Polo & More, Singapore 2017 Polo & More, Singapore 2017 | Page 60

It was cause for further celebration in the tourist’s camp when not
only did they win The Royal Selangor Trophy and a Leica camera apiece, but
captain Garaud was crowned Most Valuable Player.
“Today was a real pleasure,” commented Garaud. “We started very well
at the beginning and over the course of the different chukkas, we tried to
stay well-organised on the field since we knew each other so well. At the
third, we has some surprises, we missed some goals, we had a bit of a rush,
and we started to play badly. In the fourth we raised our level of playing and
told ourselves to stay strong and it paid off.”
As with any polo match, much of the win is down to the ponies so
it was a great cheer that went up from the crowd when Vinod Kumar’s
Rama was Awarded Best Playing Pony. The Best Turned Out prize went to
the Singapore Polo Club’s Estrella who had been primped and primed by
groom, Iswaran.
Post the match day, Namazie was quick to praise those who had
helped bring about a great event and the dear relationship between the two
Vinod Kumar reaching for the hook on Alex Sztarkman
A sheer miss by Alex Sztarkman, with Shane Boyd contemplating the next move
Lining up for the visitors; Florent Garaud, Alex Sztarkman, Arnaud de Chenevarin,
Olivier Duguet and Mark Goldberg
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