Guards Polo Club unveils Cartier Queen’s Cup teams
Fifteen teams have entered the 2014 Cartier Queen’s Cup competition at Guards Polo Club. There are some new names in the list, including Texan John Muse and his Lucchese team. Other patrons dipping their toe into the high-goal water for the first time are Hilali Noordeen and his Sifani Polo Team and Vichai Srivaddhanprabha’s King Power squad. The Fox and Hounds team is also a new line up for this season, featuring four young British professional players who are supported by Haim Perry’s Fox and Hounds Restaurant and Bar, located adjacent to Guards Polo Club at Bishopsgate entrance to Windsor Great Park.
Lyndon Lea’s Zacara squad is returning to this competition, sponsored by Cartier for the third time, to defend their title and once again will feature the 10-goal skills of Facundo Pieres. Facundo is one of six 10-goalers competing in this tournament and other members of this elite club are Facundo’s older brother Gonzalito, who is playing for King Power, Juan Martin Nero (Talandracas); David Stirling (El Remanso), Adolfo Cambiaso (Dubai) and Pablo MacDonough (UAE Polo Team).
The draw for this 22-goal competition takes place next Tuesday (13 May) at Guards Polo Club and the first matches start a week later, on 20 May. The final will be played at Guards Polo Club on Sunday 15 June, historically played in the presence of HM The Queen.
Cartier Queen’s Cup Teams 2014
Black Bears: Guy Schwarzenbach (2); Facundo Sola (8); John Paul Clarkin (8); Patrick O’Dwyer (4).
Cortium Sports: Francisco Elizalde (7); Salvador Ulloa (7); Tomas Garcia del Rio (7); Adrian Kirby (1).
Dubai: Rashid Albwardy (2); Alastair Paterson (3); Adolfo Cambiaso (10); Diego Cavanagh (7).
EFG Bank Aravali: Jaime Garcia Huidobro (8); Alejandro Muzzio (7); Joaquin Pittaluga (7); Karan Thapar (0).
Enigma: Jerome Wirth (1); Chris Mackenzie (5); Guillermo Caset (9); Guillermo Willington (7).
El Remanso: TBA (0); Charlie Hanbury (4); David Stirling (10); Guillermo Terrera (8).
Fox and Hounds: Max Routledge (5); George Meyrick (6); Jack Richardson (5); Tom Morley (6).
HB Polo: Ludovic Pailloncy (1); Ignacio Toccalino (8); Pite Merlos (8); Sebastien Pailloncy (3).
King Power: “Top” Srivaddhanaprabha (0); Pablo Llorente (5); Gonzalito Pieres (10); Marcos di Paola (7).
Lucchese: John Muse (0); Lucas James (7); Nico Pieres (8); Luke Tomlinson (7)
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Sifani: Hilali Noordeen (0); Matias Torres Zavaleta (7); Nic Roldan (8); Juan Ambroggio (7).
Talandracas: Edouard Carmignac (0); Juan Martin Nero (10); Polito Pieres (8); Santiago Stirling (4).
Twelve Oaks Estate: Juan Gris Zavaleta (7); Cristian Laprida (8); Ignacio Laprida (7); Stefano Marsaglia (0).
UAE Polo Team: Maitha Al Maktoum (0); Lucas Monteverde (8); Pablo MacDonough (10); Ollie Cudmore (4).
Zacara: Facundo Pieres (10); Lyndon Lea (1); Gonzalo Deltour (7); Matt Perry (4).