Reports
The Bledisloe Warwickshire Cup, Cirencester Park Polo Club
Victorious Apes Hill Club
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Apes Hill Club have made a mark as they return to the UK high goal scene exactly forty years ago with his team San Flamingo. His line-up then featured Howard Hipwood, Alan Scherer and Ronnie Driver. Naturally, Sir Charles was delighted to finally get his hands on The Bledisloe Warwickshire Cup. Later in the afternoon the match card featured the Casablanca Ladies’ High Goal Exhibition. The girls played under their new ladies’ handicaps. The match ended with a win for Cirencester Polo over Coombe Farm Wines with a final score of 4½-3. T he Bledisloe Warwickshire Cup; Sunday 21 June; Cirencester Park Polo Club Result: Apes Hill Club beat HB Polo, 8-6 Apes Hill Club (22): Ralph Richardson 1; Eduardo Novillo Astrada 9; Mark Tomlinson 6; Tom Morley 6 HB Polo (20): Ludovic Pailloncy 1; Ignacio Toccalino 8; Christian Laprida 8; Sebastian Pailloncy 3 The Most Valuable Player: Mark Tomlinson Best Playing Pony: Milly, owned and played by Mark Tomlinson
The Casablanca Ladies’ High Goal teams
Casablanca Ladies’ High Goal teams; Sunday 21 June; Cirencester Park Polo Club Result: Cirencester Polo beat Coombe Farm Wines, 4½-3 Cirencester Polo (26): Lucy Taylor 4; Izzy Parsons 6; Nina Clarkin 9; Sarah Wiseman 7 Coombe Farm Wines (27): Emma Wood 6; Tamara Fox 6; Lia Salvo 9; Annabel McNaught Davies 6
Photography by John Hankin
alcyon Gallery reigned supreme for three years until Sunday 21 June, when The Bledisloe Warwickshire Cup was handed over to Apes Hill Club, an all-pro team with each teammate also holding a British passport. The 22 goal team beat HB Polo, 8-6 to take the trophy. HB Polo fielded a 20 goal team so started with a 2 goal handicap start on the board. However, Apes Hill Club, confident after a comfortable win over Thai Polo in the Semi Finals, made a very strong start and closed the gap to level the scores to 2-2 by the end of the first chukka. Apes Hill Club went on to take an early lead and by the end of the second chukka they had managed another goal to make it 3-2 in their favour. HB Polo were very determined, and didn’t let Apes Hill Club get too far away, but they could never quite catch them. Mark Tomlinson who was named Most Valuable Player for his pivotal influence on the final score explained, “It was a very close game and HB Polo fought hard throughout.” This was a great result for Apes Hill Club and their patron, Sir Charles Williams who won the Bathurst Cup, the Subsidiary to The Warwickshire,
Sir Charles Williams raises The Bledisloe Warwickshire Cup
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Polo Times, July 2015
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