Mon 27th Apr 2015Cartier Queen’s Cup teams announced Twelve teams have confirmed their entry at Guards
This year's 22 goal Cartier Queen's Cup competition is due to start on Tuesday 19 May with twelve teams confirmed. The leagues will be announced after the draw on 12 May at Guards Polo Club.
The current holders, Lyndon Lea's Zacara are back to defend their title, but will not be featuring Facundo Pieres. Zacara’s line-up will include Juan Martin Nero alongside Brazil’s top professional Rodrigo Andrade and the young English player, Jack Hyde. Facundo has swapped his shirt to play with his brother Gonzalito in the King Power Foxes team, one of two entries from the Srivaddhanaprabha family. Ben Soleimani's RH Polo team is a new entry this year featuring Nico Pieres. His cousin Polito Pieres will be in action for Edouard Carmignac's Talandracas who were runners-up in 2014. The Pailloncy brothers return with HB Polo, whilst another sibling partnership of Charlie and George Hanbury, will be playing for The El Remanso team alongside Pelon Stirling. The world's number one, Adolfo Cambiaso, looking for his ninth Queen’s Cup victory, will be playing with Rashid Albwardy and young Englishman, Tom Brodie for the Dubai team. Another UAE representative is HH Sheikha Maitha and her UAE Polo squad headed up by Pablo MacDonough. Nick Clarke makes a welcome return with his Salkeld team, which includes Juan Gris Zavaleta, Joaquin Pittaluga and Luke Tomlinson. Hilali Noordeen, who made his debut in the high-goal in 2014, is back with his VPS Healthcare Sifani, playing alongside leading English player Max Charlton and Agustin Merlos. The final name to add to this year's mix is the all-pro Somerton Polo team, featuring two Guards Ambassadors, Richard Le Poer and Jack Richardson. PoloCam Productions, will be live streaming every league game, which can be be viewed on the Guards Polo Club website. Cartier Queen’s Cup Teams 2015 Dubai: Rashid Albwardy (1); Diego Cavanagh (8); Adolfo Cambiaso (10) & Tom Brodie (2) El Remanso: George Hanbury (3); Charlie Hanbury (4); Ollie Cudmore (5) & Pelon Stirling (10). HB Polo: Ludovic Pailloncy (1); Cubi Toccalino (8); Ignacio Laprida (8) & Sebastien Pailloncy (3). King Power: Tot Srivaddhanaprabha (0); Alejandro Muzzio (7); Guillermo Willington (7) & Marcos di Paola (8). King Power Foxes: Top Srivaddhanaprabha (1); TBC (1); Gonzalito Pieres (10) & Facundo Pieres (10). RH Polo: Ben Soleimani (0); Francisco Elizalde (7); Nico Pieres (9) & Santi von Wernich (5). Salkeld: Nick Clarke (1); Juan Gris Zavaleta (7); Joaquin Pittaluga (7) & Luke Tomlinson (7). Somerton Polo: Matt Perry (4); Richard Le Poer (6); Jack Richardson (6)& Ed Hitchman (5). Talandracas: Edouard Carmignac (0); Polito Pieres (8); Sapo Caset (9) & Zac Hagedoorn (4). UAE Polo: HH Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum (0); Lucas Monteverde (8); Pablo MacDonough (10) & Santiago Stirling (4). VPS Healthcare Sifani: Hilali Noordeen (0); Max Charlton (7); Agustin Merlos (9) & Malcolm Borwick (6). Zacara: Lyndon Lea (1); Rodrigo Andrade (9); Juan Martin Nero (10) & Jack Hyde (2). Photograph: Facundo Pieres, Lyndon Lea, Gonzalo Deltour & Matt Perry lifted The Cartier Queen’s Cup at Guards in 2014. By Tony Ramirez/imagesofpolo.com
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