Fri 2nd Jun 2017What’s OnThis weekend’s fixtures
The season is well and truly under way which means there’s a plethora of polo to keep you entertained this weekend. Guards Polo Club will be playing host to the oldest intercollegiate polo match in the country, Oxford vs Cambridge, on Saturday 3 June, as well as an old blues match as they battle it out on the La Martina Varsity Day. Oxford University Polo Club’s official supplier British Polo Gin will be on site serving their delicious new cocktail, the Varsity Blue, in honour of the OUPC team. Also in Berkshire, The Cartier Queen’s Cup is now at a fever pitch, as the teams come to the end of a thrilling week. It’s two wins a piece for King Power, El Remanso, La Indiana and RH Polo with all to play for before the first day of the Semi-Final Knockouts on Saturday 10 June. The next matches are on Saturday 3 June, when Sommelier will take on Talandracas at midday and El Remanso will take on La Indiana at 3pm. Elsewhere across the country there is more than enough reason to jump in the car and head to polo with these great tournaments: RCBPC – 6 Goal Open Tournament (6): 1 – 4 June Burningfold – Tillington 2 Goal (2): 1 – 4 June Kirtlington – Kirtlington Cup (4): 1 – 4 June Cowdray – Jersey Lilies Cup (0-6): 1 – 18 June Chester – LDF International Polo (8): 2 – 3 June Silver Leys – St Edmunds College Cup (-4- -2) (-2-0): 3 June Edgeworth – Isa Trophy (4-8): 3 – 4 June Cheshire – Dearnfold Hall Trophy (-4- -1): 3 – 4 June Rugby – The Phelps Challenge (-6- -2): 3 – 4 June Fifield – Polo Performance (0-2) (2-6): 3 – 4 June Druids Lodge – The June Trophy (1-2): 3 – 4 June Taunton – Jellalabad Cup (0-2): 3 – 4 June Vaux Park – Chairman’s Cup (-2-2): 3 – 4 June Binfield Heath – The June Cup (-2-2): 3 – 4 June West Wycombe – Hell Fire Trophy (0-4) (-6-0): 3 – 4 June Hurtwood – Jubilee Cup (0-4): 3 – 4 June Rugby – The Miller Cup (0-4): 3 – 4 June New Forest – Remnants Cup (-4-0): 3 – 4 June White Waltham – Summer Cup (-2-0): 3 – 4 June Ranelagh – Copa El Casco De Fangio (-2-0): 3 – 4 June Kirtlington – Meyrick Cup (8): 4 June Silver Leys – Inventure Trophy (-2-0) (-4- -2): 4 June Vale of York – KRS Breast Cancer (Open): 4 June Military Polo Kirtlington – The Rupert Thorneloe Memorial Trophy (Open): 3 June Tidworth – Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars’ Cup (0-4) (-4-0): 3 – 4 June Youth Polo Guards – Oxford vs Cambridge Blues (Open): 3 June Guards – Eton vs Harrow (Open): 3 June Social Events Edgeworth – Summer Ball: 3 June Photograph: The British Polo Gin Varsity Blue. Courtesy of British Polo Gin |