The draw for the Wellington Polo Tour took place on Wednesday with a speech by Honorary President Tim Gannon who highlighted his vision of competitiveness, fairness and fun for the league. The series will be kicking off next Wednesday with the USPA Outback Invitational Cup, with the final due on February 12. A total of eleven teams up to 16 goals will be taking part.
The tournament format is as follows:
-The 11 teams have been divided into 3 brackets.
-Brackets 1 and 2 will play cross brackets.
-Teams will be ranked 1 through 6, and the top 2 teams will advance to the USPA Outback Invitational Semifinals.
-In the event of a two-way tie, who-beat-who will be used if the teams played against each other. All other ties will be broken with a one man shoot out tie breaker.
-The bottom 4 teams will advance to the Outback Handicap Semifinals.
-Teams from bracket 3 will all play each other within the bracket, for a total of 4 games.
-Teams will be ranked 1 through 5, and the top 2 will advance to the Outback Invitational Semifinals.
-In the event of a two-way tie, who-beat-who will be used if the teams played against each other. All other ties will be broken with a one man shoot out tie breaker.
-For the semi-finals, the first place team from Bracket I/II will play the second place team from Bracket III, second place team from Bracket I/II will play and first place team from Bracket III, and the winners will advance to the USPA Outback Invitational Final.
BRACKET I
Tonkawa
Slava Polo
Iconica
BRACKET II
SD Farms
Santa Clara
G-Squared
BRACKET III
Loudmouth
Dundas
Patagones
Palm Beach Equine
Hawaii Polo Life
USPA OUTBACK INVITATIONAL – THE TEAMS:
DUNDAS: Sara Seigel-Magness 0, Mariano Fasseta 4, Jejo Taranco 8, Segundo Saravi 4.
G-SQUARED: Larry Aschebrook 0, Juan Martin Obregon 5, Nino Obregon 7, Matias Obregon 4.
HAWAII POLO LIFE: Chris Dawson 1, Jake Klentner 1, Diego Cavanagh 9, Tatu Gomez Romero 4.
ICONICA: Maureen Brennan 1, Manuel Elizalde 7, Peke Gonzalez 7, TBA.
LOUDMOUTH: Andrew Seibert 0, Kris Kampsen 6, Lerin Zubiaurre 7, Nick Manifold 3.
PALM BEACH EQUINE: Scott Swerdlin 0, Keko Magrini 3, Gringo Colombres 8, Dylan Rossiter 5.
PATAGONES: Benjamin Avendaño 2, Joaquin Avendaño 3, Jesse Bray 6, Santi Wulff 5.
SANTA CLARA: Francisco Escobar 0, TBA, TBA, Luis Escobar 4.
SD FARMS: Sayyu Dantata (h) 1, Carlos Gracida (h) 4, Tommy Collingwood 5, Peco Polledo 6.
SLAVA POLO: Igor Seyranov 0, Juan Monteverde 5, Michel Dorignac 6, Marcos Alberdi 5.
TONKAWA: Jeff Hildebrand 0, Matt Coppola 5, Ezequiel Martinez Ferrario 6, Nacho Badiola 5.
WELLINGTON POLO TOUR
USPA Outback Invitational: January 19 – February12
USPA Continental Cup: February 15 – March 12
USPA State of Florida Cup: March 14 – April 9
WELLINGTON POLO TOUR COMMITTEE:
– Tim Gannon
– Carlucho Arellano
– Jeff Blake
– Jimmy Seward
– Toby Wayman
– Juan Olivera