Catch all the Emirates Open 2015 action on Hurlingham Polo TV
By Victoria Elsbury-Legg
The 14th Emirates Open is under way in Abu Dhabi at the Ghantoot Racing & Polo Club, which was founded by the late President, His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and today is under the patronage of his son, His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nayhan. All matches take place with a spectacular 300 hectares of grassland as a backdrop, alongside world-class stabling and polo and equestrian facilities and a colonial-style clubhouse, all within 40 minutes of Abu Dhabi city centre.
Eight teams have entered into this year’s tournament: Ghantoot Albasti, Habtoor, UAE, Ahu Dhabi, Bin Drai, Edrees, Desert Palm and Zedan. Playing alongside the patrons include top Argentine pros Pablo MacDonough, Lucas Monteverde and Alejandro Muzzio. The tournament started on March 20th with all eyes are on which teams will be playing on the finals day on April 3rd and not only lifting the trophies skywards, but also sharing the U$S 400,000 of prize money which is to be split between the top teams.
All matches will be shown live on Polo TV at www.hurlinghampolo.com via a livestream from PoloCam. If you’ve missed any of the on pitch polo action to date replays are also available on the Hurlingham Polo site.
SCHEDULE
Friday 20th March
3.30pm Zedan 11 v 8 Edrees
5.30pm Desert Palm 8 v 9 UAE
Sunday 22nd March
3.30pm Bin Dari 10 v 6 Abu Dhabi
5.30pm Ghantoot 14 v 9 Habtoor
Monday 23rd March
4.30pm Zedan 10 v 7 Desert Palm
Tuesday 24th March
4.30pm UAE 6 v 7 Edrees
Wednesday 25th March
4.30pm Bin Dari 7 v 6 Habtoor
Thursday 26th March
3.30pm Zedan v UAE
5.50pm Desert Palm v Edrees
Saturday 28th March
4.30pm Ghantoot v Bin Drai
Monday 30th March
3.30pm 3rd zone A v 4th zone B
5.30pm 4th zone A v 3rd zone B
Tuesday 31st March
3.30pm 1st zone A v 2nd zone B
5.30pm 2nd zone A v 1st zone B
Thursday 2nd April
3.30pm Subsidiary Final v Subsidiary Final
Friday 3rd April
2pm 3rd & 4th v 3rd & 4th
4pm Grand Final v Grand Final
TEAMS
Zone A
ZEDAN
1 AMER ZEDAN 0
2 MARTIN GANDARA 4
3 FACUNDO F. LLORENTE 4
4 PABLO M. DONOUGH 10
TOTAL 18
DESERT PALM
1 RASHID ALBWARDY 2
2 FACUNDO CASTAGNOLA 6
3 SANTIAGO LABORDE 6
4 MARTIN VALENT 4
TOTAL 18
UAE
1 HH SHEIKHA MAITHA 0
2 PELAYO BERAZADI 4
3 IGNACIO ACUNA 5
4 LUCAS MONTEVERDE 9
TOTAL 18
EDREES
1 SULTAN EDREES 0
2 PABLO LLORENTE 6
3 JUAN R.GUINAZU 7
4 PIERRE H. NGOUMOU 5
TOTAL 18
Zone B
GHANTOOT ALBASTI
1 YOUSAF BIN DESMAL 0
2 FELIPE LLORENTE 3
3 JUAN ZAVALETA 7
4 ALEJANDRO MUZZIO 8
TOTAL 18
BIN DRAI
1 SAEED BIN DRAI 0
2 AGUSTIN CANALE 6
3 MANUEL F. LLORENTE 6
4 RAUL LAPLACETTE 6
TOTAL 18
HABTOOR
1 HABTOOR AL HABTOOR 1
2 GUY GIBRAT 5
3 SANTIAGO CERNADAS 6
4 GUILLERMO CUITINO 6
TOTAL 18
ABU DHABI
1 FARIS AL YABOUNI 0
2 FELIPE FERRARIO 4
3 HUGO BARABUCCI 6
4 ALFREDO CAPELLA 7
TOTAL 17