Almasanta ran out the champions of the Copa Jerez de Polo, the second leg of the Iberian Polo Tour, following their 10-7.5 win over San Leonardo / Westcroft Polo Club, in the final played on Sunday at Los Pinos, in Sotogrande, Spain. The Iberian Cup went to La Hechicera, who beat Los Chinos 9.5-5.
The Copa Jerez de Polo saw eight teams up to 8 goals, partake.
FINAL COPA JEREZ DE POLO: ALMASANTA 10-7.5 SAN LEONARDO / WESTCROFT POLO CLUB
ALMASANTA: Alicia Gariador 0, Manuel Lopez 2, Luis Domecq 3, Juan Clemente Marambio 3. Total: 8.
SAN LEONARDO / WESTCROFT POLO CLUB: Cristóbal Méndez de Vigo 0, Benjamín Araya (h) 5, Richard Blake Thomas 2, Archie Dunn 0. Total: 7.
Umpires: César Ruiz Guiñazú & Mariano Iturrioz.
MVP: Juan Clemente Marambio.
BPP: Tan Biónica. Player: Benjamín Araya Jr.
Fair Play Award: Cristóbal Méndez de Vigo.
COPA JEREZ DE POLO – THE TEAMS:
ALMASANTA: Joaquín Castellví 0, Luis Domecq 3, Manuel Lopez 2, Juan Clemente Marambio 3. Total: 8.
COLIFLOW: Maria Curtichs -1, Estanislao Grahn 3, Pelayo Berazadi 5, Juan Carlos Gavira 1. Total: 8.
LA HECHICERA: Pablo Galante 0, Pascual Alvarez 1, Malcom Borwick 5, Alvaro Alvarez 1. Total: 7.
LOS CHINOS: Alison Clark -1, Tom Beim 3, Ernesto Fernández Llorente 4, Daniel Gariador 2. Total: 8.
MONO POLO: Hamish Maclennan 0, Rosendo Torreguitar 5, Derek Maclennan 0, Yago Espinosa 2. Total: 7.
PAMPA Y LA VÍA: Jaime Lleó -1, Mario Gomez 3, Roberto Iturrioz 2, Antonio Ayesa 3. Total: 7.
REAL CLUB PINEDA: Nico Álvarez 2, Gaetan Charloux 2, Diogo Gallego 2, JM Ponce de León 1. Total: 7.
SAN LEONARDO / WESTCROFT POLO CLUB: Cristóbal Méndez de Vigo 0, Benjamín Araya Jr. 5, Richard Blake Thomas 2, Archie Dunn 0. Total: 7.
The Iberian Polo Tour will resume on Thursday April 20 with the Campeonato de España and the Copa Memorial Duque de Alba, that will see nine teams up to 8 goals, in competition. The tournament will take place at Dos Lunas.
CAMPEONATO DE ESPAÑA – TEAMS:
ALMASANTA: Joaquín Castellví 0, Luis Domecq 3, Manuel Lopez 2, Juan Clemente Marambio 3. Total: 8.
DRAGONES DE LA CUERA: Pedro Beca 2, Alfonso Figar 1, Jaime Serra 2, Gonzalo Entrecanales 1. Total: 6.
ENGEL & VOLKERS: Xavi Cunill 0, Juan Torroba 2, Alejandro Espada 2, Nicolás Ruiz Guiñazú 4. Total: 8.
PAMPA Y LA VÍA: Jaime Lleó -1, Mario Gomez 3, Roberto Iturrioz 2, Antonio Ayesa 3. Total: 7.
COPA MEMORIAL DUQUE DE ALBA – TEAMS:
WEYBORNE: Nick Clarke 0, Sergio Perez 0, Maxi Fernandez 3, Pelayo Berazadi 5. Total: 8.
MONO POLO: Derek MacLennan 0, Estanislao Grahn 3, Rosendo Torreguitar 5, Kaveh Atrack 0. Total: 8.
LOS CHINOS: Alison Clark -1, Daniel Gariador 2, Tom Beim 4, Ernesto Fernández Llorente 3. Total: 8.
SEMPER ANTICUS: Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi -1, Pascual Álvarez 1, Richard Blake Thomas 2, Malcolm Borwick 5. Total: 7.
DOS LUNAS: Simon Wolf / Lorraine Clewits -1, Tim Fane 2, Ignacio Domecq 1, Martin Iturraspe 5. Total: 7.
CAMPEONATO DE ESPAÑA – FIXTURE
Thursday April 20:
Los Chinos 5-3.5 Dos Lunas
Friday April 21:
3pm: Weyborne vs Mono Polo
4:15pm: Engel & Völkers vs Dragones de la Cuera (Game 1)
5:30pm: Los Chinos vs Semper Anticus
6:45pm: Pampa y La Vía vs Almasanta (Game 2)
Saturday April 22:
11:00am: Winner Game 1 vs Loser Game 2
12:15pm: Winner Game 2 vs Loser Game 1
3:30pm: Dos Lunas vs Weyborne
5pm: Semper Anticus vs Mono Polo
Sunday April 23:
10:30am: Third place, Round Robin (Copa Memorial Duque de Alba)
11:00am: Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2 (Campeonato de España)
12:15pm: Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 (Campeonato de España)
1:30pm: Final Copa Memorial Duque de Alba