El Remanso Pony Club Polo Championships
The Cotswold Hunt, winners of Gannon receive The Daily Telegraph Trophy from Brigadier Justin Stanhope-White, Gannon Section Manager
being awarded the Catherine Yates Prize for the Most Promising All-Round Girl. “The Final between the Cotswold, last year’s Gannon winners, and Old Surrey and Burstow was a fitting Final played on Lawns 1. Cotswold Hunt gave 1½ goals to the
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Jaguar Trophy winners, The North Cotswold with Brigadier Justin Stanhope-White, Gannon Section Manager
opposition at the start and soon nullified this advantage with their trademark speed and team play. The stand out players of the Final were Tommy Severn for the Cotswold and Harry Hickmet for Old Surrey and Burstow. The Cotswold prevailed and their superior
team play saw them go through as worthy Gannon Winners for 2016 with Tommy Severn being awarded the SATS saddle for the Player of the Year, which he richly deserved.”
The History Behind the Pony Club Polo Section Names His good-natured artfulness, was a great success with the readership, and Surtees produced more Jorrocks novels in the same vein, notably Handley Cross, published in 1843, and Hillingdon Hall in 1845. Later he published a series of short stories called Hunting Tours of Surtees and Mr Jorrocks’ Thoughts on Hunting and Other Matters.
One of many illustrations from the Jorrocks’ series “There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse” Jorrocks, Surtees and Handley Cross These three sections are all derived from Robert Smith Surtees who was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer from the first half of the 19th Century. After a change in career from law to launching his own publication the New Sporting Magazine in the 1830s contributing the comic papers, which appeared as Jorrocks’ Jaunts and Jollities, which was published in 1838. The character Jorrocks, was a sporting cockney grocer.
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Langford Colonel Pat Langford was one of the seven recorded Chairmen of Pony Club Polo who held office from 1967 to 1976. During his Chairmanship the Championships were played at Kirtlington (1968) and Windsor (1971). Loriner The Worshipful Company of Loriners began their relationships with Pony Club Polo by presenting a trophy for the Under 16s in 1989. Rendell This section, introduced at the 1967 Championships held at Cirencester Park Polo Club, when the contest turned into a two day affair. The Rendell Cup was aimed
The Loriners Challenge Trophy first presented to the Pony Club by The Worshipful Company of Loriners in 1998
at youngsters under 18-years-old. The Rendell section is called after Frank Rendell, who was from the Worshipful Company of Loriners. He may have been Master of the Company at the time they presented a cup to the Pony Club. The Pony Club have Frank Rendell Cups in other areas and disciplines. Gannon Brigadier Jack Gannon, along with Major Claude Davenport kick-started Pony Club Polo as we now know it, with five branch teams playing a tournament in Aldershot on 8 September 1959 between New Forest, Hampshire Hunt, Old Berkshire, Staff College and Bisley Hunts. From 1967 the Cup was aimed at 18 to 21-year-olds.
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