CALATAGAN AND DOS LUNAS, TO THE SEMIFINALS OF THE HIGH Goal GOLD CUP
SAN ROQUE, Saturday, August 23, 2025 – Calatagan and Dos Lunas booked their ticket to the semifinals of the High Handicap Gold Cup this Saturday after the completion of Zone 1 of the competition. The Gold Cup is the third stop of the 54th International Polo Tournament. The competition is divided into three levels: High (20-22 goals), Medium (12-14 goals) and Low Handicap (6-8 goals).
For the definition of Zone 1 of the High Handicap Gold Cup, it was determined that the matches that Dos Lunas against Calatagan and MB Polo Team against Black Bears were to hold would take place simultaneously. Thus, after Calatagan’s 12-7 victory, and Black Bears’ victory in extra chukker 13-12 with a goal by Tomás Panelo, Zone 1 was made up of Calatagan and Dos Lunas at the top of the standings, so they became the semifinalists from this Group.
On Sunday, the action for the High Handicap will resume, with the last date of Zone 2. There, at the top of the standings is Amanara, who will face La Dolfina Herederos del Marqués de Riscal, who has one win and 1 loss. At the same time, Les Lions / Sainte Mesme -1 win and 1 loss- and Whizmo -2 losses- will play.
HIGH HANDICAP ZONE 2 – POSSIBILITIES:
-If Amanara and Les Lions / Sainte Mesme win: Amanara will finish in first position and Les Lions / Sainte Mesme will be second.
-If Amanara and Whizmo win: Amanara will finish first and there will be a three-way tie in second place, which will result in a penalty shootout between La Dolfina Herederos del Marqués de Riscal, Whizmo and Les Lions / Sainte Mesme to define the second semifinalist of the Zone.
-If La Dolfina Herederos del Marqués de Riscal and Les Lions / Sainte Mesme win: There will be a three-way tie in the first position, which will result in a penalty shootout between Amanara, La Dolfina Herederos del Marqués de Riscal and Les Lions / Sainte Mesme to define the two semi-finalists of the Zone.
-If La Dolfina Herederos del Marqués de Riscal and Whizmo win: La Dolfina Herederos del Marqués de Riscal will finish in first position and Amanara will be second.
On the other hand, on Sunday it will be defined who is the fourth semifinalist of the Medium Handicap when John Smith and Santa Quiteria / Mondragón face each other. Whoever wins will join the batch that already includes Muda IZ Polo, Brunei Polo Team and Electric Polo.
Admission to all the days of the 54th International Polo Tournament, both at Ayala Polo Club and at Ayala Los Pinos Headquarters, is free of charge. In addition, VIP Passes can be purchased for an exclusive experience throughout the event.
54TH INTERNATIONAL POLO TOURNAMENT:
BIONESTA PHARMACEUTICALS BRONZE CUP: July 28 – August 2 TERRALPA SILVER CUP: August 4 – 16
GOLD CUP: August 18 – 30
The detail of the day of Saturday, August 23 of the Sotogrande Gold Cup was as follows:
ALTO HÁNDICAP
CALATAGAN 12-7 DOS LUNAS
CALATAGAN: Marti Romualdez 0, Alejandro Muzzio 7, Pablo Pieres 9, Santiago Laborde 6. Total: 22.
DOS LUNAS: Dante Castagnola 3, Martín Iturraspe 4, Antonio Heguy 7, Isidro Strada 7. Total: 21.
Judges: Guillermo Villanueva & Nicolás Scortichini. Arbitrator: Martín Goti.
BLACK BEARS 13-12 MB POLO TEAM
BLACK BEARS: Guy Schwarzenbach 2, Rufino Merlos 4, Rufino Bensadon 7, Tomás Panelo 9. Total: 22.
MB POLO TEAM: Bahar Jefri 1, Tomás Delfino 4, Lucas Monteverde (n) 8, Pablo Mac Donough 9. Total: 22.
Judges: Julian Appleby & Federico Martelli. Arbitrator: José Ignacio Araya.
BAJO HÁNDICAP
1896 ADRENALINE 9-7 THE CHAPEL
1896 ADRENALINE: Ahmed Kadiri -1, Martijn Van Scherpenzeel 1, Segundo Fernández Llorente 5, Nicolás Ruiz Guiñazú 3. Total: 8.
THE CHAPEL: Guy Charloux 0, Estanislao Grahn 3, Mario Gómez 3, Gaetan Charloux 2. Total: 8.
Judges: Martín Goti & Esteban Ferrari. Arbitrator: Guillermo Villanueva.
ESSSO 10-7 POLO VALLEY
ESSSO: Elliot Gallienne -1, Ian Gallienne 0, Martín Di Paola 3, Pablo Llorente 6. Total: 8.
POLO VALLEY: Ivan Romanovsky -1, Charles Stagnetto 0, Jimbo Fewster 5, Mateo Lalor 4. Total: 8.
Judges: José Ignacio Araya & Rafael Silva. Arbitrator: Nicolás Scortichini.
The Sotogrande Gold Cup will continue on Sunday, August 24, with the following order of play:
11:00 a.m., Medium Handicap, Court 2 of Los Pinos: John Smith vs. Santa Quiteria / Mondragón
6:30 p.m., High Handicap, Court 4 of Los Pinos: Les Lions / Sainte Mesme vs. Whizmo
6:30 p.m., High Handicap, Court 3 of Los Pinos: Amanara vs. La Dolfina Heirs of the Marquis of Riscal