Dallas Burston Polo Club ?Polo in the Park? 2012
Clubhouse at Dallas Burton Polo Club
The biggest event of the year for Dallas Burston Polo Club - their annual Polo in the Park was held on the 16th of September. Sixteen teams competed in three exciting tournaments - The Amaranther Trophy, The Tusk Trophy, and the Dallas Burston Gold Cup. The guests also enjoyed the Royal Artillery Exhibition Game, a breathtaking jousting display, performances by the Warwickshire Country Choristers, a fun fair, pony rides, stalls, and shopping.
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- The Dallas Burston Polo Grounds
- Getting ready for the first matches of the day
- Match Kangaroos v Marston
- Match JCS v Rated People
- Match Phoenix v Rathbones
- Match Quicksilver v Dawson Group
- Jousting - The Knights of Middle England
- Match The Inn Team v Offchurch Bury
- People - teams, spectators, and guests
- Price giving for the Polo in the Park Tusk Trophy
- Match Rigby & Rigby v La Golondrina
- Price giving for the Polo in the Park Gold Cup
- Match Royal Artillery v Dallas Burston Polo Club Home Team, Help for Heroes Exhibition Game
- Price giving for the Help for Heroes Exhibition Game
- After the matches - the evening in the clubhouse
Official press release
There was no doubt that Dallas Burston Polo Club enjoyed its busiest weekend of the season. With a total of sixteen teams entering into three exciting tournaments (The Amaranther Trophy, The Tusk Trophy, The Dallas Burston Gold Cup) and the Royal Artillery Exhibition Game, not to mention Sunday?s Polo in the Park which also featured the tournament finals, a breathtaking jousting display, performances by The Warwickshire County Choristers, fun fair, pony rides, stalls and shopping, well this Warwickshire based polo club was certainly put to the test.
Proud winners of The Amaranther Trophy (0 Goal) were The Inn Team (Ian Donald, Annie Whitehouse, Crispin Matthews and Katie MacDonald), whilst the runners up were Offchurch Bury (Grant Collett, Jon Hickman, Michael Hall and Paul Clay) - their prizes and trophy were presented by members of the Royal Amaranther Society Ulf Karneman and soul diva Kym Mazelle.
When it came to the 4 Goal Tusk Trophy Tournament, the undisputed winners were C.A.N.I (Louise Jebson, Sebastian Funes, Jamie Potter and Grant Collett) who beat Camino Real (Josh Cork, Ollie Cork, Alex Vent and Michael Henderson) 6:3. C.A.N.I were also simultaneously awarded The Midlands? 4 Goal Championships Trophy and prizes by Southam and Kenilworth MP Jeremy Clark.
The highlight of the polo tournaments was undeniably The Dallas Burston Gold Cup Tournament (6 Goal) which saw a fierce battle between Rigby & Rigby (Steve Rigby, Tomas Iriarte, Matias Amaya and Jenny Rigby) and La Golondrina (Paul Oberschnider, Hugo Davis, Pedro Harrison and Matias Corrique), with La Golondrina finally achieving that winning goal 10:9. The trophy and prizes were presented by HRH Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Dr Dallas Burston.
To round off an already intense day of polo and umpired by the wonderful Barbara Zingg, The Royal Artillery polo team (Bombardier Richard Morris, Major Andy Woods, Bombardier Pippa Charman, Alex Vent and Karl Ude-Martinez) went head to head against the DBPC home team (Major Will Mawby, Major Robert Skeggs, Will Wood, Mark Weller) raising money for Help for Heroes.
Essentially the entire weekend, which attracted in the thousands, illustrated the consistent support of the sport, yet also a very real need to continue providing the local and regional areas with a fun and entertainment lead family day out.
Results
6 goal:
Subsidiary: Quicksilver 4 v Dawson Group 6
Final: La Golondrina 10 v Rigby & Rigby 9
4 goal:
Subsidiary: Rathbones 7 v Phoenix 9
Final: C.A.N.I. 5 v Camino Real 3 ?
0 goal:
2nd Subsidiary: Kangaroos 6 v Marston 5 ?
1st Subsidiary: JCS 7 v Rated People 6
Final: Inn Team 6 v Offchurch Bury 3