Reports At home and abroad Australia
he iconic Cable Beach, one of Australia’s most remote but scenic destinations on the country’s north-west coast, hosted the inaugural Australian beach polo match for the Paspaley Cup this May. More than 3,000 spectators took to the sand at Broome to see the action, as well as to enjoy several days of cocktail functions, fishing expeditions in the Indian Ocean and to catch a glimpse of the glamorous VIP guests. The two sides rode out for the event to the theme tune from Chariots of Fire, and the dramatic introduction was justified by the thrilling game that followed. Pinctada, dominated by Glen Gilmore, led for the majority of the contest, but a late rally from Paspaley brought them a surprise victory. Trailing 7-6 with just minutes left, two goals from Matthew Welsh – the second in the last few seconds before the final horn – took them into an impenetrable 8-7 lead. There was no time for Pinctada to equalise, and so Paspaley took the spoils. Then, as quickly as they arrived, the sides and VIPs were off again, leaving by plane to return Cable Beach and the town of Broome back to a sleepy Australian outpost. However, the fixture is expected to take place again next year and organisers are already considering expanding the format to make it a larger tournament, to which they will invite international players.
Beaufort Dad denies cousins the chance
to lift grandfather’s cup TWO BEAUFORT-BASED sides contested the final of the Arthur Lucas Cup early last month, the first 15-goal Victor Ludorum tournament of this summer’s season. Emma Tomlinson’s Beaufort Embryo Transfer side and her father’s Beaufort team went head to head, having beaten Laird and Los Locos respectively in the semi-finals. Six-goal England international Tom Morley shone for Simon Tomlinson’s well-balanced Beaufort quartet, who won to deny Emma and cousin Will Lucas the opportunity to win the cup named after their grandfather (Claire Tomlinson’s father). It was a number of repeated transgressions that cost Beaufort Embryo Transfer any hope at all: they gave away far too many penalties, which were gratefully accepted by Simon’s side and slotted home by the reliable Beaufort number four, Jacinto Crotto.
The final 10-5 scoreline in
Beaufort’s favour made the game look easier than it actually was, but the
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Polo sweeps into Broome T
Result: Paspaley beat Pinctada, 8-7 Principal sponsor: Paspaley Pearls
Teams: Paspaley (9): Matthew Welsh 4; Tex Webster 4; Peter Prendiville 1 Pinctada (9): Glen Gilmore 7; Nick Bowen 1; Ralph Lyster 1
France
Mixing business and pleasure
INSEAD BUSINESS SCHOOL in France, renowned for its one-year MBA program across Europe and Asia, held the first Insead Polo Cup this May, in celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. Players from France, the
Beaufort’s six-goaler, Tom Morley
biggest result of the day was the money raised for The Willow Foundation – a charity set up by former Arsenal and Scotland football goalkeeper, Bob Wilson, which provides special days for seriously ill 16- to 40-year-olds.
UK, The Netherlands and Germany joined up to form two unnamed sides to contest the inaugural cup, sponsored by luxury jewellers, Jaeger-LeCoultre. All players were alumni of the Business School faculty. Horses were leased to the players, provided by organiser Mariano Lopez of La Matrica Polo Club, who also umpired the match at Morsang, a privately owned ground in Fontainebleau. The sides received decent support from past and present Insead students, but it was Claudia Zeisberger’s quartet also comprising Godert Tegelberg, Jean-Christophe Sampson and Hinson Ng that ran out to a quick lead and romped to victory, 10-4. The losing side of Cornelius Grupp, Marc-Elie Bernard, Philippe de Verdalle and Fabien Grobon graciously accepted defeat and vowed alongside the organisers to be part of a bigger and better event in 2011, when they hope to bring in more teams and a larger audience.
Andrew Benke and Janek Gazecki report from an exciting end-to-end contest in Broome,Western Australia, where a crowd of 3,000 watched the country’s first ever beach polo competition
Winners, Paspaley (l-r: MVP Matt Welsh, Peter Prendiville and Tex and Jasper Webster Paspaley Beach Polo; 23 May Cable Beach, Broome
Plenty of spectators turned out to see Claudia Zeisberger’s side (in pink) take victory
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