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England's Gold Cup begins tomorrow

Sixteen teams in event as from Tuesday 19th at Cowdray Park Polo Club

England's Gold Cup begins tomorrow

Cowdray Park Polo

Two matches are scheduled for the opening day -Tuesday, June 19th- of the Gold Cup, one of England's longest-standing events in the polo calendar.

As in previous years, the event will be hosted by the Cowdray Park Polo Club, with sixteen teams taking part in this year's edition, handicaps ranging between 21 and 22 goals, and divided into four four-team zones. The final of this month-long event is due to be played on Sunday, July 15th.

There will be two matches on the opening day: Piaget will be facing Salkeld, while La Bamba de Areco will be taking on Les Lions. Reigning champions Zacara will be trying to retain the title.

Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup

Schedule:

Tuesday, June 19th

Piaget vs. Salkeld

La Bamba de Areco vs. Les Lions

Wednesday, June 20th

Enigma vs. Thai Polo

Sumaya vs. Cortium

Thusday, June 21st

Richard Mille vs. Aravali

Friday, June 22nd

Ellerston vs. Zacara

Dubai vs. Coca-Cola

Talandracas vs. El Remanso

Saturday, June 23rd

Sumaya vs. La Bamba de Areco

Sunday, June 24th

Piaget vs. Thai Polo

Monday, June 25th

Richard Mille vs. Cortium

Les Lions vs. Coca-Cola

Talandracas vs. Salkeld

Tuesday, June 26th

Ellerston vs. El Remanso

Enigma vs. Zacara

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

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