby Bradshaw

Adolfo Casabal

Ben Crowe

James Emlyn

Lachlan Gilmore

Kian Hall

Alfie Hyde

Eugenio Imaz

Mateo Lalor

Rufino Laulhe

Fabio Lavinia

Oscar Mancini

James Mann

Edward Morris-Lowe

Pierandrea Mueller

Temur Nadeem

Evan Power

Peter Webb

Roddy Williams

2-GOAL HANDICAP

Rashid Albwardy

Hamid Ali

Emanuel Arber

Adamu Atta

Dillon Bacon

Tomas Ballesteros

Sam Browne

Charles Cadogan

Joshua Clover

Chris Crawford

Victoria Day

Will Drewitt

Mark Emerson

Ludo Ephson

Nick Evans

Antony Fanshawe

Oliver Fanshawe

Jake Gordon

Louis Heard

Adebayo Karim

Benjamin Mancini

James McCarthy

William Millard

Joshua Nimmo

Capt Oliver Powell

Misha Rodzianko

Guy Schwarzenbach

Ivan Rubinich

Phil Seller

Howard Smith

Max Sponer

Fred Thame

Cornet James Thomas

Felix Toccalino

Max Voelker

Jack Whitman

Charlie Wooldridge

1-GOAL HANDICAP

HRH The Prince of Wales

The Duke of Sussex

HM Al-Sultan Abdullah

Ibni

Logan Anderson

Joe Arber

Jonty Barlow

Alessandro Bazzoni

Nick Beitner

Lt Giles BromleyMartin

Martin Brown

Rafi Bruckner

Sayyu Dantata

Andrew Dechet

Oliver Drewitt

Ramzy El-Ashkar

Rashid El-Ashkar

Patrick Ephson

Alan Fall

Archie Heseltine

Nicholas Hiller

Edward Horswell

Maximilian Kirchhoff

Noor Khadra

Riley Leake

Henry Lunn

Spencer McCarthy

Luca Natella

Alexander Nix

Col Michael O’Dwyer

Kirstie Otamendi [5]

Jeremy Pemberton

Juan Pepa

Octavio Pinto

Gustav Rausing

Thilo Sautter

David Sievwright

Jaisal Singh

Robert Wilson

O-GOAL HANDICAP

HRH Prince Rashid

El Hassan

HH Sheikha Maitha

bint Mohammed bin

Rashid Al Maktoum [4]

Adriano Agosti

Tariq Albwardy

Rayyan Al Ajaji

Khalid Alomran

Yolanda Arber [2]

Uneku Atawodi-Edun [4]

Elodie Avarguez [2]

David Awuah-Darko

James Beh

Lt Frederick Benyon

William Berry

Andrey Borodin

Vavara Borodina [3]

Alex Brodie

Mindi Byrne [2]

Alexie Calvert-Ansari

Jasmine Calvert-Ansari [3]

Capt Viscount George

Chelsea

George Copcutt

Damian Duncan

Sultan Edrees

Ana Escobedo [3]

Siri Evjemo-Nysveen [2]

Gleb Fetisov

Simon Franc

Alexander Garese

Jock Green-Armytage

Eduardo Greghi

Capt Maurice Hamilton

Jonathan Hare

Major Jamie Hayward

Ulysses Hu

Raj Jain

Arsalan Karim

Kola Karim

Tunde Karim

Adrian Kirby

Vinod Kumar

Mo Ladan

Dikko Ladan

Julian Leake

Phoebe Leake [2]

Kate Lindsay-Fynn [0]

Ziwen Arno Liu

Derek MacLennan

Hamish MacLennan

Major The Lord Milo

Manton

Ricardo Massu

Enrico Meneghetti

Philipp Mueller

Hilali Noordeen

Iyad Omari

David Paradice

Olympia Paus [1]

Vivek Rawal

Clive Reid

Jayne Rumsey [2]

Maximilian Singhoff

Stefan Sund

Marcos Vivian

Heiko Voelker

Konstantin Graf von

Schweinitz

Mark Wadhwa

Rhett Wooldridge

-1-GOAL HANDICAP

Lt Col Tom Armitage

Conor Beukes

Duke Buchan

John Buchan

Richard Buchan

Major Hugo Collis

Lt Col Howard Flood

Melanie Hare [1]

Muhammed Anas Zia

Jehangiri

Anthony Kitchen

Capt George Lane Fox

Lt Col Henry

Llewellyn-Usher

Major Alexander Major

Nastazja Mokrzycka

Conrad Odogwu

Elan Odogwu

Noelle Quintin

Majid Sadjadi

Leander Sautter

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Passion, power and dedication are the hallmarks of success on the polo field. Our Playing Members, both amateur and professional, have regularly delivered these traits throughout the 2023 season, delivering stand-out polo across all handicap levels.

We salute them and thank them for their inspiring commitment and focus.

Images: Art of Polo, Gillian Hughes, Images of Polo, Marcos Cerdeira, Pablo Ramirez , Sam Churchill

Top: Conosco patron Jeremy Pemberton. Above: The Kusnacht Practice, winners of the 2023 President’s Trophy - Max Sponer, Eduardo Greghi, Simon Prado and Nicolas San Roman.

Clockwise from top left: Anjali and Jaisal Singh, patron of the Sujan Tigers; Gleb Fetisov’s distinctive Signet Wealth team shirt; La Magdeleine’s Alexandre Garese receives the Hubert Perrodo Trophy from Nathalie PerrodoSamani; Guards Polo Academy’s Ebe Sievwright; the Twelve Oaks team pose for a selfie - Charlie Wooldridge, Cristian Laprida, Matias MacDonough and Joaquin Pittaluga; Ming Yun’s Zwein Arno Liu; Max Charlton with Will Lucas, Chairman of the Hurlingham Polo Association.

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Clockwise from top left: Glen Gilmore with Robert Wilson; Hissam Ali Hyder; Arsalan Karim and his Clinova team-mates - Alfredo Bigatti, Isidro Strada and Jeronimo del Carril; Edward Horswell with Major General Sir Christopher Ghika; Enrico Meneghetti; Tunde Karim with Adolfo Casabal; a victorious Corinne Ricard.

Above: Varvara Borodina of Park Place Vaara. Below: Players relax post match in the Clubhouse. Below right: Henry Lunn’s Bel Polo team celebrate a win. Main picture: Ramzy El-Ashkar

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Nick Beitner with Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer. Left: Siri Evjemo-Nysveen with Lina Rassi, General Manager Shiseido Group. Top left: Alessandro Bazzoni.

Clockwise from above: The Black Bears team (Antonio Heguy, Oliver Cudmore, Juan Martin Nero, Guy Schwarzenbach); Monterosso’s Alessandro Bazzoni with Park Place’s Andrey Borodin; Alex Brodie with Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer; Alexie and Jasmine Calvert-Ansari; Alexander Nix ; Antony Fanshawe.

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Clockwise from top: Great Oaks’ Dillon Bacon; Eduardo Greghi and Nicolas San Roman; Rhett Wooldridge; Chris Mackenzie, Andrea Vianini and Martina Lowe celebrate a win; Dubai’s Rashid Albwardy; Segundo and Estanislao Darritchon; Glen Gilmore with Neku Atawodi-Edun; AFB patron Clive Reid.

Clockwise from left: Harum Scarum patrons Melanie and Jonathan Hare; Max Charlton and family; Heiko Voelker; Lucas Monteverde Senior; Pablo MacDonough surrounded by Adolfo Cambiaso Senior and Junior; King Power’s Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha; Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer with Marcos Araya; Garvy Beh of BP Polo.

Clockwise from top left: Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer with Lt Col Tom Armitage; Tex8n Polo’s Mindi Byrne; Rajendra Jain; William and Poppy Emerson; Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz and Emma Jane Knight; Max and Heiko Voelker; Ojo Caliente’s Ana Escobedo; Alejandro Aznar.

The Four Quarters polo family celebrate on The Queen’s Ground.

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Clockwise from top left: Riley and Phoebe Leake; Juan Pepa of Cibao La Pampa clears the ball from Vikings’ James Beim and Charlotte Pykett; Ainsley Saddlery’s Andrew Dechet; Ignacio and Felix Toccalino; Facundo Sola; Gustav Rausing of Tempest; Carisbrooke’s Jayne Rumsey; Adebayo Karim; Archie Heseltine with Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer.

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Clockwise from top left: Limitless’s Rashid El-Ashkar; Elodie Avarguez of Cadence; Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer with Eleven’s Kate Lindsay-Fynn; CHEDS’ William Berry; Iyad Omari; Mad Dogs’ Alan Fall; The Not Forgotten Association’s Mary Spillane with Alan Fall and Simon Franc; HH Sheikha Maitha of the UAE Polo Team and King Power’s Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha; Dubai’s Rashid Albwardy versus Clinova’s Arsalan Karim.

Clockwise from left: Luke Tomlinson; Phoebe Leake; Beltran di Paola; Oliver Fanshawe; the Sujan Tigers team; James and Spencer McCarthy; Gonzalo Senior and Nico Pieres; Varvara Borodina of Park Place Vaara versus HH Sheikha Maitha of the UAE Polo Team.

CartiER Queen’S cup

The Teams Cartier Cup Final Murus Sanctus La Magdeleine Cartier Cup Sub Final Vikings Twelve Oaks

After navigating through a strong field of 17 teams across almost four weeks of thrilling polo, Corinne Ricard’s Murus Sanctus and Alexandre Garese’s La Magdeleine went head-tohead in a bid to win the Cartier Queen’s Cup for the first time. Corinne’s team came out best, retaining their unbeaten status to win the coveted trophy with a final score of 11–10.

Both teams were on great form from the first throw-in. La Magdeleine’s Santiago Laborde opened the scoring, but Murus Sanctus was soon on the attack thanks to Alejandro Muzzio, giving Corinne’s team a 3–1 lead. La Magdeleine took advantage of Murus Sanctus’s foul troubles in the second chukka, with Pablo MacDonough converting three penalties. However, Murus Sanctus’s Polito Pieres replied with two goals to maintain his team’s narrow, one-goal advantage. The accuracy of these evenly matched opponents was on display to the packed grandstands before the half-time bell.

Murus Sanctus find success on Queen’s Cup debut

MacDonough and Facundo

Fernandez Llorente fired through goals in the third chukka for La Magdeleine, while Marcos Araya and Pieres delivered for Murus Sanctus. This resulted in these deadlocked teams heading into the break tied at 7–7.

Emerging with a charge, Murus Sanctus generated some muchneeded air in the score to open the second half. Pieres and Muzzio paired up beautifully to deliver three goals and give Murus Sanctus a 10–7 lead. Generating only two shots with no opportunities to score from penalties, La Magdeleine was forced to make a late push in the

Journey to the final

Murus Sanctus

ROUND

La Magdeleine

Images by Sam Churchill and Pablo Ramirez

The winning Murus Sanctus team: Corinne Ricard, Alejandro Muzzio, Polito Pieres and Marcos Araya.

Corinne Ricard received the Queen's Cup from Laurent Feniou, Managing Director of Cartier UK.

Murus Sanctus celebrate their first Cartier Queen’s Cup win with friends and family.

Vikings versus Twelve Oaks in the battle for the subsidiary Cartier Trophy on The Princes’ Ground.

The accuracy of these evenly matched opponents was on display to the packed grandstands before the half-time bell.

Polito Pieres clearing the ball away from La Magdeleine's Facundo Fernandez Lllorente and Alexandre Garese.

Alejandro Muzzio and Polito Pieres for Murus Sanctus chasing down La Magdeleine's Santiago Laborde.

Marcos Araya and Polito Pieres in front of the packed grandstands.

Frenetic action on The Queen's Ground between Cartier Queen's Cup finalists La Magdeleine and Murus Sanctus.

sixth chukka. Rebounding on back-to-back goals from MacDonough and Laborde, La Magdeleine managed to cut their deficit down to one. Stifling La Magdeleine’s sudden momentum, a brilliant drive from Pieres was all Murus Sanctus needed to hold off MacDonough’s final effort and ensured Murus Sanctus held on for an electrifying victory.

Corinne Ricard received Queen’s Cup from Laurent Feniou, Managing Director of Cartier UK. Not surprisingly, thanks to an outstanding, seven-goal performance, Polito Pieres was named the Cartier Most Valuable Player. Meanwhile, the Cartier Best Playing Pony prize was awarded to Irenita La Kiosquera, which had been played by La Magdeleine’s Pablo MacDonough.

Earlier in the day, Siri EvjemoNysveen’s Vikings had defeated Charlie Wooldridge’s Twelve Oaks 10–9 in the sub final for the Cartier Trophy. This was a stop/ start game full of penalties, highlighting the tension and determination from both teams to secure a win on the last day of such a magnificent, 22-goal tournament. At the post-match presentations Vikings’ Juan Martin Zubia received the Cartier Most Valuable Player prize for this match. u

The Teams

Murus Sanctus: Corinne Ricard (0); Alejandro Muzzio (7); Polito Pieres (9); Marcos Araya (6). La Magdeleine: Alexandre Garese (0); Facundo Fernandez Llorente (7); Pablo MacDonough (9); Santiago Laborde (6).

Vikings: Siri Evjemo-Nysveen (0); James Beim (6); Diego Cavanagh (8); Juan Martin Zubia (8).

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Pittaluga (7); Matias MacDonough (5); Cristian Laprida (8).

Twelve Oaks: Charlie Wooldridge

Joaquin

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The Cartier Trophy winners Vikings (from left): Juan Martin Zubia, Diego Cavanagh, James Beim and Siri Evjemo-Nysveen.

The Cartier Trophy runners up Twelve Oaks (from left): Cristian Laprida, Matias MacDonough, Joaquin Pittaluga, and Charlie Wooldridge.

Murus Sanctus's Corinne Ricard with Vikings' Siri Evjemo-Nysveen at the post-match presentations.

Laurent Feniou in conversation with the Vikings' James Beim.

Laurent Feniou receives a gift from the Chairman of Guards Polo Club, Lt Col Sean O'Dwyer.

ROyAl Windsor Cup out-SOurcIng Inc.

Four Quarters Orange claim a glorious quartet

Images by Art of Polo

Four Quarters Orange lifted the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Windsor Cup for the fourth time in 2023, making them one of only three teams that has won this historic trophy more than three times in the past 68 years. Simon Arber’s team had to work hard for this 7–6 victory though as their opponents, Dubai Polo Team, fought back strongly in the second half of this 15-goal tussle.

It had looked remarkably straightforward for Four Quarters Orange in the first half. An impressive partnership between Ignacio Negri and Simon Prado, who was later

named the Out-Sourcing Inc. Most Valuable Player, saw Four Quarters leading 6–2 up at half-time. Surprisingly, Dubai struggled to keep possession of the ball and tensions showed on the field, with Carlos Maria Ulloa receiving a yellow card for disagreeing with the umpires in the third.

As the spectators returned to their seats for the second half it looked as if this match was pretty much decided. Dubai had other ideas. Eager to repeat the team’s success from 1995, Javier Guerrero singlehandedly brought Dubai back into contention in the fourth. Two penalties and a field goal from this five-goal player not

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh presents the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Windsor Cup to Simon Arber.

only raised Dubai’s hopes but kept Four Quarters off the scoreboard too.

The fifth and final chukka delivered some fast, end-to-end polo and when Ulloa successfully converted a penalty to take the scores level (6–6), there was a hint that this game may go into extra time. Four Quarters Orange quickly regained their advantage though, thanks to a successful penalty off the stick of Negri. With the clock now ticking down Guerrero had a fast run to goal, much to the delight of the crowd, but the bell cruelly rang out before he could reach the goalposts, ensuring an historic

The fifth and final chukka delivered some fast, endto-end polo.

victory for Four Quarters Orange. This victory adds to their successes in this tournament in 2014, 2016, and 2020.

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by Nicholas Tubbs, CEO of Out-Sourcing UK Ltd and David M. Matsumoto, Representative and Partner of the Out-Sourcing Group, who has

generously sponsored this competition for the past six seasons, presented the prizes. This included the Best Playing Pony prize to one of Simon Prado’s favourite ponies, Power Corazon Valiente, an eight-year-old chestnut mare.

The sub final, for the Mountbatten Cup, which was played earlier in the day, saw Ferne Park/Cowdray Vikings keen to defend their title. Jean Paul Luksic had other ideas though and his Gaston team won this contest 7–6. Luksic was also named the Most Valuable Player.

The Royal Windsor Cup is the Club’s oldest tournament, first played for in 1955. So it is fitting that the Club, in partnership with

Out-Sourcing Inc, always creates a finals day to remember. The 2023 event was no exception thanks to a breathtaking pony stunt riding display from Karl Ude Martinez’s Knights of Middle England and a wonderful carriage driving display from the British Driving Society. u

The Teams

Four Quarters Orange: Simon Arber (0); Cruz Novillo Astrada (4); Ignacio Negri (6); Simon Prado (5). Dubai Polo Team: Rashid Albwardy (2); Carlos Maria Ulloa (6); Josh Hyde (2); Javier Guerrero (5).

Gaston: Jean Paul Luksic (1); Toby Bradshaw (2); Louis Hine (5); Cruz Heguy (7). Ferne Park/Cowdray Vikings: Vere Harmsworth (1); George Pearson (2); Tom Brodie (5); Joaquin Pittaluga (7).

Lt Col Sean O'Dwyer,

Jason Dixon and Tim Bown.

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh makes a presentation to David Matsumoto, representative of the tournament sponsors, Out-Sourcing Inc, and his wife Reelika. Below: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Nicholas Tubbs representing Out-Sourcing Inc and a director of Out-Sourcing UK, David Matsumoto, Executive Advisor to the sponsors and the Club's Chairman

with the finalists of the Royal Windsor Cup and the umpires, Howard Smith,

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh presents the Out-Sourcing Inc. Most Valuable Player prize to Simon Prado; winning Mountbatten Cup patron John Paul Luksic receives a Most Valuable Player prize from Masashi Umehara, Executive Officer of Out-Sourcing Inc.; HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with Dubai's Rashid Albwardy.

Monterosso's Jeronimo del Carril waves to the spectors before the start of the Talacrest Prince of Wales's Championship Cup Final.

Prince WaLEs Talacrest championship cup of ’S

Monterosso drives hard to claim Talacrest title

Alessandro Bazzoni lifted the Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup for the first time, thanks to a narrow, 12–11 win over Ojo Caliente. Some excellent team-work from Jeronimo del Carril and Ignacio Toccalino, plus a goal from Bazzoni himself, ensured Monterosso team dominated the first half of this high-goal contest.

Goals from Facundo Sola, Matt Perry and Ana Escobedo, the latter firing through a wonderful goal from distance, kept Ojo Caliente in contention, but Monterosso were in the driving seat.

So everyone wondered what Ojo Caliente’s team manager, Glen Gilmore, said to his squad at the break when they returned to the field firing on all cylinders. John Paul Clarkin started Ojo Caliente’s comeback with a goal, followed by some lovely

The Teams Monterosso Ojo Caliente

Images by Sam Churchill

play between himself and Perry to put another on the scoreboard. Sola then found the flags with a minute left of the fourth period, while Clarkin finished the chukka with another goal to level the scores on the bell.

The many spectators at the Club were now treated to some epic horse races between Clarkin and del Carril which brought this game alive. With the clock ticking away in the fifth, Sola tried hard to find a clear shot to goal to level the scores once more but some great defensive play from Monterosso, especially from the Talacrest Most Valuable Player, Segundo Darritchon, proved impossible to negotiate.

There was still all to play for –especially when the sixth chukka started with a penalty conversion for Ojo Caliente, levelling the scores once more. Del Carril, riding the Talacrest Best Playing Pony, Lucky Lady, then raced to goal to give Monterosso the lead which he followed up with another from the next throw-in. Monterosso now resembled the

The many spectators at the Club were now treated to some epic horse races between Clarkin and del Carril which brought this game alive.

team that had been so dominant in the first half. Tension started to show too, resulting in penalties for both Ojo Caliente and Monterosso. These shots put the score at 12–10 in favour of Monterosso with only two minutes of the match remaining. Sola converted another penalty for Ojo Caliente but time was in short supply and when the final whistle came it was Monterosso with the advantage, winning the game 12–11.

Bazzoni received the trophy from the tournament sponsor John Collins, founder of Talacrest Classic Ferraris. In a moment unique to this tournament, John Collins also awarded a prize to the Best Ferrari of the day. This went to Peter Hogan’s black, 1990 Testarossa. This car was one of 50 Italian Thoroughbreds that had come to the Club with the Ferrari Owners Club of Great Britain. These were not the only stunning Ferraris on show at Smith’s Lawn though as John had brought eight of his own magnificent cars to the Club.

In another unique moment, synonymous with the Talacrest competition, all the players were driven onto the field of play at the start of the match in these mighty Italian thoroughbreds. A wonderful spectacle and the perfect start to an outstanding game of high performance. u

The Teams

Monterosso: Alessandro Bazzoni (1); Segundo Darritchon (3); Ignacio Toccalino (7); Jeronimo de Carril (7). Ojo Caliente: Ana Escobedo (0); Matt Perry (5); Facundo Sola (7); John Paul Clarkin (6).

Clockwise from top left: The two team patrons in action; Alessandro Bazzoni receives the cup from Talacrest s John Collins; John with the victorious Monterosso team: Jeronimo del Carril, Ignacio Toccalino, Alessandro Bazzoni, Segundo Darritchon. Below: John makes a presentation to Ojo Caliente s Ana Escobedo.

The Teams Vikings

Semper Anticus

Maize Dulce

Los Quirones

Clé De Peau Beauté Guards Polo Club

GuardS Ladies Charity Polo TOUrnament Clé de Peau BEauté

Vikings strength wins through

Our celebration of ladies’ polo culminates in three, fast-paced matches, surrounded by some equally impressive hospitality, retail therapy and fundraising.

Vikings dominated the final of the Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies Charity Polo Tournament. Siri Evjemo-Nysveen’s stayed ahead of their rivals, the defending champions, Semper Anticus, to win the match 7–6 and receive the Lord Patrick Beresford Trophy. Siri’s Vikings team were very much in command during the first three chukkas of this final and headed into the final chukka with a comfortable three-goal lead (7–4).

Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi’s Semper Anticus never gave up though and fought back strongly in the final chukka. Lucy Coddington and Nina Clarkin delivered some excellent team-work to close the gap. However, the impressive play and superb

Images by Sam Churchill

goalscoring from the Argentine Lia Salvo, particularly in the early stages of the game – Vikings were 5–2 up at half-time – had given Vikings a comfortable cushion.

Not surprisingly, Lia’s confident play was rewarded with the Most Valuable Player prize, while the Best Playing Pony honours went to Nina’s Lovelocks Florin, a 10-year-old bay whom she had played in the last chukka. Siri received the trophy from Lina Rassi, General Manager at Shiseido Group, representing Clé

In the final match of the day the sponsors’ team, Clé de Peau Beauté defeated the Guards Polo Club squad 5-1 to win the charity trophy.

de Peau Beauté, who were celebrating their third year of sponsorship of this competition.

Earlier in the day Maize Dulce retained the sub final 10–7½. They beat Los Quirones on The Duke’s Ground in an equally fast-paced affair. In the final match of the day the sponsors’ team, Clé de Peau Beauté defeated the Guards Polo Club squad 5–1 to win the charity trophy. Mindi Byne’s Pirata was named the Best Playing Pony and received a stunning flora headcollar, this year created by a former Assistant Polo Manager, Andy Heslop of the Chobham Flower Farm. Meanwhile, Guards Polo Club’s Elodie Avarguez stepped up to collect the Most Valuable Player prize.

Away from the field of play the biggest winner of the day was the Look Good Feel Better cancer support charity. Thanks to Members generosity, two auctions on the day, donations from

The biggest winner of the day was the Look Good Feel Better cancer support charity. Thanks to Members’ generosity, two auctions on the day, donations from Players, our Club suppliers and our retail village, plus plenty of other fun, fundraising opportunities, we raised £37,000.

Players, our Club suppliers and our retail village, plus plenty of other fun, fundraising opportunities, we raised £37,000 for the charity. As Ian Daniels, the charity’s Head of Fundraising said when receiving the cheque: “These important funds will go straight to helping and supporting people who are facing cancer.” u

The Teams

Vikings: Siri Evjemo-Nysveen (2); Angela Moran (0); Lottie Lamacraft (6); Lia Salvo (8). Semper Anticus: Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi (1); Imogen Blake Thomas (0); Lucy Coddington (5); Nina Clarkin (10). Maize Dulce: Giselle Barfoot (1); Anna Dowling (3); Heloise Wilson-Smith (6); Rosie Ross (6). Los Quirones: Isabel Milojevic (0); Natasha Tisminieszky (4); Svenja Holty (4); Charlotte Sweeney (4). Clé de Peau Beauté: Alice Sharp (1); Jasmine Calvert-Ansari (3); Mindi Byrne (2); Neku Edun (4). Guards Polo Club: Phoebe Leake (1); Elodie Avarguez (2); Abigail Anderson (3); Siri Evjemo-Nysveen (2).

The victorious England team - Tommy Beresford, Max Charlton, Oliver Cudmore, James Beimwith the Coronation Cup.

coronation king’s Cup

England dominate on international day of sport

Images by Marcos Cerdeira

The Teams England Commonwealth Young England Commwealth II

uards Polo Club hosted a dream international day for England polo, with victories in both matches for the home side. The King’s Coronation Cup began with a 15-goal match between Young England and the Commonwealth for The Whitbread Trophy.

By the second chukka, the Young England team, led by Louis Hine, had taken control of the play. They delivered a relentless pace that proved too much for their Commonwealth opponents. The home team pulled away in the second half and, despite some fantastic rallying play from the Commonwealth in the final chukka, Hine and his team could not be caught, winning the game 11–4.

This wave of success continued into the afternoon, with the spectators treated to a spirited clash for the King’s Coronation Cup. The Commonwealth, who received a goal on handicap, were keen to extend their 2–1 record against England in this match, while the England captain Tommy Beresford was determined to even the score.

Beresford highlighted his conviction by delivering a lofted penalty to equalise early into the first chukka. He followed this up by winning a big ride-off to swing the board into England’s favour. Another confident penalty followed, but Chris Mackenzie prevented a clean sweep by hammering home a goal for the Commonwealth in the final 30 seconds of this chukka.

The second opened with some missed early chances for the Commonwealth, while England’s Ollie Cudmore and Max Charlton used huge hits to up the England score, regularly finding James Beim ready to fire the goals home. The Commonwealth team, coached by John Horswell, found their momentum in the third chukka and a goal from captain Fred Mannix kept Commonwealth hopes high heading into the half-time break.

The second half started with an action-packed chukka that saw five goals added to the board. However, it was the fifth chukka that demonstrated why England have impressed on the international stage; brilliant teamwork proved the key to their success. Beresford converted a penalty before Cudmore, fighting a ride-off from Mannix, found Beim at the goal to give England a clear, five-goal

lead (11–6). The Commonwealth were still fighting though and Mannix kept his team in the hunt with a successful penalty conversion before the fifth chukka concluded.

The impressive, Beim-Cudmore alliance swept through the field once again the start the final chukka, with Beim scoring through an open goal thanks to Cudmore’s defensive play holding off the competition. Mannix scored again to bring the score to 12–8, but the England team proved too strong for the Commonwealth horsepower. Despite fighting until the final bell, the visitors could not fend off England.

The England team received the mighty cup from The Right Honourable Patricia Scotland KC, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth’s Chris Mackenzie took home the Most Valuable Player prize, having played a brilliant attacking game. He also received the Best Playing Retrained Racehorse

Young England captain Louis Hine.

The England team proved too strong for the Commonwealth horsepower. Despite fighting until the final bell, the visitors could not fend off England.

prize for his own Biento (racing name Badalona Breeze), who was formerly trained by Mick Appleby.

The Best Playing Pony prize was awarded to Beresford’s own Teddy, with his groom Raul Mora picking up the cash prize. Beresford’s mother, Teresa, was on hand to present the Donoso Trophy, traditionally awarded to the captain of the opposing team, to Fred Mannix in memory of her late brother, Gabriel Donoso, whose name appears twice on the Coronation Cup after captaining a victorious Chile in 1998 and 2004. Another award on this day was the Ferguson Trophy for the HPA's Young Player of the Year. This was presented to Hugo Taylor by Susan Ferguson and Andrew Barlow.

With so much to celebrate, the party continued until late and featured a performance from the Rick Parfitt Jnr Band on the La Martina Lawn. A fitting end to an incredible day of international sport.

The Teams

England: Max Charlton (6); Ollie Cudmore (6); James Beim (6); Tommy Beresford (7).

Commonwealth: Garvy Beh (Malaysia, 5); Chris Mackenzie (South Africa, 6); John Paul Clarkin (New Zealand, 6); Fred Mannix (Canada, 7).

Young England: Louis Hine (5); Will Millard (2), Luke Wiles (4); Will Harper (4).

Commonwealth ll: Hissam Ali Hyder (Pakistan, 4); Adebayo Karim (Nigeria, 2); Abhimanyu Pathak (India, 4); Jake Daniels (Australia, 5).

La Martina VARSITY TROPHY

TOxford clings to Varsity title

his historic day of student polo did not disappoint, delivering strong sport from some of the most famous educational establishments in the world.

The 124th edition of the annual Varsity match, one of the oldest polo trophies still played for in the world, was again won by Oxford. The dark blue shirts have dominated this match for almost a decade and won the 2023 test 7–5. However Cambridge, put up a spirited defence and remained in contention for all four chukkas.

One reason for Cambridge’s improvement in form despite being substantially lower handicapped than their rivals, was their new partnership with the King Power organisation. This high-goal outfit had been supporting the university squad with ponies and training from the start of the 2023 season and was in evidence throughout the match. Cambridge might not have found the flags after the first chukka, but they made Oxford work hard for victory.

Camila Cimadamore scored Cambridge’s only field goal and was later rewarded with the La

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Martina Most Valuable Player prize after a strong, defensive game. Camila received her prize from the Club’s Chairman Lt Col Sean O’Dwyer and Becky Simpson, Manager of the La Martina Store here at Guards Polo Club. This brand has supported student polo here at Smith’s Lawn for more than a decade.

Thomas Gordon-Colebrooke was the stand-out player for Oxford, firing though four goals, plus a penalty for his team. He was brilliantly backed up by Bolawa Tejuoso, who made sure he was always in the right place to pick up a pass. Bolawa later received the La Martina Best Playing Pony prize for Escobito,

who is owned by Shoreline team patron Tunde Karim.

Later in the day Harrow retained the Jenny Walton Masters Trophy following its annual schools test against Eton. This was another closely fought match, with Eton ahead, 3–2 at half-time. It went to 4–4 at the end of the third but Harrow were able to pull away by one in the fourth to win the game. Hector Rogberg was named the La Martina Most Valuable Player. Eton’s Oliver Drewitt received the La Martina Best Playing Pony prize for Bracero. Oliver, a playing member here at Guards Polo Club, had played this 11-year-old pony in the fourth chukka.

A welcome addition to the 2023

Camila Cimadamore scored Cambridge’s only field goal and was later rewarded with the La Martina Most Valuable Player prize after a strong, defensive game.

Varsity programme was the return of the Atlantic Cup. This trophy is traditionally played for by two Ivy-League, American universities, Harvard and Yale. Harvard won the 2023 contest, impressively defeating Yale (rec 3½ goals on handicap) 12–4½.

La Martina Varsity Day had started with the traditional Old Blues match, featuring former students from both Oxford (rec 0.5 on handicap) and Cambridge and starring some familiar names from Guards Polo Club. Oxford Old Blues ran out the winners, heading home with the Arthur Lucas Trophy thanks to a 5–3½ victory. u

The Teams

Oxford: Camilla Hyslop (-1); Jamie Baillie (0); Bolawa Tejuoso (0); Thomas Gordon-Colebrooke (1). Cambridge: Jess Chapman (-2); Charlotte Wade (-2); Callum Westwood (-2); Camila Cimadamore (0).

Harrow: Ibrahim Faisal (-2); Arthur Porter (-2); Ulysses Hu (0); Hector Rogberg (1). Eton: Eliott Gallienne (-1); John Buchan (-2); Beau Buchan (-1); Oliver Drewitt (1).

Harvard: William Lobcowitz (0); Nico Michel (-2); Carlos Roca de Togores (0); Jonathan Willen (1). Yale: Marco Marsans (-1); Calaway Swanson (0) / Aia Alvarez Nishio (0); Leopold Schwarz-Schutte (-2); Yan Davidoff (-2).

Cambridge Old Blues: Sam Outtridge (1); Jeremy Allen (1); Maximilian Kirchhoff (1); Tahl Holtzmann (0). Oxford Old Blues: Henrietta Seligmann (-1); Hilali Noordeen (0); Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz (0); Ross Ainsley (3).

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archie david CUP

Great Oaks fell tough opposition

The Archie David Cup is regarded as one of the most competitive in the Club’s roster of tournaments. It is the UK’s leading eight-goal competition and always attracts an impressive number of teams. The 2023 season was no exception with 26 squads taking part.

So the finalists, Great Oaks and Tempest, had already had to work hard just to reach this final. In fact, these two teams were so evenly matched that it was hard to call a winner – even in

the fourth chukka. Dillon Bacon’s Great Oaks won the match 5-3 but could not relax for a minute.

Gustav Rausing’s Tempest team opened the scoring but the spectators had to wait until the second chukka for the first goal of the match. Bacon then picked up a lovely pass from Nicolas Roberts to equalise, reminding everyone how even this battle was. Ryan Pemble fired through the third goal just before half-time, ensuring Tempest had the narrowest of advantages going into the break. The third was almost a replica of the first half. Roberts levelled the score for Great Oaks before Rausing fired a big hit up to Segundo Darritchon, who put the ball through the flags. Tempest had retained their one goal advantage going into the fourth and final chukka. Felipe Gomez produced a lovely steal to bring Great Oaks level again early in the fourth. Then after some fast-paced horse races between Bacon and Pemble, Josh Nimmo fired through a goal. With only a minute left on the clock Great Oaks were in the lead (4-3) for the first time. Thirty seconds later Great Oaks

The Teams Great Oaks Tempest Ming Yun Polo Team Ainsley Saddlery AFB Mono Polo Oriflamme

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were awarded a 40-yard penalty, which Roberts successfully converted. This sharp shooting ensured Great Oaks lifted the mighty trophy.

Great Oaks’ Felipe Gomez was named the Most Valuable Player. His team-mate Nicolas Roberts received the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Valorada.

With so many teams taking part in the Archie David the sub final is always a strong game too. This was won by Ainsley Saddlery, defeating Oriflamme 7-5. Winning patron Andrew Dechet received the Caterham Cup from Lt Col Sean O'Dwyer and Jane Broadbent. Meanwhile, those Guards teams that are knocked out of the competition after the league stages are

invited to take part in the Claude Pert Cup competition. This was won by Ming Yun Polo Team after a roundrobin game. u

The Teams

Great Oaks: Felipe Gomez (1); Josh Nimmo (1); Dillon Bacon (2); Nicolas Roberts (4). Tempest: Estanislao Darritchon (0); Segundo Darritchon (3); Ryan Pemble (4); Gustav Rausing (1). Ainsley Saddlery: Andrew Dechet (1); Archie Heseltine (0); Sebastian Dawnay (3); Lachlan Gilmore (4). Oriflamme: Benn Shepherd (0); Tom Dalton Morgan (2); Jack Berner (3); Jason Warren (3).

Ming Yun Polo Team: Arno Liu (0); Benjamin Mancini (1); Henry Porter (4); Adolfo Casabal (3); AFB: Clive Reid (0); William Millard (2); Chris Crawford (2); Pete Webb (4). Mono Polo: Derek MacLennan (0); Hamish MacLennan (0); James Mann (3); Rosendo Torreguitar (5).

La Irenita battle to win mighty Shield

La Irenita, named after the MacDonough family’s bloodstock breeding enterprise in Argentina, captured the Indian Polo Challenge Shield, a competitive, 18-goal tournament that had attracted 17 teams in midsummer. It is played as part of the Hurlingham Polo Association’s 18-goal Victor Ludorum competition.

In a tight match, sadly played in persistent drizzle, La Irenita defeated Simon Arber’s Four Quarters Orange 5–4. This low score was testament to how evenly matched the finalists were in both attack and defence. In fact only three goals had been scored by half-time – with the score reading 2–1 to Four Quarters!

Ignacio Negri had opened the scoring in the first chukka for Four Quarters Orange, but La Irenita had to wait until the third

chukka to get themselves on the scoreboard. This was thanks to the successful conversion of a 30-yard penalty by Matias MacDonough. Arber then fired through a field goal to keep his Four Quarters squad ahead by one at the break.

Matias converted a second penalty to level the score in the fourth, with his uncle, Pablo, firing through a goal to put La Irenita into the lead for the first time. However, Simon Prado, later named the Most Valuable Player, picked up a lovely pass from Gonzalo Ferrari to again level the scores.

Pablo and Irenita La Kiosquera, who later received the Best Playing Pony prize, raced the ball from the half-way line to goal early in the fifth. It was not surprising that La Kiosquera stood out – just a month earlier she had been named Best

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When Matias converted another penalty in this fifth chukka La Irenita suddenly found themselves with a two-goal advantage. With just three minutes left to play, Negri converted a penalty to close the gap, but a subsequent safety 60, also off the stick of Negri, went wide, ensuring this game finished in five chukkas and La Irenita would be heading home with the magnificent Shield.

The sub final, which had been played earlier in the day, saw victory for last year’s main finalists

The Teams

La Irenita: Gilberto Sayao (0); Will Harper (4); Pablo MacDonough (9); Matias MacDonough (5).

Four Quarters Orange: Simon Arber (0); Gonzalo Ferrari (7); Ignacio Negri (6); Simon Prado (5).

Emlor: Spencer McCarthy (2); Max Charlton (6); Paco O’Dwyer (6); Hugo Taylor (4). Limitless Delaney: Ramzy El-Ashkar (1); Benjamin Crowe (3); Juan Cruz Merlos (6); Alfredo Bigatti (8).

Playing Pony in the Cartier Queen’s Cup Final.

Emlor. Spencer McCarthy’s squad defeated Ramzy ElAshkar’s Limitless Delaney 8–7 in another, closely fought, 18-goal contest. u

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M Polo defies the odds to win

The M Polo Team came from three goals down at half-time and an enforced change in personnel to add their name to the Duke of Cornwall Trophy in 2023. A golden goal off the stick of Max Charlton in extra time ensured Maximilian Singhoff’s team put their name on this 16-goal trophy, winning against King Power 9–8 in a thrilling fifth chukka. The team had to fight hard to win this match though. Not only were they facing a competitive King Power squad but had to sub out their six-goal player, the South African international Chris Mackenzie, due to injury in the second chukka. Fellow sixgoaler Ollie Cudmore, who had played in the sub final for Madams Farm, took Mackenzie’s place and was impressive from the off. He was so instrumental in helping to turn things around for M Polo

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that he was later named the Most Valuable Player.

M Polo pushed themselves ahead by one goal (7-6) at the end of the third and this game was now wide open. With goals from King Power’s Marcos di Paola and Jeronimo del Carril and M Polo’s Charlton in the fourth chukka the scores were now level (8–8) and it was time for an extra fifth chukka. Charlton fired through the winner to ensure his patron received the silverware from Mary O’Dwyer. She also presented King Power’s del Carril’s with the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Monja. The sub final delivered a win for Limitless Delaney. This squad, featuring three members of the Merlos family, beat Madams Farm 6–5 in another tight game. u

The Teams

M Polo: Maximilian Singhoff (0); Nicolas Roberts (4); Chris Mackenzie / Oliver Cudmore (6); Max Charlton (6). King Power: Estanislao Darritchon (0); Eugenio Imaz (3); Marcos di Paola (6); Jeronimo del Carril (7). Limitless Delaney: Benji Mancini (1); Rufino Merlos (2); Juan Cruz Merlos (6); Agustin Merlos (7). Madams Farm: Sam Browne (2); William Millard (2); Oliver Cudmore (6); Jack Richardson (6).

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Yaguara battle back to win Wellington honours

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Yaguara won a competitive Duke of Wellington Trophy final in late August with a 9–7 win over King Power. Martina Lowe’s team were behind, 5–4, at half-time but produced a strong second half to comfortably win this 12-goal final. Goals from the talented young player, Leon Donoso, who was later named the Most Valuable Player, and Chris Mackenzie in the third chukka gave Yaguara a crucial, one-goal lead going into the fourth and final chukka. Two further goals from Mackenzie and Andrea Vianini only confirmed Yaguara’s superiority, winning the match 9–7.

Beltran Di Paola had worked hard to keep King Power in contention throughout this match, delivering five of his team’s seven goals. However Yagura’s strong defensive play ensured King Power were unable to regain the advantage in the final minutes of the match.

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The Teams Yaguara King Power Tchogan/Polo Performance M Polo

Vianini, was named the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize. This duo received their prize from Seema Goyal, President of the Windsor and Maidenhead Chamber of Commerce.

Fifteen teams had entered the 2023 edition of the Duke of Wellington Trophy, played as part of the Hurlingham Polo Association’s 12-goal Victor Ludorum series, ensuring plenty of top-quality play for players and spectators alike. So the sub final was an equally competitive affair with Tchogan/Polo Performance pulling ahead in the second half to beat M Polo 10–7. u

The Teams

Yaguara: Martina Lowe (0); Leon Donoso (2); Andrea Vianini (4); Chris Mackenzie (6). King Power: Sam Wisby (1); Beltran di Paola (2); Marcos di Paola(6); Hugo Lewis (3).

Tchogan/Polo Performance: Heiko Voelker (0); Segundo Darritchon (3); Will Harper (4); Will Emerson (5).

M Polo: Maximilian Singhoff (0); Catalina Lavinia (2); Nicolas Roberts (4); Max Charlton (6).

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Ana Escobedo’s team, in their memorable green shirts, stood atop the podium in both the 18-goal Oxfordshire Cup, played at Les Lions, and the 15-goal here at Guards Polo Club. The latter tournament, the La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy, saw Ojo Caliente defeat a competitive Limitless/Delaney Polo 8–5 in an impressive game across four chukkas.

Facundo Sola fired through the majority of Ojo Caliente’s goals, ensuring his team was 5–2 up at half-time. Some strong play from Limitless/Delaney Polo in the third stopped this goal rush and enabled Rashid El-Ashkar’s team to get back into contention. With the scoreboard reading 5–4 to Ojo Caliente going into the fourth and final chukka, there was all to play for. Sola was determined for victory to be Ana’s though and fired through a hat-trick

to secure the win. This tournament has been sponsored by La Martina for more than a decade and so some good friends of the Argentine clothing brand presented the prizes. Darshan Mehta of Reliance presented Ana Escobedo with the trophy, while Natacha Laniece of Royal Salute awarded the Most Valuable Player prize to Rashid El-Ashkar. She also presented John Paul Clarkin with the La Martina Best Playing Pony prize for Impression, a 12-year-old,

Ellerston-bred mare.

Sixteen teams had entered the 2023 edition of the tournament, delivering plenty of strong, 15-goal sport in the opening weeks of the season. The sub-final, which was played earlier in the day did not disappoint either but was a more clear-cut affair for Bel Polo. They beat Tempest 10–4 at Coworth Park. Henry Lunn’s team dominated the first half and were 7–0 up at half-time. Tempest did get themselves back in the game in the second half, but it was too late to make any effective inroads into Bel Polo’s substantial lead. u

The Teams

Ojo Caliente: Ana Escobedo (0); Hazel Jackson (2); Facundo Sola (7); John Paul Clarkin (6). Limitless/Delaney Polo: Rashid El-Ashkar (0); Rufino Merlos (2); Juan Cruz Merlos (6); Agustin Merlos (7).

Bel Polo: Henry Lunn (0); Ed Banner Eve (5); Santos Merlos (5); Tommy Severn (5). Tempest: Gustav Rausing (1); Jose Araya (5); Rosendo Torreguitar (5); Ryan Pemble (4).

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Coworth Park finish top in youngsters’ test

Sons, daughters and siblings of Club players come together in our popular youth tournament, highlighting the talent of our youngest Members. The competitive, yellow-shirted Coworth Park team won Guards Polo Club’s popular youth tournament. This fun yet hotlycontested competition always features a wonderful mix of the Club’s youngest members, alongside our patrons and high-goal players’ children. The result is a brilliant morning of polo, with plenty of action on the field of play. Not surprisingly, there was plenty of vocal support

– from some very knowledgeable spectators – from the sidelines!

The 2023 event was so popular that the 16 entries were divided into four teams – Coworth Park, Flemish Farm, La Martina and Guards Polo Club. They finished in this order after eight fourminute chukkas. With prizes from La Martina, represented on the day by Holly Smith, there was all to play for and the youngest players at the Club delivered some stand-out performances.

King Power’s Gonzalo Pieres

Jnr, who had been supporting his son Indalecio, playing for the Flemish Farm squad, presented some of the prizes much to the

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The Teams Coworth Park Flemish Farm

La Martina Guards Polo Club

delight of the budding high-goal players at the event. These presentations included the Most Valuable Player prize to Coworth Park’s Vieri Antinori Jnr.

In addition, Guards Polo Club team member Florentina Harrison won the La Martina Best Playing Pony prize for Tobiana. u

The Teams

Coworth Park: Lucas Wilson-Smith; Vieri Antinori Jnr; Lucero Monteverde; Andre Duncan. Flemish Farm: Oscar WilsonSmith; Indalecio Pieres; Andino Donoso; Freddy Williams. La Martina: Lorenzo Antinori; Nina Vestey; Celestino Merlos; Kamran Ali. Guards Polo Club: Haris Ali, Florentina Harrison; Sujan Singh; Florencio Merlos.

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Commanding cavalry win treble

The Queen’s Royal Hussars won the prestigious Forsyth Inter Regimental Trophy for the third successive year. The QRH proved that they are at the top of their game by dominating this military final and delivered a convincing performance to defeat the Royal Artillery (RA) 7–1.

The Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH) were in command of this match from the first whistle and were 4–0 up at half-time. The RA restored a little honour in the final chukka but the damage had

been done and it was the QRH’s Captain Jamie Fry, the highest handicapped player on the field, who stepped forward to lift the trophy, one of the oldest pieces of silverware still played for today. Fry then returned to the presentation arena to receive the Pringle Cup, awarded to the Most Valuable Player in this military match.

Meanwhile, the ForbesCockell Award, for the most unique moment in the match, went to the RA’s Major Will Mawby. He received this prize from the late Major

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Inter Regimental Trophy winners Queen’s Royal Hussars

Ian Forbes-Cockell’s daughter Annabel.

Earlier in the day the Armed Forces Polo Association (AFPA) scored seven goals to win the United Services Cup. They defeated a Veterans team (rec ½ goal on handicap) 7–1½ on The Duke’s Ground. This match was once again played as part of the Chapple Cup series and the AFPA’s win on Inter Regimental Day ensured that they also won the Chapple Cup. The AFPA’s Capt The Hon Freddie Benyon of the Coldstream Guards was named the Most Valuable Player. u

The Teams

Queen’s Royal Hussars: Major Max Morant (-1); Brigadier Nick Cowley (0); Capt The Hon William Cecil (0); Capt Jamie Fry (1). Royal Artillery: Col Dickie Winchester (0); Major Robert Skeggs (0); Capt Will Young (0); Major Will Mawby (0).

AFPA: Surgeon Capt Harry Rourke Royal Navy (0); Group Capt Ed Whitechurch RAF (0); Capt Oliver Powell Welsh Guards (2); Capt The Hon Fred Benyon Coldstream Guards (0).

Veterans: Major General Robert Talbot-Rice (-1); Fran Townend (-1); Mark Hayden Kellard (1); Capt Paddy Selfe (2).

Chapple Cup winners Armed Forces Polo Association

Major Will Mawby receives the Forbes-Cockell Award from Annabel Forbes-Cockell.

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Flying fourth chukka reaps rewards

Watchcentre/ Ming- Yun collected the six-goal Spring Tournament thanks to an impressive fourth chukka. Six goals in this final period of play, more than this team had scored in the previous three chukkas, saw them win this match 11-8. Their opponents, Harum Scarum were in the lead (3–2) after the first and again (8–5) after the third but had no answer to this late flurry of goals from the winners. Ziwen Arno Liu, patron of the Ming-Yun team was injured – his place was taken by Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz – and so he stepped forward to present the trophy to his co-patron Raj Jain. The Best Playing pony prize was collected by Adolfo Casabal for Juan

Ignacio. Casabal’s team-mate, Oscar Mancini, was named Most Valuable Player.

The sub final saw a win for Julian and Riley Leake’s J & R Polo team. They beat CHEDS 10–6 in another strong game in which the teams were level at half-time. However, four goals from J & R Polo in the fourth chukka confirmed their victory. u

The Teams

Watchcentre/Ming-Yun: Raj Jain (0); Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz (0); Adolfo Casabal (3); Oscar Mancini (3).

Harum Scarum: Jonathan Hare (0); Henry Lunn (0); Phil Seller (2); Ryan Pemble (4).

J&R Polo: Julian Leake (0); Riley Leake (0); James Mann (3); Evan Power (3).

CHEDS: William Berry (0); Archie Heseltine (0); Felix Toccalino (1); William Emerson (5).

The Teams Watchcentre/ Ming-Yun Harum Scarum J&R Polo CHEDS

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Conosco dominated the 2023 final of the Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy. Jeremy Pemberton’s squad were in control of this 12-goal final from the start with Ainsley Saddlery (receiving half a goal on handicap) struggling to find their earlier form.

Thanks to goals from Rufino Laulhe, who was later named Most Valuable Player, and Will Emerson, Conosco were 2½ up at half-time. Further goals from Emerson and Will Harper ensured they won the match 5–2½. Manuel Plaza did fire Ainsley Saddlery onto the scoreboard in the fourth and final chukka but it was too late to make any inroads

into Conosco’s lead. However Plaza headed home with the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Consentida.

The sub final saw Heiko Voelker’s Tchogan and Jonathan Hare’s Polo Performance join forces to win this match, defeating Simon Arber’s Four Quarters Orange 8–6. u

The Teams

Conosco: Will Harper (4); Rufino Laulhe (2); Jeremy Pemberton (1); Will Emerson (5). Ainsley Saddlery: Andrew Dechet (1); Felix Toccalino (1); Ross Ainsley (3); Manuel Plaza (6).

Tchogan/Polo Performance: Heiko Voelker (0); Max Voelker (2); Segundo Darritchon (3); Julian de Lusarreta (7). Four Quarters Orange: Simon Arber (0); Josh Hyde (2); Cruz Novillo Astrada (4); Ignacio Negri (6).

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COmmittEE Cup

Mad Lemons reap fruits of success

Simon Franc and Alan Fall teamed up to win the eight-goal Committee Cup in 2023. Their wonderfully named Mad Lemons squad narrowly defeated the MacLennans’ Mono Polo team 7–6. The scores were level after three chukkas (5–5) but goals from Rufino Merlos and Pedro Harrison, to only one in reply from Rosendo Torreguitar, who was later named Most Valuable Player, ensured Mad Lemons won the match. Pedro Harrison headed home with the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize for Aaron.

Thilo Sautter’s Kilnwood Park, receiving half a goal on handicap, took the honours in the sub final. This team, also featuring Sautter’s son Leander, beat Signet Wealth

6½–5 across four chukkas. u

The Teams

Mad Lemons: Simon Franc (0); Alan Fall (1); Rufino Merlos (2); Pedro Harrison (5). Mono Polo: Derek MacLennan (0); Hamish MacLennan (0); James Mann (3); Rosendo Torreguitar (5).

Kilnwood Park: Leander Sautter (-1); Edward Morris-Lowe (3); Thilo Sautter (1); Hissam Ali Hyder (4). Signet Wealth: Clive Reid (0); Giles Bromley Martin (1); Misha Rodzianko (2); Ignacio Bardiola (5).

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Wascosa/Standing Rock take up Challenge and win

An impressive Wascosa/ Standing Rock team received the equally mighty Coworth Park Challenge Trophy for the first time. Philipp Mueller’s team, this time featuring his son Pierandrea, kept their cool to defeat a competitive Bel Polo Team10–9 in a fast-paced final. Segundo Darritchon in particular had a great game and was later rewarded with this 15-goal contest’s Most Valuable Player prize. He also stepped forward to receive the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for his father Mariano’s Mariposa Luciano. The sub final, which was played

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earlier in the day, also at Coworth Park, went to Romilla Arber’s

Four Quarters Black. This talented quartet, which featured one of the sport’s top lady players, Hazel Jackson, defeated La Espada 9–5. u

The Teams

Wascosa/Standing Rock: Pierandrea Mueller (2); Segundo Darritchon (3); Tom Brodie (5); Jack Hyde (5).

Bel Polo: Henry Lunn (0); Ed Banner Eve (5); Santos Merlos (5); Tommy Severn (5).

Four Quarters Black: Romilla Arber (0); Hazel Jackson (2); Gonzalo Ferrari (7); Benjamin Urquiza (6).

La Espada: Enrique Bonetti (0); Jose Araya (5); Juan Ambroggio (6); Hissam Ali Hyder (4).

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The Teams

Social Cup

The Teams Mad Lemons Conosco Harum Scarum Carisbrooke

Mad Lemons find fruit in Social Cup

The successful partnership of Simon Franc and Alan Fall reaped rewards in late July when playing in the Social Cup. Playing under the name of Mad Lemons, this successful duo added this 10-goal trophy to their 2023 haul. They defeated Jeremy Pemberton’s Conosco 8–6 across four chukkas in a rain-soaked final.

Simon Franc was later rewarded with the Most Valuable Player prize. Meanwhile, his team-mate Hissam Ali Hyder received the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for Laguna.

The sub final was a more decisive victory for Jonathan and Melanie Hare’s Harum Scarum, who received half a goal on handicap. They beat Carisbrooke 11½–8 in better weather, earlier in the day.

This finals day was also a fundraiser for The Not Forgotten

Association, with the Club raising more than £1,300 for this military charity. Mary Spillane Tuck, The Not Forgotten’s Head of Fundraising, presented the prizes after watching the final from the Royal Box. Joining Mary in this most prestigious of locations were those Members – and their guests - who had generously sponsored this tournament. Post match, the players joined our Royal Box VIPs to enjoy an excellent Searcys afternoon tea, accompanied by a glass of Laurent-Perrier or two. u

The Teams

Mad Lemons: Simon Franc (0); Alan Fall (1); Hissam Ali Hyder (4); Pedro Harrison (5). Conosco: Archie Heseltine (0); Will Harper (4); Jeremy Pemberton (1); Will Emerson (5).

Harum Scarum: Jonathan Hare (0); Melanie Hare (0); Federico Boudou (5); Ryan Pemble (4). Carisbrooke: Jayne Rumsey (0); Oliver Fanshawe (2); Adebayo Karim (2); Juan Ambroggio (6).

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phoenician Cup

Conosco capture Phoenician glory

Conosco delivered a convincing performance to win the Phoenician Cup in July 2023. Jeremy Pemberton’s squad defeated last year’s champions, Segavas, 10–6 across four chukkas. This tournament was founded by the late Eddy Arida, who was a competitive, Playing Member at Guards Polo Club for many decades. So we were delighted to welcome Eddy’s granddaughter Diala to present the prizes.

Finals day was a particular highlight for Pemberton as he was also named the Most Valuable Player. Meanwhile, the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize went to Don Urbano Sensata, played by Segavas’s Juan Gris Zavaleta. Thirteen teams had taken

part in this 12-goal tournament, delivering some great games in mid-summer. The sub final was a good example of the competitive nature of the tournament with Maximilian Kirchhoff’s Snake Bite narrowly winning this game. They beat Philipp Mueller’s Wascosa/ Standing Rock 7–6. u

The Teams

Conosco: Will Harper (4); Rufino Laulhe (2); Jeremy Pemberton (1); Will Emerson (5).

Segavas: Nicholas Hiller (1); Segundo Darritchon (3); Juan Gris Zavaleta (7); Ebe Sievwright (1).

Snake Bite: Maximilian Kirchhoff (0); Catalina Lavinia (2); John Paul Clarkin (6); David Ashby (3).

Wascosa/Standing Rock: Philipp Mueller (0); Pierandrea Mueller (2); Paco O’Dwyer (6); Nacho Gonzalez (4).

The Teams Conosco Segavas Snake Bite Wascosa/Standing Rock

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Stable Cottage battle hard to win military honour

Stable Cottage stayed focused and in command to win the 2023 edition of the Major General’s Cup. Major Jamie Hayward’s team beat a competitive Sladmore squad, last year’s runners-up, 4–3. However Alexander Nix, a key member of Edward Horswell’s team did head home with the Most Valuable Player prize after a strong performance for Sladmore. Meanwhile, Antony Fanshawe received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony for Charlie Wooldridge’s Mantecol.

Six teams had entered this annual contest featuring military squads and Club teams. In addition the Club welcomed an ensemble from the Band of the Household Cavalry, plus a wonderful appearance from Juno, the first female Household Cavalry drum horse, ensuring there were echoes of the Club’s military roots throughout the day.

Everyone had an opportunity to play on finals day. First up was a match featuring the Household Cavalry versus Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz and Alan Fall’s blended Porto Ronco Dogs. The military team won this encounter,

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claiming the Wooden Spoon thanks to a 6–3 scoreline. Next up were last year’s winners, The Army in action against Heiko Voelker’s Tchogan. Like the final, this was another tight game, with the Army team coming out best, winning 4–3. u

The Teams

Stable Cottage: Rhett Wooldridge (-1); Major Jamie Hayward (0); Antony Fanshawe (2); Ramzy El-Ashkar (1). Sladmore: Archie Heseltine (0); The Lord Milo Manton (0); Alexander Nix (1); Edward Horswell (1).

The Army: Capt Tom Windsor-Clive (Coldstream Guards, -1); Capt The Hon Freddy Benyon (Coldstream Guards, 0); Capt The Viscount Chelsea (Welsh Guards, 1); Capt Oliver Powell, late Welsh Guards, 2). Tchogan: Heiko Voelker (0); William Berry (0); Logan Anderson (0); Max Voelker (2).

Household Cavalry: Lt Col Thomas Armitage (-1); 2Lt Ben Humphries (0); CT Jonty Barlow (1); Capt Paddy Selfe (2). The Porto Ronco Dogs: Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz (0); Robert Wilson (0); Alan Fall (1); Nicholas Hiller (1).

Equine VIP

Guards Polo Club welcomed a very special visitor to the Club during the final of the Major General’s Trophy. HM Queen Elizabeth ll’s beloved Fell pony Emma paraded the teams in the final of the Major General’s Cup.

Emma was accompanied by Terry Pendry, who was Her Majesty’s Head Groom for some 28 years, regularly accompanying the Monarch on her rides at Windsor. This unique visit had been organised by the Military Knights of Windsor, of which Terry is one.

Her Majesty regularly rode Emma, now aged 27, at Windsor for some 18 years, the last time on 18 July 2022 – just two days before Her Majesty headed to Balmoral for the last time. Emma then had a key role at Her Majesty’s funeral standing on the Long Walk with Terry as the funeral cortege passed.

nations cup autumn

Black proved stronger than orange in the penultimate week of the 2023 season.

Romilla Arber’s Four Quarters Black came out best in a contest against her husband, Simon’s Four Quarters Orange in the Autumn Nations Cup on The Queen’s Ground. Thirteen teams had entered this 12-goal tournament and the final did not disappoint. This was a wonderfully close battle between two teams that know every inch of each other’s game.

Romilla was the first to find the flags in the first, firing through a great goal, but Four Quarters Orange’s Ignacio Negri first levelled the scores and then fired through a huge hit, at least 80 yards out, to put Simon’s team ahead in the second. A penalty from the Black’s Segundo Darritchon made things even once more. Then, thanks to some

Romilla wins a Four Quarters family battle

great teamwork between Simon Prado, who a week later would be named the Club’s Best Professional Player of the Year, Darritchon and Nicolas Roberts, the Black team secured the narrowest of advantages (3–2) heading into the break.

Sadly the rain made an appearance in the second half but it did not stop Prado, who fired through a further goal for Four Quarters Black. Then with just a minute of the third remaining, Four Quarters Orange’s Emanuel Arber passed a great shot to Tom Morley to close the gap to 4–3.

So with all to play for the tension on the field was evident. Prado scored again to give Romilla’s team a two-goal advantage once more. Emanuel wasn’t showing his mother any favours though and scored for his father’s team. However time was now against Simon’s team and when the final bell rang it was a

victory for Romilla and her Four Quarters Black team.

Four Quarters Black’s Nicolas Roberts was named the Most Valuable Player. His team-mate, Simon Prado, collected the Images of Polo Best Playing Pony prize for the 11-year-old mare, Gete Plegaria, whom he had played in the third chukka.

The sub final had been played earlier in the day. Tchogan/Polo Performance collected these prizes, beating Elemental/CHP 7–2 on The Princes’ Ground. u

The Teams

Four Quarters Black: Romilla Arber (0); Segundo Darritchon (3); Simon Prado (5); Nicolas Roberts (4). Four Quarters Orange: Simon Arber (0); Emanuel Arber (2); Ignacio Heguy (6); Tom Morley (4).

Tchogan/Polo Performance: Heiko Voelker (0); Leon Donoso (2); Jose Araya (5); Will Emerson (5). Elemental/CHP: Rafi Bruckner (1); Josh Hyde (2); Miguel Ayala (4); Jack Hyde (5).

Images by Images of Polo

Chairman’s Cup heads CHEDS way

The final day of the 2023 season started with six matches to conclude the four-goal Chairman’s Tournament. All nine teams had a game on this day, with the main final featuring a close contest between William Berry’s CHEDS team and Mindi Byrne’s Tex8n Polo Team on The Princes’ Ground. CHEDS came out best of this battle, winning the match 6–5. The winners’ Rhett Wooldridge was named the Most Valuable Player, while team-mate Will Emerson received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize for Aventura. Will had played this mare in the last chukka of this final.

The sub final, for the Directors’ Cup, saw a win for Heiko Voelker’s Tchogan at Coworth Park. They beat the MacLennans’ Mono Polo 6–4 across four chukkas. The sub sub final, the wonderfully named Feather Boa Final, was won by Majid Sadjadi’s Maxima team. They defeated Robert Wilson’s Winkfield Park 8–5, also played at Coworth Park.

The Wooden Spoon final was a round robin affair of two chukkas per match, featuring Clive Reid’s AFB, Elodie Avarguez and Nick Beitner’s Cadence/Pink Power and Enrico Meneghetti’s Quianto teams. AFB won this tussle, winning both their games. Quianto took the second spot. u

The Teams

CHEDS: Rhett Wooldridge (-1); William Berry (0); Logan Anderson (0); Will Emerson (5). Tex8n Polo: Mindi Byrne (0); Leander Sautter (-1); Ramzy El-Ashkar (1); Nicolas San Roman (4).

Tchogan: Heiko Voelker (0); The Lord Milo Manton (0); Max Voelker (2); William Millard (2); Mono Polo: Derek MacLennan (0); Hamish MacLennan (0); Benjamin Mancini (1); James Mann (3).

Maxima: Majid Sadjadi (-1); Alexander Nix (1); Max Sponer (1); Edward Morris-Lowe (3).

Winkfield Park: Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz (0); Archie Heseltine (0); Oliver Fanshawe (2); Josh Clover (2).

AFB: Thomas Armitage (-1); Clive Reid (0); Chris Crawford (2); Segundo Darritchon (3).

Quianto: Enrico Meneghetti (-1); Neku Edun (0); Antonino Menard (5); Frederick Benyon (0). Cadence/Pink Power: Elodie Avarguez (0); Nick Beitner (1); Kirstie Otamendi (1); Phil Seller (2).

Images by Images of Polo

The Teams CHEDS Tex8n Polo Tchogan Mono Polo Maxima Winkfield Park AFB Quianto Cadence/Pink Power

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Valuable Player, an impressive achievement for the youngest player on the field of play. His team-mate, Nicolas San Roman received the Polo Times Best Playing Pony prize for La Dolfina Naftalina. He had played this mare in the second and fourth chukkas.

The sub final was played 24 hours earlier and witnessed a win for Adebayo Karim’s Shoreline. They narrowly beat Marcos Vivian’s La Pedrosa 7-6. u

The Teams

Kusnacht Practice: Max Sponer (1); Eduardo Greghi (0); Simon Prado (5); Nicholas San Roman (4). Limitless Harum Scarum: Ramzy El-Ashkar (1); Jonathan Hare (0); Federico Boudou (5); Eugenio Imaz (3).

Shoreline: Matias Amaya (5); Toby Bradshaw (2); Adebayo Karim (2); Benjamin Mancini (1). La Pedrosa: Marcos Vivian (0); Mark Emerson (2); Antonio Menard (5); Roddy Williams (3).

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SUNDAY 23 APRIL

Spring

Conosco:

Spring

SUNDAY 23 APRIL

Spring Amateur Tournament –Most Valuable Player

Oliver Drewitt (Porto Ronco)

Spring Tournament Final

SUNDAY 14 MAY

Watchcentre/Ming Yun: Rajenda Jain, Adolfo Casabal, Oscar Mancini, Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz

Spring Tournament

Most Valuable Player Oscar Mancini

J&R

Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy Sub Final

SATURDAY 13 MAY

Tchogan/Polo Performance: Max Voelker, Heiko Voelker, Segundo Darritchon, Julian de Lusarreta

Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy Images of Polo Best Playing Pony Consentida (Manuel Plaza (Ainsley Saddlery)

Spring Tournament Sub Final

SUNDAY 14 MAY

Polo: Julian Leake, Riley Leake, Evan Power, James Mann

Spring Tournament Polo Times

Best Playing Pony

Juan Ignacio (Adolfo Casabal)

Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy Final

SATURDAY 13 MAY

Conosco: Will Emerson, Jeremy Pemberton, William Harper, Rufino Laulhe

Spring Amateur Tournament Final

Sladmore/Libertine: Edward Horswell, Alexander Nix, Phoebe Leake, Heiko Voelker

Valerie Halford Memorial Trophy Most Valuable Player Rufino Laulhe

Amateur Tournament Sub Final

Archie Heseltine, William Berry, Jeremy Pemberton, Alan Fall

Amateur Tournament –Images of Polo Best Playing Pony Julieta (Alexander Nix)

SUNDAY 21 MAY

Ojo Caliente: John Paul Clarkin, Facundo Sola, Hazel Jackson, Ana Escobedo

La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy Most Valuable Player Rashid El-Ashkar (Limitless Delaney)

Labrador Trophy Final

SUNDAY 4 JUNE

J & R Polo: Phil Seller, Julian Leake, Phoebe Leake, James Mann

Labrador Trophy Sub Final

SUNDAY 4 JUNE

Limitless Delaney: Oscar Mancini, Ramzy El-Ashkar, Damian Duncan, Rashid El-Ashkar

Final

SUNDAY 21 MAY

Bel Polo Team: Ed Banner Eve, Henry Lunn, Tommy Severn, Santos Merlos

La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy Polo Times Best Playing Pony Impression (John Paul Clarkin)

Labrador Trophy Most Valuable Player Logan Anderson (Harum Scarum)

Labrador Trophy Images of Polo Best Playing Pony

Penny (played by Ryan Pemble, owned by Gustav Rausing)

Committee Cup Final

MONDAY 29 MAY

Mad Lemons: Simon Franc, Alan Fall, Rufino Merlos, Pedro Harrison

Committee Cup Sub Final

MONDAY 29 MAY

Kilnwood Park: Hissam Ali Hyder, Leander Sautter, Thilo Sautter, Edward Morris-Lowe

Committee Cup Most Valuable Player Rosendo Torreguitar (Mono Polo)

Committee Cup Polo Times Best Playing Pony Aaron (Pedro Harrison)

La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy Sub

La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Centenary Trophy Final

La Martina Varsity Polo –Oxford v Cambridge

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

Oxford: Bolawa Tejuoso, Camilla Hislop, Thomas Gordon-Colebrook, Jamie Baillie

La Martina Varsity Polo – Arthur Lucas Trophy (Old Blues Match)

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

Cambridge Old Blues: Sam Outtridge, Jeremy Allen, Maximilian Kirchhoff, Tahl Holtzmann

La Martina Varsity Best Playing Pony Escobita (played by Bolawa Tejuoso, owned by Tunde Karim)

La Martina Varsity Most Valuable Player (Eton v Harrow) Hector Rogberg

La Martina Varsity Polo – Jenny Walton Masters Trophy (Eton v Harrow)

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

Harrow: Ibrahim Faisal, Hector Rogberg, Ulysses Hu, Arthur Porter

La Martina Varsity Polo –Atlantic Cup (Harvard v Yale)

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

Harvard: William Lobcowitz, Nico Michel, Carlos Roca de Togores, Jonathan Willen

La Martina Varsity Most Valuable Player Camila Cimadamore (Cambridge)

La Martina Varsity Best Playing Pony (Eton v Harrow) Bracero (Oliver Drewitt)

Cartier Queen’s Cup –Royal Windsor Horse Show Cup

SATURDAY 27 MAY

Dubai Polo Team: Beltran Laulhe, Rufino Bensadon, Rashid Albwardy, Camilo Castagnola

Cartier Queen’s Cup – Richard Watt Cup

SUNDAY 4 JUNE

La Magdeleine: Alexandre Garese, Facundo Fernandez-Llorente, Pablo MacDonough, Santiago Laborde

results

Cartier Queen’s Cup Quarter-Final –Platinum Jubilee Trophy

SATURDAY 10 JUNE

King Power: William Harper, Jeronimo del Carril, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Nicolas Pieres

Cartier Queen’s Cup Quarter-Final –Gerard Leigh Trophy

SUNDAY 11 JUNE

La Magdeleine: Santiago Laborde, Pablo MacDonough, Alexandre Garese, Facundo Fernandez-Llorente

Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Final –Hubert Perrodo Trophy

WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE

La Magdeleine: Santiago Laborde, Pablo MacDonough, Facundo Fernandez-Llorente, Alexandre Garese

Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Final –Hubert Perrodo Trophy Best Playing Pony

Irenita Kioskera (Pablo MacDonough)

Cartier Queen’s Cup Final – Best Playing Pony

Irenita Kioskera (Pablo MacDonough)

Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Final –Hubert Perrodo Trophy Most Valuable Player Facundo Fernandez-Llorente

Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Final –Kerry Packer Trophy

WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE

Murus Sanctus: Marcos Araya, Polito Pieres, Corinne Ricard, Alejandro Muzzio

Cartier Queen’s Cup Final –Most Valuable Player Polito Pieres

Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Final –Kerry Packer Trophy Most Valuable Player Marcos Araya

Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Final –Kerry Packer Trophy Best Playing Pony Monjitas Decente (Polito Pieres)

Cartier Queen’s Cup Sub FinalThe Cartier Trophy

SUNDAY 18 JUNE

Vikings: Juan Martin Zubia, Diego Cavanagh, Siri Evjemo-Nysveen, James Beim

Cartier Queen’s Cup Final

SUNDAY 18 JUNE

Murus Sanctus:

Corinne Ricard, Alejandro Muzzio, Polito Pieres, Marcos Araya

Guards Youth Tournament

SATURDAY 24 JUNE

Coworth Park: Vieri Antinori Jnr, Lucero Monteverde, Lucas Wilson-Smith

Guards Youth Tournament Most Valuable Player Vieri Antinori Jnr

Guards Youth Tournament Best Playing Pony Tobiana (Florentina Harrison, Guards Polo Club)

Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Windsor Cup Final

SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Four Quarters Orange: Simon Prado, Ignacio Negri, Cruz Novillo Astrada, Simon Arber

Out-Sourcing Inc

SUNDAY 2 JULY

Out-Sourcing Inc

SUNDAY 25 JUNE

Gaston: Cruz Heguy, Louis Hine, Toby Bradshaw, Jean Paul Luksic

Out-Sourcing Inc Royal Windsor Cup Final – Most Valuable Player

SUNDAY 2 JULY

Ainsley

Royal Windsor Cup Final – Best Playing Pony Power Corazon Valiente (Simon Prado)

Archie David Cup Sub Final – Caterham Cup

Saddlery: Archie Heseltine, Andrew Dechet, Lachlan Gilmore, Sebastian Dawnay

Archie David Cup Final –Images of Polo Best Playing Pony Valorada (Nicolas Roberts)

Archie David Cup Final

Great Oaks: Nicolas Roberts, Dillon Bacon, Josh Nimmo, Felipe Gomez

Archie David Cup Sub Final (Guards teams only) – Claude Pert Trophy

SATURDAY 2 JULY

Ming Yun: Henry Porter, Adolfo Casabal, Arno Liu, Benjamin Mancini

Archie David Cup Final –Most Valuable Player Felipe Gomez

Royal Windsor Cup Sub Final – Mountbatten Cup

Simon Prado

Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Day

Most Valuable Player

James Beh (BP Healthcare)

Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Day

The Cox Family of Oklahoma Best Playing Pony

Lily (Philipp Mueller (Standing Rock))

Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Charity Polo Day

THURSDAY 6 JULY

U.S. Polo Assn.: Amr Zedan, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Mark Tomlinson, HRH The Prince of Wales

Coworth Park Challenge Trophy Final

SUNDAY 9 JULY

Wascosa/Standing Rock: Segundo Darritchon, Pierandrea Mueller, Tom Brodie, Jack Hyde

Coworth Park Challenge

Most Valuable Player

Segundo Darritchon

Coworth Park Challenge Trophy Sub Final

SUNDAY 9 JULY

Four Quarters Black: Romilla Arber, Hazel Jackson, Gonzalo Ferrari, Benjamin Urquiza

Coworth Park Challenge Images of Polo Best Playing Pony

Mariposa Luciano (Segundo Darritchon)

Forsyth Inter Regimental Polo DayInter Regimental Final

SUNDAY 9 JULY

Queen’s Royal Hussars: Brigadier Nick Cowley, Major Max Morant, Capt The Hon William Cecil, Capt Jamie Fry

Forsyth Inter Regimental Polo DayUnited Services Cup

SUNDAY 9 JULY

AFPA: Surgeon Capt Henry Rourke, Group Capt

Ed Whitechurch, Capt Oliver Powell, Capt The Hon. Freddie Benyon

Forsyth Inter Regimental Polo Final –Pringle Cup for the Most Valuable Player Capt Jamie Fry

Forsyth Inter Regimental Polo Final –United Services Cup Most Valuable Player Capt The Hon. Freddie Benyon

Forsyth Inter Regimental Polo Final –Iain Forbes Cockell Cup for Best Moment of the Match

Major Will Mawby (Royal Artillery)

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King’s

King’s

King’s

King’s

King’s Coronation Cup – Whitbread Trophy

SATURDAY 29

Young England: Will Millard, Luke Wiles, Louis Hine, William Harper

Coronation Cup –Whitbread Trophy Most Valuable Player Louis Hine

Coronation CupBest Playing Pony Teddy (Tommy Beresford)

Coronation Cup –Whitbread Trophy RoR Best Playing Pony Trinity (Louis Hine)

King’s Coronation Cup–Gabriel Donoso Trophy The Commonwealth

King’s Coronation Cup Day –Coronation Cup

29

England: Tommy Beresford, Max Charlton, Oliver Cudmore, James Beim

King’s Coronation CupRoR Best Playing Pony Biento (Chris Mackenzie)

Coronation Cup –Most Valuable Player Chris Mackenzie (The Commonwealth)

King’s Coronation Cup –Whitbread Trophy Best Playing Pony Coruba (William Harper)

King’s Coronation Cup– Ferguson Trophy for the Hurlingham Polo Association’s Best Young English Player of the Year Hugo Taylor

Indian Polo Challenge Shield Sub Final

22

Emlor: Hugo Taylor, Spencer McCarthy, Max Charlton, Paco O’Dwyer

Indian Polo Challenge Shield –Polo Times Best Playing Pony Piere Blanca Nieves (Jose Araya)

Indian Polo Challenge Shield Final

22

La Irenita: William Harper, Gilberto Sayao, Pablo MacDonough, Matias MacDonough

Indian Polo Challenge Shield –Most Valuable Player Simon Prado

Cottington Cup Final

SATURDAY 19 AUGUST

Eleven: Oliver Fanshawe, Nicholas Hiller, Kate Lindsay-Fynn, Eugenio Imaz

Cottington Cup – Most Valuable Player Oliver Fanshawe

Social Cup Final

SUNDAY 30 JULY

Mad Lemons: Hissam Ali Hyder, Simon Franc, Alan Fall, Pedro Harrison

Social Cup Sub Final

SUNDAY 30 JULY

Harum Scarum: Ryan Temple, Jonathan Hare, Melanie Hare, Federico Boudou

Cottington Cup Sub Final

SATURDAY 19 AUGUST

HK Polo: Edward Morris-Lowe, James Mann, Neku Edun, Iyad Omari

Cottington

Bayita (Logan Anderson (Mad Dogs))

Social Cup Most Valuable Player Simon Franc

Social

Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup

SUNDAY 13 AUGUST

Monterosso: Jeronimo del Carril, Ignacio Toccalino, Alessandro Bazzoni, Segundo Darritchon

Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup Most Valuable Player Segundo Darritchon

Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup Best Playing Pony Lucky Lady (Jeronimo del Carril)

Talacrest Prince of Wales’s Championship Cup Best Ferrari of the Day 1990 Testarossa (Peter Hogan)

Cup Images of Polo Best Playing Pony Chasco Laguna (Hissam Ali Hyder)

Cup – Images of Polo Best Playing Pony

Tchogan/Polo

AA

Duke of Wellington Trophy Final

SUNDAY 20 AUGUST

Yaguara: Chris Mackenzie, Andrea Vianini, Leon Donoso, Martina Lowe

Duke of Wellington Trophy Sub Final

SUNDAY 20 AUGUST

Performance: Will Emerson, Segundo Darritchon, Heiko Voelker, William Harper

Duke of Wellington Trophy Final –Polo Times Best Playing Pony Aloe Vera (Andrea Vianini)

Duke of Wellington Trophy Final –Most Valuable Player Leon Donoso

Crawford Cup Sub Final SUNDAY 6 AUGUST

Ming Yun: Hamish MacLennan, Riley Leake, Kirstie Otamendi, Adolfo Casabal

Crawford Cup - Best Playing Pony Carroza (Oliver Fanshawe, Winkfield Park)

Crawford Cup Final

SUNDAY 26 AUGUST

J & R Polo: James Mann, Julian Leake, Phoebe Leake, Phil Seller

Crawford Cup - Most Valuable Player Phil Seller

Town & County Championship Sub Final

SUNDAY 13 AUGUST

Holdings: Neku Edun, Enrico Meneghetti, Antonino Menard, Adolfo Casabal

Town & County Championship Final

SUNDAY 13 AUGUST

Tchogan: Will Emerson, Segundo Darritchon, Logan Anderson, Heiko Voelker

Town & County ChampionshipMost Valuable Player Logan Anderson

Town & County ChampionshipImages of Polo Best Playing Pony Hope (Will Emerson)

Flemish Farm Trophy Final –Images of Polo Best Playing Pony La Dolfina Trampa (Nicolas San Roman)

Flemish Farm Trophy Final

SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

Tex8n Polo Team: Nicolas San Roman, Toby Bradshaw, Logan Anderson, Mindi Byrne

Flemish Farm Trophy Sub Final

SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

Harum Scarum: Ryan Pemble, Jonathan Hare, Melanie Hare, Phil Seller

Flemish Farm Trophy Final –Most Valuable Player Hamish MacLennan

The Duke of Cornwall Trophy SUNDAY 27 AUGUST

M Polo: Oliver Cudmore, Maximilian Singhoff, Max Charlton, Nicolas Roberts

The Duke of Cornwall – Most Valuable Player Oliver Cudmore

The Duke of Cornwall Sub Final SUNDAY 27 AUGUST

Limitless Delaney: Benjamin Mancini, Rufino Merlos, Juan Cruz Merlos, Agustin Merlos

The Duke of Cornwall – Images of Polo Best Playing Pony Monja (Jeronimo del Carril (King Power))

Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies’ Polo Charity Tournament – Lord Patrick Beresford Trophy Sub Final

Maize Dulce: Rosie Ross, Heloise Wilson Smith, Anna Dowling, Giselle Barfoot

Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies’ Polo Charity Tournament – Invitational for the Guards Ladies’ Charity Shield Most Valuable Player Elodie Avarguez

Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies’ Polo Charity Tournament – Lord Patrick Beresford Trophy

Vikings: Angela Moran, Siri Evjemo-Nysveen, Lottie Lamacraft, Lia Salvo

Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies’ Polo Charity Tournament –Lord Patrick Beresford Trophy Most Valuable Player Lia Salvo

The Guards Ladies’ Charity Tournament –Invitational for the Guards Ladies’ Charity Shield Best Playing Pony Pirata (Mindi Byrne)

Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies’ Polo Charity Tournament – Invitational for the Guards Ladies’ Charity Shield SATURDAY

Clé de Peau Beauté: Alice Sharp, Jasmine Calvert-Ansari, Mindi Byrne, Neku Edun

Clé de Peau Beauté Guards Ladies’ Polo Charity Tournament –Lord Patrick Beresford Trophy Best Playing Pony Lovelocks Florin (Nina Clarkin)

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Major General’s Cup Final

3 SEPTEMBER Stable Cottage: Rhett Wooldridge, Major Jamie Hayward, Antony Fanshawe, Ramzy El-Ashkar

Major General’s Cup Sub Final

3 SEPTEMBER The Army: Capt Oliver Powell, Capt The Viscount Chelsea, Capt The Hon Freddie Benyon, Capt Tom Windsor-Clive

Major General’s Cup Wooden Spoon

3 SEPTEMBER Household Cavalry: Capt Paddy Selfe, Lt Col Thomas Armitage, 2Lt Ben Humphries, CT Jonty Barlow

Major-General’s Cup Final –Most Valuable Player Alexander Nix (Sladmore)

Major-General’s Cup Final –Polo Times Best Playing Pony Mantecol (played by Antony Fanshawe, owned by Charlie Wooldridge) Autumn Nations Tournament Final

10 SEPTEMBER Four Quarters Black: Nicolas Roberts, Romilla Arber, Simon Prado, Segundo Darritchon Autumn Nations Tournament Sub Final

10 SEPTEMBER

Performance: Heiko Voelker, Leon Donoso, Jose Araya, Will Emerson

Autumn Nations Tournament –Images of Polo Best Playing Pony Gete Plegaria (Simon Prado)

Autumn Nations Tournament –Most Valuable Player Nicolas Roberts

President’s Cup Final

SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

Kusnacht Practice: Max Sponer, Eduardo Greghi, Simon Prado, Nicolas San Roman

President’s Cup Final – Polo Times Best Playing Pony Dolfina Naftalina (Nicolas San Roman)

Chairman’s Cup Final

SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

CHEDS: Will Emerson, William Berry, Rhett Wooldridge, Logan Anderson

President’s Cup Final – Most Valuable Player Max Sponer

President’s Cup Sub Final

SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

Shoreline: Matias Amaya, Toby Bradshaw, Adebayo Karim, Benjamin Mancini

Chairman’s Cup Final –Most Valuable Player Rhett Wooldridge

Chairman’s Cup Sub Final

SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

Tchogan: Will Millard, Max Voelker, The Lord Milo Manton, Heiko Voelker

Chairman’s Cup Final – Polo Times Best Playing Pony Aventura (Will Emerson)

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