Mon 16th Mar 2015England defeated, but SUPA Britain triumphantAmerica tour to the Empire Polo Club has mixed results A revised 19 goal England team of Oscar Mancini (6), Jonny Good (8) and Andrew Blake Thomas (5) played a 22 goal USA side featuring Tommy Biddle (10), Kris Kampsen (7) and Jared Sheldon (5) for The USPA Townsend International Challenge Cup on Saturday 14 March at Empire Polo Club, California. The original line-up for the England team included Chris Hyde, but as he was unable to process his visa in time to join his teammates, his place in the team was taken by Berkshire-based, Andrew Blake Thomas. The Cup was last played for in 2013 when England (Sebastian Dawnay, Max Charlton and Oli Hipwood) were triumphant, but this year it was the USA team that raised the trophy with a final score of 17-12. Tommy Biddle led the way for his team, clocking up eight goals, Kris Kampsen scored six times and Jared Sheldon added three goals to the American win. England began the game with a two-goal head start on handicap difference, but it was Good who made the most of the scoring with seven converted penalties, whilst Blake Thomas, who opened the game with a goal, added two to the tally and Mancini ended the game with the final goal of the match. First played for in Manhattan between the English and the US in 1923, The Townsend Cup is named in honour of John R. Townsend, a New York social figure and advocate of arena polo in the early years of the sport. The Townsend Cup wasn’t played again until 2004 and then again in 2008, 2011 and 2013. Brilliantly, it wasn’t all gloom and doom for the away teams who had flown ‘across the pond’, as the SUPA Britain side won their match against an Intercollegiate team for The USPA International Intercollegiate Challenge Cup with a final score of 16-13. Unlike the main match, the University game was played four-aside, with the Intercollegiate USA team fielding top college players from University of Connecticut (Drew Gale), Michigan State (Hunter Jelsch), Colorado State (Kareem Rosser) and Oregon State (Carina Deck). The SUPA Britain team, selected by Charles Betz and Michael Amoore, featured Charlie Scott (University College London), Harold Hodges (Exeter), Lucy Bowman (Royal Agricultural University) and Adam Dove (Edinburgh). Hodges scored half of his team’s goals whilst Dove and Scott both scored three goals each and Lucy Bowman added a goal in the first and last chukka. Kareem Rosser topped the scoring for the USA team with seven goals, Jelsch wasn’t far behind with four goals whilst Deck and Gale scored a goal each. This is the third time teams have competed for The International Intercollegiate Challenge Cup and, despite SUPA Britain’s win on Saturday, the United States still leads the series 2-1. Photograph: The winning SUPA Britain team. By Empire Polo Club | | Other top stories Tue 23rd Apr 2024 Second 2024 WPL Win for Park Place The WPL Triple Crown of Polo
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