Posts Tagged ‘Kris Kampsen’
Equuleus, Zacara, Lechuza and Las Monjitas Score Wins
Polo was the word of the day in at the International Polo Club in Wellington, as it usually is, but on Saturday, four games were played in the final 20-goal game of the season.
Las Monjitas closed out a long day of polo with an 8-6 win over Mt. Brilliant in the 20-goal, 2010 Herbie Pennell [...]
EFG Bank Wins in OT
Pancho Bensadon scored the winning goal in the first minute of overtime in leading EFG Bank to an 11-10 win in the opening round of play in the 20-goal 2010 Herbie Pennell Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
In a slow starting contest that saw only two goals scored in the opening chukker, the [...]
Lucchese wins 2010 Ylvisaker Cup
Pancho Bensadon led the Lucchese attack with a six goals on the way to capturing the 2010 Ylvisaker Cup in an exciting 12-9 win over a talented, aggressive, hard-riding Hawks team at the International Polo Club in Wellington Sunday afternoon.
“We have been aiming for this all season,” said teammate Andres Weisz, who added two goals [...]
Hawks and Lucchese win in semifinal thrillers
Players and spectators alike were treated to the fastest polo of the season as the Hawks and Lucchese scored exciting come-from-behind wins in contests that had all eyes glued to the field Wednesday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
In the opening game of the day, and a virtual rematch of the finals of [...]
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 [...]
Hawks and Isla Carroll win in Ylvisaker Cup play
Kris Kampsen scored eight times as the Wanderers/Isla Carroll rebounded from a dismal opening half to defeat Bendabout 14-11 in Ylvisaker Cup play Thursday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Trailing by four goals, 7-3, after the second chukker of play, the Wanderers scored 11 goals over the course of the next four chukkers [...]
Zacara, Lucchese and the Hawks score wins
Zacara rode onto the Piaget Field at the International Polo Club just a week after winning the 2010 Joe Barry memorial Cup with an exciting 13-1 win over the Hawks and couldn’t look much better. After scoring a 12-5 Ylvisaker Cup win over Bendabout just four days earlier, the English sponsored team scored a decisive [...]
Wanderers, Lucchese and Zacara all score wins
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
The Wanderers/Isla Carroll polo team drove off with a 3-0 lead after the first chukker of play and held on to secure an 9-5 win over Mount Brilliant in second round play of the 2010 Ylvisaker Cup at The International Polo Club in Wellington Wednesday afternoon. Earlier games saw Zacara [...]
Wanderers, Lucchese and Lechuza score Ylvisaker wins
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
The first round of the Ylvisaker Cup saw three more games take place on Sunday with The Wanderers/Isla Carroll taking the early game from Patagones 11-7 followed by a one goal Lechuza win over Yellow Cab and a Lucchese victory at the expense of Faraway Polo.
In a 10 am game [...]
Lucchese Hangs in for Win
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
The game was far from a runaway, but Lucchese managed to outlast Lechuza Caracas to score a last chukker, 11-10 win in the Joe Barry Memorial Cup tournament at the International Polo Club in Wellington Friday afternoon.
Clear skies and warmer weather greeted several hundred spectators who were on hand to [...]
Patagones, Zacara post wins in Barry Cup
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
Carlos Gracida converted a penalty shot with six seconds left in regulation play as he led Patagones (1-0) to a 10-9 victory over Bendabout (0-2) Thursday afternoon in the Joe Barry memorial Cup competition at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Patagones took an early lead and held it throughout most [...]