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).