In one of the most exciting NZ Polo Open finals ever to be held at Auckland Polo Club, a spectacular crowd of more than 4000 cheered from the sidelines as the two best teams competed in an exhilarating match to win the coveted trophy.
The 47th NZ Polo Open final was a very close game between team Ecogas (Paco O’Dwyer, Glen Sheriff, George Cronin, Bruce Fraser) and Team Brinks (Matt van den Brink, James Harper, Bud Sorby, Jimbo Fewster) with Brinks taking the nation’s top polo title, 9-8.
With a field of polo players from all over the world – there were players from New Zealand, Australia, England and Argentina – the competition between the teams was fierce, with the score at end of the third Chukka 6 – 4 to Ecogas.
Champion pony went to Lola, owned by Ash Reader, ridden by James Harper.
Best retrained thoroughbred (an award created in collaboration between NZ Polo Open and Love Racing) went to Shooter, owned by Thomas Hunt, ridden by Paco O’Dwyer.
Most valuable player of the match went to Bruce Fraser of Ecogas.
Ecogas
· Paco O’Dwyer 7 [handicap] – Argentina
· Glenn Sheriff 5 – New Zealand
· Bruce Fraser 2 – New Zealand
· George Cronin 2 – New Zealand
Brinks
· Matt van den Brink 1 – New Zealand
· Bud Sorby 3 – Australia
· Jimbo Fewster 5 – United Kingdom
· James Harper 7 – United Kingdom
