Seven top teams for the Thai Polo Open 2010
Monday, 28 December 2009 14:38
Seven top teams will fight it out for the Mercedes Benz - B Grimm Thai Polo Open 2010 from 6th to 16th January at the Thai Polo & Equestrian Club in Pattaya, Thailand.
Dato' Harald Link leads his own Thai Polo team, this time playing with three professional players, former England captain Andrew Hine, young star Oliver Cudmore and Argentine six-goaler Manolo Fernandez Llorente.
Dato' Mohamed Moiz will be hoping for a threepeat at the Thai Polo Open, having won it in 2008 and 2009 with his own BRDB team. However the BRDB and Royal Pahang teams have been merged to allow the formation of the new RMPA 1 Malaysia team of Edham Shaharuddin, Shaik Reismann, Tengku Shazril and Amran Selamat. Dato' Moiz will play with HRH Prince Abdullah in the Royal Pahang team. They will be joined by Malaysian Open MVP Gaston Moore and Martin Inchauspe.
Satinder Garcha was co-patron of BRDB -Elevation in 2009. This year he pairs with Jogo Polo's Quzier Ambak for the Thailand tournaments. Their Jogo -Elevation team will feature Argentine seven-goaler Gerardo Mazzini and Indian four-goaler Simran Shergill.
Thai-Polo based Claudia Zeisberger returns to the Thai Open for the second time with “B Grimm INSEAD”. Caroline Link had been her co-patron in last year’s game and the two ladies had planned to return for their second season. But Caroline had to withdraw when she broke her arm in an unlucky polo accident a few weeks ago. Claudia will now join forces with Gary Tiernan, whose ponies are also based at Thai Polo. Their team will be supported by RMPA International League veteran Carlos Pando together with the exciting Raul Laplacette - certainly a team with great control and professional understanding.
Hong Kong's Aron Harilela plays his own Harilela - The Next Level with Hissam "Namu" Hyder, English three-goaler Matthew Lodder and six-goaler Nacho Ganzalez. It is a very exciting line-up, and like Thai Polo, one of only two three-pro teams.
Malaysia's Bunga Raya is the only team that very sportingly plays with just one professional, Manuel Crespo. The three amateur patrons are Dato' Razak Feroz Khan, Toh Muda Rizal Ramli and Mohd Zekri Ibrahim.
Schedule of Group Games
Wed 6th Jan
Royal Pahang vs Bunga Raya
Fi 8th Jan
Bunga Raya vs Jogo Elevation
RMPA 1 Malaysia vs B Grimm Insead
Thai Polo vs Harilela - The Next Level
Sunday 10th Jan
Royal Pahang vs Jogo Elevation
Harilela - The Next Level vs B Grimm - Insead
RMPA 1 Malaysia vs Thai Polo
Wednesday 13th January
Semi-Final 1
Semi- Final 2
Thursday 14th January
Round Robin for 5th - 7th Places
Saturday 16th January
Round Robin for 5th - 7th Places
3rd & 4th Place Match
Mercedes Benz - B Grimm Thai Polo Open Final
For a full schedule of the draw, please see http://www.rmpa.org.my/news/news_body.php?id=116
| Mercedes Benz - B Grimm Thai Polo Open 2010 | ||
| Thai Polo | ||
| 1 | Dato' Harald Link | 1 |
| 2 | Oliver Cudmore | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Hine | 5 |
| 4 | Manolo Fernandez Llorente | 6 |
| Team Handicap | 14 | |
| Royal Pahang Polo Club | ||
| 1 | HRH Prince Abdullah | 1 |
| 2 | Dato' Mohamed Moiz | 1 |
| 3 | Gaston Moore | 7 |
| 4 | Martin Inchauspe | 5 |
| Team Handicap | 14 | |
| Harilela - The Next Level | ||
| 1 | Aron Harilela | 0 |
| 2 | Matthew Lodder | 3 |
| 3 | Hissam Hyder | 5 |
| 4 | Nacho Gonzalez | 6 |
| Team Handicap | 14 | |
| RMPA 1 Malaysia | ||
| 1 | Amran Selamat | 2 |
| 2 | HRH Prince Shazril | 3 |
| 3 | Shaik Reismann | 3 |
| 4 | Edham Shaharuddin | 4 |
| Team Handicap | 12 | |
| Bunga Raya | ||
| 1 | Mohd Zekri Ibrahim | 1 (2) |
| 2 | Dato' Razak Feroz Khan | 1 |
| 3 | Manuel Crespo | 7 |
| 4 | Toh Muda Rizal Ramli | 2 |
| Team Handicap | 12 | |
| Jogo - Elevation | ||
| 1 | Quzier Ambak | 1 |
| 2 | Satinder Garcha | 2 |
| 3 | Gerardo Mazzini | 6 |
| 4 | Simran Shergill | 4 |
| Team Handicap | 13 | |
| B Grimm - Insead | ||
| 1 | Claudia Zeisberger | 0 |
| 2 | Gary Tiernan |
0 |
| 3 | Carlos Pando | 6 |
| 4 | Raul Laplacette | 6 |
| Team Handicap | 12 |
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