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The polo club of Patrick Guerrand-Hermès was host to the second station of the POLO+10 World Tour, which took the participants to the north of Morocco. An unforgettable polo adventure right next to the Atlantic Ocean and in the open countryside. Across the beautiful landscape close to Tangier, via sand pistes and across mountains and valleys, past donkeys and herds of goats you get down to the club’s three excellent polo fields and the newly-built club house. Welcome to the polo paradise!
For three days the international participants of the POLO+10 Patrons’ Cup Morocco played for victory. Exciting and fast-paced chukkas, enthusiastic players and excellent horses made a go of the polo weekend in Morocco. The guests of POLO+10 were accommodated at the private villa of Patrick Guerrand-Hermès, where breakfast, lunch, the Players’ Beach Party as well as a great Welcome Dinner were held.
First place of the POLO+10 Patrons’ Cup Morocco went to Team Marrakech Polo Club, including Martin Magal (0, SLK), Natalia and Christoph K. (-2/0, AUT) as well as the Argentine 4-goaler Pablo Casero. The match was fast and competitive. In the end, the winning team was successful against Team POLO+10, which consisted of Sébastien Le Page (0, FRA), Anne Pascale Guedon (-1, FRA), Ignacio Tejerina (+3, ARG) as well as Vera Kubick and Thomas Wirth (-2, GER) sharing one position, by a narrow 4-3.
In the match for third place Team Voltex won by a large margin of 5-1 against Team PGH Palmeraie Polo Club. Starting in the third chukka, Samy Jebabli (-2, FRA), Martin Gueritot (-2, SLK), Philip Chan (0, UAE) and Mariano Lopez (+1, ARG) began to put their opponents under pressure and continued to express their lead. Jean Paul Reshuan (-1, ECU), Raymon Rafool (-1, USA), Antonio Parra (-1, ECU) and Slava Guerrand-Hermès (-1, FRA), the grandson of Patrick, tried to get the game under control again and again, but in the end could not catch up.
Slava Guerrand-Hermès and Ignacio “Nacho” Tejerina, manager of the PGH Palmeraie Polo Club, agree: “The POLO+10 World Tour has brought an excellent tournament to Morocco featuring players from eight different nations. We saw great polo and had a lot of fun at this unique location, it really was something special. We really look forward to welcome the POLO+10 World Tour here again in the next year.”