Division champions, individual trophy & Polo Times Best Playing Ponies
Youth players descended upon Cowdray Park Polo Club over 10 – 13 August for the 2023 Pony Club Polo Championships and a full report will follow in the September issue of Polo Times with all of the team rankings, plus Section Manager reports, below are all of the results from this year’s Championships to keep you up to date:
Gannon Division 1 –
Daily Telegraph Trophy: Cowdray
Gannon Division 2 – J
aguar Trophy: South Oxfordshire Hunt South
Gannon Most Valuable Player: Rufus Uloth, Cowdray
Polo Times Gannon Best Playing Pony: Nevada, ridden by Mack McCaffery, Cowdray
Handley Cross: Cotswold
Polo Times Handley Cross Best Playing Pony: Bibi, ridden by Buster Combe, Berkeley
Surtees Division 1 – The Cooper Cup: Beaufort Blue
Surtees Division 2 –
The Surtees II Trophy: Beaufort Buff
Surtees Division 3: Berkeley Yellow
Loriner/Rendell League – The Bank of Ireland Trophy: Scotland
Loriner/Rendell Division 1 – The Loriner Challenge Trophy: Royal Artillery/West Hants
Loriner/Rendell Division 2 – The Hillingdon Hall Trophy: Heythrop
Langford League – Langford Plate: South Oxfordshire Hunt South
Langford Division 1 – The Jack Gannon Trophy: OS&B
Langford Division 2 – The Martin Trotter Trophy: Cotswold
Best Hunting & HX Polo Pony/Player Combination – Jambo Trophy: Warrior, ridden by Henry Whittington, RA
Llewellyn-Palmer Trophy (for all round individual horsemanship): Atticus Burnett, Cotswold Langford
Young Telegraph Award (for the most promising U15/14 player): Charlie Hodges, Beaufort Surtees 1
Sylvia Shepherd Trophy (for the most promising Loriner girl): Alice Gregory, Hampshire Hunt Loriner
Andrew Older Memorial Trophy (for the most promising Langford player): Ed Raybould, OS&B Langford
Catherine Yates Trophy (for the most promising Rendell/Langford/Gannon girl): Ava Greenland, OS&B Langford
Photo Frame (for the branch manager of the year): Alec Banner-Eve, Hertfordshire Polo Academy
Photo Frame (for the highest complete branch team in Handley Cross): Cotswold, Sophie McPherson
Photo Frame (for the highest complete branch team in Surtees): Beaufort, Philippa Slatter
Photo Frame (for the highest complete branch team in Loriner/Rendell): Hampshire Hunt, Alex Gregory
Sats Saddle (for the Pony Club Player of The Year): George Thome, RA/West Hants Loriner & Cotswold Langford
Photograph: Cowdray, winners of Gannon Division I with Team Manager Rupert Uloth.
Courtesy of CPPC