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Foxcote – Laird team's first success in The Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup

Team defeats Elevation in event at Guards Polo Club

Guards Polo Club

Following two successive defeats, the Foxcote – Laird foursome recovered and claimed its first win in The Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup, which is going ahead at the Guards Polo Club.

Foxcote – Laird had to work hard to narrowly defeat Elevation 9-8, in what was this latter team's third successive defeat in the tournament.

Sixteen 15-goal teams are competing in this tournament, and next on the schedule are the two Wednesday 20th matches: Mad Dogs vs. Clarita Black, and Ferne Park vs. Loro Piana - El Remanso.

The Al Habtoor Royal Windsor Cup

Results:

Friday, June 1st

Clarita Black 12 vs. Desert Palm 9

Emlor S 11 vs. Foxcote Laird 10

Saturday, June 2nd

Clarita Pink 9 vs. Black Bears 8

Montana 6 vs. Dell Park 4

Emlor C 7 vs. Ferne Park 6

Sunday, June 3rd

HB - Mad Dogs 7 vs. BHC Polo 4

Tuesday, June 4th

Emlor C 8 vs. Billingbear 7

Montana 8 vs. Clarita Pink 7

Saturday, June 9th

Desert Palm 5 vs. HB - Mad Dogs 4

Ferne Park 8 vs. Billingbear 7

Wednesday, June 13th

Black Bears 8 vs. Montana 7

Thursday, June 14th

Desert Palm 9 vs. BHC Polo 6

Loro Piana - El Remanso 7 vs. Emlor C 6

Dell Park 9 vs. Clarita Pink 3

Emlor S 8 vs. Elevation 5

Friday, June 15th

Foxcote - Laird 4 vs. Shalimar 7

Loro Piana - El Remanso 8 vs. Billingbear 9

Sunday, June 17th

Elevation 5 vs. Shalimar 8

Monday, June 18th

Black Bears 8 vs. Dell Park 5

Emlor S 6 vs. Shalimar 7

BHC Polo 11 vs. Clarita Black 13

Tuesday, June 19th

Foxcote – Laird 9 vs. Elevation 8

Schedule:

Wednesday, June 20th

HB - Mad Dogs vs. Clarita Black

Ferne Park vs. Loro Piana - El Remanso

T.B.A.

Foxcote - Laird vs. Elevation

Friday, June 22nd

Semi-finals

Sunday, June 24th

Final

The Teams:

League 1

Clarita Black

Chris Mathias 1

Germán Llorens 3

Ed Hitchman 5

Tom de Bruin 6

Total: 15

BHC Polo

Momin Sheikh 0

Roddy Williams 5

Chris Hyde 6

Juracy Santos 4

Total: 15

HB - Mad Dogs

Alan Fall 0

Sebastian Pailloncy 3

Rob Archibald 6

José Ignacio Araya 6

Total: 15

Godolphin

Sheika Maitha M Rashid Al Maktoum 0

Martín Valent 5

Nicolás Roldán 7

TBA 3

Total: 15

League 2

Black Bears

Guy Schwarzenbach 2

Jack Archibald 4

Jean du Plessis 6

TBA 3

Total: 15

Montana

Tony Gerrard 0

Nick Pepper 3

Miguel del Carill 6

Santiago Gaztambide 6

Total: 15

Dell Park

Nikolai Bahlsen 1

Nicolás Roberts 3

Max Charlton 5

Malcolm Borwick 6

Total: 15

Clarita Pink

Clare Mathias 0

Matt Lodder 3

Mark Tomlinson 6

Oliver Hipwood 6

Total: 15

League 3

Billingbear

Roger Carlsson 0

Juan Cruz Guevara 6

Juan Gris Zavaleta 7

Edward Morris-Lowe 2

Total: 15

Emlor C

Clinton McCarthy 0

Edmund Parsons 3

Manuel Fernández Llorente 6

Tom Morley 6

Total: 15

Ferne Park

Jonathan Rothermere 0

Eden Ormerod 3

Joaquín Pittaluga 7

TBA 5

Total: 15

Loro Piana - El Remanso

TBA 1

Charlie Hanbury 4

Eduardo Heguy 8

Alfio Marchini 2

Total: 15

League 4

Elevation

Satinder Garcha 2

Andrew Blake Thomas 4

James Harper 6

Tom Beim 3

Total: 15

Foxcote - Laird

Nick Britten-Long 2

George Meyrick 4

Henry Brett 6

Ben Vestey 3

Total: 15

Shalimar

Kassem Shafi 0

Nicolás Antinori 4

Vieri Antinori 5

Hissam Ali Hyder 6

Total: 15

Emlor S

Rex Woodhouse 1

Spencer McCarthy 2

Marcos Araya 6

Ignacio González 6

Total: 15