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A triumphant Coxwell with their Committee Cup and Polo Times’ very own Tilda Woodd sporting the number one shirt
CROWDS WERE TREATED to bright sunshine on Meadow at Cirencester Park Polo Club on Sunday 5 June when Coxwell won the Committee Cup Final. The match started well for Noon Giraffe who led by the first chukka, but Coxwell soon replied to level the score to 2-2 by half-time. The following chukkas saw Coxwell put the pressure on Noon Giraffe with goals from Rupert Lewis, and the final score reading 6-3. The Syreford Plate was claimed by Foxcote Manor after an impressive final chukka, bringing the score from 5-4 in the 3rd chukka to 10-4 by the time the final bell rang against Syreford.
Westcroft Park Womens Nationals THE WOMEN’S NATIONAL Tournament will now be run over two weeks, from 9 August finishing with Finals on 20 – 21 of August.
Jubilation for Ray Fine
Photograph courtesy of Cowdray Park Polo Club
Photograph courtesy of Cirencester Park Polo Club
Coxwell Win Committee Cup
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Winners, Ray Fine’s Sea Breeze with Nick Ferrier, Director of Jackson Stops’ Midhurst Office
THE 6 GOAL Jackson Stops Jubilee Cup had an entry of nine teams with Alcedo and Sea Breeze facing each other in the Final on Sunday 22 May. Sea Breeze were first away with the ball and in no time Nick Pepper had scored the first goal. Nick Clague claimed the ball from the throw-in, but Pepper stole it and passed to the 14-year-old Will Harper who took it all the way to the goal for 2-0. The opening chukka set the tone for the rest of the game. The remaining play continued to be very much in Sea Breeze’s favour, with interaction again between Podesta and Pepper enabling another goal by Pepper to seal the victory for Ray Fine at 8-5. Nick Ferrier, Director of Jackson Stops’ Midhurst Office, presented the Jackson Stops Jubilee Cup to Ray Fine and prizes to the players. The Best Playing Pony was judged to be Sombrero, owned by Clare Milford Haven and played by Bautista Sorsana. In the Subsidiary Final of the Jackson Stops Jubilee Cup, Parke Bradley’s Silver Fox side beat Laura-Valentina Schiebel’s team Schiebel, 4-3.
Cowdray’s Cicero Cup
Photograph courtesy of Cowdray Park Polo Club
Simon Arber’s Four Quarters Orange and Guy Schwarzenbach’s Black Bears made it to the Final of the 15 goal Cicero Cup on Saturday 21 May. Playing alongside Simon Arber were Jonny Good (4) at number two, Benjamin Urqiuza (5) at three and Malcolm Borwick (6) at back. Black Bears’ 1 goal patron played up front, with James Lester (3) at two, Max Charlton (7) at three and Juan Cruz Merlos (4) at back. Both teams were evenly matched and by half-time the score was 5-5. Four Quarters Orange took the lead 7-5 at the end of the fourth. But the final chukka was a fight to the end and Black Bears managed to prevent Four Quarters scoring in the remaining minute to hold onto their 8-7 lead and victory. Lila Pearson presented the Cicero Cup to Guy Schwarzenbach and prizes to both teams. The Best Playing Pony award went to Jess, owned by Sue McIntyre and played by James Lester. In the Subsidiary Final, Chris Mathias’s Clarita beat Gales 7-6. Lila Pearson with Cicero Cup winners Black Bears
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