The British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup, hosted by Cowdray Park, set in Midhurst, West Sussex, England, will kick off on Tuesday June 24. The tournament, the highlight of the season in England and one of the three Grand Slams of Polo, alongside the Argentine Open and the US Open, will see eighteen teams up to 22 goals, partake.
Among the participating teams is Aureus, the lineup who sadly and unexpectedly lost their patron, Sunjay Kapur. His place will be taken in this competition by Shane Finemore.
THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE ENTIRELY STREAMED LIVE THROUGH COWDRAY TV, WITH THE PRODUCTION OF POLOLINE TV HERE.
As usual, the start of this historical and traditional contest is very much anticipated, as the ice on the cake of the always competitive season in England.
The opening day of the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup will have the following order of play:
12pm: Dubai vs. King Power MB (Carlos Gracida Memorial Trophy)
3pm: Park Place vs. UAE
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.