Posts Tagged ‘Carlos Gracida’
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Piaget Gold Cup Qualifiers still undecided
Orchard Hill, Las Monjitas and the Hawks scored wins in Thursday’s second round of the 2010 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington. The wins left the three teams with perfect 2-0 records while Pony Express, Piaget, and Bendabout all wound up with 0-2 records.
In the opening game of the day, [...]
Cambiaso is solid gold in Piaget opener
Adolfo Cambiaso made it clear that he’s back in town and he’s still the king as he led his Crab Orchard team to an 18-11 shellacking of an Audi team that won the US Open Championship last year-in his absence. The win came in the opening round of the 2010 USPA Piaget Gold Cup Saturday [...]
C. V. Whitney Semifinals Set
Bob Jornayvaz got a friendly welcome to high-goal polo at the International Polo Club in Wellington on Sunday afternoon when his Valiente polo team scored an 11-9 win over Pony Express in the 2010 C. V. Whitney Cup.
Making its first appearance in the esteemed 26-goal tournament, Valiente relied on 9-goaler Nacho Astrada as he scored [...]
Hawks swoop into Ylvisaker Cup semifinals
Patagones took the field without 6-goal regular Carlos Avendano (broken rib), and midway through the second chukker his brother Gonzalo Avendano was sidelined. Under the command of Carlos Gracida, however and with the addition of Marianito Obregon (for Carlos Avendano) and Marianno Gracida (filling in for Gonzalo Avendano) the reshuffled Patagones (2-2) lineup scored a [...]
Zacara scores in last second for the win
“They left it all on the field,” said polo veteran Mimi Gracida, wife of Memo and mother of Patagones 4-goaler Julio Gracida. “It was a great contest,” she added.
Zacara had just finished hander her son’s Patagones a 10-9 loss in the final seconds of play in a game that included injured players and game delays [...]
Patagones too much for Mt. Brilliant in 13-7 win
In game that was more noteworthy for its defense than its offense, Patagones (1-0) took advantage of its opportunities to score a 13-7 Ylvisaker Cup win over Mt. Brilliant (0-3) Saturday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Chris Nevins opened the scoring on the day with a goal for Mt. Brilliant that accounted for [...]