Wed 22nd May 2013Zacara, El Remanso and Emlor off to good start in Queen's Cup The Queen's Cup league games begin at Guards
THE CARTIER QUEEN'S CUP got underway today at Guards Polo Club with wins for El Remanso, Zacara and Emlor.
Defending champions Dubai suffered a surprise defeat to El Remanso in the opening match of the tournament. The El Remanso team of Ali Paterson, George Hanbury, David “Pelon” Stirling and Guillermo Terrera came back from a 3-goal deficit at half-time to beat Rashid Albwardy's Dubai, which also featured Alec White, Nico Pieres and Adolfo Cambiaso.
Zacara began their Queen's Cup campaign at the same time and the team of Lyndon Lea, Facundo Pieres, Rodrigo Ribero de Andrade and Matt Perry defeated Stefan Marsaglia's Twelve Oaks 13-8.
Spencer McCarthy's Emlor side took on Enigma in the final match of the day, and triumphed 12-10.
The Queen's Cup will continue tomorrow, with UAE Polo taking on Salkeld at 12pm and Cortium playing Sumaya at 3pm.
To view teams, fixtures and results please click here.
Photograph: 2011 Gold Cup winner Lyndon Lea starts strongly in this year's Queen's Cup. By James Mullan
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