The inaugural Richard Mille – Cote d’Azur Polo Cup, 18 goal is held at St Tropez Polo Clup – Part 2
By Victoria Elsbury-Legg
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Play opened on 7th August between La Concepcion and St Tropez Polo Team, with Hanspeter Spek’s team, and their ten goal Pieres power, winning 7 v 5.5. Meeting each other on 12th August, Piaget Ambassadors Gonzalito (La Concepcion) and Facundo Pieres (F Polo Team) took the game to just a goal difference – with Gonzalito finding the all-important winning ninth goal for La Concepcion (9-8).
Eight further league matches followed, resulting in Jonathan Rothermere’s Ferne Park heading into the Finals on 16th August to face La Concepcion who had maintained their winning streak. Places for subsidiary finalists were decided by a penalty shoot-out on 15th August, resulting in: 1st St Tropez Polo Team, 2nd La Quinta and 3rd F Polo Team.
Sadly rain stopped play in the Subsidiary Finals (between 5th and 6th placed teams), with players calling it a day at F Polo Team 6 v 3.5 Composite Works. In Sunday’s 11am Subsidiary Finals (between 4th and 3rd placed teams), La Quinta beat St Tropez Polo Team 8-4. So began the Final of the inaugural Richard Mille Trophy – Cote d’Azur Cup (15-18 goal) at 5pm. With much strong play from Ferne Park and great goals by Joaquin Pittaluga, at the start of the 3rd chukka they were leading 5-2. There seemed to be little La Concepcion could do, as by the 5th chukka Ferne Park were 7-6 up – finally finding three further goals they went on to win 10-6. Most Valuable Player was awarded to Gonzalito Pieres and Best Playing Pony to Carpeta, owned by Joaquin Pittaluga.
Following the Final of the 8-10 goal between Sezz (KALAIDJIAN Shahé (0) JARRIGE Louis (1) ZUBIAURRE Santiago (4) AMADEO Y VIDELA Marcelo (5) and Los Lobos (LE PAGE Sebastian (-1) PODESTA Martin jr (3) PODESTA Martin (4) BENMERGUI Luis (3) – (winners Sezz 10 v 3.5 Los Lobos, MVP Amadeo y Videla and BPP Cigarro, ridden by Santiago Zubiaurre) – players and spectators enjoyed post-match VIP cocktails by chef Jérôme Venturi in the Club Lounge to the tunes of Resident DJ Tony ‘Eden Beach’ Alones.
Richard Mille Cote d’Azur Polo Cup – schedule & results
07.08.2015 – 6:00pm – La Concepcion 7 VS 5.5 Saint Tropez Polo Team
08.08.2015 – 5:00pm – Ferne Park 9 VS 7 F Polo Team
08.08.2015 – 6:30pm Composite Works 8 VS 11 La Quinta
10.08.2015 – 10:30am La Concepcion 12 VS 10.5 La Quinta
10.08.2015 – 5:00pm Composite Works 7.5 VS 11 F Polo Team
10.08.2015 – 6:30pm Ferne Park 8 VS 5.5 Saint- Tropez Polo Team
12.08.2015 – 5:00pm La Concepcion 9 VS 8 F Polo Team
12.08.2015 – 6:30pm Saint- Tropez Polo Team 9 VS 7 Composite Works
13.08.2015 – 6:00pm Ferne Park 11 VS 9.5 La Quinta
Subsidiary Finals
15.08.2015 – 5:00pm F Polo Team 6 VS 3.5 Composite Works (5th vs 6th)
16.08.2015 – 11:00am La Quinta 8 VS 4 Saint- Tropez Polo Team (2nd vs 3rd)
Finals
16.08.2015 5:00pm La Concepcion 6 VS 10 Ferne Park
Teams:
Ferne Park – ROTHERMERE Jonathan (0) PITTALUGA Joaquin (7) RUEDA Rodrigo Jr (6) GOULD Dirk (5) – TOTAL 18
La Concepcion – SPEK Hanspeter (0) BRAUN Diego (4) NIGOUL Matias (4) PIERES Gonzalo Jr (10) – TOTAL 18
Composite Works – GODDARD-WATTS Helen (0) MANSUR Ricardo (6) ORTIZ DE URBINA Bautista (6) GARCIA LABORDE Juan Martin (5) – TOTAL 17
F Polo Team –FIYAZ Alshair (0) HARRIOTT Marcos (0) JAMES Lucas (8) PIERES Facundo (10) – TOTAL 18
Saint-Tropez Polo Team – SCHULER Corinne (0) DELFOSSE Clément (5) HARRIOTT Sebastian (6) FARINATI Carlos (6) –TOTAL 17
La Quinta -SZTARKMAN Alexandre (1) PAN Edouard (4) FERNANDEZ LLORENTE Facundo (5) MUSSO Dario (7) –TOTAL 17