Mon 20th Jun 2016Ireland Invade the Beaufort International Maserati Lay Claim to The Maserati Charity Polo Trophy
On Saturday 18 June, Beaufort Polo Club opened up their gates for the first of two days of the Gloucestershire Festival of Polo. The weather gods had been kind this year, with the rain staying well away and the sun even came out to play for the second match of the day. There was plenty on offer from falconry displays, hounds on parade, shopping options from leather belts to bottles of sloe gin and even giant inflatable monkey slides. Locals and Club supporters were treated to not one, but two HRHs as HRH The Duke of Cambridge played on the winning Maserati team in a close contest against Piaget for The Maserati Polo Trophy with a final score of 9-5½. The game was a wonderful display of fluid open play from two well put together teams. HRH Prince Harry was on hand to cheer his brother on at the presentation of prizes, as well as mingle with La Martina, Piaget and Maserati guests. Charley Law was named La Martina’s Most Valuable Player and Esperanza, played by Malcolm Borwick, was the La Martina Best Playing Pony. The second game of the day kicked off with Piaget Young England facing the formidable Horse Sport Ireland team. The English side, saw an alteration to the line-up as Malcolm Borwick replaced Mark Tomlinson who was resting an injured hand, with Tom Brodie and Hugo Lewis making up the England team. Although best of friends off the pitch, up until now, Tom and Hugo had never played together – and in the opening games of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup, they will face one another as they play for Zacara and King Power Foxes respectively. The Irish team, who are regularly seen playing at the Beaufort grounds, proved to be tough opposition and it was evident early on that the Irish side's strengths were experience, and knowledge of each other's game plays. By the third chukka, the scores looked a little dismal for the English as the Irish pummelled their way through the English defences to a score of 6-2. A much-needed regroup at treading-in time was required by the young team, as the many picnickers repaired the grounds. In the last two chukkas, the English managed to score five goals and the Irish only managed another one to end the game on 7-6, with a last minute score from a fantastic play of team work from Borwick and Nick Pepper. Mikey Henderson was named the Most Valuable Player for the game and Joy, played by Mikey in the second and fifth chukka, and owned by the Hutchinson family was awarded the Polo Times Best Playing Pony Award. Niall Donnelly’s eight-year-old Australian mare Squeaky (Nights Eternal), who raced as a three-year-old in Australia, won the Retraining of Racehorse Best Playing Pony Award. On Sunday, the fun continued with the Jockeys vs Olympic Legends Polo Match, which saw an amicable and diplomatic 3-3 draw between the line-ups headed up by Sir Anthony 'AP' McCoy OBE for the Jockeys and Zara Phillips MBE for the Olympic Legends. Next up, was the highly contested Javier Novillo Astrada U15 Cup Final. In a thrilling match in front of the crowds on the No 1 ground, Mac Wet beat RJ Polo 5-2. In the Subsidiary Final, SATS beat Black Hound in an exciting run down after the game ended in a 3-3 draw. Photograph: Ireland raise the trophy for the International Test Match. By Lucy Wilson
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