Rolex Snow Polo Cup Final 2007
Otrada Equestrian Centre, 25 February 2007
The most glamorous event of the Moscow winter season took place in fittingly glamorous weather, as the sun shone out of a clear blue sky onto the Rolex Snow Polo Cup, which took place at Otrada Equestrian Centre, Moscow on 25 February 2007.
Organised by Eventica in association with the Russian Polo Club, and sponsored by Rolex and Land Rover, the event drew a crowd of hundreds.
As the guests were gathering in their fur-lined clothes and, amazingly, sun-glasses, the event began with a press conference featuring the key figures behind the organisation of the event. The revival of polo in Russia in recent years is largely down to one man, Victor Huaco, a Peruvian financier whose love of the game drove him to establish the Russian Polo Club. Eventica is proud to help him to bring the game up to an international level, whereby polo tournaments in Moscow can rival those in Aspen (USA), Megeve (France) and St. Moritz (Switzerland) to name but a few.
The first game of the day was the fight for third place, which was won by Rolex after a worthy battle on the snow with the competing Brioni and Mildberry teams.
Lunch followed in the finest traditions of hunting parties of the imperial age: those who were taking advantages of the glorious sunshine outside were treated to a warming feat of spit-roast lamb, whilst inside, spectators and players alike could warm themselves with a sumptuous buffet washed down with, naturally, vodka.
The culmination of the day – the final – took place after lunch: spectators were treated to a stunning match, with the eventual champions, the Kauffman team, beating the extremely accomplished Land Rover side, by 13 goals to 7.
As is always the case with polo, in many ways the social aspect of the game is just as exciting as the sport itself – and the Rolex Snow Polo Cup was certainly a place to see and be seen: the great and the good from Moscow high society who attended include Dmitry Peskov (First Deputy Press Secretary to the President of the Russian Federation; Dmitry Kalimullin (Russian Presidential Administration); Nikolai Uskov (GQ); Kirill Dubsky (Itogi); Michael von Schlippe (Independent Media); Nikolai Gogol (Nigo Holding); Boris Teterev (Musa Motors); Azamat Tseboev (MENU Group); Sergei Brilev (TV presenter) and many others.
Eventica is delighted to support the revival of polo in Russia – and to work with the Russian Polo Club to achieve a top quality international sporting event.
