Photo: Reinhardt & Sommer
Ready for take-off: The international polo teams are set. Top-class guests have announced their attendance from 12-15 January 2017 in Kitzbühel.
Kitzbühel (POLO+10 – 09/01/2017) – The polo teams for the 15th CORUM Snow Polo World Cup in Kitzbühel are now officially confirmed. 120 horses and 18 polo players from seven nations promise high-quality chukkas on snow, fighting for the coveted trophy – the “CORUM Snow Polo World Cup”. Additionally in 2017 the event has a lot to offer in the matter of lifestyle and VIPs (team line-ups see below).
International starters and guests from all over the world meet from Thursday, 12th January on at the sophisticated winter sports resort Kitzbühel to experience top-class polo and Tyrolean lifestyle at its best in front of the backdrop of the “Wilder Kaiser”. Guests and players from Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, the USA, Nicaragua, Argentina, Ireland and Russia are expected to attend the event!
Such a top-class event as this of course will not missed by familiar faces known from politics, sports and lifestyle. A distinguished selection of renowned personalities, celebrities as well as members of important noble houses have announced themselves for the glamorous Players’ Night on Saturday evening, furthermore a few prominent polo fans will not miss out on the wintry white chukkas. And this is not for no reason: According to the two organisers, the Swiss Tito Gaudenzi, who lives in the USA, as well as Elmar Balster from Berlin, this year the tournament will be more grandiose than ever before – for example the guests awaits the biggest VIP tent in the 15-year history of the Snow Polo World Cup in Kitzbühel.
Tito Gaudenzi: “This year we will raise the tournament to a completely new level. In regard to sports as well as the class of the sponsors, the size of the VIP tent and the number of international celebrities. We will present the event in 2017 with a new quality and in a dimension. We are very happy and thankful about that.”
The polo spectacle traditionally starts its three-day competition with the presentation of the teams in front of the tradition-rich “Hotel Zur Tenne” in the heart of the historic district of Kitzbühel. Following the opening party at the Kitzbühel Club “Take Five”, the social highlight of the event will be the gala party held in “Tyrolean style” on Saturday evening, for which only a few remaining tickets are still available. (www.kitzbuehelpolo.com)
The organisers can be more than proud of the renowned range of new sponsors, who will present themselves in Kitzbühel this year for the first time. For example in 2017 Maserati and CORUM will be part of the 15th CORUM Snow Polo World Cup for the first time. But also longstanding faithful partners of the Kitzbühel winter polo such as team sponsors Valartis Bank, Bernd Gruber, Corestate Capital and Engel & Völkers will be present and will be enthusiastically welcomed by the fans. Pernod-Ricard Austria with the champagne brand Perrier-Jouët and the Kitzbühel Country Club will once again also contribute to the glamorous performance of the Tyrolean snow chukkas.
The entrance to the public area is free. Here two “Austrian Airstream Food Trucks” and “The Coffee Gongola” from England will provide sustenance for the guests.
Programme of the 15th CORUM Snow Polo World Cup Kitzbühel:
Thursday, 12th January 2017
5.00 pm: Maserati shuttle and presentation of the of the teams in front of the tradition-rich “Hotel Zur Tenne” in the town centre of Kitzbühel.
7.00 pm: Welcome Party at the “Casino Kitzbühel” (by invitation only, for players, sponsors, officials and journalists).
Friday, 13th January 2017
11.45 am: 1st Polo Match
1.00 pm: 2nd Polo Match
2.15 pm: 3rd Polo Match
8.00 pm: Polo Team Captain Dinner at the Kitzbühel Country Club (by invitation only)
starting 11.00 pm: “Take 5” Polo Club Night
Saturday, 14th January 2017
11.45 am: 1st Polo Match
1.00 pm: 2nd Polo Match
2.15 pm: 3rd Polo Match
8.00 pm: “Polo Players Night” at the VIP tent at the Münichauer Wiese. (by invitation only / information via Lifestyle Events: info@kitzbuehelpolo.com)
Sunday, 15th January 2017
11.30 am: Match for 5th and 6th place
12.45 pm: KCC Cup Finale for 3rd and 4th place
2.00 pm: Final Corum Cup for 1st and 2nd place
4.00 pm: Prize-giving ceremony, presentation of Most Valuable Player and Best Playing Pony. Followed by photo shootings
The teams of the 15th CORUM Snow Polo World Cup Kitzbühel:
(see also kitzbuehelpolo.com/players-team)
Valartis Bank (11)
Bash Kazi, TC (1/USA)
Pelon Escapite (7/USA)
Tito Gaudenzi (3/CH)
Engel & Völkers (12)
Richard Fagan, TC (2/IRL)
Michael Henderson (6/IRL)
Santiago Torreguitar (4/IRL)
Corestate (10)
Sebastian Schneberger (2/GER)
Philip de Groot (2/NED)
Valentin Novillo Astrada (6/ARG)
Bernd Gruber (9)
Steffi von Pock, TC (1/GER)
Marty van Scherpenzeel (2/NED)
Robert Watson (6/NZ)
Corum (10)
Philip Sommer (3/GER)
Lukas Sdrenka (3/GER)
Patrick Maleitzke, TC (4/GER)
Maserati (9)
Mark Aberle, TC (0/GER)
Tim Ward (4, ENG)
Thomas Winter (5/GER)
Commentator: Jan-Erik Franck (ENG)
Umpire: Mark Holmes (ENG)
