Sun 29th Jan 2017Cartier Reclaim Title Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz 2017
Today, Sunday 29 January, was a culmination of three days celebrating the best snow polo in the world. Spectators have been entertained by some outstanding polo whilst off the frozen lake guests have enjoyed, fun, laughter and outstanding Swiss hospitality.
The first match of the day was between Team Perrier-Jouët and Team Maserati for The La Martina Cup. In a close scoring match it was ultimately Team Perrier-Jouët who secured the title with a final score of 4-5. Post-match, Fabio Meier, conceded the match was as tough as the score suggested, “Maserati played well, they played aggressively and didn’t make it an easy game for us, so that’s why I am unbelievably happy that we won. As a team I think we played well over the three days”. As the sun continued to bathe the Engadin Valley in glory, The Cartier Cup, the stunning trophy for the ultimate winners of the tournament was won by Team Cartier themselves after a Final which saw them pitted against Team Badrutt’s Palace. The match was an epic Final which reflected the fierce three-day competition and with special permission from Engadine Airport was filmed by a drone for the first time. The first chukka saw no score as the teams matched each other equally in defence and attack, but it was a different story in the second chukka which saw Cartier assert their dominance with three goals from Chris Hyde and Dario Musso and only one in reply for Alejandro Novillo Astrada for Badrutt’s Palace. The goal scoring genie was well and truly unleashed and determined not to be the underdogs for long, Team Badrutt’s Palace came back fighting after half-time and quickly found the goal mouth twice in quick succession, to equalise the scores at three all. But Charlie Wooldridge for Cartier secured his name on the scorecard and at the end of the third chukka Cartier once again took the lead. It was all to play for in the in the last chukka of play and it was at this crucial point that the firepower of Team Cartier was unleashed with three goals in quick succession. Alejandro Novillo Astrada scored for Badrutt’s Palace, but it was too little too late and as the final whistle blew a decisive score of 7-4 in Cartier’s favour was the result. As over 120 representatives of the world’s press gathered at the podium the Most Valuable player was fittingly awarded to Chris ‘The Prof’ Hyde and the Polo Times Best Playing Pony was awarded to his grey mare Promise. Rommi Gianni of Team Cartier said after the game, “It was fantastic to win and I will be back for sure next year!” A full report of the tournament will be featured in the next issue of Polo Times, not a subscriber? Click here to join the Polo Times family. Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz 2017 Teams: Team Cartier Rommy Gianni 1 Charlie Wooldridge 2 Chris Hyde 6 Dario Musso 7 Team Perrier-Jouët Fabian Bolanterio 5 Luca Meier 2 Lucas Labat 7 Fabio Meier 1 Team Badrutt’s Palace Melissa Ganzi 0 Jesse Bray 5 Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8 Tito Gaudenzi 2 Team Maserati James Beh 1 Joevy Beh 5 Chevy Beh 5 Garvy Beh 5
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