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MATIAS CALLEJO
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The high-goal and low-goal tournaments marked the end of a thrilling
season at the Polo Club Saint-Tropez, says Jemima Wilson
As an incredible season came to an end
at Polo Club Saint-Tropez, the Open du
Soleil 2017 proclaimed two winners.
ALF Investments won the high-goal
ADS Securities Cup and Amanara raised
the low-goal Argentina Food Polo Cup.
The final of the high-goal tournament
was a spectacular match, with ALFI’s Scott
Wood (0) – standing in for Alshair Fiyaz –
Hugo Taylor (1), Joaquín Pittaluga (7) and
Pablo ‘Polito’ Pieres (9) prevailing over EFG
Aravali’s Karan Thapar (0), Ignacio Kennedy
(4), Bautista Ortiz de Urbina (7), and Jaime
Garcia Huidobro (7). They played a good
last chukka by putting the pressure on
EFG in the final seven minutes. In the fourth
chukka, EFG was leading with a difference
of 1½ points, but ALFI shot an efficient
8½–8 in the last chukka to win. Pieres
was named Most Valuable Player and Best
Playing Pony went to his mount, Rusita.
‘I first came to Saint-Tropez six years
ago, but this year Polito called me at the
beginning of August and invited me to play
with him and ALFI,’ said Pittaluga. ‘We
had played together when we were kids.
The season was an amazing experience.’
A spokesperson for the title sponsor,
ADS Securities, said, ‘Every year the Polo
Club Saint-Tropez improves its facilities
and the quality of its tournaments.
Philippe Ghanem, CEO of ADS Securities,
is committed to supporting the development
of the club. The ADS Securities Open du
Soleil is now in its third year and the venue
is becoming an important part of the firm’s
commitment to client hospitality.’
Los Nocheros played Amanara in
the Open du Soleil low-goal tournament,
