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Dubai and Sumaya march on undefeated in Gold Cup

Second win for both teams at Cowdray this Wednesday

Cowdray Park Polo Club.

Another round of qualifying matches corresponding to Britain's Gold Cup went ahead on Wednesday, June 27th at Cowdray Park Polo Club, this being one of the country’s leading polo tournaments.

Dubai, the team of Adolfo Cambiaso, Jr., defeated La Bamba de Areco (with Facundo Pieres in the team) 11-7, while Sumaya defeated Aravali 12-8, both the winning teams maintaining their undefeated status in the tournament, with two wins for each of them.

Sixteen outfits are competing here, with handicaps of either 21 or 22 goals. Next on the schedule is the Les Lions vs. Cortium clash, on Friday, June 29th.

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

Wednesday, June 27th

Dubai 11 vs. La Bamba de Areco 7

Sumaya 12 vs. Aravali 8

Schedule:

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