Posts Tagged ‘2010 IPC’
Crab Orchard and Audi in 2010 Open Finals
Both Audi and Crab orchard entered Thursday’s semifinals of the 2010 Arcalux US Open Championships as the prohibitive favorites, but someone forgot to tell their opponents to roll over.
In the opening match of the day, Adolfo Cambiaso led a talent-laden Crab Orchard team to a 10-7 win over Bob Jornayvaz’s upstart Colorado-based Valiente team in [...]
Valiente cruises into US Open semifinals
In an uninspired effort, Valiente kept its undefeated record intact by scoring an 8-5 win over Bendabout/Wanderers in the 2010 Arcalux US Open tournament Sunday afternoon.
Bendabout entered the contest with an 0-2 record and averaging just five goals a game while the undefeated Valiente team (2-0) was averaging over 10 goals a game in its [...]
Crab Orchard wins, goes to US Open semifinals
Adolfo Cambiaso, everyone’s favorite 10-goal player, scored four goals as he led his Crab Orchard teammates to a 13-10 win over Steve Van Andel’s Orchard Hill team Saturday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington Saturday, securing a spot in Wednesday’s semifinals of the US Open Championship.
Cambiaso scored the first goal of the game [...]
Valiente and Lechuza Score Wins in Open Play
The prospect of brother playing brother in serious high goal polo isn’t rare, but the chance of five brothers taking the field at the same time is. Thursday morning. In a preliminary match of the 2010 US Open Championship, Camilo Bautista’s Las Monjitas team faced Bob Jornayvaz’s Valiente foursome with the five Astrada brothers taking [...]
Facundo Shines in 16-12 Audi Win
Audi 10-goaler Facundo Pieres scored twelve goals Wednesday afternoon against previously unbeaten Orchard Hill in a 16-12 win in the 2010 Arcalux United States Open Championship at the International Polo Club.
Facundo scored the first five goals of the game before brother Gonzalo added a goal for Audi , the 2009 defending US Open Champion, in [...]
Valiente wins first Open match, Audi remains unbeaten
Easter was in the air at the International Polo Club Sunday afternoon with an Easter Egg Hunt, a handful of professional sports team mascots from the Florida Marlins, the Miami Heat, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Rays. At halftime there was an Easter Hat contest, and plenty of excitement on and around [...]
Audi stops Crab Orchard in OT; Orchard Hill wins
In a match many considered to be a prelude to this year’s finals of the United States Polo Association’s Open Championship, sponsored by Arcalux, Adolfo Cambiaso and his Crab Orchard team faced off against the two Pieres brothers, Facundo and Gonzalito and their Audi teammates in the opening rounds of play.
Following Crab Orchard’s two earlier [...]
2010 Open begins with a pair of routs
The 2010 Arcalux 106th United States Open Championship got off to an exciting if one-sided start as Orchard Hill and Audi both routed their opponents in the opening round of play Sunday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Steve Van Andel’s Orchard Hill team handed Piaget an embarrassing 17-8 drubbing while the 2009 defending [...]
Thousands Cheer Crab Orchard’s 12-7 Piaget Gold Cup Win
A veteran and balanced Crab Orchard attack scored seven straight goals from the third chukker to the fifth in taking the 2010 USPA Piaget Gold Cup championship Sunday afternoon in the finals against Las Monjitas at the International Polo Club.
“I was both pleased and excited to see over five thousand spectators on hand for the [...]
Crab Orchard, Las Monjitas in Finals
It was the second semifinals of the 2010 USPA Piaget Gold Cup between Lechuza and Las Monjitas at the International Polo club in Wellington when it happened. Las Monjitas led 9-8 with 2:27 left in the game when the accident occurred. A slightly off balance Eduardo Astrada swung for a backhand shot when horse and [...]
Piaget Gold Cup Semifinals Set
Audi rallied to outscore Valiente 6-2 in the final three chukkers of the game to take home an 11-9 win in Piaget Gold Cup competition, racking up its first win of the tournament against two losses.
The 2009 defending US Open Champion had fallen on hard times, losing its two opening games to Crab Orchard and [...]