Teams & Dates for series
Ayala Polo Club’s season will culminate with The 54th Sotogrande International Polo Tournament which begins on Monday 28 July with The Bionesta Pharmaceuticals Bronze Cup with the Final scheduled for Saturday 2 August. The series will continue with The Terralpa Silver Cup (4 – 16 August); and The Gold Cup (18 – 30 August). Each of the Cups will have three levels of polo played alongside one another: High (20 to 22 goals), Medium (12 to 14 goals) and Low Goal (6 to 8 goals).The High Goal matches today will see Amanara vs Black Bears and Calatagan vs Les Lions/Sainte Mesme.
The 54th Sotogrande International Polo Tournament Teams:
Low Goal (6 to 8 goals)1896
Polo Adrenalina (8): Ahmed Kadiri (-1), Martijn Van Scherpenzeel (1), Segundo Fernández Llorente (5) & Nicolás Ruiz Guiñazú (3)
La Capilla (8): Guy Charloux (0), Estanislao Grahn (3), Mario Gómez (3) & Gaetan Charloux (2)
La Martina (7): Grace Cariss (0), Luis Benmergui (3), Ramón Pepa (0) & Patricio Neves (4)
Hartog Polo Team (8): Jaime Lleo (0), Kevin Korst (1), Santos Iriarte (3) & Gerardo Mazzini (4)
Polo Valley (8): Ivan Romanovsky (-1), Chris Byrne (0), Mateo Lalor (4) & Jimbo Fewster (5)
Legacy (9): Cedric Schweri (0), Ítalo Viglierchio (1), Tomás Astelarra (3) & Bautista Riglos (5) * Bronze Cup only
Calatagan (8): Andrew Romualdez (-1), Ciro Urturi (2), Fermín Prado (2) & Santiago Irastorza (5) * Silver & Gold Cups
ESSSO (8): Elliot Gallienne (-1), Ian Gallienne (0), Cristian Bernal (3) & Pablo Llorente (6) * Silver & Gold Cups
Medium Goal (12 to 14 goals)
Brunei Polo Team (14): P. Azemah Bolkiah (0), Custodio Eleno (3), Rosendo Torreguitar (5) & Matías Mac Donough (6)
Electric Polo (14): Sarah Braune (0), Pedro Chavanne (4), Tomás Delfino (4) & Félix Esaín (6)
John Smith (14): Gabriel Aguirre (0), Jesús Cobino (3), Juan Zubiaurre (6) & Pelayo Berazadi (5)
Muda IZ Polo (14): T. Eddie Akasya T. Abd Rahman (0), Ciro Urturi (2), Gregorio Gelosi (4) & Facundo Sola (8)
Santa Quiteria (14): Federico Rosales (0), Gonzalo Entrecanales (2), Patricio Cieza (5) & Martín Aguerre (7)
High Goal (20 to 22 goals)
Amanara (22): Nicky Sen (0), Beltrán Laulhé (6), Lorenzo Chavanne (6) & Bartolomé Castagnola (10)
Black Bears (22): Guy Schwarzenbach (2), Rufino Merlos (4), Rufino Bensadón (7) & Tomás Panelo (9)
Calatagan (22): Martín Romualdez (0), Alejandro Muzzio (7), Pablo Pieres (9) & Santiago Laborde (6)
Dos Lunas (22): Dante Castagnola (3), Pascual Sáinz de Vicuña (5), Antonio Heguy (7) & Isidro Strada (7)
Les Lions/Ste. Mesme (22): Robert Strom (4), Dillon Bacon (2), Tomás Beresford (7) & Hilario Ulloa (9)
MB Polo Team (22): Mateen Bolkiah (0), Rosendo Torreguitar (5), Lucas Monteverde (8) & Pablo Mac Donough (9)
LD H. M. de Riscal (22): Luis Aznar / Alejandro Aznar (0), Louis Hine (5), Poroto Cambiaso (10) & Carlos María Ulloa (7)
Whizmo (22): Joe Kamau (0), Lucas Criado (6), Gonzalo Pieres (8) & Guillermo Caset (8)
Photograph: Manuel Cereceda, Paola Zóbel, Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix & Antonio Alés at The 54th Sotogrande International Polo Tournament launch.
By Matías Callejo