Port Mayaca Polo Club, located in Okeechobee, Florida, hosted their annual holiday tournament renamed the Stephen Orthwein Memorial Family Cup, December 27-31. In a competitive final, Traveller’s Rest and Horseware faced off, Hugo Lloret trading goals with the entire Traveller’s Rest team. A strong first half gave Horseware a 5-3.5 lead. Barry Finnegan, who was later named Most Valuable Player, added a superb field goal to the board to give Horseware a 2.5 goal lead moving into the final chukker. Traveller’s Rest attacked goal the entire last chukker, managing to put one more through the uprights. Horseware secured the title with a final score of 7-5.5. Best Playing Pony was presented to Robert Orthwein’s Cora who was started by Steve Orthwein Sr.
