Two games decided in overtime and the other by a single goal illustrated the parity of the teams competing in the 2015 United States Open Championship at the International Polo Club in Sunday competition.
As polo ponies across England are toning up from their daily schedule of sets in anticipation of the start of the English summer polo season which is almost upon us, in the USA the final leg of the Triple Crown is about to get underway this weekend with the announcement of the schedule of the 26 goal, 111th USPA U.S. Open Polo Championship.
West Shore Polo Club Defeats Prestonwood Polo Club to Win the George C. Sherman trophy at the 2015 USPA Open National Interscholastic Polo Championship
When the billionaire William I. Koch spent $60 million to start the Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Fla., he vowed to teach children “how things get done in the real world.”
It was quite a day in Florida as AUDI/Mannix slugged it out with Orchard Hill some great plays in 1st with Audi playing great control and staying out of a speed duel and off to a 3 – 1 lead 2nd chukkar seen the speed of Pieres cousins
Lake Worth, FL March 16, 2015 – The United States Polo Association® (USPA) today announced that the United States defeated England 17-12 in Saturday night’s historic 22-Goal USPA Townsend International Challenge Cup at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The U.S. team included 10-goal player Tommy Biddle, who played on the United States’ Townsend Cup winning team in 2011 and is the highest-rated arena polo player in the world, seven-goal player Kris Kampsen and five-goal player Jared Sheldon.
In Sunday’s quarterfinal action in the 2015 USPA Piaget Gold Cup at the International Polo Club, Alegria (Julian Mannix, Hilario Ulloa, Mariano Aguerre and Sterling Giannico) knocked off Valiente 14-8 while Las Monjitas beat Lechuza Caracas 10-6. Wins by both Alegria and Las Monjitas boosted both teams into Wednesday’s semifinals where Las Monjitas will face Audi (Marc Ganzi, Rodrigo Andrade, Gonzalito Pieres and Fred Mannix) in a 2pm contest followed by a 4pm showdown between Alegria and Orchard Hill (Steve Van Andel, Ezequiel Ferrario, Polito Pieres and Facundo Pieres).
