A POLO tournament raised around £10,000 for the Salisbury-based charity Inspire Foundation.

The charity's Polo Tournament opened the Rundle Cup on July 9 at Tidworth Polo Club.

The main sponsor Quilter Cheviot Investment Management fielded a team in pink against the victorious Baylis & Harding Team in black and white. They played two chukkas on ponies, one on bicycles and competed in the wheelchair relay with Inspire's own team which won by a short head.

The finale was a Two Furlong Dash - a three horse race won by polo player Max Lopez, which raised around £1,000.

And the charity auction raised more than £3,600 with donated lots including a week’s holiday in Provence, a wine master class, a week at sea on tall ship Bessie Ellen and a visitors’ day with lunch at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Trustee John Glen MP also donated a bottle of House of Commons Wine signed by the the then Prime Minster Rt Hon David Cameron MP.

Further funds came from ticket sales and sponsorship.

The Inspire Foundation raises funds for research into Spinal Cord Injury.

This year the Navy won the the Rundle Cup against the Army.