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The Jorrocks Championships were highly privileged in that Kenney Jones gave them the number one ground at Hurtwood Park. Sadly only 12 teams availed themselves of the privilege. For the Old Berks team it was a dream tournament. They had failed to score in any of their previous matches, and when they slotted in two goals in their opening chukka their supporters’ cheers must have been audible in Guildford: on top of that they won the Texaco Trophy for the best turned out team. The Beaufort Buff team gave an admirable example of supporting play. Daphne Schrager, riding Harry, a 41-year-old veteran (see page 66), also had the chance to score her first goal and was promised a financial reward if she did. The team got the ball into the goal-mouth, then as they all took a man they shouted: “Hit it, Daphne!” She got her goal and her reward. There were two outstanding teams, the Tiverton and the Cotswold Foxes, who had shared the previous tournaments between them. They met unbeaten for the last match, and no goals were scored until the last three minutes when the heavens opened. Being trained at Longdole, the
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Cotswold were quite used to impossible weather, and first Tom Severn and then Dominic Lodge literally rowed through to clinch victory. The Rupert Thorneloe Cup for the most promising 10-year-old was won by Toby Addison of the Old Surrey and Burstow (OS&B).
Handley Cross – under 14s; “fluffies” only; one-chukka polo The eight teams that qualified for Cowdray were so equal that they were not separated into divisions until Sunday. The top two slots were filled by the Beaufort and the Devon and Somerset (D&S). In the first of their two chukkas Hannah Parry Jones opened the scoring for the D&S with a shot from the acutest of angles. The Beaufort number three, Plum Schrager, replied by taking the ball from the lineout and leaving it for Mali Gravell to put through. Then Plum received a hard blow on the wrist of her stick hand. She bravely continued without a stick, totally neutralising the talented Tom Dalton-Morgan, but on medical advice did not play the second chukka on Lawns Two. This was largely conducted in the Beaufort’s half with little open play, and in the last minute the ball came X
Jorrocks I winners, Cotswold Foxes (l-r): Tamara Gibbons, Tom Severn, Oscar Luard, Dominic Lodge
Jorrocks II winners, Beaufort Blue: Freddie Joderell, Willa Gravell, Milo Sweet, Jasmine Stanhope-White
Jorrocks III winners, Beaufort Buff: Daphne Schrager, Charlotte Walker, Hal Pitman, Sophie Shepherd
Handley Cross I winners the D&S: Tatiana Renfold, Tom Dalton-Morgan, Tilly Fitzwilliams, Hannah Perry-Jones
Handley Cross II winners Cotswold with Pony Club chairman Cherry Mitchell: Patrick de Barros, Richard St Pierre, Hector Chamberlain, Edward de Barros
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