By Alex Webbe “I don’t know what we did,” said an excited Magoo Laprida following his team’s 10-8 win over Lechuza Caracas in the finals of the 2012 Nespresso United States Open Championships at the International Polo club in Wellington Sunday afternoon. “I’m not sure how we did it,” he grinned, but we won.” Zacara [...]
The Polo Report By Steve Crowder Two TEAMS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY MEET IN THE FINALS OF THE COLLEGIATE FINALS AT John T. Oxley Center located at Cornell University. They will play for the Title of the National Championship. One team, UVA, comes from the land of Polo Blue Bloods and they know [...]
Joy Countess du Lau d’Allemans has been named Vice President of the International Beach Polo Association and will be working with the non-profit organization to coordinate affiliated charities that will participate in a World Beach Polo Tour©. Joy has been active in charitable causes for some time now and it was felt that her international [...]
Lots of doubles here Lechuza could be a 2 time winner of the US OPEN and Zacara could hold 2 Open titles in a calendar year with the British Open already in the trophy case. Both teams have hard trying and riding Patrons as Victor Vargas maybe a little more experienced but not anymore determined [...]
By Alex Webbe The finals are finally set for the 2012 Nespresso US Open Championships at the International Polo Club in Wellington with Lechuza Caracas defeating Valiente I in overtime by the score of 9-8 while Zacara managed to outlast ERG in a 14-13 shootout. Lechuza will be defending their 2011 title against a talent-laden [...]
By Alex Webbe Lazy P snuck past Goose Creek by the narrow margin of 8-7½ to capture the 2012 International Polo Club qualifier for the USPA 8-goal President’s Cup. A realigned Goose Creek team received one half goal by handicap and quickly ran off with a 2½ -1 lead. Wesley Finlayson scored the sole Lazy [...]
By Alex Webbe Piaget took advantage of three goals by handicap from the 25-goal La Ensenada team as it ran up an early 5-2 lead after the first chukker of play. A pair of goals from the field from Juan Agustin Garcia Grossi was answered with two penalty goals from Piaget’s Nic Roldan for the [...]
By Alex Webbe The Presidents Cup IPC qualifier got underway Thursday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington with a resounding win for Lazy P. The Lazy P team of Chuck Pugsley, Wesley Finlayson, Santiago Galland and Gringo Colombres destroyed Duck Hill (Bob Stanton, Mehrdad Baghai, Jared Zenni and John Gobin) 17-5 in a [...]
By Alex Webbe The murky lineup for the quarterfinals of the 2012 Nespresso US Open championship at the International Polo Club in Wellington came into focus Thursday evening after the final four games of the initial rounds of play were concluded. Victories by Lechuza, Zacara, ERG and Orchard Hill defined the playoff positions for Sunday’s [...]
By Alex Webbe A balanced Audi attack led them to an 11-7 victory over winless La Ensenada Wednesday morning in the 2012 Nespresso US Open competition at the International Polo Club in Wellington. The triumph gives Audi a 3-1 record as the teams approach Sunday’s quarterfinals. Lucas James scored the first goal of the morning [...]
