El Negrita wins the Negrita Polo Cup

With a new victory for a tight 7-6 against Engel.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
23 May 2022 Monday 05:41
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El Negrita wins the Negrita Polo Cup

With a new victory for a tight 7-6 against Engel

Last weekend the Negrita certified their superiority by winning the subsidiary cup, "Reserva Ibérica", followed by the runner-up, Engel

The sixth and final day of the Barcelona Polo Challenge Negrita Cup, one of the most emblematic polo tournaments in the country, began with an exciting match for third place between Román Fortunato (Xavi Cunill, Román Fortunato, Tonete Ayesa and Santi Tanoira). and De Antonio Yacht (Pedro Espona, Jorge Ayesa, Federico Español and Jorge Birkner). Xavi Cunill's players finally prevailed by a tight 7 – 6 ½. The De Antonio Yachts came in fourth place.

The awards ceremony was attended by Susana Closa, manager of the Barcelona Sports Institute, as well as Gabriel Arranz, Director of Sports Promotion and Events at Barcelona City Council. Beatriz Ribes represented Negrita, the event's sponsor. Curro Espinós, president of the RCPB; Sito Trénor, president of the Royal Spanish Polo Federation; Quiquín Abadal, president of the Catalan Polo Federation and Daniel Garcia Giró, director of the RCPB Foundation, represented the Catalan entity.

Juan-Galo Maciá, CEO of Engel


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