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4th International Ladies Cup at PoloPark Berlin

19. August 2024

It was time again for the Ladies Cup at the PoloPark Berlin. The International Ladies Cup, presented by Radio Paradiso, took place for the fourth time at the PoloPark Berlin. Six international ladies teams with players from seven nations (Germany, Ireland, England, Argentina, Austria, the Czech Republic and the USA) took part in this event with over 100 polo horses and offered the more than 1,300 visitors and guests exciting chukka matches in the best polo weather (except for a few small showers). The matches were expertly moderated by ‘The Voice of Polo’ Jan Erik Franck. DJ BastikSoul Sebastian provided the appropriate sound. The Ladies Cup was rounded off by the hat contest, organised by Pauline Stolze, Anna Jorinde Pursche and
Thomas Bauer.

The celebrity jury for the hat contest included: Dieter Hallervorden, actor, Christiane Hallervorden, actress, Julian F.M. Stoeckel, entertainer and presenter, Aldona Niemczyk, Member of Parliament for Berlin, Günther Krabbenhöft, international style icon, Carsten Goms, TV chef (ZDF), Thomas Worm from Schloss Diedersdorf and Graf von Blickensdorf, cartoonist. The hat contest was hosted by Xenia Princess of Saxony, actress.

Among the numerous guests on the final Sunday were: Micaela Schäfer, model and DJane, Arno Funke, graphic designer, author and legendary ‘Dagobert’, Barbara Schöne, cult actress, Daniel Völz, TV star (‘The Bachelor’), Dr Dennis
Ivanovic, CEO of ‘Love it Pure’, Dr Heike Weidling, celebrity doctor, Franziska Traub, actress (‘Ritas Welt’), Freddy Reitz, artist (smart, LUMAS), Judith Stückler,
CDU politician, Manuela Schikorsky, TV star (“Die Superhändler – 4 Räume,
1 Deal”), Stefanie Simon, pop star and singer, and the “Guttmann Zwillinge”. Everyone enjoyed the exciting games and the thrilling final on Sunday afternoon. This was won by the POLO+10 / Radio Paradiso team with 6.5 : 6 against the Ingo Pyko Immobilien team.

Ranking

1. POLO+10 / Radio Paradiso (+5)

Silvia & Jona Nutz, GER (0)
Megan Manubay, GER (+1)
Milagros Sanchez, ARG (+8)
Isabella Koessler, GER (0)

2. Ingo Pyko Immobilien (+6)
Dele Iversen, GER (0)
Jeanette Diekmann, GER (+2)
Siobhan Herbst, IRL (+4)
Mona Scharf, GER (0)

3. Dermaroller / Skinlifter (+7)
Philippa Luserke, GER (+2)
Anne Grossmann, GER (-1)
Clarissa Markgraf, GER (+3)
Marie Haupt, GER (+3)

4. Merkatzer / Berlin Cocktail (+6)
Nina Frühauf, GER (0)
Annalena Plickert, GER (0)
Svenja Hölty, GER (+4)
Katy McKegney, USA (+2)

5. Polo Sylt (+5)
Josepha Schmidt, GER / Megan Kawohl, GER (0)
Ida Gaarz, GER (+1)
Patricia Rohde, GER (+1)
Sophie Schmidt, GER (+3)

6. Blanche (+7)
Veronika Svobodova, CZ (0)
Jolie Lange, GER (+1)
Alex Jacob, GER (+5)
Emily Hase Loock, GER (+1)

Die Auszeichnungen für die beiden MVP-Spielerinnen gingen an Isa Kössler und Sophie Schmidt.

Die Auszeichnungen für die beiden Best Playing Ponys, präsentiert vom Autohaus Mecklenborg, gingen an Jeanette Diekmann mit dem Polo-Pferd „Princessa“ und Milagros Sanchez mit dem Polo-Pferd „Porsche“.

Schiedsrichter des 4. Ladies Cup war der Hamburger National Polo Spieler Christopher Kirsch.

Text : Baltic Polo Events
Photograhy: AEDT, Jan Jürges / Polo Sylt, Baltic Polo Events

It was time again for the Ladies Cup at the PoloPark Berlin. The International Ladies Cup, presented by Radio Paradiso, took place for the fourth time at the PoloPark Berlin.…

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Barrière Deauville Polo Cup 2022: Suspense until the very end

26. August 2022

We had to wait until the very last minutes of this „semi-final“ between Barrière and Brittany Polo Club to know the finalists of the 2022 Marta and Lucien Barrière Gold Cup. It will be a battle between the two biggest French teams, the only ones to have won, in this 21st century, the British Gold Cup (Brittany Polo Club) and the Queen‘s Cup (Talandracas), the two most prestigious titles outside Argentina

The two big powerful teams of Sunday‘s final were nevertheless greatly challenged by a smaller team, the winner of the Silver Cup: Barrière, whose captain Isabelle Larenaudie was making her first appearance at this level. The team she formed with the Zavaleta family came very close to being a spoilsport today. If they had won, all three teams would have had to go battle it out in a shoot-out: the famous penalty shots where nerves often play the main role. Brittany Polo Club’s men didn‘t want to go through that. The team in black was held up from start to finish by the Zavelatas, who were all very inspired and never let go of their opponents! Most of the time, the gap between the two teams was only one goal. Sometimes two. At the end of the game, Ramiro Zavaleta put the two teams back on the same level with a magnificent and intelligent goal and it took a great Diego Cavanagh to snatch the victory with a few seconds left on the clock scoring his only goal of the game! The Zavaleta‘s disappointment was sad to witness at the prize-giving ceremony, but this fine team still leaves Deauville with the Silver Cup and high hopes for the upcoming French Open.

See you on Sunday at 5.30 p.m. to know the outcome of this beautiful edition of the Gold Cup… and on Saturday at the same time for the Bronze Cup whose finalists will be known tomorrow.

Barrière: Isabelle Larenaudie (0) Ramiro Zavaleta (4,2 goals) Juans-Gris Zavaleta (7, 5 goals) Simon Zavaleta (5, 1 goal)

Brittany Polo Club: Jean-François Decaux (1) Benjamin Urquiza (6, 6 goals) Diego Cavanagh (8, 1 goal) Roberto Iturrioz (1, 2 goals)

Progression Brittany Polo Club: 1/0 – 2/1 – 4/3 – 6/5 – 9/8

Photos by R&B Presse / Pascal Renauldon

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We had to wait until the very last minutes of this „semi-final“ between Barrière and Brittany Polo Club to know the finalists of the 2022 Marta and Lucien Barrière Gold…

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Barrière Deauville Polo Cup 2022: The first two titles awarded

15. August 2022

The first two winners of the Barrière Deauville Polo Cup 2022 are known: the Luxembourg team Augustinus Bader for the Ladies Cup and Barrière for the venerable Silver Cup. On the women‘s part, this final was a remake of the tournament‘s opening game: same opponents, same exact verdict: 8 to 4 ½

Lia Salvo, Anais Rezkallah, Aurelie Molitor, Paloma Lauro and Adèle Renauldon winners of the Ladies Cup 2022. © R&B Presse / Pascal Renauldon

Led by Lia Salvo, Augustinus Bader, the team already held all the information to overcome GCA Group, whose game is very physical yet the Luxembourg team decided to play it differently. Thanks to their strong horse string, they were able to play a game of small passes and escape from the pack thanks to the speed and handling ability of their ponies. This was the second title for Lia Salvo, already a winner in Deauville in 2018, as was her father in the Gold Cup in 1986! Lia Salvo was of course nominated most valuable player of the final and the tournament. But a game is never won alone and one of Lia’s strengths is to use the best qualities of her teammates. A plan that revealed the talent of the young Paloma Lauro (15 years), very efficient in the attack.

Isabelle Larenaudie, Ramiro Zavaleta, Martin Aguerre jr. and Simon Zavaleta lifting the Silver Cup in Deauville. © R&B Presse / Pascal Renauldon

The other final of the day, the Silver Cup, offered the public some great battles, spectacular and fast actions, an open play, a great show, in short, great polo. Martin Aguerre, who substituted for Juan-Gris Zavaleta, who just had a child, quickly found his bearings with the Zavalata brothers and after being noticeably dominated at the beginning of the game, Barriere took the score board from the second chukker to finish the fourth with a comfortable lead: 8 to 4 ½. That‘s when Mungo, in the fifth, began a stunning remontada… yet they ended up missing victory by just half a goal. It was a great start for Isabelle Larenaudie who played this level for the first time! She even scored a goal which turned out to be important for the final score: 8 to 7 ½.

After these first two beautiful finals, it‘s time for the Marta and Lucien Barrière Gold Cup on Monday 15th August (17H00) with a first game for the Diane Barrière Desseigne Trophy which promises to be a remake of the 2021 final, between the title holder, Dragones and Mungo.

Ladies Cup

Augustinus Bader
Paloma Lauro (2, 4 goals)
Aurélie Molitor (0)
Anais Rezkallah (1, replaced Adèle Renauldon, injured in the semi-final)
Lia Salvo (9, 4 goals)

Groupe GCA
Marion Ambrosetti (2)
Lila Guérin (1, 1 goal)
Alicia Prat (1, 2 goals)
Maru Gimenez (5, 1 goal)

MVP : Lia Salvo

Progress Augustinus Bader
(1 ½ goal advantage for Groupe GCA)
3/2 ½ -5/2 ½ – 6/2 ½ and 8/4 1/2 )

Coupe d’Argent

Barrière
Isabelle Larenaudie (0, 1 goal)
Ramiro Zavaleta (4, 2 goals)
Martin Aguerre jr.(7, 4 goals)
Simon Zavaleta (5, 1 goal)

Mungo
Ulysse Eisensteter (0, 1 goal)
Juan Cruz Greguoli (4, 1 goal)
Pierre Henri N’Goumou (6, 3 goals)
Tete Storni (5, 2 goals)

Meilleur cheval argentin
Embrujo Tarentella (ridden by Simon Zavaleta)

Best Playing Pony
Silver Is Gold (ridden by Pierre-Henri N’Goumou)

MVP : Pierre-Henri N’Goumou

Progress Barrière : 1/1 ½ – 4/3 ½ – 6/3 ½ – 8/4 ½ et 8/7 ½

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Barrière Deauville Polo Cup 2022 A great sports tradition

1. June 2022

Deauville, land of polo! Since the middle of the last century, it has been an immutable tradition to cross the track of the Deauville – La Touques racecourse to attend high-level polo games during August. An event that combines both glamour and sport: the Deauville Int. Polo Cup will welcome some of the world‘s best players from August 6 to 28 for the Barrière Deauville Polo Cup 2022.

This year’s Barrière Deauville Polo Cup offers four tournaments, including the 71st edition of the mythical Gold Cup, one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world, the most disputed French competition that has seen all the outstanding players of this sport participate in. Legendary players who have played or won the mythical Argentine Open (el Abierto de Palermo), the ultimate tournament that every player dreams of winning and that takes place in a specially dedicated stadium in the heart of Buenos Aires in front of an audience of 18,000 spectators. A victory in the Gold Cup in Deauville is also an important reference in the record of these great champions (from August 15 to 28).

This year‘s Golden Cup winning team 2021, Los Dragones, will include young French hopeful Sam Sztarkmann (left) and Argentinean h5 Jota Chavanne (second from right). © Pascal Renauldon / R&B Presse

This year, these champions are called Diego Cavanagh (Brittany Polo), a handicap 9 who was seen last year in the great team of La Dolfina alongside Adolfo Cambiaso ; Rufino Bensadon (h7), who has grown up since his first international steps in Deauville and who competed in the Abierto in the colors of Chapaleufu II and who will play this year in Deauville in the grey and pink jersey of Talandracas alongside Juan-Martin Zubia (h8), who was in Palermo with La Ensenada. The new French team Tedelou relies on the Zavaleta family, brothers Simon and Ramiro and their cousin Juan-Gris (h8) who, in Palermo last December, also played for Chapaleufu II. Los Dragones, the title holders, will once again rely on Jota Chavanne (h5) as well as new team member Rodrigo Andrade (h8), who played the Abierto 2021 for La Dolfina Brava with Poroto Cambiaso. As for Mungo, Patrick Eisensteter renews his confidence in Pierre-Henri Ngoumou, the French handicap 6, and in the Argentine Tete Storni (h5), who won the title of Argentine Pato Champion (the original version of horse-ball) also in Palermo!

In addition to the much sought-after Gold Cup, the Barrière Deauville Polo Cup is organizing three other tournaments during the month of August: the Silver Cup (from 6 to 14 August), the Ladies Cup (from 10 to 13 August) and the Bronze Cup, which plays at a lower level, but is also highly coveted (from 15 to 27 August)! In short, a full program offering one to three daily games.

Ramiro Zavaleta (left) under the Barrière colours, will return this year to defend the jersey of a new French team, Tedelou, alongside his brother, Simon and his cousin, the h7 Juan-Gris, as well as the captain Isabelle Larenaudie. He will of course find Hugues Carmignac (right) in front of him. © Pascal Renauldon / R&B Presse

The Deauville International Polo Club loves the public and is a space open to all. Thus, access to the games is entirely free during the week. Only the finals and the weekend games are subject to a fee. Spectators are welcomed in a friendly village where it is possible to linger after the games, have a drink or do a little shopping in the stalls and even meet the players who are always accessible and eager to share their passion for their sport.

And to attract its public, polo knows how to get out of its confines and into the streets with the traditional parades through town on the eve of the finals, beach polo sessions at low tide or adorable demonstration games of kids-polo, where children on their ponies show their skills just before the finals.

Hence great sport but also an immersion into a welcoming milieu: when you stay in Deauville or in its marvelous surroundings of the Pays d‘Auge, a day at polo is a must and above all, a great moment of joy!

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21. Zürich International Polo Ladies Cup

13. August 2020

By Jan-Marie Kiesel. @polocommentaries

It was girls only at Polo Park Zurich‘s 21st International Ladies Tournament 8-9th August. 26 female players competing at two levels – the Challenge League, a chance for many to play their first competitive polo, and the Medium Goal League where two professional female players, Rebecca Walters UK +6 and Jeanine Hugo-Menendez SA +5, strengthened and directed their higher goal team mates.

Saturday

We were blessed with a sizzling, sun-drenched weekend and polo to match. Saturday‘s games saw the three teams in the Challenge League sorting themselves out and pushing for points in a Round Robin competition. Shiva Strub, youngest player of this tournament at only 15 years of age, opened up the scoring for her team, Princes de Venoge, who went into Sunday with 2 points, Team Jolies Filles and Team Grand Cru with 1 point each.

Sunday

On Sunday the spectators started to gather early for the first game of the Challenge League at 11:00. The Place Salon normally in Zug, was set up field side to tidy and style heat-dampened hair and ice buckets were filled with complementary drinks. The prize-giving table was weighed down with prizes and sponsor gifts. Team Princes de Venoge came onto the field displaying a well-earned confidence. Belen Podesta and Anja Gutbrod were a great combination. Assisted by Antonia Sturzeis/ Claudia Ide and their goal getter, Shiva Strub, this team came out on top of the Challenge League with Jolies Filles second and Grand Cru third. The Most Valuable Player in this league was awarded to young Shiva.

At 12:30 we were ready for the Medium Goal, the two sides escorted onto the field by luxury cars from Aston Martin and introduced to the swelling spectator crowd. The meeting between these two outstanding teams did not disappoint. The teams had had time to get to know each other and they gave an inspiring performance. Again Estée Lauder went into the lead and kept up their half goal advantage until half-time, but the third chukker was the game changer. Jeanine was on very fast ponies and seemed to be everywhere. Morgan van Overbroek +2 BE came out on her favourite pony, the 6 year old Torcacita, and the body language was determination. Beata Dudler +1CH on her special third chukker pony, Lucy, looked equally determined. A hard fight ahead! Annita Van der Hoeven +1NL caught the spirit and the four powered into this chukker catching Estée Lauder daydreaming for a split second. Rebecca called to her side and got Indira Krattiger BR sprinting down the field to help in defence with heavy ride-offs. Larissa Esser +1NL gave her team some cracking backhands but Team Aston Martin had caught a whiff of success and moved into the lead. At this point, Estée Lauder were running out of time. In the end, it was Aston Martin‘s day and they took the prize for first place at this 21st International Ladies Tournament. In this league, it was Beata Dudler who was awarded the prize for the Most Valuable Player.

Gifts for the Girls

It would be hard to beat a prize giving like this at Polo Park Zurich‘s 21st International Ladies Tournament. There were smiles all round as each player was presented with wine, cosmetics, gift vouchers and polo equipment. DJ Zoe heated up the music and as I left the field I could see all 26 female players enjoying a drink together with family and friends. Fabulous atmosphere. Polo Park Zurich has done it again.

Photos: ClickPolo – Guadalupe Aizaga

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