June 13, 2022

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Cartier Queen’s Cup Final & Cartier Trophy

13. June 2022

Cartier Queen’s Cup Final
Great Oaks LL 9 – 8 Park Place Vaara The Queen’s Ground

Cartier Trophy
King Power 9 – 7 UAE Polo Team The Duke’s Ground

Following four weeks of world-class competition, the final of the Cartier Queen’s Cup was finally underway on Sunday between Dillon Bacon’s Great Oaks LL and Andrey Borodin’s Park Place Vaara on the famed Queen’s Ground at Guards Polo Club. The highly anticipated final featured Park Place Vaara in search of their organisation’s first title after reaching the final on three of the past four seasons, against Great Oaks LL, looking to reclaim the title they won in 2020.

Setting the tone early from the field, Park Place Vaara’s Hilario Ulloa launched the ball from 60 yards out to score just seconds into the game. This initiated a strong first chukka where Park Place Vaara took a 3-0 lead, completed by a Penalty 2 from Juan Britos. With time running out in the opening chukka, Cruz Heguy completed a breakaway run to keep Great Oaks LL within reach, trailing 3-1. That field goal would prove to be Great Oaks LL’s only one of the first half as both defences provided few opportunities in a tightly marked match.

Receiving a pass from Britos at midfield, Ulloa’s second goal pushed Park Place Vaara further ahead in the second chukka, but penalty goals accounted for the rest of the attacking play, with Britos and Heguy exchanging penalty conversions to leave Park Place Vaara ahead 5-3 at half-time.

Field goals continued to be difficult to come by as neither team found the goal for the second consecutive chukka with one penalty tally for each team. Park Place Vaara’s combined effort defensively allowed them to maintain their two-goal advantage into the sixth chukka, seemingly leaving them just seven minutes from victory. Stealing the ball from a knock-in, Britos fought his way to goal and was fouled just steps from the post, knocking in a Penalty 2 to put Park Place Vaara ahead by three and bring the Cartier Queen’s Cup title within their reach. Time ticked down to inside the final four minutes when Juan Martin Nero scored from distance for, incredibly, the first Great Oaks LL field goal since the opening chukka. Scoring his second goal shortly after, Nero brought Great Oaks LL within one with just over one minute remaining in what was now a thrilling conclusion. Working the ball down the right side, Nero hit a neckshot across goal and with a quick turn of his horse, Heguy gained possession and found the goal to send this match into overtime.

Stunned by the late comeback from Great Oaks LL, Park Place Vaara found the first opportunity in overtime, receiving a Penalty 4 to win the game and the title. However this ball was hit short, ensuring this nail-biting match continued. Hitting a long ball from midfield, Nero sent James Beim racing towards goal under pressure from Britos. Winning the ride-off, Beim picked up the ball on the nearside and ran it through the goal, ensuring Great Oaks would win this epic final 9-8.

Laurent Feniou, Managing Director of Cartier UK, sponsors of this 22-goal tournament since 2012, presented the trophy to Dillon Bacon. Juan Martin Nero, thanks to his brilliant play to turn this match around, was named the Cartier Most Valuable Player, while Hilario Ulloa stepped forward to receive the Cartier Most Valuable Player prize for Lucinda Ambar. This pony had also been recognised with a similar award in Park Place Vaara’s semi-final match.

Earlier in the day the UAE Polo Team, featuring Lucas Monteverde Jnr for the first time this season, faced King Power on The Duke’s Ground to determine the winner of the subsidiary Cartier Trophy. Initiating a dominant first half for King Power, back-to-back goals from Mackenzie Weisz and Nicolas Pieres were briefly interrupted by a successful drive from UAE Polo Team’s Bartolome Castagnola Jnr. However, the first half continued to belong to King Power as Pieres took over play from the field scoring four goals in the first three chukkas of play, including the only penalty conversion of the match. With Pieres leading a six-goal run, contributions from teammates Weisz and James Harper saw King Power firmly in control of the match to take a commanding 8-1 lead at the break. Finding their first defensive successes in the early stages of the second half, UAE Polo Team were able to hold King Power’s potent field attack to just one goal off the mallet of Pieres as they began to mount a comeback. An early goal in the fourth chukka from Tomas Beresford kick-started the re-surgency of Castagnola Jnr, scoring four second half goals on seven shot attempts. UAE Polo Team managed to bring themselves within two, but two crucial missed penalty opportunities and their substantial first half deficit was ultimately too much to overcome, as King Power held on to take the Cartier Trophy 9-7. Mackenzie Weisz was named the Cartier Most Valuable Player in this subsidiary final.

Great Oaks
James Beim (6)
Dillon Bacon (2)
Juan Martin Nero (9)
Cruz Heguy (5)

Park Place Vaara
Josh Hyde (0)
Juan Britos (8)
Hilario Ulloa (10)

Santos Merlos (4)

King Power
Beltran di Paola (1)
Mackenzie Weisz (5)
Niolas Pieres (9)
James Harper (7)

UAE Polo Team
HH Sheikha Maitha (0)
Lucas Monteverde Jnr (6)
Bartolome Castagnola Jnr (9)
Tomas Beresford (7)

Photos by IMAGES OF POLO

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Cartier Queen’s Cup Final Great Oaks LL 9 – 8 Park Place Vaara The Queen’s Ground Cartier Trophy King Power 9 – 7 UAE Polo Team The Duke’s Ground …

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Deauville Int. Polo Club, Araucaria Polo Club, Hong Kong Polo and Hamburger Polo Club reach the Quarterfinals of the POLO RIDER CUP

13. June 2022

Deauville International Polo Club, Araucaria Polo Club, Hong Kong Polo Association and Hamburger Polo Club completed the Quarterfinals of the 2022 POLO RIDER CUP

In the opening game of the day, Deauville International Polo Club won Araucaria Polo Club by 6-7 goals in a very close match and both teams secured a spot in the penalty shootout in group C.

Araucaria took the lead in the first chukker by 2-0 goals but Juan José Storni scored four consecutive goals from the field in the second chukker to place Deauville Int. Polo Club in front of the score, 3-4 goals.

The third and fourth chukkers ended with a tie result 5-5 goals, but in the fifth chukker, Pierre-Henri N’Goumou from fault and Ulysse Eisenchteter with an amazing team goal from the field increased the gap by 5-7 goals. Luca Meier narrowed the gap with a field goal at the end of the fifth chukker but the result didn’t change and Deauville Int. Polo took the win by 6-7 goals.

At the end of the day, the penalty shootout disputed between Deauville International Polo Club, Araucaria Polo Club and Polo Club Niederweiden from group C resulted into the classification of Deauville International Polo Club and Araucaria Polo Club.

The second match of the day saw the victory of Hamburger Polo Club against BP Polo Malaysia by 7 to 11 and secured a spot for the penalty shootout in group D.

A very intense game in the first chukker ended with 2-2 goals but in the second chukker, Hamburger Polo Club took the lead in the game by 2 – 5 goals.

Just after the start of the third chukker, Daniel Craseman was replaced by as was not feeling good. The chukker ended with a 3 goals lead for the German team. At the end of the match Hamburger Polo Club won by 7 to 11 goals and dispute a place for the quarterfinals in the penalty shootout.

After the penalty shootout for the group D teams, Hong Kong Polo Association and Hamburger Polo Club were classified for the Quarterfinals and BP Malaysia will play the subsidiary cup.

POLO RIDER CUP – DAY 5:

ARAUCARIA POLO CLUB 6 – 7 DEAUVILLE INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB

Score progression: 2-0 / 3-4 / 4-4 / 5-5 / 6-7 / 6-7
Araucaria Polo Club: Luca Meier 3 (1 goal), Fabian Bolanterio 1 (4 goals), Adrian Laplacette 2 (6 goals) Fabio Meier (1 goal). Total HC: 12
Deauville Int. Polo Club: Ulysse Eisenchteter 1 (0 goal), Patrick Eisenchteter (1 goal), Pierre-Henri N’Goumou 2 (6 goals), Juan José Storni 4 (5 goals). Total HC: 12
Umpires: G. Lucero – R.Silva // H.Iturraspe

BP POLO MALAYSIA 7 – 11 HAMBURGER POLO CLUB

Score progression: 2-2 / 2-5 / 3-7 / 5-10 / 6-11 / 7-11
BP Malaysia: James Beh 0 (0 goal), Victor Louarn 1 (1 goal), Tomas Panelo 4 (8 goals) Garvy Beh 2 (3 goals). Total HC: 12
Hamburger Polo Club: Caesar Crasemann 4 (4 goals), Heinrich Dumrath 7 (4 goals), Ramiro Zavaleta (4 goals), Daniel Crasemann / Hussein Abosaid (0 goals). Total HC: 12
Umpires: R.Silva – G.Villanueva // S.Anca

The POLO RIDER CUP continues on Monday, June 13
02:00 pm Coronel Suarez Polo Club vs Polo Park Zürich
05:00 pm Berlin Polo vs Las Brisas Poloi Club of Chicago

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Photos by © GUADALUPE AIZAGA

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Deauville International Polo Club, Araucaria Polo Club, Hong Kong Polo Association and Hamburger Polo Club completed the Quarterfinals of the 2022 POLO RIDER CUP In the opening game of the…

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Empire Polo Club, Ellerstina Polo Club, Polo Club de Chantilly and Evviva Polo St. Moritz first teams to reach the Quarterfinals of the POLO RIDER CUP

13. June 2022

The Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley, Ellerstina Polo Club, Polo Club de Chantilly and Evviva Polo St. Moritz were the first teams to reach the Quarterfinals of the 2022 POLO RIDER CUP in Group A & B.

Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley bet Polo Park Zürich by 10-6 goals in the first match of the game.

Empire Polo Club had a strong start in the game, and at the end of the second chukker the American team was leading 0-5 goals, with a fantastic goal from Guillermo Li in the last seconds of the Chukker.

In the third chukker, Martin Joaquin scored the first goal for Polo Park Zurich, but two more goals from Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley increased the gap by 1-7 goals at halftime.

Miguel Amieva scored the only two goals of the fourth chukker and shortened the gap, but the game ended with 4 goals difference in favour of Empire, 6-10 goals.

The tournament‘s closest and more intensive match was between Coronel Suárez Polo Club and Ellerstina Polo Club, where Ellerstina team took the victory by only one goal, 8-9 goals and secured a place in the quarterfinals.

Coronel Suárez Polo Club was leading the match at the end of the third game, 4-2 goals but an outstanding performance from Ellerstina in the fourth chukker scoring 3 goals, placed the team in front by 4-5 goals.

In the fifth chukker Salvador Jauretche scored an amazing goal from the side, increasing the gap again for Ellerstina Polo Club, but 2 goals from Edouard Pan and Ignacio Badiola returned again the lead to Coronel Suárez by 7-6 goals

Badiola scored at the start of the sixth chukker but another great comeback from Ellerstina with goals from Jauretche and Chavane gave the victory to Ellerstina by 8-9 goals.

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The third match of the day saw a dramatic end victory of Polo Club de Chantilly against Berlin Polo with a final result of 5 ½ to 5 goals.

Polo Club de Chantilly was in front of the score during all the chukkers with a slight gap difference. In the fifth chukker Kutlay Yaprak kutlay from the field narrowed the gap from 4 ½ to 4.

Valentin Novillo Astrada scored a penalty fault that put Berlin in front of the game for the first time in the sixth chukker, but Julien Reynes from the field striked the victory goal,

The closing game of the day between Las Brisas Polo Club of Chicago and Evviva Polo St. Moritz ended with the victory of the Evviva Polo St. Moritz and the final score was 7-15 goals.

In the first half of the game, the match was balanced, with a result of 6 – 8 goals but after the fourth chukker, an unstoppable Evviva Polo St. Moritz with Ignacio Kennedy and Martin Aguerre led the Swiss team to the quarterfinals.

POLO RIDER CUP – DAY 4:

POLO PARK ZÜRICH 6 – 10 EMPIRE POLO CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY

Score progression: 0-3 / 0-5 / 1-7 / 3-7 / 5-9 / 6-10
Polo Park Zürich: Richard Harris 1 (0 goals), Segundo Copello 1 (1 goal), Miguel Amieva 3 (4 goals), Martin Joaquin 1 (5 goals). Total HC: 12
Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley: Cément Smith 2 (0 goals), Guillermo Li 2 (4 goals), Tito Ruiz Guinazu 5 (7 goals) Derek Smith (1 goal). Total HC: 12
Umpires: G.Lucero, G.Villanueva // S.Anca

CORONEL SUAREZ POLO CLUB 8 – 9 ELLERSTINA POLO CLUB

Score progression: 2-1 / 3-1 / 4-2 / 4-5 / 7-5 / 8-9
Coronel Suárez Polo Club: Ilan Bossard (0 goal), Misha Rodzianko 1 (2 goals), Ignacio Badiola 5 (5 goals) Edouard Pan 2 (5 goals). Total HC: 12
Ellerstina Polo Club: Sam Sztarkman 3 (2 goals), Salvador Jauretche 4 (4 goals), Juan Pedro Chavanne 2 (5 goals) Alex Sztarkman (1 goal). Total HC: 12
Umpires: R.Silva, S.Anca // G.Lucero

POLO CLUB DE CHANTILLY 5 ½ – 5 BERLIN POLO

Score progression: 1 ½ – 0 / 1 ½ – 0 / 2 ½ – 2 / 4 ½ – 3 / 4 ½ – 4 / 5 ½ – 5
Polo Club de Chantilly: Jean-Claude Le Grand (0 goal), Dorian Bulteau (3 goals), Louis Jarrige 3 (4 goals), Julien Reynes 2 (4 goals). Total HC: 11
Berlin Polo: Kutlay Yaprak 1 (0 goal), Max Bosch (3 goals), Valentin Novillo Astrada 4 (6 goals), Moritz Gädeke (3 goals). Total HC: 12
Umpires: R.Silva, G.Lucero // G.Villanueva

LAS BRISAS POLO CLUB OF CHICAGO 8 – 13 EVVIVA POLO ST. MORITZ

Score progression: 1 -1/ 4-3 / 5-6 / 7-13 / 8-15
Las Brisas Polo Club of Chicago: Larry Aschebrook (0 goal), Jaime Serra (2 goals), Juan Martin Obregon 4 (6 goals), Mariano Gutierrez 4 (4 goals). Total HC: 12
Evviva Polo St Moritz: Robert Kofler (0 goal), Ignacio Kennedy 6 (5 goals), Martin Aguerre H 9 (7 goals) Tommy Rinderknecht (0 goals). Total HC: 12
Umpires: G.Villanueva, H.Iturraspe // R.Silva

The POLO RIDER CUP continues on Sunday, June 12
02:00 pm Araucaria Polo Club vs Deauville International Polo Club
05:00 pm BP Polo Malaysia vs Hamburger Polo Club

Photos by © GUADALUPE AIZAGA

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The Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley, Ellerstina Polo Club, Polo Club de Chantilly and Evviva Polo St. Moritz were the first teams to reach the Quarterfinals of the 2022…

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Polo Club Niederweiden and Hong Kong Polo are the day winners at the POLO RIDER CUP

13. June 2022

The action continues at the 2022 POLO RIDER CUP with the daily matches between Polo Club Niederweiden and Deauville International Polo Club and later with Hong Kong Polo Association against Hamburger Polo Club.

The first match of the day resulted in a victory of Polo Club Niederweiden against Deauville International Polo Club by 5 ½ – 5 goals.

The 2021 POLO RIDER CUP runner-up of last year, Deauville International Polo Club, had a good start scoring four goals at the first two chukkers by Pierre-Henri Ngomou and Juan Jose Storni, and the score was 0 ½ – 4 goals.

In the third chukker, Anton Grabosh scored the first goal for his team, but immediately, Pierre-Henri Ngomou, from a fault, increased the difference again by 4 goals.

Polo Club Niederweiden entered into the game in the fourth chukker, and with two goals from Emil Grabosh and Santi Schweitzer, the Austrian team narrowed the difference by 3 ½ – 5 goals.

A great comeback from Polo Club Niederweiden, with two goals from Emil and Santi in the fifth chukker, gave advantage to the Austrian team for the first time, with 5 ½ to 5 goals.

The final result was 5 ½ – 5 goals in favour of Polo Club Niederweiden as any team scored in the sixth and last chukker.

In the day‘s second game, Hong Kong Polo Association secured a win 8–4 over Hamburger Polo Club.

The first two chukkers ended with three goals led from Hong Kong Polo Association, but in the third chukker, Heinrich Dumrath narrowed the gap with two goals, 3-2 goals.

The fourth chukker ended with only one goal difference in favour of Hong Kong Polo, 5-4 goals, but in the last two chukkers, a great shot from the field by Élouan Badarello that was replacing Cyrille Costes in the Hong Kong Polo team, and two more goals from Elena Venot and Pelayo Berazadi gave the victory to Hong Kong.

POLO RIDER CUP – DAY 3:

POLO CLUB NIEDERWEIDEN 5 ½ – 5 DEAUVILLE INTERNATIONAL POLO CLUB

Score progression: 0 ½ – 2, 0 ½ – 4, 3 ½ – 5, 5 ½ – 5, 5 ½ – 5.
Polo Club Niederweiden: Santi Schweitzer 2 (4 goals), Anton Grabosh 1 (3 goals), Emil Grabosh 2 (1 goal) Paul Grabosh (3 goals). Total HC: 11
Deauville Int. Polo Club: Ulysse Eisenchteter (0 goal), Patrick Eisenchteter (1 goal), Pierre-Henri N’Goumou 3 (6 goals), Juan José Storni 2 (5 goals). Total HC: 12
Umpires: R.Silva – S.Anca // H.Iturraspe

HONG KONG POLO ASSOCIATION 8 – 4 HAMBURGER POLO CLUB

Score progression: 1 – 0, 3 – 0, 3 – 2, 5 – 4, 6 – 4, 8 – 4
Hong Kong Polo Association: Élouan Badarello 3 (0 goal), Elena Venot 1 (1 goal), Pelayo Berazadi 1 (5 goals), Brieuc Rigaux 3 (6 goals). Total HC: 12
Hamburger Polo Club: Caesar Crasemann (4 goals), Heinrich Dumrath 4 (4 goals), Ramiro Zavaleta (4 goals), Daniel Crasemann (0 goals). Total HC: 12
Umpires: G. Lucero – G.Villanueva // H.Iturraspe

The POLO RIDER CUP continues on Saturday, June 11
10.30 am Polo Park Zürich vs Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley
12.30 pm Coronel Suarez Polo Club vs Ellerstina Polo Club
3.00 pm Polo Club of Chantilly vs Berlin Polo Club
5.00 pm Las Brisas Polo Club of Chicago vs Evviva Polo St Moritz

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The action continues at the 2022 POLO RIDER CUP with the daily matches between Polo Club Niederweiden and Deauville International Polo Club and later with Hong Kong Polo Association against…