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Piaget Makeshift Lineup Beats Lucchese in Joe Barry Memorial Cup

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Piaget's leading scorer Brandon Phillips lines up the ball. Photo credit Alex Pacheco

WELLINGTON, FL – January 20, 2013 – Piaget, competing with three substitute players including Canadian Brandon Phillips, defeated Lucchese, 11-10, Sunday in the Joe Barry Memorial Cup Tournament at Jan Pamela South Field.

With Piaget already eliminated from Cup contention, Miguel Astrada, 18-year-old Joaquin Panelo and player-sponsor Melissa Ganzi gave Phillips, Lucas Lalor and Juan Badiola an opportunity to play alongside Piaget starter Juan Bollini.

The six-chukker game turned out to be one of the most exciting of the tournament with Phillips leading scorers with six goals.

Adding to the excitement was former 10-goaler Carlos Gracida filling in for Mariano Gracida, who was injured forty seconds into the opening chukker.

Carlos Gracida was coming back from Saturday’s hard fought 10-9 loss to Grand Champions Polo Club-based Audi and his son Carlitos Gracida.

Gracida showed no signs of letting up or fatigue while scoring a game-high eight goals.

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Audi Comeback Defeats La Herradura, Advances to Joe Barry Memorial Cup Semifinals

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Marc Ganzi of Audi chasing after the ball. Photos - Alex Pacheco

WELLINGTON, FL – January 19, 2013 – Trailing by five goals early in the fourth chukker, Audi came back to defeat previously unbeaten La Herradura, 10-9, Saturday in the Joe Barry Memorial Cup Tournament in front of a large crowd at rain-soaked Isla Carroll West Field.

Audi’s Nic Roldan scored eight goals including the tying and winning goals to enable Audi to advance into Wednesday’s semifinals.

“It was just a matter of more patience and trying to stay cool,” Roldan said. “We couldn’t have been playing any worse in the beginning. Nothing was going our way.

“Slowly but surely we started clawing back,” Roldan said. “It’s a huge win, a great win for us.

Roldan, ranked at eight goals, had six goals in the second half, four on penalty shots.

Audi and La Herradura tied at 2-1 in win-loss bracket play. Audi’s head-to-head win over La Herradura clinched the No. 1 position. The other semifinalists will be determined in Sunday games.

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Teams Announced for Joanna Monaco Junior Polo Tournament at Grand Champions Polo Club

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WELLINGTON, FL – January 18, 2013 – A record twenty-five teams have been announced for the Monday, January 21st Joanna Monaco Memorial Tournament at Grand Champions Polo Club.

The next generation of sons and daughters of men and women polo players including Adolfo Cambiaso, the greatest player in the world, will compete in the day-long event at various levels and ability. Adolfito and Mia Cambiaso will compete for Audi.

The event is co-hosted by player-sponsors Melissa and Marc Ganzi, whose children Grant and Riley will also compete.

Grand Champions has hosted several junior tournaments in the past. This is the first time the seven-year-old club has hosted the Joanna Monaco Memorial Tournament.

Last year’s event, hosted by Gulfstream Polo Club, attracted a record 68 participants on 17 teams. This year’s event has already broken that record with nearly 100 youth polo players signed up, according to Florida Junior Polo’s Jennifer McLeavy.

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Audi Knocks Off Defending Champion Coca-Cola in Joe Barry Memorial Cup

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Audi's Marc Ganzi beats Coca-Cola's Tommy Collingwood for the ball. Photo by Alex Pacheco

WELLINGTON, FL – January 16, 2013 – Audi went back to basics in the Joe Barry Memorial Cup on Wednesday and pulled off a stunning 17-11 rout of defending champion Coca-Cola at the Jan Pamela Polo Field.

Audi bounced back from Sunday’s first-ever 12-7 season-opening loss to Orchard Hill in a big way behind a complete team effort led by 8-goaler and Cardinal Newman High School graduate Nic Roldan.

Roldan scored a game-high eleven goals, including four in the final chukker.

Audi, one of the top teams in the 20- and 26-goal tournaments this season at International Polo Club Palm Beach, is back in contention for the title after returning to its aggressive style of play.

“We used all four guys and spread the field and that’s the way we usually play,” said Marc Ganzi, player-sponsor for Audi, the 2009 U.S. Open champion and 2012 USPA National 20-Goal and USPA North American Cup tournament winners.

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IPC 10th Anniversary Season Under Way

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Audi, Piaget Preparing for Jan. 10th Joe Barry Memorial Cup Opener

WELLINGTON, FL – January 4, 2013 – Fourteen teams, including Audi and Piaget, will compete in the Jan. 10-27 Joe Barry Memorial Cup at International Polo Club Palm Beach.

The 20-goal season got underway Thursday with the semifinals of the Herbie Pennell Cup Tournament with defending champion Coca-Cola and Villa del Lago advancing to Sunday’s championship final at 3 p.m.

Actress Bo Derek (of “10” movie fame) will throw out the first ball for the game and will be joined by former University of Miami football All-American Jeremy Shockey for the trophy presentation. La Herradura and Lechuza Caracas will play the consolation game at 1 p.m.

IPC, polo’s winter capital of the world, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with four 20-goal tournaments and three 26-goal tournaments including the 109th annual Maserati U.S. Open.

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Ellerstina Win the Argentine Open Final 2012

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Ellerstina team, winners of the Argentine Open Final in Argentina 8th December 2012. Photo courtesy of POLOLINE

Ellerstina defeated La Dolfina, 12-10 in the Final of 2012 Argentine Open in a dramatic match on Saturday 8 December.

Pablo MacDonough opened the scoring for the match for La Dolfina early in the first chukka.  Gonzalito Pieres scored to tie it up at 1-1.  Three minutes later, Nico Pieres put Ellerstina ahead, 2-1, to end the first chukka.  Facundo Pieres scored the first goal of the second chukka, giving Ellerstina a 3-1 advantage, but La Dolfina stormed back.  Ellerstina fouls allowed Adolfo Cambiaso to convert a pair of 30 yard penalty shots to tie it up at 3-3.  Gonzalito Pieres’s second goal of the game had Ellerstina back on top, 4-3.  A foul in the Ellerstina goal mouth gave Cambiaso a short penalty shot for a goal and the chukka ended 4-4.

Goals were hard to come by in the third chukka. Adolfo Cambiaso put La Dolfina up 5-4 on a 40-yard penalty conversion. Facundo Pieres followed up Nico Pieres and tied it up on a goal from the field. At the end of three periods of play it was all even at 5-5.

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Ellerstina & La Dolfina Through to Argentine Open Final 2012

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Adolfo Cambiaso - La Dolfina, winners of the Argentine Open Semi Final. Photo courtesy of POLOLINE

FIRST SEMI FINAL – La Dolfina beat Pilara Piaget in the first Semi Final of the Argentine Open, Saturday 1st December 2012.

The much anticipated Argentine Open Semi Final between Piaget Pilara and La Dolfina on the Number 1 field at Palermo kicked off on Saturday 1st December with La Dolfina scoring early and taking the first lead of the game.  At the end of the opening chukka Pilara Piaget trailed by a single goal, 2-1.

Three unanswered goals by La Dolfina in the second chukka left Pilara Piaget trailing 5-1 after the second period. After three chukkas, La Dolfina lead a despondent Pilar Piaget team, 8-2. A persistent Pilara Piaget regrouped for the fourth chukka, outscoring La Dolfina for the first time, 3-1, and cutting the lead to four goals, 9-5 to end the first four chukkas of play.

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Team USA Men’s Roster Announced for Nov. 25 International Cup Doubleheader

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Wellington, FL – November 16, 2012 – With a talented all-star lineup, the U.S. men’s team will be the favorite when they challenge England for the coveted International Cup.

The United States Polo Association, national governing body for polo in the U.S., announced its men’s lineup for the International Polo Cup doubleheader pitting England against Team USA, Sunday, November 25th at Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington.

The 20-goal championship game features some of the top players from England and the U.S. in the United States Polo Association and Hurlingham Polo Association-sanctioned international tournament.

Nic Roldan, rated at 8 goals; Jeff Hall, 7 goals; Carlos Gracida, Jr., 3 goals; and player-padron Marc Ganzi, 1 goal. The U.S. will field a 19-goal rated team.

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Team USA Women’s Roster Announced for Nov. 25 International Cup Doubleheader

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Wellington, FL – November 15, 2012 – The United States Polo Association, national governing body for polo in the U.S., has announced its women’s lineup for the International Polo Cup doubleheader pitting England against Team USA, Sunday, November 25th at Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington.

A women’s seven-goal game at 1 p.m., featuring some of the top women’s players in the world, is the first game of the U.S.-England polo doubleheader.

The U.S. team is headed by veteran Sunny Hale, regarded as the top woman’s player in the nation and a fan favorite.

Hale will be joined by Gillian Johnston, Tiffany Busch and Melissa Ganzi, co-host of the holiday event weekend, along with her husband-player, Marc.

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La Dolfina Win Hurlingham Open Final

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Pablo MacDonough, La Dolfina, winners of the 2012 Hurlingham Open Final in Argentina

La Dolfina beat Ellerstina in the 2012 Final of Hurlingham Open in Palermo, Buenos Aires, on Sunday 11 November to retain their title from 2011.

La Dolfina started strongly scoring twice in the opening play holding Ellerstina to a single goal, 2-1. In the second chukka La Dolfina started to take control of the game scoring four unanswered goals. After two chukkas La Dolfina had stretched their lead to four goals, 5-1. The third period of play was better for Ellerstina with their attack starting to cause problems for La Dolfina, outscoring La Dolfina 3-2. By the end of the third chukka Ellerstina had managed to cut the lead to three goals, 7-4.

Ellerstina started to come back at the opposition, cutting into the La Dolfina lead by adding two more goals and limiting the La Dolfina attack to just a single goal. At the end of the first half La Dolfina held the lead, 8-6. Going into the fifth chukka, La Dolfina got its teamwork going again scoring two goals while holding Ellerstina to a single goal. The La Dolfina lead was stretched to three goals again, 10-7. Ellerstina fell behind four goals in the sixth as La Dolfina added two more goals to their total after some excellent play. Ellerstina managed to add a single goal, but were being held, 12-8.

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