Newport takes 2011 US Trust Cup

By Alex Webbe A reshuffled Newport/Flat Out lineup spotted Elangeni Ranch three goals by handicap Sunday morning at the Grand Champions Polo Club but bounced back to score a 9-8 win and take home the 2011 US Trust Cup in the club’s season-ending contest. After a scoreless first chukker, Elangeni Ranch 4-goaler Diego Cossio scored [...]

KIG takes USPA National Twenty Goal Championship, 12-8

By Alex Webbe  With area rainfall dousing the area the previous day, an enthusiastic crowd lined the sidelines at the Grand Champions Polo Club Saturday afternoon in Wellington for the finals of the USPA National Twenty Goal Championship. After a tight first half, KIG rallied to score a convincing 12-8 win over an out-gunned Port [...]

KIG to face Port Mayaca in finals of the USPA National Twenty Goal

By Alex Webbe KIG spotted the 16-goal Flat Out team three goals to start and trailed by a goal at halftime, but rallied with five second half goals to score the 10-7 win and a berth in Saturday’s finals of the 2011 USPA National Twenty Goal tournament Thursday afternoon at the Palm City Polo Club [...]

Audi drives past Flat Out, 8-6, in USPA National Twenty Goal Tournament

By Alex Webbe Audi (1-1) evened its record in USPA National Twenty Goal action on Tuesday morning with an 8-6 win over Flat Out (0-1) on the fields of the Palm City Polo Club in Boca Raton. Audi received one goal by handicap from the 18-goal Flat Out team (9-goaler Pite Merlos played in place [...]

Port Mayaca scuttles Piaget 13-11 in USPA National Twenty Goal tournament

By Alex Webbe  After seven ties and six lead changes, Port Mayaca managed to ride past Piaget 13-11 as play continued in the USPA National Twenty Goal tournament at the Grand Champions Polo Club Sunday afternoon in Wellington, Florida. J. J. Celis made it clear that he showed up to play, taking the opening throw-in [...]

Elangeni Ranch scores overtime win in USPA Fall Classic Finals

By Alex Webbe  If anyone needed affirmation of the current handicapping system employed by the United States Polo Association they need only attend Sunday morning’s final match of the USPA Fall Classic at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington where two 17-goal teams battled into sudden-death overtime before Elangeni Ranch managed to score the [...]

Grand Champions Junior Polo Open

By Alex Webbe The Grand Champions is in the middle of the USPA National Twenty Goal Championship tournament and is going into the finals of the USPA Fall Classic but seemed to have plenty of time to promote The Grand Champions Junior Polo Open with over 35 players ranging in age from four-years-old to sixteen [...]

Newport and Elangeni Ranch score wins in USPA Fall Classic

By Alex Webbe The teams fought to a 5-5 halftime tie before a six goal second half lifted Elangeni Ranch to an 11-8 win over Audi in the opening round of the USPA Fall Classic hosted by Grand Champions Polo Club. Audi received one goal by handicap and moved out to an early 3-0 lead [...]

Piaget needs two overtimes to tame the Wanderers, 14-13 in National Twenty Goal Tournament

By Alex Webbe Two more evenly matched teams would be hard to find, as the Wanderers were pressed into double overtime before dropping a 14-13 heartbreaker to Piaget Thursday afternoon in 2011 USPA North American Cup play hosted by the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington. The Wanderers received one goal by handicap from the [...]

KIG defeats Audi in USPA National Twenty Goal Tournament

By Alex Webbe KIG capitalized on seven second half goals Wednesday afternoon to register a 12-10 win over Audi in the opening round of play in the 2011 National Twenty Goal Championship at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington. Audi received one goal by handicap from the 18-goal KIG alignment, but Jeff Blake tied [...]

The Wanderers score win in USPA National 20-Goal Tournament opener

By Alex Webbe The Wanderers received one goal by handicap from the Port Mayaca lineup and never trailed as they scored a 10-9 win in the opening game of the 2011 USPA National 20-Goal Tournament hosted by the Grand Champions Polo Club Tuesday morning. Joining a field of six teams, 5-goaler Brandon Phillips scored the [...]

Flat Out captures 2011 USPA North America Cup

By Alex Webbe Nic Roldan scored the first goal of the game and set up teammate Brandon Phillips with a pass that scored the winning goal as Flat Out defeated Barbarossa Leather as time expired in the 2011 USPA North America Cup Sunday afternoon at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington. In a neck-and-neck [...]

Catalina Hotel sneaks past Grand Champions in final seconds of play

By Alex Webbe With seconds on the clock and the score knotted up at 9-9, Catalina Hotel was driving the ball to the lip of the Grand Champions goal mouth.  A a foul put Catalina Hotel team captain Alan Lieberman on the penalty line where he drove through the winning goal Saturday afternoon in the [...]

Flat Out and Barbarossa Leather in USPA North America Cup finals

By Alex Webbe Sluggish first half offenses gave way to wide open play in the final three chukkers as Flat Out recorded a hotly contested 9-8 win over Elangeni Ranch in the opening match of the 2011 20-goal USPA North American Cup Friday afternoon at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington. Elangeni Ranch took [...]

Flat Out and Elangeni Ranch in US Trust Cup Finals

By Alex Webbe Melissa Ganzi returned to the polo fields after a shoulder injury kept her sidelined for three weeks, and she returned in style.  Jumping on the opening throw-in in the opening chukker of Friday morning’s three team round-robin, the Piaget team captain carried the ball 150 yards down the field to score the [...]