By Alex Webbe Walter Scherb’s Power Horse team rolled over the competition in the opening round of play in the 2012 Palm City Open at Grand Champions Polo Club by defeating Elangeni Ranch 7-5 before handing La Pasion/Tuff Rider 6-2 in round-robin play. In the first matchup of the day, Power Horse rode out to [...]
Lechuza Caracas and Zacara to face-off in US Open final
April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Lazy P ekes out win in IPC President’s Cup qualifier
April 15, 2012 By
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 [...]
Piaget takes Hall of Fame Cup in 14-12 win
April 15, 2012 By
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 [...]
Lazy P blasts Duck Hill, 17-5 in Presidents Cup play
April 12, 2012 By
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 [...]
Nespresso US Open quarterfinals set
April 12, 2012 By
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 [...]
Audi wins, takes 3-1 record into US Open quarterfinals
April 11, 2012 By
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 [...]
IPC Remains home of C. V. Whitney, USPA Gold Cup and the US Open
April 9, 2012 By
The Triple Crown of Polo stays at home The International Polo Club Palm Beach is pleased to announce that it has come to an agreement with the United States Polo Association that will insure that the country’s top three tournaments, the C. V. Whitney Cup, the USPA Gold Cup and the U. S. Open Championship [...]
Polito Pieres scores twelve goals in Valiente I victory; Las Monjitas falls to Alegria, 8-6
April 7, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe It was a patch-quilt team lineup that took the field in the first chukker for ERG, with Carlitos Gracida (2) playing in place of Scott Wood (0) and Sugar Erskine (7) taking the place of an injured Sebastian Merlos (9), and even that makeshift lineup didn’t manage to make it through the [...]
Audi downs Valiente II, 12-11
April 5, 2012 By
By Alex Webbe Audi (2-1) scored its second win in the 2012 Nespresso US Open Championship Thursday morning at the International Polo Club in Wellington with a 12-11 win over Valiente II (1-1), as second round play got underway. There was a slow start to a Valiente II team that took the field without 10-goal superstar [...]
