Polo
27 June 2016
Stowe entered four teams at the National Polo Championships on Sunday 19 June. In the Open section, Jamie Grayson (Upper Sixth, Grafton), Nic Quirot de Poligny (Lower Sixth, Chandos), Flo Berner (Lower Sixth, Lyttelton) and Billy Hawkings-Byass (Fourth Form, Cobham), won their 4 chukka match against Radley 10-4 to become the National Polo Champions.
In the Intermediate section, Steven Duncan (Upper Sixth, Chandos), Izzy Baillie (Lower Sixth, Queen’s), Ivan Quirot de Poligny (Third Form, Walpole) and Algy Stanley (Lower Sixth, Chatham), came a very respectable third. In the Novice section, Oliver Pritchard (Fourth Form, Temple), Louis Hink (Fourth Form, Walpole), Beau Carter (Lower Sixth, Chatham) and Jamie Baillie (Fourth Form, Cobham) also came third and our Beginners, Nathan Dana (Fourth Form, Temple), Jack Nesbitt (Third Form, Chatham), Bertie Alexander (Lower Sixth, Temple) and Tom White (Fourth Form, Chatham) won their division and performed brilliantly.
Jamie Grayson won the Most Valuable Player award for the whole tournament, which is a really prestigious award; this was a fantastic way to finish his Captaincy for Stowe.
Congratulations to Nic Quirot de Poligny, who was part of a Senior men’s’ Premier Polo team, Sladmore/Twelve Oaks, which produced an incredible comeback in the final chukka to win the prestigious Archie David Cup on Sunday 26 June. This is the UK and Europe’s leading 8-goal tournament and Nic’s team came out winners over 30 other teams winning 7-6 after being down 4-1 at half time.
Fiona Corthine, MiC Polo