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and one promotional–Potrillos, reserved for players under 15 years. The women’s event was a challenge of three four-chukker matches between two teams: Pompeya El Talar (Sofía Fernández de Maussion, Silvia Pajer/Patricia Pitrola, Eugenia Batallé and Stella Thiraboschi) and Jockey Club San Francisco (Florencia Tognon, Camila Rocha, Julieta Murgio and Belén Monguzzi). The visitors won, 3-2, on Friday March 22, by the home team recovered on Saturday, 4-2, and get the decisive victory with a nailbiting 3-2 win on Sunday. Among the men there were three contests, all dominated by representatives from Concarán, a
small town in the province of San Luis, 160 miles from the tournament headquarters. After two days of qualification games, Sunday was the day of main events. For the XV MFH Cup–reserved for teams with up to a 2-goal handicap–La Delfina Concarán (Bautista Barroso, Damián Barroso, Marcos Ricci and Gonzalo Sánchez Ricci) beat San Ramón Las Varillas (Gerardo Bergia, Manuel Álvarez, Tristán Álvarez and Carlos Colla) by a score of 7½-4. The Holiday Inn Trophy, played for by quartets of up to 5 goals, was in the (continued on page 56)
La Sauces Concarán teams won the Holiday Inn Trophy and the Uruguay Seguros Cup.
Two women’s teams played to a best-ofthree battle. The home team won two out of three.
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