The two King Power teams, patroned by brothers Top and Tal Srivaddhanaprabha, dominated the Cartier Queen’s Cup Finals on Sunday 14 June in Guards Polo Club, UK. King Power Foxes retained their unbeaten run in this 22-goal competition to receive the prestigious trophy from HM Queen Elizabeth. This victory, which went into extra time against a tough Dubai squad, was the second King Power win of the day. Earlier, King Power had won the subsidiary Cartier Trophy, also after extra time, a golden goal and an 11-10 score line. The packed grandstands at Guards Polo
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Club appreciated two such exciting games. Dubai dominated the early part of the main final, even though they were without their talisman, the 10-goaler Adolfo Cambiaso. He had not recovered from injuries sustained in the semi-finals and his place was taken by fellow 10-goaler Pablo MacDonough, who had played for the UAE Polo Team who, ironically, Dubai had knocked out in the semi-finals. A change of team did not seem to affect MacDonough though and he produced an outstanding performance for Dubai, scoring the majority of their goals and penalties. The young Englishman, Hugo Lewis, had
another strong game for King Power Foxes too and was rewarded with a massive cheer from the crowd when he went up to receive his winner’s prize, an elegant Cartier watch. Dubai patron, Rashid Albwardya, also played a great game and was instrumental on many occasions in keeping King Power Foxes at bay. This is no easy feat as Top Srivaddhanaprabha’s team features the 10goal Pieres boys, Facundo and Gonzalito. Although Dubai were up 7-5 at half-time, it seemed clear that this game was still very open and could go either way. Facundo Pieres, who was later named