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Cowdray Park Polo Championships

 

Last year a record five OS & B teams qualified for the Pony Club Polo Championships at Cowdray Park 6-8th August 2010.  It was a great achievement for all the children involved and everyone enjoyed three days of polo, the famous Saturday night party and the following successes:-

 

Toby Addison (10) and Emily Golding (10) from the OS & B Jorrocks team. By kind permission of photographer

 

 

Two OS & B teams fight it out.  In the foreground are Will Golding (15) and Fraser Wicks (15). By kind permission of photographer

 

 

 

Charlotte Giles (10), Tatjana Wooldridge (12), Grace Holley (10) and unpictured Emma Thornett (10) came third in Handley Cross Division II.

 

Fraser Wicks (15), Harry Revell (15), George Hervey (12) and Danielle Thorpe (13) came first in Surtees Division II winning the Surtees Division II Trophy.

 

Katy Bernard (14), James Revell (15), Will Golding (15) and Olivia Hervey (14) came 4th in Surtees Division I.

 

Emily Collins (13), Alice Walsh (13), Harry Hickmet (12) and Terence Lent (12) came 5th in Surtees Division II.

 

Melissa Hicks (15), Georgia Sweeney (15), Claudia Thornett (15) and Natasha Hough (14) came 5th in Loriner Division II.

 

Charlie Holley (14), Tim Pearce-May (14, North Cotswold), Seb Hancock (13, Surrey Union) and Jack Hyde (13) came 2nd in The Hipwood League.

 

Special Awards:-

 

 

Terence Lent won the Young Telegraph Award for the most promising player in the under 15 section presented by Cherry Mitchell, Chairman of The Pony Club.

 

 

Harry Revell is awarded the Retraining of Racehorses prize for his pony 'You Little Miller' for the 'Best ex-racehorse in Pony Club Polo', presented by Piers Plunket.

 

 

 

Watership Down Arena Polo

Left to right Jack Hyde, Seb Hancock and Charlie Holley at Watership Down Arena Polo tournament in the Easter holidays where they won the Surtees section.

 

"Longdole was our first arena competition this year. We came third in our section and the other OS&B Surtees team (Jack Hyde, Charlie Holley and Seb Hancock) did brilliantly and came first in their Section. Emily was in the pool at the Vaux Park tournament and ended up playing for Tiverton B with Monty and Brigitte (who was playing in her first ever competition). They played really well and Emily scored 6 of the 7 goals leading the team to a Jorrocks victory" by Will Golding.


 


 
"Will (Golding) was playing with Katy Bernard and Claudia Thornett for their second outing of the season at Vaux Park. They worked really well as a team and the horses and players were much more relaxed on their second outing. There was some very exciting polo and mummy couldn't watch as she was so nervous. They were very successful and came third in the Surtees group. It was a lovely day and thank you to Vaux Park and the organisers for such a brilliant competition" by Emily Golding.

Some of our young polo players gave a demonstration of pony club polo at former Olympic team member Tanya Larrigan's Equestrian Variety Performance, ' The Magic of the Horse ' on 17th April '10 at Towerlands, Braintree.  From left to right are Emma Thornett, Toby Addison, Georgia Addison and Tatjana Wooldridge (Garth Hunt branch).  They appeared in two performances and had a thoroughly enjoyable (if exhausting!) day.