Posts Tagged ‘US Open Polo Championship’
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 [...]
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 [...]
People’s Choice Pony Winner - Mar. 7th
CHOMBA
sex: mare
color: Liver Chestnut
Age: 8 yrs old
This very athletic polo pony is from Argentina and belongs to 10-goaler Mariano Aguerre. Chomba won Best Playing Pony at both the 2008 and 2009 Mercedes-Benz Cup in the Hamptons. Aguerre played on the winning team (La Dolfina) in the 2009 Argentina Open – making it his 17th Arg. Open played, [...]
Shamin Abas Public Relations Scores A Goal With The International Polo Club Palm Beach
Agency Wins Account with World-Renowned Polo Facility
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –Nov. 1, 2009 – The International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC), regarded as the finest polo facility in the nation, has selected http://www.shaminabaspr.com/ Shamin Abas Public Relations (SAPR) as their Public Relations Agency of Record. SAPR will join IPC’s efforts as they and [...]
Audi
Team Captain Marc Ganzi has put together the finest string of horses and recruited three of the top players in the world in order to make a run at winning their first major high goal tournaments. Joining Ganzi are the brothers Pieres; Facundo, Gonzalito and Nicolas. What a powerhouse this team is as [...]
Joe Barry Memorial Cup
The Joe Barry Memorial Cup is named after American polo legend Joe Barry, who died on May 18, 2002 at the age of 58. Born and raised in Texas, he achieved a 9-goal rating and dominated polo in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Barry won six U.S. Open Championships, three Gold [...]
Iglehart Cup
The Iglehart Cup is played in honor of Stewart and Phillip Iglehart of one of polo’s leading families during the 1990’s. Stewart played on the USA team in 1939 and won the prestigious Westchester Cup against England. This match was played on American soil for the first time since that victory on February 21st [...]