Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz, 2016 - 29.1.-31.1.2016, *****World Class Teams and Polo Player***** - NAANII GLOBAL Luxury/Quality Family Lifestyle MAGAZINE 'en Vogue' - NAANII GLOBAL Quality & Luxury Family Lifestyle - MAGAZINE 'en Vogue'-

Team Cartier +14 England
1 Spencer McCarthy +1 ENG TC
2 Charlie Wooldridge +1 ENG
3 Chris Hyde +6 ENG
4 Nacho Gonzalez +6 ENG

Team Maserati +16 Italy
1 Rommy Gianni +1 ITA TC
2 Dario Musso +7 ARG
3 Luciano Vazquez +2 ESP
4 Frankie Menendes +6 ARG

Team Perrier-Jouët +15 Switzerland
1 Aluisio Rosa +7 BRA
2 Olavo Novaes +7 BRA
3 Luca Zindel +1 SUI
4 Cedric Schweri 0 SUI TC

Team Badrutt’s Palace Hotel +15 USA
1 Melissa Ganzi 0 USA TC
2 Augustin «Tincho» Merlos +9 ARG
3 Mariano Gracida +4 USA
4 Tito Gaudenzi +2 SUI

Umpires
Head Umpire Oliver Ellis GBR
Umpire Marcello Garrahan ARG
Umpire Tim Keyte GBR

Speaker
Jan-Erik Franck


St. Moritz has announced the teams that will be competing for the Cartier Trophy in 2016. Teams from England, Italy, Ireland and Switzerland have signed up for the only high-goal tournament on snow. Chris Hyde, currently the world’s best snow polo player, will be playing once again. The Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz will take place
from 29 to 31 January 2016.

There were a number of well-known applicants from Europe and overseas for one of the four team slots available at the Snow Polo World Cup 2016. In the end, the tournament management, headed by founder Reto Gaudenzi, invited Spencer Mccarthy (England), Rommy Gianni (Italy), Richard Fagan (Ireland), and Cedric Schweri (Switzerland) to the tournament. The four captains will now set about to put together a high-goal team each. The four-times St. Moritz winners Nacho Gonzalez (GBR) and Chris Hyde (GBR) have already been announced as part of the English team. Hyde has previously won the St. Moritz tournament five times; he is currently regarded as the world’s best snow polo player.
World-class polo against the magnificent mountain backdrop of the Engadin is set on the agenda for the last weekend in January. St. Moritz is the birthplace of snow polo: the world’s first ever polo tournament on snow took place on the frozen lake here 32 years ago. The three tournament days will see excellent polo being played and a series of social events taking place on the lake as well as in St. Moritz’s first-class hotels. Once again, well over 20’000 spectators are expected. «Year and again, our guests delight in the special ambience on the frozen lake set amidst one of the most beautiful mountain sceneries in the world,» Reto Gaudenzi, founder and CEO of Evviva Polo St. Moritz Ltd, enthuses. «No place in the world better encapsulates the combination of true hospitality, luxury, and authentic, Alpine lifestyle. It is a meeting place for locals and visitors, polo fans, winter sports enthusiasts and those who just came to enjoy life.»

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