ENGLAND – GOLD MEDAL

Laura MacCarthy -1

Started playing with family at Ansty Polo Club and now play in Schools, Pony Club and Club Polo.  Recently awarded Most Promising Player at the UK Nationals.  I am lucky to have the opportunity to play in Argentina this winter.

Louisa Clothier 0

Started playing when working with the Hon. Diana Pritchard Johnson and was asked to make one of her homebred 4yrs (Happy, who is still with Diana) into polo pony in July 1996 at Stoneleigh Park Polo Club. Member of Kirtlington Park Polo Club.

Sophie Cowley 1

Started polo in Cambridge Pony Club in1991 in 1997 received HPA scholarship to New Zealand and was member of winning team of the NZ classic. also represented

England ladies in Pakistan and Germany. Member of RLS and Cirencester Park  

Natalia Allen (Capt) 0

I started playing aged 15 in the pony club and became a founder member of Cambridge and Newmarket Polo Club. I reached 1 goals but dropped to 0 last year. Highlights have been:- HPA scholarship to New Zealand, tour of US Universities with a British University womens team, IWPA team for Women’s World Championships. I enjoy looking after and making my own ponies with my husband Jeremy.

HOLLAND – SILVER MEDAL

Fleur van Andel -1

I started playing polo five years ago in Argentina when I was there for several months studying Spanish. First my brother and then my father had already started playing polo in Holland a few years before. So when I came back I was lucky to be able to keep on playing. Now we mostly play tournaments held in Holland and Belgium and some in France.

I really look forward to playing with and against ‘girls only’, especially because in Holland and Belgium there are hardly enough women to make two teams.

Good luck to all the teams and let’s have fun!

Karen Brink -1

Last year, good friends of mine introduced me to the world of polo and I’m absolutely hooked ever since. At the end of last season my team WASABI played and won its first tournament. I combine my daily polo practices with my fulltime job in Amsterdam, where I’m responsible for marketing for a web hosting, security and media company. I strongly feel that working in a demanding, yet inspiring and internationally oriented environment requires my full focus and attention but at the same time provides me with lots of positive energy and motivation. Key words are team work, ambition, dedication and friendship. The same applies when playing polo: the perfect match for me.

Maria Gemma Huynen (Capt) 0

I am a Law student in Leiden, the Netherlands, living with 17 other girls in a student house. I started riding at the age of 6 and was 8 when my parents restarted the Antwerp Polo Club in Belgium. Major tournaments have been the Cocquetier d’Or and the 1st Women’s European Championships, Chantilly, The Diamond Stick Cup, Silver and Gold Cup in Belgium. In Argentina I played the International Women’s Polo tournament on the Palermo Field number 2!  Both my brothers (22 and 13yrs old), and my parents play and I have also played with Lucas Criado, Marcos Di Paola, Silvestre Donovan, Jose Rivas, Juan-Jose Brane and Guillermo Willington. 

Natascha Baecher 0

I have been playing polo for about 7 years.  Now based at Cowdray where I play almost all my polo. For the past 3 winters I have spent several months in Argentina.  I adore the game there and their way of living, it is VERY special to me.  I have been exceptinally fortunate to have been taken under the wing of a couple of people who have taught me both riding and polo.  I enjoy seeing the horses develop and learning how it is done. I am always keen to improve and learn as much as possible and of course have fun.  I have been exceedingly fortunate in all the support I have been given and opportunities given to me and to have such encouraging parents

IRELAND – BRONZE MEDAL

Buddy Brindley (Capt) -2

Former amateur jockey caught the polo bug and is now playing in the All Ireland Polo Club in Dublin.  Consistent winner of the highly coveted Boozer of the Weekend award at most Irish tournaments.

Deirdre Cash -1

Of the Cash Horse Empire, bashful and shy Deirdre plays off -1.  She first travelled to England as a stick chick and came back a “player”.  Can be quite a useful when prized away from the bar.

Susan Albarracin 0

Currently top rated Irish woman player playing at the Moyne Polo Club in Ireland.   Worked for Hugh Dawnay for many years and was instrumental in encouraging many women to take up the game in Ireland. Susan takes her partying as seriously as her polo but is definitely playing off a much higher handicap on the dance floor.

The Hon. Georgiana Crofton -1

Proud to be Irish having earned her stripes working for Major Hugh Dawnay.  Georgiana has been supporting ladies polo in Ireland throughout her three year career in the game.  She appears refined and sophisticated while at the bar but don’t be deceived on the polo field it is as if she never left Ireland.

SWITZERLAND 

Raffaella Agosti -1

I was introduced to polo through my family at a very young age. I began playing chukkas 3 years ago and my most important win to date has been the UK Women's National together with Jodie Kidd, Victoria Grace and Freddie Rosso. I am about to finish my studies in Hotel Management in Lausanne and worked during this season at Guards Polo Club, UK.

Aurelie Slavic -1

Currently playing at the Ham Polo Club and has been based in London this season.  Played in the first women’s polo tournament in Switzerland at the Gstaad Polo Club.

Yasmine Luginbuehl (Capt) 0

Runs the Veytay Polo Club in Switzerland with her husband Yves and is Switzerland’s top rated woman player.  Yasmine won the Swiss Champions Cup this year playing with two other women in the team.  They were unbeaten.

Gabriela Aeschlimann -2

One of Switzerland’s first women players and a big supporter of women in the game.  Has spent most of her polo career playing Arena Polo.