Teams Engel & Völkers & Valartis Bank are competing in the final
Kitzbühel (POLO+10 –16/01/2016) – After tight, competitive and demanding chukkas this Saturday, teams Engel & Völkers & Valartis Bank are competing in the tomorrow’s final.
The first match of the day between team Istra Domizil/Blackdove and Engel & Völkers ended up with a clear result of 5.5-9. The English team Engel & Völkers with 8-goaler Johnny Good had lost on Friday with only half a goal. Today the English featured an effective team play and left no chance for last year’s winners Sebastian Schneberger and Philip de Groot who did win on Friday as the only team with a double-digit result. Engel & Völkers with Johnny Good, Katrina Thomas und Alec Banner-Eve are fixed as the first finalist for tomorrow.
In the second game teams Audi versus Valartis Bank did not even give a millimeter of space for free to the opponent. While the audience witnessed a very tight game it started snowing. For team Valartis Bank now Bash Kazi played and shared a position with Omar Magalje. He applied good actions to the game. Valartis Bank-playmaker and 8-goaler Pelon Escapite set team Audi with Patrick Maleitzke, Horacio Fernandez Llorente and Magnus Kaminiarz under pressure. Without success. Patrick Maleitzke was everywhere and built up a continuous and powerful defence and offence. An extremely tight and thrilling match with two failed penalties which could have meant the win for team Audi. In the end team Valartis Bank defeated Audi by 8-7.5 and is going to be participant in the final.
Teams KCC/Gym Entry and Bernd Gruber met as the last game of the day. Until the fourth chukka Thomas Winter, Wolfram Trudo Knoefel and Agustin Kronhaus led by 7.5-4 against team Bernd Gruber with the two polo Amazons Steffi von Pock and Eva Brühl. But their teammate from Argentina Adrian Laplacette did not let it go and caught up to a score of 9.5-8, though in the end this did not suffice to contest team KCC / Gym Entry’s victory. Thomas Winter, KCC/Gym Entry: “The game today was very even and tight and was a lot of fun. In the third chukka we were half on the way into the final, but we did not make it at the end.”
Commentator Jan-Erik Franck: “The tournament and level of the teams are extremely even this year. We have very tight results. Of course that makes it exciting.” As a matter of fact teams Istra Domizil/Blackdove and Bernd Gruber were equally in all aspects of results so Umpire Mark Holmes decided to toss a coin regarding the match for the third place tomorrow.
Results:
Friday, 15th January
12.00 pm
Bernd Gruber : Engel & Völkers 7.5-7
1.30 pm
KCC/GymEntry : Valartis Bank 5.5-7
3.00 pm
Audi : Istra Domizil/Blackdove 7.5-10
Saturday, 16th January
11.00 am
Engel & Völkers : Istra Domizil/Blackdove 9-5.5
12.30 pm
Valartis Bank : Audi 8-7.5
2.00 pm
KCC/GymEntry : Bernd Gruber 9.5-8
These are the matches for the finals on Sunday:
Sunday, 17th January
11.00 am
Match for fifth place
Audi : Bernd Gruber
12.30 pm
Match for third place (after tossing a coin)
KCC/Gym Entry : Istra Domizil/Blackdove
2.00 pm
Final match
Valartis Bank : Engel & Völkers
Program:
