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The Winning team with their supporters. From L to R: Michael Ma, Rikard Hoberg,Ric Mc Carthy,Sonja Piontek (BMW Asia) Ali Reda,
Lynly Fong & Axel Pannis (BMW Asia)
Despite the intense temperatures of the afternoon, the ponies coped
incredibly well as the players turned up the heat themselves in the
Final. Oceania came out with a clear mission and defeated Asia with a
score of 3 ½ - 1.
Oceania raced ahead in the first chukka with Reda and McCarthy
clocking up two goals in the first minute, which posed a real challenge
for Garcha and his Asia side. The score really didn’t reflect how well the
Asia team played. Doolin worked tirelessly with his teammates and had a
fantastic handle on the ball in some quite deep sandy conditions, whilst
Oceania’s Fong was relentless in her attacking play giving Reda and
McCarthy the opportunity to score their winning goals. They maintained
a 3 ½ -0 lead until Doolin made a final dash for the goal to score just as the
bell went.
The Finals day was rounded off with speeches, presentation of prizes,
a foot mallet charity game, charity auction of player’s shirts and an after
party at the Tanjong Beach Club. ■
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