Three more games on day 11 with teams already looking ahead to next weekend’s knockout quarter-finals.
Match 1:
First up today was a good game at Les Lions between Sanjay Kapur’s Aureus and Marty Romualdez’s Calatagan LL. Both teams have notched up one win and one loss and so there was a lot at stake today. Creating a two-win cushion going into their final match would be invaluable. Calatagan LL looked like they might have this in the bag as they led going into every chukka. However the Panelo brothers, Tomy and Benjamin had other ideas. Some great team-work between them in the sixth chukka brought Aureus level. Then with just under a minute left to play Tomas Panelo fired through a penalty to win the game 12-11 for Aureus.
Match 2:
Next up was a more clear-cut affair between La Magdeleine and White Crane on The Queen’s Ground at Guards Polo Club. Both teams were looking for their first win. White Crane dominated this game with the 17-year-old Lorenzo Chavanne delivering some impressive play. With the 10-goaler Pablo Pieres in support, Alexie Calvert-Ansari’s team were unstoppable today. They had built up a three-goal lead after the first chukka and just kept pushing. La Magdeleine tried to get themselves back on terms but struggled to convert some good polo into goals.
Match 3:
The high-goal show moved to Noel Farm to close the day’s action. This was a slow game between the unbeaten King Power team, with Henry Lunn subbing for patron Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, in action against Sebastien Aguettant’s Kazak team, who were hunting down their first win in this, their first season. These teams were all square, 4-4, at half time and again (6-6) after the fifth. It was Kazak that pulled away in the sixth to win this match 8-6. Fran Elizalde, who had an outstanding game for Kazak, scored the only goals in this final chukka to ensure it was his side that ruled the day.
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Image credit Pablo Ramirez
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