Polo Cub St. Tropez hosts 8 teams the Open de Gassin – July 16 through the 26th had eight 15-goal teams competing for the small French village’s coveted trophy. Team patrons were visiting from all over the world including: Kristian Petersson – Sweden, Geoff Palmer and Franck Dubarry – USA, Alshir Fiyaz – Pakistan, Karen Brink – Monaco, Gualtiero Giero and Riccardo Tattoni –Italy, Juan Luis Bravo – Spain, Dean Clark and Alexis Paillol – France and Corinne Schuler – Germany and owner of the Polo Club Saint Tropez.
All teams were divided into pools of four. After several days of play and semi finals, F Polo Team and saint tropez wearing the jerseys of title sponsor Maybach met each other in the finals. Play was very competitive and fast paced with the F Polo Team of Martin Espain (6), Diego Braun (5), Matias Nigoul(4) and Eebastian Decommer, substituting for patron Alishir Fiyaz, defeated by the local Saint Tropez Maybach Team of Corinne Schuler (0), Julian Lusarreta (4), Juan Martin Garcia Laborde (5) and Francisco Irastorza (6) 11 to 8/high scorers for the game were Irastorza with 5 goals and defeated Martin Espain with 6. High scoring patrons for the tournament were Geoff Palmer of his Antelope Team and Franck Dubarry of Techno Polo.
Polo Club Saint Tropez also has a special tradition of honoring all players on the prize-giving podium. Polo Club Saint Tropez has a full polo schedule starting at Easter and extending through the month of September.
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High-scorers for the tournament were Franck Dubarry and Geoff Palmer with jewelry artist Claudia Pistorini.
Saint Tropez Maybach winners: Julian Lusarreta, Corinne Schuler, Juan Garcia Laborde and Francisco Irastorza.
All teams for the Open de Gassin are honored for their support and team play.