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Dubai and Cortium into Gold Cup semi-finals

Event's first two quarter-finals at Cowdray Park Polo Club

Britain's leading polo tournament, the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup, is reaching its definition stage, with the first two quarter-finals having been played this Saturday, July 7th at the Cowdray Park Polo Club.

The Cortium team, with Pablo Pieres, Jaime García Huidobro and Francisco Elizalde heading its line-up, defeated Zacara 9-6, the team that includes Hilario Ulloa and South Africa’s Ignatius Du Plessis in its line-up.

In the second quarter-final, Dubai, headed by Adolfo Cambiaso, Jr., and Nachi Heguy, defeated Salkeld (with José Donoso, James Beim and Luke Tomlinson) 10-7. Dubai and Cortium thus made their way into the semi-finals.

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

Friday, June 29th

Les Lions 9 vs. Cortium 10

Saturday, June 30th

Ellerston 9 vs. Salkeld 12

Enigma 8 vs. El Remanso 11

Dubai 12 vs. Aravali 7

Sunday, July 1st

Talandracas 12 vs. Thai Polo 10

Richard Mille 10 vs. Coca-Cola 9

Piaget 9 vs. Zacara 7

Tuesday, July 3rd

Enigma 11 vs. Salkeld 2

Wednesday, July 4th

Ellerston 10 vs. Thai Polo 8

Talandracas 7 vs. Zacara 9

Les Lions 9 vs. Aravali 13

Dubai 7 vs. Cortium 9

Richard Mille 12 vs. La Bamba de Areco 11

Thursday, July 5th

Sumaya 10 vs. Coca-Cola 6

Piaget 8 vs. El Remanso 9

Saturday, July 7th

Quarter-finals

Zacara 6 vs. Cortium 9

Dubai 10 vs. Salkeld 7

Schedule:

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