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Photography by Candace Ferreira

Santa Rita, winners of The USPA North American Cup USPA National 20 Goal winners, Santa Rita

On Friday 28 October, Santa Rita defeated defending champions Casablanca in The USPA North American Cup, 12-9, after leading throughout. Nic Roldan scored five of his team’s goals and was named Most Valuable Player while Little Nell, played by Grant Ganzi in the fifth chukka and owned by Santa Rita Polo Farm, was Best Playing Pony.

Santa Rita defeated Travieso, 9-8, in the final high goal tournament of the autumn season at Grand Champions Polo Club and this was the second consecutive year Bollini and Roldan won the USPA National 20 Goal title. With a 3-0 handicap lead, Santa Rita jumped out to a 4-2 lead in the first chukka and continued to lead 5-3 and 8-4 in the first half. Travieso played catch up in the second half, shutting out Santa Rita in the fourth and sixth chukkas. Back-to-back goals by Gutierrez in the final two minutes cut the lead to one with 30 seconds left but ran out of time to mount another offensive threat. Juan Bollini, still playing at 60 years-old, was named Most Valuable Player and commented, “I am 60 years-old and I am going to start crying, this is too much for me, when they said my name I almost started crying. Being my age, I was very emotional. I didn’t expect it.”

The USPA North American Cup Final Teams:

Santa Rita (18): Melissa Ganzi (0), Nic Roldan (8), Alejandro Novillo Astrada (7) & Juan Bollini (3) Casablanca (19): Tomacho Pieres (6), Jason Crowder (5), Grant Ganzi (3) & Juan Sanchez Elia (5)

USPA National 20 Goal Final Teams:

Santa Rita (16): Gene Goldstein (1), Juancito Bollini (4), Nic Roldan (8) & Juan Bollini (3) Travieso (18/19): Tony Calle (3)/Santos Bollini (2), Sugar Erskine (6), Pedro Gutierrez (5) & Tommy Biddle (5)

Cowdray Park Polo Club

Photograph by Cowdray Park Polo Club

The Club has announced a seven figure investment plan

2022 was the Club’s busiest season in its history and excitingly, plans have been announced for a seven figure investment plan over the next five years in the Club’s grounds and equipment to ensure the highest level of playing surface. Resurfacing work on Lawns One is already underway, the Club plans to upgrade its irrigation equipment and build a new Members Hospitality Area. In addition to this, the 1.5km road network that links the pitches at Lawns will be completely resurfaced. The Ambersham Clubhouse will have a full exterior upgrade and a kitchen refit, Lawns One and Lawns Two pony lines will get new temporary covers for the season, along with upgrades to the water infrastructure. Club Chairman Andrew Swaffield commented, “We are so privileged to have one of the best Polo Clubs in the world on our doorstep here in West Sussex. Our commitment to continued major investment in the grounds and facilities will ensure the longterm success of the Club for the benefit of the whole community.”

Alfredo Lalor Headquarters

On Thursday 3 November, La Ensenada defeated La Natividad 13-11 in The Campaña del Desierto Final.

On Friday 4 November, Ellerstina secured The Andrés Gazzotti Cup after defeating El Trébol 12-10 in the Final.

The Campaña del Desierto Final Teams:

La Ensenada (22): José Riglos (5), Segundo Amadori (4), Mateo Lafuente (5) & Jerónimo del Carril (8) La Natividad (23): Camilo Castagnola (10), Juan José Storni (5), Paco de Narváez (3) & Simón Zavaleta (5)

The Andrés Gazzotti Cup Final Teams:

Ellerstina (15): Antonio Aguerre (0), Beltrán Laulhé (3), Francisco Irastorza (6) & Santiago Irastorza (6) El Trébol (14): Justo Llorente (1), Juan Falabella (3), Eugenio Courreges (4) & Martín Jáuregui (6)

Santa Rita Polo Farm

NetJets, winners of The Fall Classic NetJets played well as a team throughout the round robin tournament and finished their final round robin game with an 8-6 win against Sebucan to secure The Fall Classic. Larry Austin was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and commented, “It was a really fun team, we had laughs the whole game, there was great chemistry. They are just a joy playing together.”

On Tuesday 15 November, GCPC USA kept its winning streak alive with a 6-5 victory which they only secured in the last three minutes of the match for the 11th International Cup against Switzerland. Guinazu, a member of the 2022 Swiss National Team, was named Most Valuable Player after dominating the game, “I was very happy with the honour, we really enjoyed the game. We had a lot of chances to win this game. Unfortunately, it went the other way. It was a really nice game to play. The horses were amazing, and the field was beautiful. I think we probably missed a couple of goals in some chukkas and made some mistakes. Every ball they took, they put through the goal. It was very close. We had our chances to win. It was a very close game for both of us. We would like another chance here to see if we can win next time.”

On Sunday 20 November the season came to an end at a windswept Santa Rita Polo Farm with The Banyan Cup Final between Roxbury Raiders and Aspen Valley Polo Club. Roxbury Raiders led from start to finish to defeat their opponents 8-6 with Santos Bollini named Most Valuable Player after scoring five goals in the first half. Malapata Kareoke aka Ronda, played by Juancito Bollini and owned by Santa Rita Polo Farm was chosen as the Best Playing Pony and Little Nell, played by Grant Ganzi and owned by Santa Rita Polo Farm, was selected Best Playing Pony for the season.

Roxbury Raiders, winners of The Banyan Cup Final GCPC USA, winners of the 11th International Cup

The Fall Classic Final Teams:

NetJets (15): Jason Crowder (5), Leo Mandelbaum (2), Larry Austin (0) & Nic Roldan (8) Sebucan (15): Nick Manifold (2), Grant Ganzi (3), Juan Sanchez Elia (5) & Tommy Biddle (5)

The International Cup Teams:

Switzerland (13): Luca Meier (1), Sugar Erskine (6), Tomas Ruiz Guinazu (5) & Fabio Meier (1) GCPC USA (12): Daren Tamplin (0), Jack McLean (1), Grant Ganzi (3) & Nic Roldan (8)

The Banyan Cup Final Teams:

Roxbury Raiders (12): Josh Silverman (0), Jason Crowder (5), Santos Bollini (2) & Tommy Biddle (5) Aspen Valley Polo Club (20): Juancito Bollini (4), Sugar Erskine (6), Nic Roldan (8) & Tito Gaudenzi (2)

Beaufort Polo Club & School

The first fixture of their arena season saw Beaufort Polo School players and visiting players from Oxford Polo battle it out in a challenge across Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 October. The three teams (Oxford Polo, Chialvo Polo and Beaufort Babes) took part in a round robin with Chialvo Polo taking the overall win in The Beaufort Polo School Autumn Challenge and George French was chosen as Most Valuable Player.

Houston Polo Club

Photography by HPC

BTA’s Shane Rice at full gallop during The Texas Open Final Corazon Polo Team/LWR Polo, winners of The Penny Cup

Nine teams competed in The Texas Open with Whitehall Ranch and BTA reaching the Final. Whitehall took an early lead which they were able to maintain into the second half, while BTA’s Steve Krueger scored back-toback goals in the fourth chukka, followed by further goals from teammate Shane Rice saw the scores tied and the Final pushed into overtime. BTA won the first throw in, but BTA was awarded a penalty, which they narrowly missed and as the clock reached mid-chukka, players and ponies dug deep to find their last ounces of strength. Whitehall Ranch’s Sterling Giannico broke out of the pack of players and put on the afterburners as he carried the ball at full speed, scoring the winning goal of the game.

On Sunday 13 November the Club honoured the late Penny Dillingham with The Penny Cup Subsidiary Final and Final, the perfect end to the season’s 6 Goal Fall League. The Penny Cup Final was between Chandler Ranch/ZENRG Services and Corazon Polo Team/LWR Polo, and Corazon Polo Team/LWR Polo started off on fire with some great play between Mike and Harrison Azzaro and continued to dominate throughout and ran out the winners 9-6 to take home The Penny Cup. Mike Azzaro was named Most Valuable Player and Allie, played by Mike Azzaro was the Pro Best Playing Pony and Absolute, played by Debbie Shelton, was the Patron Best Playing Pony.

La Aguada Polo Club

Photograph by Adrián Melo

Forbes Plunkett, winners of The International Members Trophy Polo Do, winners of The XIV Spring Cup

Forbes Plunkett defeated Santa Clara 8-6 and claimed the second edition of The International Members Trophy at La Aguada Polo Club on Wednesday 30 November. The Subsidiary Trophy went to COPI, following a 12-8 win over Quito AFB. Francisco Escobar was awarded both the Fair Play Award and Sportsmanship Award.

Polo Do defeated Piamonte, 8-4, and claimed The XIV Spring Cup on Sunday 4 December – Alejandro Traverso was named MVP, and the Fair Play Award went to Tomás Bayugar.

Tedworth Park Polo Club

Freewarren with their Topspec Horse Feeds prizes

On Sunday 27 November, Freewarren maintained their undefeated record this season after winning an American tournament against Seriously Cool Events and Ice Lolly’s in the 4-6 goal Bayonet Trophy.

Ham Polo Club

Marcus Hancock is the new Polo Manager for 2023

The Club has announced that Marcus Hancock will be the new Polo Manager for the 2023 season, “Amongst the many skills Marcus brings to the job he is an experienced and qualified coach, has an impressive knowledge of polo grounds care, has a wealth of experience in stable management, is well known and well connected in the polo world and has a valuable ability to not just umpire but to train and improve our club umpires. But, most importantly, he has a fun and positive attitude to playing polo in the friendly way our Members all enjoy. Marcus is also serving as Chairman of the HPA Arena Rules Committee since 2008 as well as Chairman of the HPA Arena Handicap Committee. Additionally, he currently is serving on the board of directors for the HPA Polo and International Committee”

Druids Lodge Polo Club

The Club has announced their new Alumni Polo Lessons on Saturday afternoons at 3pm at a reduced rate of £65 for one hour 15 minutes. Contact the Club (abi@druidspolo.co.uk) if you are interested and would like to be added to the Alumni Mailing List. The Club has also introduced their new Bring Your Friends Intro – you bring along at least two non-playing friends for their first taste of polo and you can join them for free. This will be a two hour lesson and finish with a game, the non-playing guests will pay the discounted rate of £100 each.

Beaufort Polo Club

Four teams competed in The Black Hound Sports Challenge, Longdole and Golondrina went head-to-head in the Subsidiary Final with Longdole outscoring their opponents 22-12. Meanwhile in the Final, Silverwood and Smiths battled it out in a closely contested match, which saw Smiths push through to secure the win, 19-15.

Smiths, winners of The Black Hound Sports Challenge

Photograph by BPC

Oxford Polo’s Arena Club

Photograph by Oxford Polo’s Arena Club

Salty Polo, winners of The James Cup The inaugural James Cup 6 goal provided a weekend of exhilarating arena polo. The fixture, which will run each Thanksgiving weekend, was Oxford Polo’s Arena Club’s first tournament as an official HPA arena club. All games over the weekend were very closely fought, with Salty Polo just snatching the overall victory beating Hind Quarters 13-12 to claim the silverware. Oxford Polo secured The Isabelle Cup Subsidiary Final with an 8-6 win against Thomson Local. The Most Valuable Player in The James Cup was awarded to Archie Heseltine and in The Isabelle Cup Subsidiary Final it was won by Madison Rochlin. The winner of The Aeneas Best Playing Pony Rug was presented to Expresso, a 14-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred mare owned and played by Harold Hodges.

The James Cup Final Teams:

Salty Polo: James Hall, Archie Heseltine & David Ashby Hind Quarters: Clare Ashby, India Hodges & Harold Hodges

Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club

Bin Drai Polo, winners of The Halloween Cup Lamar Polo, winners of The AHPRC League

Photography by AHPRC

Over 2 – 6 November, six teams battled it out in The Halloween Cup at Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club, with the tournament concluding in a nail-biting 5-4 win for Bin Drai Polo against Habtoor Polo in the Final on Sunday 6 November.

The first AHPRC League of the season saw four teams compete over four days. The Final match had Lamar Polo quickly take over against Dubai Wolves, and the team carved a 2½ goal advantage by half-time. The team took off past half-time with subsequent goals from Guillermo Li. The Dubai Wolves delivered two goals at the final chukka, but the significant lead of Lamar Polo was enough for them to take home the trophy as the league’s champion, and the game closed at 7-4½. Li was chosen as the Most Valuable Player and Picaflor, ridden and owned by Khalid Alomran was the Best Playing Pony.

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