SAN ROQUE, Tuesday, August 27, 2024 – Two teams that had had to decide their fate in
A penalty shootout but they cared little about the way they reached the semi-finals
of the Turkish Airlines Gold Cup of Medium Handicap. We are talking about Electric Polo and Amanara,
that despite not being the favorites in their respective duels, they took the victory and on Friday they
they will face each other for the title of the category.
In the first round, it was Amanara who secured a place in the final; it was after beating Brunei by 10
to 8 after two goals from Lorenzo Chavanne when the match was tied at 8 and each time
The chance to go to an extra chukker seemed closer. In the second of the semi-finals,
Electric knew how to bide its moment, it overcame several disadvantages throughout the war, until
reaching the last two chukkers, where he was at his best to beat John Smith 12 to 8.
There was also action for the Low Handicap, where the victories of La Capilla and 1896 Polo, over
Grupo Mendizábal and C. H. Kazuki, respectively, led to a three-way tie in Zone B. In this way,
On Wednesday morning, the teams will have to face each other in a penalty shootout.
de La Capilla, Grupo Mendizábal and 1896 Polo to determine who are those who accompany
Calatagan and Polothanda to the semifinals, which will be on Thursday afternoon.
The 53rd Andalusia International Polo Tournament takes place between the 3 playing fields of Ayala Polo
Club and the 4 that Ayala owns Los Pinos Headquarters, and is disputed in 3 polo categories: High Handicap
(20-22 Goals), Medium Handicap (12-14 Goals) and Low Handicap (6-8 Goals).
The detail of the day of the Turkish Airlines Gold Cup played on Tuesday, August 27 was the
following:
MEDIUM HANDICAP
SEMIFINAL #1 COPA DE ORO TURKISH AIRLINES: AMANARA 10-8 BRUNEI
AMANARA: Nicky Sen 0, Pedro Chavanne 2, Lorenzo Chavanne 5, Santiago Chavanne 7. Total: 14.
BRUNEI: Bahar Jefri 1, Benicio Castagnola 0, Tomás Fernández Llorente 7, Matías Mac Donough (h) 6.
Total: 14.
Judges: Esteban Ferrari & Guillermo Villanueva. Referee: Santos Anca.
SEMIFINAL #2 COPA DE ORO TURKISH AIRLINES: ELECTRIC POLO 12-8 JOHN SMITH
ELECTRIC POLO: Sarah Braune 0, Francisco Crotto 4, Felix Esaín 6, Tomás Willans 4. Total: 14.
JOHN SMITH: Gabriel Aguirre 0, Nicolás Álvarez 2, Rosendo Torreguitar 5, Alejandro Muzzio 7. Total:
14.
Judges: Nicolás Scortichini & Federico Martelli. Referee: Martín Goti.