Empire Polo Club’s 8-goal USPA President’s Cup got started on Friday, February 1st

Lockton,(Jenny Bernardoni 0, Tommy Costello 1, Nicolas Maciel 3, Shane Rice 4) met STG, (John Ziegler 0, John Bickford 1, Leandro Flocarri 2, Martin Jauregui 5t). John Bickford began the scoring putting one on the board for STG, to be answered by Shane’s two goals ending chukker one 2-1.  Lockton’s Jauregui added three, and Bickford made a goal in the second chukker for STG. Rice put a penalty three through the posts, switching the lead to STG, 5 to 3. After Lockton added three points and STG added two in the third time period, the half-time score was 7 to 6, STG. Shane Rice racked up four more points, (a total of nine), for Lockton. STG did add two more points which ended the game 10 to 9, Lockton.

Ridgeway Hemp, (Meghan Gracida 0, Beau Stanley -1, Carlitos Hernandez 4, Memo Gracida 5) were challenged by Club Polo Cabo/Chapel Hill, (Tony Yahayai 0, Bayne Bossom 2, Robert Payne 3, Juan Jo Ganzalez 3). Ridgeway Hemp came out firing and put five points on the scoreboard in chukker one. Juan Jo scored one, ending chukker one, 5 to1, Ridgeway Hemp. Club Polo Cabo/Chapel Hill out-scored their opponent in the second time period closing Ridgeway Hemp’s lead to 6 to 3. Ridgeway Hemp added eight more goals in the game, continuing to out-score PCP/CH, who added seven goals, ending the match 14 to 10.

Sunday’s 8-goal President’s Day 12:00 match was between STG and Club Polo Cabo. The teams each scored a goal in chukker one. STG added three penalty shots in chukker two, answered by two goals by Club Polo Cabo. Four goals by STG put them ahead at half time 8 to 4, adding one point scored by Payne in the third chukker. It was a crowd-pleasing game as the second half was wide open. STG added five more goals and out-scored Club Polo Cabo’s four goals in the second half of the game. STG ended up winning the match 13 to 8.

Ridgeway Hemp lined up against Lockton for Sunday’s 2:00, 8-goal game. Hernandez put Ridgeway Hemp on the board with a successful penalty two in chukker one. Lockton scored three in the second period, while Ridgeway Hemp scored twice, ending the second chukker 3 to 3. Ridgeway Hemp added two unanswered goals in the third chukker, creating a 5 to 3 lead. Although Lockton rallied with three scored goals in the sixth chukker, the game ended with Ridgeway hemp winning, 11 to 7.

The 4-goal USPA Amateur Cup also involved four polo teams this weekend

Buffalos, (Ross Adam 0, Piers Bossom -1, Felipe Sordelli 2, Tim Rudy 3) went to battle against Evergreen, (Tom Sprung -1, Quinn Evans 0, Taylor Freeman 2, Carlitos Galindo 3) on Friday, February 1. Carlitos wasted no time, and racked six goals up in the first two chukkers. The Buffalos fought back with five goals, ending chukker two, 6 to 5, Evergreen. It was a formidable battle! Half time was a 7 to 7 tie. Evergreen scored three more goals, but Buffalos scored four more goals.  Buffalos came out on top 11 to 10, after a four minute over-time!

Empire, (Rob Scapa 0, Eric Hammon 0, Jessica Bailey 1, Kyle Fargy 3) took on Hanalei Bay (Krista Bonaguidi -1, Joe Coors 0, Ignacio Saracco  2, Luis Saracco 3). Hanalei Bay scored the first two points, answered by Empire’s Fargyone goal, ending chukker one, 2 to 1. Each team added four goals to their scores, ending the half, 6 to 5, Hanalei Bay. Hanalei Bay added four more in the fourth chukker. Empire put two more through the posts in the fifth chukker. Hanalei Bay was victorious, with a 10 to 7 final score.

Monday’s make-up 4-goal games started with Evergreen against Empire. Evergreen scored six goals in the first half, to Empire’s one, ending the half with an Evergreen lead of 6 to 1. Although Empire out-scored Evergreen five to four in the second half, Evergreen won the game, 10 to 6.

Hanalei Bay took on the Buffalos. The first two chukkers were fairly evenly matched, ending chukker two with a Buffalo lead, 3 to 2. Then Hanalei Bay added three unanswered points in the third time period, putting them in the lead, 5 to 3. Each team scored five more times, making the final score 10 to 8, Hanalei Bay.

Empire Polo Club
Sunday, January 27th, 2019

The 4-goal finals were fast and furious! Grande Prairie, (Ross Adam 0, Piers Bossom -1, Felipe Sordelli 2, Tim Rudy 3) challenged Evergreen, (Tom Sprung -1, Quinn Evans 0, Carlitos Galindo 3, Taylor Freeman 2).

Grande Prairie set the pace with three goals in the first chukker. A penalty one by Grande Prairie put Evergreen on the board and ended the first period 3 to 1.

Both teams scored two points in chukker two, boosting the score to 5 to 3. Teams went to half time with the scoreboard at 6 to 4, Grande Prairie leading, after each team added a point in the third chukker.

Grande Prairie put a penalty shot through in the fifth chukker, while Evergreen added two goals, ending the fourth chukker 7 to 6.

Grande Prairie was unable to score in chukker five. Evergreen capitalized on foul shots in the last chukker, scoring 4 penalty shots. Quinn Evans added one more for a final score in favor of Evergreen, 11 to 7. Carlitos Galindo was the high scorer with 9 goals.

1-Goal Action

The 1-goal finals was between Vashon, (Kim Bergman -1, Stephanie Davidson -1, Joey Gallemore -.5, Juan Martin Gutierrez 2), and Columbia West, (David Barnett -.5, Toto Socas 2, Hayward Pardue 0, Troy/Trent Wakefield -1).

Vashon began the game with a one half point advantage. Columbia West put the first two points on the board. Vashon answered with one, ending chukker one 2 to 1.5.

In the second chukker Vashon scored two unanswered goals, ending the time period 2 to 3.5.

Both teams scored twice in the third chukker.

David Barnett made a goal in the last chukker for Columbia West and Kim Bergman made the last goal of the game for Vashon, ending the game with Vashon winning the game with a score of 5 to 7.5.

USPA Sportsmanship Cup
January 13th, 2019

Players dodged rain drops on the first weekend of the two-weekend 4-goal, 5-chukker tournament. Eight teams participated. Saturday was a rain out, so those games will be made-up through the next week.

Lockton, (Tim Kelly 0, Joe Coors 0, Tommy Costello 1, Alejandro Gonzalez 3), met Empire, (Eric Hammon 0, Rob Scapa 0, Jessica Baily 1, Kyle Fargey 3) on Sunday. Lockton racked up 4 unanswered goals in the first 2 chukkers. The third, fourth and fifth chukkers were evenly matched, with Rob Scapa and Kyle Fargey each scoring 2 goals for Empire , and Joe Coors and Tommy Costello each scoring 2 for Lockton. The win went to Lockton with an 8 to 4 final score.

Grande Prairie, (Piers Bossom -1, Felipe Sordelli 2, Tim Rudy 3, Ross Adams 0), went to the line-up against Hanalei Bay, (Krista Bonaquidi -1, Meghan Gracida 0, Luis Saracco 3, Bayne Bossom 2). Sordelli and Rudy each ran the ball in 4 times making a total of 8 points for their team. Bayne Bossom added 1 to Saracco’s 5 goals, ending the game with Grande Prairie winning, 8 to 5.

Evergreen, (Tom Sprung -1, Quinn Evans 0, Carlitos Galindo 3, Taylor Freeman 2), challenged Taqueda, (Dawn Rose -1, Shane Flock 0, Jim Wright 3, Ciro Desenzani 2). At the end of the third chukker, Shane Flock had put Taqueda’s only point on the board. Everyone on the Evergreen team scored, making the score at the end of the third chukker 9 to 1. Taqueda scored 5 more times in the fourth and fifth chukkers. Evergreen scored twice in the fourth chukker. The game ended with Evergreen ahead 11 to 6.

Alpha Omega, (Eileen Duffy -1, John Bickford 1, Leandro Floccari 2, Erik Wright 1.5), played against Ridgway hemp, (Beau Staley -,5, Madelyn Cobb .5, Malia McCoy 1, Craig Russell 2). Alpha Omega scored 2 unanswered points in both the first and second chukkers. Madelyn Cobb came through with 2 goals in the third chukker for Ridgway, while the Alpha team added 4 points, ending the first half 2.5 to 8. Although Ridgeway scored 4 more goals, Alpha Omega put 3 more points on the board. Alpha Omega was the winner with an end score of 11 to 6.5.