Dubai, UAE, Scone, Great Oaks Les Lions, Marqués de Riscal, Park Place, Park Place Vaara and Talandracas have qualified for the upcoming quarter finals, due on Saturday July 9 and Sunday July 10, following the last league matches of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup, that saw Scone and Great Oaks Les Lions victorious, on Wednesday July 6. Cowdray Park Polo Club’s premier tournament, and the hightlight of the British season, sees fourteen teams up to 23 goals, compete.

Both games were played simultaneously, at 2pm. Scone – with Emily Johnson subbing in for David Paradice, but later, in the fourth chukka, she was replaced by Luis Aznar, broke Talandracas winning streak, and claimed a 7-5 victory. In the fourth chukka, Talandracas’ Hughes Carmignac filled in for Edouard Carmignac; meanwhile, Great Oaks Les Lions made a quick recovery from their surprising lost against Talandracas, and beat UAE 12-9. Beltrán Laulhé subbed in for Great Oaks’ Dillon Bacon in the fifth chukka.

BRITISH OPEN POLO CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE COWDRAY GOLD CUP – WEDNESDAY JULY 6

SCONE 7-5 TALANDRACAS

Scone: Emily Johnson 0* (replaced by Luis Aznar 0, 1 goal, in the fourth chukka), Rosendo Torreguitar 4, Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Adolfo Cambiaso Jr. 8 (6 goals). Total: 22.

Talandracas: Edouard Carmignac 0 (1 goal, replaced by Hughes Carmignac 0, 1 goal, in the fourth chukka), Alejandro Muzzio 7 (2), Isidro Strada 6 (1), Polito Pieres 9. Total: 22.

Score Scone: 3-0, 5-1, 5-3, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.

Umpires: Jason Dixon & Ben Turner.

Third man: Charles Seavill.

*Subbed in for David Paradice 0

GREAT OAKS LES LIONS 12-9 UAE

Great Oaks Les Lions: Dillon Bacon 2 (1 goal, replaced by Beltrán Lauhlé 2, 1 goal, in the fifth chukka), Juan Martín Nero 9 (2), James Beim 6 (2), Cruz Heguy 6 (6). Total: 23.

UAE: HH Sheikha Maitha 0, Lukin Monteverde 6, Bartolomé Castagnola Jr. 9 (3 goals), Tomás Beresford 7 (5). Total: 22.

Score Great Oaks Les Lions:  (0-1) 3-1, 4-2, 5-4, 6-7, 11-7, 12-9.

Umpires: Tim Bown & Peter Wright.

Third man: Juan José Araya.

The quarter finals of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold are due on Saturday July 9 and Sunday July 10, with the following order of play: 

SATURDAY JULY 9

12pm: Dubai vs. UAE

3pm: Great Oaks Les Lions vs. Scone

SUNDAY JULY 10

12pm: Marqués de Riscal vs. Park Place

3pm, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Cup: Park Place Vaara vs. Talandracas

The final of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup is set to be played on Sunday, July 17. 

British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup – Fixture & Teams