(Newswire.net — February 18, 2021) — Heads up, polo followers! If you love polo and follow every news then this one’s for you. The popular team, MT Vikings, was crowned as champion of the British Ladies Open Polo Championship! The team showed great dedication and an outstanding performance in the field. That took them to the next level in a championship that included 8 teams.
Seven teams tried to get to that beloved trophy, but only one was the winner and that was MT Vikings, who won the final match against Park Place in a very exciting event that took place in the Cowdray Park Polo Club, a prestigious club that holds the most important polo matches.
MT Vikings is formed by Hazel Jackson (9), Siri Evjemo-Nysveen (2), Emma Boers (5) y Kayley Smith (2), a group of hard working athletes with great dedication to the team and to the sport. They also have a great trajectory and after years of training, they are taking the trophy home.
Regarding the game, this was a very tight match that was played with a lot of tension for both parts. Park Place included the players Lia Salvo (8), Millie Hine (6), Catalina Lavinia (3) y Varvara Borodina (1). In fact, it was Lia Salvo who scored the first and only score of the first chukker, showing great performance and game. That gave this team the first place, but only for a little while since they weren’t able to keep it up.
However, they weren’t able to maintain their game during the second chukker and MT Vikings scored during this part, getting the team 2 points and leaving them both with the same scores. The starred player during the third time was Hazel Jackson. Jackson improved her game by the third chukker and placed the score at 5-2 in favor of MT Vikings. A pretty impressive development in a game that appeared to be too tied but after the second chukker was a secured victory.
The final score was by the hand of Emma Boars, the player that secured the victory during the last period, ending the match 6 to 3 and giving MT Vikings the victory of this prestigious tournament. As you can see the game was exciting and kept everybody on their feet for the entire match.
The team had a big challenge ahead, but they were completely at the level of this prestigious tournament and took the trophy home.
About the club
The Cowdray Polo Club is one of the most famous clubs in the polo world and since 1910, this club has hosted many matches. Cowdray was founded with the idea of a small country club by the Pearson family. They have an incredible passion for the sport and that was a huge inspiration that helped them get this club to one of the best for competitive polo.
This club is also known for hosting one of the biggest tournaments in polo at a worldwide level, the internationally famous Gold Cup for the British Open Polo Championship that attracts players from all parts of the world. This cup is one of the most important events on the British social calendar and attracts the largest single polo audience in the United Kingdom.
As an important fact, in 1953, Cowdray Park was the host of the first Coronation Cup where teams from the UK, USA, Argentina and Chile competed and the finals drew a crowd of more than 10,000 people including HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
Even in this tough situation in which a global pandemic affected every part of our lives, Cowdray is working hard into reactivating the club and the matches.
They explain that “COVID-19 has had a major impact on everyone, the polo community included. The return of polo tournaments following the shut-down has been welcomed by players and clubs alike, but for many the effects of the pandemic have been devastating. Even in seemingly affluent rural communities the financial ramifications have been particularly hard felt”
It is important to say that Cowdray Park is now known as the Home of British Polo. After a century of dedication and commitment to this sport, it is logical that now becomes one of the best places to play polo.
They even created a Polo Academy. The Polo Academy provides a platform enabling new players to step into the very heart of the sport following instruction by leading professional coaches and players. The Academy aims to take new players to instructional chukka level after just 10 hours of private lessons. This program creates a game scenario with professional players playing alongside to explain, guide and create moves.
The dedication of this club for the sport is noticeable and this is definitely your place to look if you want to learn more about polo and how to play it. To learn more about it, you can visit the official website of the club by clicking here: https://www.cowdray.co.uk/sport/cowdray-polo-academy/
The Gold Cup was inaugurated 1956 and remains as the premier high goal tournament of the United Kingdom which welcomed its Golden Jubilee in 2006.
So now we can see how this victory from MT Vikings is extremely important for these women’s career. Getting a victory in such a prestigious polo club makes the team stand out among its peers.
Another member of this team that showed a strategic and well played performance in the field is Siri Evjemo Nysveen. Her moves and plays showed an interesting teamwork and she was one of the most seen during this game thanks to that versatility.
So now, MT Vikings has new roads ahead with this new title. All we have left is to wonder, what would be this team’s next moves? We hope to see them competing again and look for more ways to prove themselves as the professional polo players they are, with great leadership and teamwork as their best weapon in close matches.