The opening week includes 11 matches
The British Open Polo Championship for The Cowdray Gold Cup begins on Tuesday 27 June at Cowdray Park Polo Club! The much anticipated 22 goal tournament and the penultimate high goal competition in the UK sees 15 teams competing across three leagues from Tuesday 27 June for a coveted place in the Final on Sunday 23 July. All of the teams are hot from The Cartier Queen’s Cup, which saw Murus Sanctus take the win, although for The Cowdray Gold Cup their line-up has slightly changed with patron Corinne Ricard replaced by Gold Cup stalwart Eduard Carmignac and therefore the team now playing as Talandracas. Green Gates is the only new team to join the high goal competition, their first foray into the English 22 goal, but following their 2022 successes in the Victor Ludorum series 18 goal, there are high hopes for the newcomers on familiar turf at Cowdray Park Polo Club. The opening week of matches are as follows:
Tuesday 27 June: Vikings vs Scone & BP Polo vs Marques de Riscal
Wednesday 28 June: La Magdeleine vs Park Place Vaara & Dubai vs Twelve Oaks
Thursday 29 June: UAE vs Black Bears & King Power vs Monterosso
Friday 30 June: BP Polo vs Scone
Saturday 1 July: Vikings vs Talandracas & Park Place Vaara vs Green GatesS
unday 2 July: King Power vs Park Place & La Magdeleine vs Dubai
The British Open Polo Championship for The Cowdray Gold Cup Teams:
League A:
Park Place (22): Andrey Borodin (0), Matt Perry (5), Facundo Pieres (10) & James Harper (7)
Black Bears (22): Guy Schwarzenbach (2), Antonio Heguy (5), Ollie Cudmore (6) & Juan Martin Nero (9)
UAE Polo Team (22): HH Sheikha Maitha (0), Lukin Monteverde (6), Barto Castagnola (9) & Tommy Beresford (7)
King Power (22): Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (1), Will Harper (4), Gonzalito Pieres (9) & Nicolas Pieres (8)
Monterosso (22): Alessandro Bazzoni (1), Lucas Criado (6), Ignacio Toccalino (7) & David Stirling (8)
League B:
La Magdeleine (22): Alexandre Garese (0), Facundo Fernandez Llorente (7), Pablo Mac Donough (9) & Santiago Laborde (6)
Dubai (22): Camilo ‘Jeta’ Castagnola (10), Rashid Albwardy (2), Beltran Laulhe (3) & Rufino Bensadon (7)
Twelve Oaks (22): Charlie Wooldridge (2), Joaquin Pittaluga (7), Cristian Laprida (8) & Matias Mac Donough (5)
Park Place Vaara (22): Varvara Borodina (0), Min Podesta (7), Hilario Ulloa (10) & Santos Merlos (5)
Green Gates (22): Noor Khadra (1), Cesar Crespo (6), Francisco Elizalde (8) & Isidro Strada (7)
League C:
Vikings (22): Siri Evjemo-Nysveen (0), James Beim (6), Diego Cavanagh (8) & Juan Martin Zubia (8)
Scone Polo (22): David Paradice (0), Matias Gonzalez (4), Poroto Cambiaso (9) & Adolfo Cambiaso (9)
BP Polo (20): Garvy Beh (3), Joevy Beh (3), Benjamin Panelo (7) & Genrao Ringa (7)
Marques De Riscal (22): Alejandro Aznar (0), Guilermo Caset (9), Santiago Cernadas (7) & Chris Mackenzie (6)
Talandracas (22): Eduard Carmignac (0), Alejandro Muzzio (7), Polito Pieres (9) & Marcos Araya (6)
Photograph: The British Open Polo Championship for The Cowdray Gold Cup begins this week.
By Mark Beaumont