CONNAUGHT SEARCH UNITED SERVICES CUP & HACKETT INTER-REGIMENTAL FINAL

THE CSPA has got its hands back on the Chapple Cup after two years, with an emphatic win over the Eastern Circuit United States Polo Association.

Already two nil up in the competition, the home side completed the whitewash in the Connaught Search United Services Cup game at Guards Polo Club.

It was an overwhelming victory for the CSPA with Martin ffrench-Blake (4) playing an excellent match at number three. He was ably supported by Nick Hunter and, in particular, Mark Cann who successfully snuffed out any US attack playing at number four.

The match finished 8-2 with the CSPA lifting both the United Services Cup and the Chapple Cup.

This was the first time this fixture had been sponsored by Connaught Search but not a new experience for the company's owner, Charles Whittaker, who played at Guards in the 1989 Inter-Regimental Final. His 13/18th Lancers side narrowly lost that day to the Royal Navy.

In this year's Hackett Inter-Regimental Final, the Household Cavalry Regiment pulled off a bit of an upset with a victory over defending champions, The Royal Wessex Yeomanry.

It was a very close match between two well balanced teams, and the play flowed both ways.

HCR's Captain Jack Mann won the Pringle Cup for the player who played best to his handicap. He anchored his team, kept his head and executed some fine plays - scoring two goals from the 60 yard line.

RWxY, stubbornly defending their title, were just unable to overcome Mann's accuracy and the score finished 5_ goals to 5 to crown HCR as the new champions.