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A C T I O N
Opposite:
Adolfo Cambiaso speaks
with Her Majesty The Queen
This page:
Adolfo Cambiaso in flight.
Below:
Poroto Cambiaso turns the ball
much to the delight of the packed
grandstands and the new sponsor’s VIP
guests. Jeronimo del Carril in particular had
a strong game for Park Place on this day –
but La Dolfina led 2–0 after the first chukka
and never relinquished this advantage.
This is the second time Cambiaso Snr
has won the UK’s leading 15-goal trophy –
he was a member of Ric Stowe’s victorious
Geebung team in 2000. No stranger to the
big occasion, he was more than happy
to share the limelight though. Firstly, he
encouraged Valiente patron Bob Jornayvaz,
who had watched this final from the
sidelines, to step forward to receive the
historic trophy from Her Majesty The
Queen and Mr Haruhiko Doi and Mr David
Matsumoto of Out-Sourcing Inc. Then
Cambiaso Snr watched the tournament’s top
goal scorer Poroto (with 34 goals) receive the
Most Valuable Player prize – an impressive
model of a suit of Samurai armour – from
HM The Queen. Meanwhile, Cambiaso Snr’s
Cruiser, a seven-year-old mare, which had
been owned by Ros Packer, was named the
Out-Sourcing Inc Best Playing Pony.
Earlier in the day a sprinkle of Hollywood
glamour was added to the subsidiary
Mountbatten Cup Final. Actor Susan
Sarandon, a guest of Out-Sourcing for the
day, joined Lady Tatiana Mountbatten and
Out-Sourcing’s Mr Kazuhiko Suzuki to
present András Tombor’s Bardon with this
prestigious subsidiary cup. Bardon had
beaten Romilla Arber’s Four Quarters Black
11–6 in another fast-paced match.
As is tradition, the day concluded with
an elegant carriage-driving parade on The
Queen’s Ground. HM The Queen and His
Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, the
President of Guards Polo Club and a former
carriage driver himself, presented rosettes to
the winning partnerships.
A LT H O U G H MU C H F O C U S WA S O N T H E
C A MB I A S O B O Y S , L A D O L F I N A ’ S K I A N
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