After the last qualification stage, that were played through Monday July 7 and Wednesday July 9, Gaston, Kazak, UAE, La Dolfina Marqués de Riscal, La Dolfina Scone, Aureus GV, Ferne Park and White Crane qualified to the quarter finals of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup, the highlight of the season in England, and hosted by Cowdray Park Polo Club, en Midhurst, West Sussex. The next stage of the tournament is due on Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13.
British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup, results of the last league matches:
- Monday July 7
Calatagan 12-5 Dubai
White Crane 10-6 Signet Thai Polo
- Tuesday July 8
La Dolfina Scone14-8 King Power MB
Park Place 10-7 La Magdeleine
La Dolfina Marqués de Riscal 11-10 Sujan Indian Tigers
- Wednesday July 9
Gaston 12-11 Jehangiri Polo
Ferne Park 10-8 Valhalla
Aureus GV 12-10 Bangash
THE TOURNAMENT IS ENTIRELY STREAMED LIVE THROUGH COWDRAY TV, WITH THE PRODUCTION OF POLOLINE TV HERE
The matchups of the quarter finals of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup have been set as follows:
- Saturday July 12
12pm: Gaston vs. Kazak (match 1)
3pm: UAE vs. La Dolfina Marqués de Riscal (match 2)
- Sunday July 13
12pm: La Dolfina Scone vs. Aureus GV (match 3)
3pm: Ferne Park vs. White Crane ( match 4, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Trophy)
(UK times)
The championship match of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup is due on Sunday July 20.
The tournament was established in 1956 by Weetman John Churchill Pearson, Third Viscount Cowdray and the man behind the revival of polo in England after the devastating Second World War, is most significant contest of the competitive English season. Thoroghout the years, the British Open saw a large number of stars of the sport in participation, and several had lifted the coveted golden trophy. This significant achievement has been shared by fathers, children and grandchildren on several occasions. The first lineup to claim the British Open, back in 1956, was an Argentine lineup, Los Indios, made of Jorge Marín Moreno, Pablo Nagore, Antonio Heguy and Juan Echeverz. Antonio Heguy was the first member of the legendary great family of polo who won the British Open, and his legacy continued with his grandsons – the first to make it were Eduardo and Ignacio Heguy, in 1996, with CS Brooks; then, Bautista Heguy, with Geebung (2000), in a foursome that saw him playing together with no less than Adolfo Cambiaso. The last member of the Heguy family to claim the British Open was Marcos Heguy, in 2004, with Azzurra.
More info and data about those who made history at Cowdray Park HERE.
British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup – Teams & Fixture
Cover photo by Mark Beaumont.