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January
28, 2007
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 Brioni
wins spectacular battle for the Cartier Trophy
10 000 spectators follow memorable finals day at the 23rd Cartier Polo
World Cup on Snow in St. Moritz. The atmosphere was straight out of a
picture book. Blue skies and sunshine turned the lake of St. Moritz and
the alpine backdrop into a fairytale landscape, and from the cheers erupting
from the sold-out grandstands you could have been forgiven for thinking
you were at a football match.
The game continued to be played at a highest level – polo on snow
simply doesn't get better than this – the excitement and speed remaining
undiminished. It was undoubtedly the match of the tournament, peaking
when Eduardo Novillo Astrada thwarted the Cartier team's title defence
with a goal just before the end of regular time to make the score 3:3.
In the extra fifth chukker necessary for a decision, it was the two nine-goalers,
Novillo Astrada and Milo Fernandez Araujo, who launched the more efficient
attacks. It was one of their forays deep into Cartier's territory that
brought the deciding golden goal, scored by Eduardo Novillo Astrada. Brioni
thus won the much-coveted Cartier Trophy for the first time, much to the
obvious delight of their fans. Thanks to Novillo Astrada, the team also
won the Best Player award, with Tia the Best Playing Pony and Charlie
Hanbury Best Amateur.
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