SAN ROQUE, Monday, August 26, 2024 – This Monday’s session left as the main balance
four new semi-finalists in the Turkish Airlines Gold Cup, although in different categories of
polo, and with the semifinalists of the High Handicap defined on Sunday. In the Medium Handicap,
the next in terms of valuation, the Electric Polo and
Amanara after having won the penalty shootout in which Jolly Roger also participated. Like this
on Tuesday, Amanara will face Brunei and Electric Polo will face John Smith for a place in the final.
As for the Low Handicap, this Monday Zone A concluded with the victories of Polo Valley and
Calatagan against Polothanda and Essso, respectively. In this way, Polothanda was left as
winner of the Zone and Calatagan as second, so both access the semifinals of the Cup
Turkish Airlines Gold Medal, while Polo Valley and Essso will continue their journey in the Lacoste Cup. The
Tuesday the other semifinalists of the category will be defined after the day that will face
Grupo Mendizábal with La Capilla and C. H. Kazuki with 1896 Polo.
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 Monday, August 26, was the
following:
LOW HANDICAP
POLO VALLEY 11-6 POLOTHANDA
POLO VALLEY: Anne Maria Czekaj -1, Chris Byrne 0, Patricio Neves 4, Jimbo Fewster 5. Total: 8.
POLOTHANDA: María Curtichs -1, Ramón Pepa 0, Patricio Cieza 5, Ezequiel Zubiaurre 4. Total: 8.
Judges: Julian Appleby & Guillermo Villanueva. Referee: José Ignacio Araya.
CALATAGAN 12-4 ESSSO
CALATAGAN: Gabriel Aguirre (h) -1, Nicolás Tomasevich 1, Tomás Delfino 4, Bautista Bello 4. Total: 8.
ESSSO: Elliot Gallienne -1, Ian Gallienne 0, Rosendo Torreguitar 5, Cristian Bernal 4. Total: 8.
Judges: Martín Goti & Federico Martelli. Referee: Esteban Ferrari.
The Turkish Airlines Gold Cup will continue on Tuesday, August 27, with the following order of
game:
10:00 a.m., Low Handicap, Court 3 of Ayala Polo Club: La Capilla vs. Grupo Mendizábal
10:30 a.m., Bajo Handicap, Court 1 of Ayala Polo Club: C. H. Kazuki vs. 1896 Polo
5:00 p.m., Semifinal #1 Turkish Airlines Gold Cup Medium Handicap, Court 2 of Ayala Venue
Los Pinos: Amanara vs. Brunei
6:30 p.m., Semifinal #2 Turkish Airlines Gold Cup Medium Handicap, Court 4 of Ayala Venue
Los Pinos: John Smith vs. Electric Polo