La Dolfina completed the first stage of three as they took Ellerstina 11-9 in the final of the Tortugas Open, on the first step to the triple crown for the third year running. Surpassing the record set by the great Coronel Suarez team is within reach.
Saturday’s performance by Adolfo Cambiaso in the final of the Tortugas Open, the first leg of Argentina’s Triple Crown of Polo should put to rest any rumors about this being his last year of high-goal polo before retiring to his home in Cañuelas.
Let’s go back in time, specifically to the 1950s. It was then that the polo world was dominated by a team called Venado Tuerto, who showed off their skills when playing their classic rivals, El Trébol. Both teams were made up of two pairs of brothers: Menditeguy and Duggan in El Trébol, and Cavanagh and Alberdi in Venado Tuerto.
Activity resumed for the Copa de Oro, of up to 26 goals, that is taking place at Caracas Polo in Tucacas, Venezuela. It was a victory from Caracas Polo over Agualinda by 11-7.
The Ellerstina team, yet to be defeated this season, beat La Aguada 17-10 at Sunday's Zone B match at Tortugas Country Club. As a result, they will now face La Dolfina, top team in Zone A, in the Final for the Emilio de Anchorena Cup on Saturday 17 October.
The way to the final of the Tortugas Open, first competition of the Triple Crown in Argentina, will start on the weekend with the two semifinal matches.
This year’s Gold Cup may have been about the Pieres brothers and the raft of young British players competing, but there was another standout in Jose Ramon Araya, the 16-year-old Argentine who graced the Cowdray Park fields in the final.
The 2014 defending Tortugas Open champion La Dolfina (Adolfo Cambiaso, Pelon Stirling, Pablo MacDonough and Juan Martin Nero) scored four unanswered goals in the opening chukker of their first Tortugas Open match Monday afternoon
