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duke of cornwall trophy
The winning Harilela team: Aron
Harilela, Tommy Beresford, Isidro
Strada; Manuel Fernandez-Llorente
Julieta, Tommy Beresford’s nine-year-
old mare, who was named the Land
Rover Best Playing Pony
Best Young Player of the Year, showed
why he had been given this award with
some confident, tap-tap play to goal with
only seconds left on the clock in the third.
Beresford was later awarded the Land
Rover Best Playing Pony prize for his
father Lord Charles Beresford’s nine-
year-old mare Julieta. His mother Lady
Teresa Beresford was particularly delighted
with this award as Julieta’s sire is Rector,
who was previously owned and played
by her late brother, the great Chilean
international Gabriel Donoso. 
Harilela had the edge (4-3) going into
the final chukka, only for de Estrada to
score from the throw-in for Shoreline.
Tensions started to show and the umpires
suddenly found themselves occupied.
Harilela converted a penalty only for
Shoreline to do the same. Then with just
a minute left on the clock, Karim’s team
was given a technical at the throw-in,
allowing the Harilela team a crucial free
hit. They were then awarded a 60-yard
penalty as Shoreline were not 30 yards
from the players when the free hit was
taken. With only seconds left, the pressure
was palpable, especially when Fernandez-
Llorente uncharacteristically hit the ball wide.
 So, much to the delight of the crowd,
we were into extra time and a golden goal
scenario. One minute in and a melee in
the Shoreline goal saw Harilela shoot
through the winning goal.
The sub final was more clear cut,
with Rhys Cole’s Gales team, one of
nine squads that had entered this
high-goal competition, defeating Mark
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Wadhwa’s Oakley Court 8-4. Although
Gales were dominant in this game, this
match was much closer than the final
score demonstrated and the spectators
appreciated another competitive, fast-
paced final on the Club’s top ground.
Harilela: Aron Harilela (1); Tommy
Beresford (4); Isidro Strada (5); Manuel
Fernandez-Llorente (6). Shoreline: Kola
Karim (0); Federico Boudou (4); Alfredo
Bigatti (6); Santiago de Estrada (6).
Gales: Alejandro Novillo Astrada (8);
Cruz Novillo Astrada (2); Will Emerson
(5); Rhys Cole (1). Oakley Court: Mark
Wadhwa (0); Chris Hyde (6); Alejandro
Muzzio (7); Hernan Muzzio (3). 
Gales, winner of the Land Rover Duke of Cornwall subsidiary final: Will
Emerson; Cruz Novillo Astrada, Rhys Cole; Alejandro Novillo Astrada
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