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Join us for the Cartier Queen’s Cup 2025 at Guards Polo Club, Windsor, prestigious jewel in the crown of International Polo and highlight of the English Season, with a Laurent-Perrier Champagne Reception and a delicious Three-Course Lunch with Wines in Guards Clubhouse
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The prestigious Cartier Queen’s Cup at Guards Polo Club, Smith’s Lawn, Windsor Great Park is the jewel in the crown of English polo, and a quintessentially English sporting event, attracting the world’s top players and encapsulating the best of the English Season. The 22-goal tournament runs for six weeks, climaxing with the Semi-Finals and the Finals, when the late Queen Elizabeth II traditionally presented her trophy to the winning team.
Guards Polo Club are inviting our Members to attend the prestigious Cartier Queen’s Cup, one of the world’s top five polo tournaments, on the two best days: the Semi-Finals on Wednesday June 11, and the Final on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
The Cartier Queen’s Cup is polo at its best. It is always a thrilling sporting occasion—the Semi-Finals offer a fabulous day of the greatest sporting challenges; the Final offers a sensational climax, as well as one of the social highlights of the year. Players and aficionados travel across the world to be there, and we shall enjoy a full day of sport, including Grandstand seats and wining and dining, tasting the new menus created by Richard Corrigan, renowned chef behind the new culinary delights at Guards—and a chef who as a farmer’s son and an Irishman, is well known for his generous hospitality.
Of all the world’s polo clubs, none is quite so prestigious and highly regarded as Guards, nor, it seems, quite so spacious and beautifully tended—this is, after all, ‘home club’ to the Royal Family. The late Queen Elizabeth II gifted her cup to Guards in 1960 for this highlight tournament, named in the Queen’s honour and contested annually by the world’s best high-goal players and ponies. All of this means that this year’s Semis and Finals will again be a feast of sport and horsemanship—and a feast in its real sense. And our Members are invited to be there on the two best days of the tournament, with Grandstand seats for both days.
The Semi-Finals are a day of breathtaking, action-packed sport, watched by all who know and love polo, including the top international players and patrons. This is a day on which the cognoscenti choose to be there: less crowded than the Final, the atmosphere is elegant and relaxed, filled with exhilarating sporting pace and achievement as the best teams do battle for a place in the Final. Winning has never been so important! The result is edge-of-the-seat sport.
The Queen’s Cup Final is the ultimate in polo and hospitality. Clubhouse VIP guests can watch the top polo players from around the world and their superb ponies competing to win this prestigious trophy. There is no finer day in the sporting calendar and the English Season.
BOOK YOUR PLACES AT MEMBERS’ RATES
As a CountryClubuk Member you enjoy preferential Guards’ Members’ rates on whichever day you choose to attend. Both days will be popular, and numbers of guests are limited—so please don’t delay! Read on for full details and to make your reservations:
Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Finals, Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Enjoy the day at Guards Polo Club, starting with Champagne Laurent-Perrier Reception at 1.30pm, followed by lunch at 2pm, served with the sommelier’s wine selection (half bottle per guest). You will have Guards’ Members Grandstand seats for the second game, returning to relax and enjoy further refreshments as required—Champagne and Pimm’s are of course part of the polo scene, and Members may buy their choice of liquid refreshments if they wish. Guards’ sumptuous Afternoon Tea is included, and you are welcome to stay on for the Cartier Queen’s Cup after party on the Clubhouse Lawn.
The advantageous rate for Members is £255 plus £5 booking fee instead of the non-Member rate of £340.
Click here now to book Guards Polo Club Cartier Queen’s Cup Semi-Finals 2025.
Cartier Queen’s Cup Finals, Sunday, June 15, 2025
Enjoy the full Guards Polo Club wining and dining in the Clubhouse Enclosure on Finals Day, starting at 12.30pm with a Champagne Laurent-Perrier Reception to welcome you. A delectable three-course lunch by Richard Corrigan will be served at 1pm, including a half bottle of wine per guest. Later you will be treated to Afternoon Tea. You will have Grandstand seats allocated to watch the polo, and all-day access to Guards Clubhouse and garden. You are invited to stay on for the evening party on the Clubhouse Lawn.
The advantageous rate for Members is £360 per person plus £10 booking fee instead of the non-Members’ rate of £520. Places are extremely limited and higher categories of Membership will be allocated first, so please call the Member Services team on 020 7399 2960 to stake your claim!
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