LAUREUS POLO KING POWER POLO CUP
by Emma Chesworth
Stars from the world of sport, TV and entertainment gathered at HPC, the London Polo Club on June 16, for the 2016 Laureus King Power Polo Cup.
Chairman of Premier League champions Leicester City and Laureus Ambassador Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, accompanied by the Premier League Trophy, was joined by Lady Kitty Spencer, England cricketer Jonny Bairstow and a host of celebrity guests including Hugo Taylor and Spencer Matthews, stars of TV show Made in Chelsea.
Also in attendance were Laureus Academy Members and legends of the sporting world, including Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy and All Blacks legend Sean Fitzpatrick, double Olympic 400 metres hurdles gold medallist Edwin Moses, Argentina’s greatest ever rugby
player Hugo Porta and double Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson. Laureus Ambassadors former English cricket captain Michael Vaughan and world and Olympic track cycling champion Victoria Pendleton were also at Ham to support Laureus Sport for Good.
A handful of the world’s greatest polo players were in action, competing for a team sponsored by AMG, the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz, against a team representing Polo Club St Tropez. They included Gonzalito Pieres, David ‘Pelon’ Stiring, Pablo MacDonough and Marcos di Paola. After an exciting encounter, Polo Club St Tropez came out on top beating Mercedes-AMG 7-5.
During the event, a range of luxury items and experiences were auctioned off to raise funds for Fundación Laureus
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HPC • THE LONDON POLO CLUB
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