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Opposite:
MVP Lucas Monteverde Jr with a perfect neck
shot as Will Emerson looks on.
This page, from left:
David
Matsumoto, Lucas Monteverde Jr and Her Majesty
Mountbatten Cup, was equally hard fought.
Andras Tombor’s Bardon retained the Cup,
defeating Tunde Karim’s Shoreline 8-5 in the
morning match. Alexandra Mountbatten was
joined by film and TV star Gillian Anderson
and the sponsor’s Kazuhiko Suzuki to
present the prizes.
This is Out-Sourcing! Inc.’s second year
of sponsorship, bringing a hint of Japan to
Guards Polo Club, and highlighting the
Royal Windsor Cup in the UK calendar.
In addition, Out-Sourcing! Inc. expanded
its support this year by sponsoring a team.
The OS Challengers, featuring Nina Clarkin,
James Emlyn, Mark Tomlinson and Nico
Antinori, played three 15-goal tournaments,
including the Royal Windsor Cup. Incredibly
they reached the final of two of them – the
La Martina Queen Elizabeth The Queen
Mother’s Centenary Trophy and the Coworth
Park Challenge – and the semi-finals of the
Out-Sourcing! Inc. Royal Windsor Cup.
The annual carriage driving parade usually
concludes this tournament, but this year, in
recognition of the 150th anniversary of the
start of polo in the UK, an additional match
was scheduled. This featured a visiting
PoloAfrica team, highlighting the work of the
South African charity, which uses polo as
a tool to help disadvantaged adults and
children. Playing for the Churchill Cup, the
visiting team battled for all four chukkas, but
lost 4-3 to a Spillers Polo150 team, made up
of military polo players.
Two other charities that use polo and
horses to help disadvantaged children –
the Power of Polo and Ebony Horse Club,
of Brixton – had an invaluable opportunity
to showcase their work with some matches
on semi-finals day. An appreciated addition
to the tournament’s agenda, which firmly
highlights David Matsumoto’s philanthropic
focus for both the game and the wider polo
community worldwide.
