2010 Hampton Cup Finals Set

ShareBy Alex Webbe  Wins by Great Oaks on Tuesday afternoon and La Alegria on Wednesday set up the final match for the 2010 Hampton Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club on Friday morning, September 3 at 10 am-weather permitting. The matchup pits last year’s finalists against one another, with La Alegria (competing in 2009 as [...]

Hampton Cup Semifinals Set

ShareBy Alex Webbe  The Bridgehampton Polo Club is heading into its last week of high-goal polo with the pairings of the semifinals of the Hampton Cup being set. Wins by Great Oaks, Black Watch and Equuleus have filled out the playoff matchups for the Hampton Cup semifinals. La Alegria had already earned its playoff position [...]

La Alegria and Certified Register Wins in Hampton Cup Play

ShareBy Alex Webbe In Friday afternoon Hampton Cup competition, a red hot Freddie Mannix, Jr. scored nine times as La Alegria (2-0) rolled over an anemic Caballeros offense, 10-6, at the Bridgehampton Polo Club. The 18-goal Caballeros team received two goals by handicap from the 10-goal La Alegria foursome and added little to it over [...]

Semifinals Set in 2010 Bombardier Pacific Coast Open

ShareBy Alex Webbe  Following a full day of polo, the semifinals of the 2010 Bombardier Pacific Coast Open were determined in a series of hotly contested games at the Santa Barbara Polo Club on Sunday. In morning action, Grants Farm (2-1) earned a semifinal berth when it knocked Mansour (1-2) out of contention with a [...]

La Alegria Downs Circa, 14-12

ShareBy Alex Webbe  La Alegria (1-0) rocketed out to a 12-5 lead before coasting to a 14-12 win over Circa (1-1) in Tuesday afternoon action in the 2010 Hampton Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club. La Alegria, winner of this year’s Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup, started out quickly, getting two goals from young Marianito Gracida [...]

Great Oaks Scores OT Win

ShareBy Alex Webbe  After trailing for the first three chukkers of the game, Great Oaks (2-0) scored in overtime to beat Black Watch (1-1) in the second round of play in the 2010 Hampton cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club Wednesday afternoon at the Bridgehampton Polo Club by the score 12-11. Tomas Garcia Del Rio [...]

Hampton Cup Opens with Great Oaks Win

ShareBy Alex Webbe Playing with the remnants of last year’s championship team (Paul Pieres came in to replace Sebastian Merlos), Great Oaks scored an opening 16-14 win over Equuleus in the 2010 Hampton Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club Friday afternoon behind nine goals from Tomas Garcia Del Rio. Tomas scored five of his game [...]

La Alegria Takes 2010 Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup

ShareBy Alex Webbe  Peter Brant’s La Alegria polo team spotted Circa one goal by handicap before galloping off to a 13-11 win in the 2010 Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club Saturday afternoon. La Alegria’s Freddie Mannix, Jr. scored the first goal from the field, followed by a score from Marianito Gracida’s [...]

Great Oaks Rides Past Black Watch, 12-10

ShareBy Alex Webbe  Great Oaks snuck past Black Watch 12-10 in action in Bridgehampton Polo Club’s Two Trees Cup competition in a match that saw every member of each team score a goal. Tomas Garcia del Rio drew first blood when he converted a 60-yard penalty shot.  He followed it up with a goal from [...]

Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup Finals Set

ShareBy Alex Webbe  Semifinal wins by La Alegria and Circa Wednesday afternoon at the Bridgehampton Polo Club has set the stage for Saturday’s finals of the 2010 Mercedes Benz Challenge Cup in the 20-goal competition. La Alegria opened the day with a 13-9 win over a stubborn Equuleus foursome that had other ideas on the [...]