The schedule is announced for the 2015 Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup at Cowdray
By Victoria Elsbury-Legg
As the final whistle sounded on Sunday to end the last match of the 2015 Cartier Queen’s Cup season at Guards, the distinct echo of the hooves of all the stunning high goal ponies also came to an end in pony lines one and nine, as teams, tents, players and horsepower now turn their attention to the Lawns and surrounding pitches of Cowdray where the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup begins on Tuesday 23rd June, with the final taking place at 3pm on Sunday 19th July.
This year fourteen teams (Group A -King Power Foxes, El Remanso, Zacara and Apes Hill; Group B -VPS Healthcare Sifani, La Indiana, Salkeld and Talandracas; and Group C – UAE, Dubai, RH Polo, HB Polo, Thai Polo and King Power) will take part in what is referred to around the world as the British Open Polo Championships.
Matches will take place as follows:
Tue 23 Jun
3:00PM UAE- v -RH Polo – Carlos Gracida Trophy Group C
5:00PM Zacara- v -Salkeld Group A/B
Wed 24 June
11:00AM – Apes Hill- v -Talandracas Group A/B
1:00PM HB Polo- v -Dubai Group C
3:00PM Thai Polo- v -King Power Group C
Thu 25 June
12:00PM El Remanso- v -VPS Healthcare Sifani Group A/B
3:00PM King Power Foxes- v -La Indiana Group A/B
Sat 27 June
1:00PM UAE- v -HB Polo Group C
3:00PM Apes Hill- v -Salkeld Group A/B
Sun 28 June
11:00AM King Power Foxes- v -VPS Healthcare Sifani Group A/B
3:00PM Zacara- v -Talandracas Midhurst Town Cup Group A/B
5:00PM Thai Polo- v -Dubai Group C
Mon 29 June
2:00PM El Remanso- v -La Indiana Group A/B
Wed 01 July
12:00PM RH Polo- v -HB Polo Group C
2:00PM King Power- v -Dubai Group C
Thu 02 July
12:00PM Zacara- v -VPS Healthcare Sifani Group A/B
2:00PM El Remanso- v -Salkeld Group A/B
Fri 03 July
11:00AM Apes Hill- v -La Indiana Group A/B 1:00PM
King Power Foxes- v -Talandracas Group A/B
Sat 04 July
3:00PM King Power- v -UAE – Cooch Behar Cup Group C
Sun 05 July
1:00PM RH Polo- v -Dubai Group C
3:00PM Thai Polo- v -HB Polo – Argentine Ambassador’s Cup Group C
Mon 06 July
2:00PM Apes Hill- v -VPS Healthcare Sifani Group A/B
Tue 07 July
Zacara- v -La Indiana Group A/B
King Power Foxes- v -Salkeld Group A/B
Tue 07 July
El Remanso- v -Talandracas Group A/B
Wed 08 July
Thai Polo- v -UAE Group C
King Power- v -RH Polo Group C
Thu 09 July
11:00AM Penalty Shootout
Sat 11 July
1/4 Finals
Sun 12 July
1/4 Final – Centenary Cup
1/4 Final
Tue 14 July
11th placed v 12th placed Subsidiary Final – Jack Gannon Cup
13th placed v 14th placed Subsidiary Final – Tatham Cup
9th placed v 10th placed Subsidiary Final – Ashton Silver Cup
Wed 15 July
12:00PM Win Match 1 v Win Match 4 – Ellerston Cup Semi Final Match 5
4:00PM Win Match 2 v Win Match 3 – Tramontana Cup Semi Final Match 6
Sun 19 July
3:00PM Win Match 5 v Win Match 6 – Final of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup
TEAMS
HB Polo
1 Ludovic Pailloncy 1
2 Cristian Laprida 8
3 Ignacio Toccalino 8
4 Sebastien Pailloncy 3
20
Zacara
1 Juan Martin Nero 10
2 Lyndon Lea 1
3 Rodrigo Andrade 9
4 Jack Hyde 2
22
La Indiana
1 Michael Bickford 1
2 James Beim 7
3 John Paul Clarkin 8
4 James Harper 6
22
King Power Foxes
1 Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha 1
2 Hugo Lewis 1
3 Gonzalito Pieres 10
4 Facundo Pieres 10
22
King Power
1 Tal Srivaddhanaprabha 0
2 Alejandro Muzzio 7
3 Marcos Di Paola 8
4 Guillermo Willington 7
22
UAE
1 Jose Ramon Araya 0
2 Santiago Stirling 4
3 Lucas Monteverde 8
4 Pablo MacDonough 10
22
Dubai
1 Rashid Albwardy 2
2Martin Valent4
3 Alejo Taranco 6
4 Adolfo Cambiaso 10
22
RH Polo
1 Ben Soleimani 0
2 Francisco Elizalde 7
3 Nico Pieres 9
4 Santiago Von Wernich 5
21
Thai Polo
1 Harald Link 0
2 Matias Torres Zavaleta 7
3 Nic Roldan 8
4 Tomas Garcia del Rio 7
22
VPS Healthcare Sifani
1 Hilali Noordeen 0
2 Max Charlton 7
3 Agustin Merlos 9
4 Malcolm Borwick 6
22
Apes Hill
1 Mark Tomlinson 6
2 Ralph Richardson 1
3 Eduardo Novillo Astrada 9
4 Tom Morley 6
22
Talandracas
1 Edouard Carmignac 0
2 Polito Pieres 9
3 Guillermo Caset 9
4 Zac Hagedoorn 4
22
Salkeld
1 Nick Clarke 1
2 Juan Zavaleta 7
3 Joaquin Pittaluga 7
4 Luke Tomlinson 7
22
El Remanso
1 George Hanbury 3
2 Charlie Hanbury 4
3 David Stirling 10
4 Ollie Cudmore 5
22