Hamburger Polo Club eased into the KO8 as their team of international all-stars had too much firepower for SV Arminen in an 11-1 win in Surbiton.
They struck early and often in the first half with Constantin Staib getting on the end of a beautiful team move in the third minute to start it off. It came off the back of some first-touch pinball in the D with Tim Brand and Tom Craig to the fore.
Paul Smith and Craig converted sharp chances for 3-0 by the end of the first quarter and the total was doubled in Q2 via Kane Russell, Jan-Hendrik Bartels and Smith.
A Hugo Inglis pair and one from Brand extended the advantage to 9-0 and Staib made it double figures. Florian Steyrer’s penalty corner rocket did get Arminen on the scoreboard before Russell got one more for his and Polo’s total in the last minute.
