The much anticipated Open de España kicked off on Thursday June 16, at Ayala Polo Club, in Sotogrande, under an enourmos expectation. The tournament sees fourteen teams, compete, split in two levels: 14-goal and 18-goal. Games are underway between the main club, Ayala, and Los Pinos grounds. The finals are set to be played on Sunday June 26.
The summary of the opening day of the Open de España is the following:
Real Club de Pineda 9-7.5 East Polo
La Maroma 6-5 Hanuman
El Cañal 5-4 Los Schatzies
Dusseldorf 9-7 Shiftbio
OPEN DE ESPAÑA – THE TEAMS (12-14):
AYALA: Gabriel Aguirre 0, Gregorio Gelosi 5, Benjamín Panelo 6, Maximiliano Malacalza 3.
DOS LUNAS: Alicia Gariador 0, Luis Domecq 3, Pascual Sáinz de Vicuña 6, Martín Iturraspe 5.
KOREA POLO CLUB: David Ko 0, Tomás Díaz 3, Benjamín Araya 5, Miguel Díaz 5.
REAL CLUB DE PINEDA: Álvaro Álvarez 1, Pedro Beca 2, Patricio Neves 5, Tomás Rueda 4.
OPEN DE ESPAÑA – THE TEAMS (6-8):
ALMASANTA / HOT CONEJOS: Lucien de Cloedt 0, Joaquín Castellvi 0, Bautista Riglos 5, Manuel López 2.
DUSSELDORF: Dirk Baumgaertner 0, Kaveh Atrak 0, Mario Gómez 3, Gerardo Mazzini 5.
EAST POLO: Sina Albrecht -1, Andreas Kelnberger -1, Juan Pedro Girou 3, Patricio Neves 5.
EL CAÑAL: Pedro Espona/Jose Espona 0, Alfonso Figar 1, Juan Torroba 2, Patricio Cieza 5.
HANUMAN: Chonnarlite Thomongkhon -1, Saserach Thomongkhon -1, Nicolás Pieroni 4, Darío Musso 5.
LA MAROMA: Fernando Baldocchi 0, Alicia Gariador 0, Celestino Rivera 3, Alejandro Traverso 5.
LOS SCHATZIES: Jella Herzer 0, Maximiliano Ladino 0, Martín Iturraspe 5, Ignacio Garrahan 3.
REAL CLUB DE PINEDA: Walter Garbuglia 1, Pedro Beca 2, Diogo Gallego 2, Daniel Gariador 3.
RHONE HILL: Jemima Heffron -1, Patrick Heffron 0, Segundo Fernández Llorente 4, Gonzalo López Vargas 4.
SHIFTBIO: Jerry Kwak 0, Camila Aprile 0, Tomás Díaz 3, Miguel Díaz 5.
The Open de España will resume on Friday, with the following order of play:
5pm, Ayala ground 3: Korea Polo vs Real Club de Pineda
7pm, Ayala ground 2: Dos Lunas vs John Smith/Ayala