By Alex Webbe If Tuesdays opening match of the 2012 Tortugas Open was any indication, it is going to be a very competitive field in the first leg of Argentina’s Triple Crown of polo. The 35-goal Pilara Piaget lineup (Hilario Ulloa 9, Francisco Bensadon 9, Sebastian Merlos 9, and Paco de Narvaez 8) took control [...]
Valiente wins, Valiente loses in USPA Piaget Gold Cup finals
March 25, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe Robert Jornayvaz and his Valiente II teammates took revenge on their loss in the C. V. Whitney Cup finals earlier this month by scoring an 11-9 win over his father’s Valiente I foursome in the finals of the 2012 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington. The second [...]
OT Goal places Piaget Black in Butler Handicap Finals
March 22, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe Melissa Ganzi scored two goals including the winning goal in sudden-death overtime as Piaget Black scored a 13-12 win over Orchard Hill at the International Polo Club in Wellington Thursday afternoon. Piaget Black received three goals by handicap, but Mariano Gonzalez scored the opening goal of the match, cutting the lead to [...]
ERG and Zacara remain undefeated; Valiente I and Alegria also make the cut
March 15, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe Three games took place in the 2012 USPA Piaget Gold Cup Thursday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington that will decide half of the tournament’s playoff positions with ERG (3-0), Zacara (3-0), Valiente I (2-1) and Alegria (1-2) finding berths in the Quarterfinals on Sunday and Monday. Following a 45 [...]
Lechuza Caracas and Zacara pick up USPA Piaget Gold Cup wins
March 12, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe Wet fields forced the postponement of two more Monday matches in the 2012 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington, with only two of the four scheduled games taking place. Both games, however, provided plenty of excitement with each of the games being decided in the final seconds [...]
Alegria wins Les Armour Cup
March 3, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe Although they traded leads through much of the game, Alegria rallied late in the game to score a 9-7 win over Las Monjitas in the finals of the 26-goal Les Armour Cup at the International Polo club in Wellington Saturday afternoon. The game opened quickly, with Javier Astrada scoring the opening goal [...]
Piaget takes Ylvisaker Cup in 13-12 shootout
February 26, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe Sunday’s finals of the 2012 20-goal Ylvisaker Cup was a family affair-with Marc Ganzi’s Audi team taking on wife Melissa Ganzi’s Piaget foursome, but the fast-paced action on the field had all eyes riveted on the play until Miguel Astrada’s seventh goal of the game resulted in a 13-12 Piaget victory. The [...]
Semifinals set in C. V. Whitney Cup
February 25, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe The semifinals of the 2012 C. V. Whitney Cup, the first leg of America’s Triple Crown of polo, were set today as eight teams battled for the four available berths at the International Polo club in Wellington. In the morning contest Valiente I defeated La Ensenada 15-10. The noon match saw Valiente [...]
Ylvisaker Cup finals a family affair
February 22, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe It looks like it’s going to be a family affair in the finals of the 2012 Ylvisaker Cup at the International Polo Club on Sunday afternoon with Melissa’s Piaget team scoring a 13-12 semifinal overtime win over Lucchese while husband Marc Ganzi’s Audi team downed Coca-Cola 10-6 in Wednesday’s other semifinal. Both [...]
Semifinals Set for 2012 Ylvisaker Cup
February 17, 2012 by
By Alex Webbe The semifinals of the 2012 Ylvisaker Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington are set for next Wednesday with Lucchese (4-0) and Piaget (3-1) facing off at 1 pm while Audi (4-0) and Coca-Cola take to the field in a 3 pm contest to decide this year’s finalists. Lucchese was the [...]
