HACKETT RUNDLE CUP DAY

REVENGE is sweet - and so it proved for an Army side determined to make the Royal Navy pay for their shock victory in last year's Hackett Rundle Cup.

The Hackett Army team was captained by Colonel Michael O'Dwyer (Irish guards) who led his team with steely resolve. He created some fine play that resulted in both Philip Kaye and Quentin Hicks scoring freely.

They were ably assisted by Hugh Arbuthnott who played well above his nought goal handicap to find the flags on three occasions.

This match was played in difficult conditions with driving wind and rain. There was an unfortunate accident to Arnie Lustman, the Royal Navy Polo Secretary, when his horse slipped in the goalmouth and came down on his knee. He had to be replaced by Adrian Aplin's wife Susie who valiantly tried to stem the flow of an Army team who had been well drilled and prepared by the Army coach Gaston Deverient, a plus five Argentinian player from Guards.

By the end of the final chukka the Army team had romped to victory by 8 to 2_ and avenged the previous year's defeat.

Earlier in the afternoon the crowds watched the CSPA battle it out with the Eastern Circuit United States Polo Association for the ICOA Trophy - the second match in the three-game Chapple Cup series. Having lost heavily two days earlier at Sandhurst in the opening first game, the touring side were hoping to level the honours.

But it wasn't to be, and again the CSPA were too strong and simply over-ran the Americans for another crushing victory.