Sotogrande – low and medium goal 2015
By Victoria Elsbury-Legg
With Wednesday came the start of the Bronze Low Goal at the Santa Maria Polo Club in Sotogrande, featuring several very familiar faces from Guards Polo Club, as Clare and Chris Mathias, Juan Cruz Merlos and Freddie Horne – team Clarita headed for the pitches of Sotogrande, winning the opening Bronze Cup game of the season 11 – 8 GSA. In other low goal matches on the opening day, Mahra Polo Team beat Santa Quiteria 12 – 7 and Opel / John Smith won by a large margin at 14 goals to El Cañal’s 4.
In the Bronze Medium Goal which starts on Thursday 30th July matches open between another Guards team – Yaguara – Martina Lowe (0) Juan Manuel Guevara (3) Javier Cabrera Castilla (5) and Jorge Cernadas (5) and Kazak – Sebastien Aguettant (0) Gaetan Charloux (3) Juan Ambroggio (7) and Patrick Paillol (4), followed by a 19:00 game between Sapphire – Bayswater -Pablo Mora Figueroa (1) Tomás Fdez. Llorente (6) Tomás Fdez. Llorente (6) and Lawrence Isola (1) and another team with several familiar faces from the English season, Equus Alemania – Peter Silling (0) Juan José Britos (6) James Beim (7) and Kian Hall (1).
Also moving from the English pitches post-high goal to compete in Spain are Malcom Borwick (Opel/Royal Salute – medium goal), and in high goal English players include, Max Charlton and James Harper alongside John Paul Clarkin in Michael Bickford’s – La Indiana, competing against many others who more recently played in the Cartier Queen’s Cup and Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup.
Low Goal Teams:
La Clarita – Clare Mathias (0) Chris Mathias (0) Juan Cruz Merlos (3) and Freddie Horne (3)
GSA – Henry James Biddle (0) Santiago Torreguitar (3) Rosendo Torreguitar (0) and Daniel Gariador (3)
Valdeparras LYNX – Fernando Primo Rivera (1) Gastón Bardengo (2) Yago Espinosa de los Monteros (2) and Jaime Espinosa de los Monteros (1)
Opel / John Smith – Carlos Piñal (1) Gabriel Aguirre (1) Diego Gallego (4) and Luis Alfonso de Borbón (0)
Mahra Polo – Khalaf Al Habtoor (-1) Mario Gómez (4) Mariano Iturrioz (1) and Luciano Irazábal (1)
Santa Quiteria – Daniel Entrecanales (0) Jose M. Entrecanales (1) Hernan Pieres (3) and Gonzalo Entrecanales (2)
El Cañal – Arturo Figar (0) Ricardo Trujillo (3) Pedro Beca (2) and A. Collado/S. Satrústegui (-1)
Copa de Bronce (Bronze Cup) Low Goal
Wednesday 29th July
11:00 La Clarita 11 v 8 GSA, PH I
11:00 Mahra Polo Team 12 v 7 Santa Quiteria, PH II
12:15El Cañal 4 v 14Opel / John Smith, PH I
Friday 31st July
11:00 winner game 1 v Valdeparras Lynx, PH I
11:00 tbc v tbc, PH II
12:15 tbc v tbc, PH I
Sunday 2nd August
11:00tbc v tbc, PH II
12:15 Final, PH I
Copa de Plata (Silver Cup) Low Goal
Tuesday 4th August
11:00 Santa Quiteria v Opel / John Smith, PH I
11:00 El Cañal v La Clarita, PH II
12:15Mahra Polo Team v Valdeparras Lynx, PH I
Thursday 6th August
11:00Santa Quiteria v La Clarita, PH I
11:00El Cañal v GSA, PH II
12:15Mahra Polo Team v Opel / John Smith, PH I
Saturday 8th August
11:00 Valdeparras Lynx v GSA, PH II
12:15 Opel / John Smith v La Clarita, PH I
Monday 10th August
11:00 Mahra Polo Team v La Clarita, RIO I
11:00 El Cañal v Valdeparras Lynx, RIO II
12:15 Santa Quiteria v GSA, RIO I
Wednesday 12th August
11:00 Mahra Polo Team v GSA, PH I
11:00 Santa Quiteria v Valdeparras Lynx, PH II
12:15 El Cañal v Opel / John Smith, PH I
Friday 14th August
11:00 6th place v 7th place, PH I
11:00 1st place v 4th place, PH II
12:15 2nd place v 3rd place, PH I
Sunday 16th August
17:00 5th place v loser game 1, LP I
18:30 Final, LP II
Copa de Oro (Gold Cup) Low Goal
Tuesday 18th August
11:00 B2 v B3 , PH I
11:00 B4 v B1, PH II
12:15 A2 v A3, PH II
Thursday 20th August
11:00A2 v A1, PH II
11:00 B4 v B3 , PH II
12:15B2 vB1, PH I
Sunday 23rd August
11:00 B2 v B4 , PH I
11:00B3 v B1, PH II
12:15A3 v A1, PH I
Tuesday 25th August
11:00 Semi-Final, RIO II
12:15 Semi-Final, RIO I
Friday 28th August
16:30Subsidiary Final, LP II
18:00Final, LP II
Medium Goal Teams:
Golden Goose Deluxe B. – Ian Galliene (1) Christian Bernal (5) Kevin Korst (2) and Frankie Menéndez (6)
Equus Alemania – Peter Silling (0) Juan José Britos (6) James Beim (7) and Kian Hall (1)
Yaguara – Martina Lowe (0) Juan Manuel Guevara (3) Javier Cabrera Castilla (5) and Jorge Cernadas (5)
Sapphire – Bayswater –Pablo Mora Figueroa (1) Tomás Fdez. Llorente (6) Tomás Fdez. Llorente (6) and Lawrence Isola (1)
Sainte Mesme Bélgica – Pelayo Berazadi (4) Robert Strom (3) Clemente Zavaleta (6) and Birger Strom (1)
Kazak – Sebastien Aguettant (0) Gaetan Charloux (3) Juan Ambroggio (7) and Patrick Paillol (4)
Opel / Rolay Salute – Malcolm Borwick (6) Carlos Piñal (1) Diego Gallego (4) and Daniel Gariador (3)
Copa de Plata (Silver Cup) Medium Goal
Thursday 30th July
17:30 Yaguara v Kazak, RIO II
19:00 Sapphire-Bayswater v Equus, RIO I
Friday 31st July
17:30 Opel / Royal Salute v Golden Goose D.B., LP I
Sunday 2nd August
17:30Golden Goose D.B. v Equus, RIO I
17:30 Yaguara v Sapphire-Bayswater, LP I
19:00 Opel / Royal Salute v Kazak, LP II
Thursday 6th August
17:30Yaguara v Opel / Royal Salute, RIO II
19:00Golden Goose D.B. v Sapphire-Bayswater, RIO I
Friday 7th August
17:30 Equus v Kazak, LP I
Saturday 8th August
17:30 Yaguara v Golden Goose D.B., LP II
Sunday 9th August
17:30Equus v Opel / Royal Salute, LP I
19:00 Kazak v Sapphire-Bayswater, LP III
Wednesday 12th August
17:30Sapphire-Bayswater v Opel / Royal Salute, RIO II
17:30Kazak v Golden Goose D.B., LP I
19:00Yaguara v Equus, LP II
Saturday 15th August
17:00Subsidiary Final, LP II
18:30Final, LP III
Copa de Oro (Gold Cup) Medium Goal
Monday 17th August
12:30A3 v B1, PH I
17:00A2 v B2, RIO II
18:30A1 v B3, RIO I
Wednesday 19th August
17:00A2 v B3, LP I
18:30 A1 v B1, LP II
18:30 A3 v B2, LP I
Saturday 22nd August
12:30A1 v B2, PH I
17:00 A3 v B3, RIO II
18:30A2 v B1, RIO I
Tuesday 25th August
17:00Semi-Final, LPI
18:30 Semi-Final, LP IV
Friday 28th August
16:30 Subsidiary Final, LP I
18:00 Final, LP III