Prince Harry’s team wins charity Polo Cup
Prince Harry too conduct house US amateur polo player Marc Ganzi led Sentebale Land Rover to a 4-3 victory over St. Regis inward the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup on a rainy too chilly Midweek inward Greenwich, Connecticut.
With the Royal Standard too US flags flight to a higher house the scoreboard at the Greenwich Polo Club, the 28-year-old Prince Harry made his in conclusion US appearance on a polo plain subsequently a week-long trip amongst stops inward Colorado, Virginia, New York, New Bailiwick of Jersey too Washington, D.C.
Ganzi too vi other polo players competed for 4 chukkas amongst Prince Harry inward forepart of 400 invited guests including model too 8-goal polo instrumentalist Nic Roldan of Wellington too designers Valentino too Jason Wu, to assist heighten $1 1000000 for Sentebale, the Prince’s charity for underprivileged children inward Lesotho.
Ganzi, longtime Audi squad captain too 2009 US Open champion, played the No. 2 orbit too joined Prince Harry (1), squad captain of Sentebale Land Rover, Michael Carrazza (4) too squad captain, Royal Salute Ambassador Malcolm Borwick, an England national squad member, playing the No. 3 position.
The St. Regis polo squad was led past times Argentine captain Nacho Figueras, the confront of polo, playing at the No. 3 position.
Figueras was joined past times teammates Peter Orthwein (1), principal executive of Thor Industries too founding fellow member of the Greenwich Polo Club; Steve Lefkowitz (2) too Dawn Jones (4), married adult woman of histrion Tommy Lee Jones.
Prince Harry scored a game-tying finish (3-3) too assisted on some other inward the match. Ganzi led all scoring amongst ii goals too Borwick added another.
Jones scored a finish for St. Regis too was named Most Valuable Player. Figueras too Lefkowitz each had a goal.
“I’m similar a piffling Jack Russell terrier on crack, I similar to larn for the ball,” Jones told reporters nigh her trend of polo.
During Prince Harry’s spoken language at the polo fundraiser he said, “This is the in conclusion solar daytime of my tour around the United States. Thank you lot for a wonderful week. I possess got witnessed the extraordinary generosity of the people of this nifty nation.”
Prince Harry too then added “I’m hoping for a soft pitch thus when I autumn off my Equus caballus I won’t wound my head.”
Despite non beingness on a Equus caballus for nearly a twelvemonth because of his state of war machine duties inward Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan too regal duties, Prince Harry did well, working both sides of the Equus caballus amongst deft mallet play.
After his arrival at the Greenwich Polo Club, Prince Harry spent to a greater extent than than an sixty minutes inward the clubhouse earlier heading across the plain for the formal plan that featured speeches too auction. Security was tight at the polo club.
“It is wonderful to move hither at Greenwich Polo Club inward Connecticut for the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup 2013,” Prince Harry said.
“The success of our 3 previous polo events has helped Sentebale brand a existent deviation to the lives of vulnerable children inward Lesotho, the Mountain Kingdom of southern Africa.”
During lunch, Prince Harry was seated betwixt models Stephanie Seymour too Karolina Kurkova. Seymour is the married adult woman of billionaire Peter Brant, founder of the polo social club too host of the event.
Brant has hosted other British royals including the Duke too Duchess of York, Prince Andrew too Sarah Ferguson.
“It’s a nifty honor,” Brant said. “It’s nifty for polo.”
Guests enjoyed mini lobster rolls too crab cakes, filet of beef amongst leap vegetable salad, ricotta gnocchi amongst corn, mushrooms too English linguistic communication peas. Vanilla crème brulee, lemon curd tarts too mixed berry trifle was served for dessert.
Ganzi, coming off the high finish flavor amongst Audi, volition at 1 time provide dwelling solid for the May 17-19 USPA Eastern Challenge leap tournament at his family’s Grand Champions Polo Club inward Wellington.
In July, Ganzi volition rub elbows over again amongst a few to a greater extent than members of the Royal Family when he heads the US squad against England for the coveted Westchester Cup at Guards Polo Club inward Windsor Great Park. The in conclusion fourth dimension the ii teams met inward the UK inward 1997, England won, 12-9. At the International Polo Club Palm Beach inward 2009, when the Cup was in conclusion played, England won, 10-9.
Ganzi, CEO of Global Tower Partners, too his polo teams possess got won every major twenty too 26-goal polo tournament including the US Open, CV Whitney Cup too Piaget Gold Cup. This past times Nov at Grand Champions, Ganzi’s Team USA defeated England, 8.5-6, inward the International Cup.
Sentebale was founded past times Prince Harry too Prince Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho Royal household unit of measurement inward 2006 inward retentiveness of their mothers to assist ease the plight of the neediest too most vulnerable of Lesotho’s children, many of them the victims of poverty too Lesotho’s HIV/AIDs epidemic. Sentebale agency “forget me not.”
“It merely takes a unmarried view too you’re inward dearest amongst Kingdom of Lesotho too its children,” Prince Harry said.
It is the 3rd twelvemonth Royal Salute has partnered amongst the charity. The UK hosted the annual flagship fundraising termination inward 2011 too Brazil hosted inward 2012.
The polo plain is a basis away from the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan state of war zone where the British Army captain latterly served twenty weeks inward an assault helicopter. The polo tally was Prince Harry’s 15th populace termination during his US visit.
The prince, boy of Prince Charles too the belatedly Princess Diana, is 3rd inward business to the British throne, subsequently his manlike soul parent too older brother, Prince William.
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