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Zacara shaping up well in Gold Cup

Second win for team in Cowdray Park Polo Club event; Ellerston also victorious on the day

By PoloPictures.co.uk

The eighth round of qualifying matches corresponding to the Gold Cup at Cowdray Park Polo Club went ahead on Tuesday 26th. Zacara, the team headed by Hilario Ulloa and Ignatius Du Plessis, defeated Enigma (with Juan Martín Nero and Matías MacDonough in the team's line-up) 13-12, and looks set to play the event's quarter-finals next weekend.

In the day's remaining clash, Ellerston (with Gonzalo Pieres and John Paul Clarkin in the team), that had lost its previous match,

defeated El Remanso (with David Stirling and Guillermo Terrera heading the team), 14-13.

Next on the schedule are two matches on Wednesday 27th. In one of them, Adolfo Cambiaso Jr. and Facundo Pieres will be facing each other, as Dubai and La Bamba de Areco go for victory. The other match will see Sumaya facing Aravali.

Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup

Results:

Tuesday, June 19th

Piaget 7 vs. Salkeld 8

La Bamba de Areco 14 vs. Les Lions 13

Wednesday, June 20th

Enigma 10 vs. Thai Polo 6

Sumaya 11 vs. Cortium 7

Thusday, June 21st

Richard Mille 7 vs. Aravali 8

Friday, June 22nd

Ellerston 8 vs. Zacara 11

Dubai 9 vs. Coca-Cola 7

Talandracas 6 vs. El Remanso 14

Saturday, June 23rd

Sumaya 17 vs. La Bamba de Areco 16

Sunday, June 24th

Piaget 10 vs. Thai Polo 6

Monday, June 25th

Richard Mille 6 vs. Cortium 8

Les Lions 13 vs. Coca-Cola 9

Talandracas 9 vs. Salkeld 12

Tuesday, June 26th

Ellerston 14 vs. El Remanso 13

Enigma 12 vs. Zacara 13

Schedule:

Wednesday, June 27th

Dubai vs. La Bamba de Areco

Sumaya vs. Aravali

Friday, June 29th

Les Lions vs. Cortium

Saturday, June 30th

Ellerston vs. Salkeld

Enigma vs. El Remanso

Dubai vs. Aravali

Sunday, July 1st

Talandracas vs. Thai Polo

Richard Mille vs. Coca-Cola

Piaget vs. Zacara

Tuesday, July 3rd

Enigma vs. Salkeld

Wednesday, July 4th

Ellerston vs. Thai Polo

Talandracas vs. Zacara

Les Lions vs. Aravali

Dubai vs. Cortium

Richard Mille vs. La Bamba de Areco

Thursday, July 5th

Sumaya vs. Coca-Cola

Piaget vs. El Remanso

Saturday, July 7th

Quarter-finals

Sunday, July 8th

Quarter-finals

Thursday, July 12th

Semi-finals

Sunday, July 15th

Final

The Teams:

Group A

Dubai

Rashid Albwardy 2

Ignacio Heguy 8

Adolfo Cambiaso, Jr. 10

Alec White 2

Total: 22

Les Lions

Matt Perry 3

Agustín Merlos 9

Sebastián Merlos 10

Joachim Gottshalk 0

Total: 22

Sumaya

Ahmad Aboughazale 1

Facundo Sola 7

Javier Novillo Astrada 8

Matías Vial 6

Total: 22

Richard Mille

Bahar Jefri Bolkiah 1

Tomás García del Río 7

Pablo MacDonough 10

Ollie Cudmore 4

Total: 22

Group B

Coca-Cola

Will Johnston 2

Lucas James 7

Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8

Stevie Orthwein 4

Total: 21

La Bamba de Areco

Jean Francois Decaux 0

Nicolás Pieres 7

Facundo Pieres 10

Max Routledge 5

Total: 22

Cortium

Adrian Kirby 1

Francisco Elizalde 6

Pablo Pieres 8

Jaime García Huidobro 7

Total: 22

Aravali

Karan Thapar 0

Mark Tomlinson 6

Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Jr. 9

Marcos di Paola 7

Total: 22

Group C

Talandracas

Edouard Carmignac 0

Lucas Monteverde 9

Milo Fernández Araujo 8

Chris Mackenzie 5

Total: 22

Piaget

Alejadro Muzzio 7

Cristian Laprida, Jr. 8

Joaquín Pittaluga 7

Stéfano Marsaglia 0

Total: 22

Enigma

Jerome Wirth 1

Fabio Lavinia 3

Juan Martín Nero 10

Matías MacDonough 8

Total: 22

Ellerston

Tomás Garbarini Islas 3

Gonzalo Pieres, Jr. 10

John Paul Clarkin 8

Jamie Packer 1

Total: 22

Group D

El Remanso

George Hanbury 2

Charlie Hanbury 4

David Stirling, Jr. 9

Guillermo Terrera 7

Total: 22

Salkeld

Nick Clarke 0

José Donoso 7

James Beim 7

Luke Tomlinson 7

Total: 21

Thai Polo

Harald Link 0

Juan Zavaleta 7

Alejandro Agote 8

Malcolm Borwick 6

Total: 21

Zacara

Manuel Plaza de Ayala 4

Lyndon Lea 1

Hilario Ulloa 9

Ignatius du Plessis 8

Total: 22