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Report Mint Polo In The Park, Hurlingham


Henry Brett (in blue) takes a nearside shot as the pink shirts of Paris close in on him in the exciting final


Left: losing captain Andrea Vianini gives an interview as he rides out for Sunday’s main showdown


Vianini after the final. “This type of fast action is between arena polo and the outdoor game, and every match was like a final, because the losing team was knocked out.


“The field was good and the horses coped better than I had


contribution to the teamwork of the three friends, with the burley Jack Kidd clearing the way throughout the tournament for a fresh and in-form Henry Brett to express himself. The audiences loved it. Ground-side bars, and loud music, flags, and big-screen prompts whenever a goal was scored created an atmosphere more akin to a festival or a carnival than a simple sporting fixture. “The games were really aggressive and eventful,” said Team Paris’s losing captain Andrea


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expected. All mine finished in sound condition and the surface will improve with each year, meaning I think the event could be well suited to allow play at an even higher-goal standard. On that basis, there’s potential for a whole new era of polo. It’s the future.” We shall see. F


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Mint Polo In The Park; 4-6 June 2010; Hurlingham Park, London Result: New York beat Paris, 11-10 Principal sponsor: Mint Financial Brokerage Handicap level: 14-goal (three-man teams) Number of team entries: Eight Chukka scores (New York): 4-2; 6-4; 9-9; 11-10


Final teams New York (14): Jack Kidd 4; Henry Brett 6; Jamie Morrison 4 Paris (14): Lucas White 2; Tito Ruiz Guinazu 6; Andrea Vianini 6 Losing semi-finalists: Geneva (13): Sacha Pictet 3; Martin Luginbuhl 2; Piki Diaz Alberdi 8 Sydney (13): Jack Archibald 3; Kelvin Johnson 4; Glen Gilmore 6


Other sides: London (14): David Ashby 3; Nina Clarkin 4; Mark Tomlinson 7 Buenos Aires (14): Nico Talamoni 4; Lucas Talamoni 6; Oscar Mancini 4 Durban (13): James Rome 2; Derreck Bratley 5; Gareth Evans 6 Moscow (14): Jack Richardson 3; Gaston Devrient 5; Tom Morley 6


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