Bob Jornayvaz got a friendly welcome to high-goal polo at the International Polo Club in Wellington on Sunday afternoon when his Valiente polo team scored an 11-9 win over Pony Express in the 2010 C. V. Whitney Cup.
Making its first appearance in the esteemed 26-goal tournament, Valiente relied on 9-goaler Nacho Astrada as he scored [...]
Kris Kampsen scored eight times as the Wanderers/Isla Carroll rebounded from a dismal opening half to defeat Bendabout 14-11 in Ylvisaker Cup play Thursday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Trailing by four goals, 7-3, after the second chukker of play, the Wanderers scored 11 goals over the course of the next four chukkers [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
The Wanderers/Isla Carroll polo team drove off with a 3-0 lead after the first chukker of play and held on to secure an 9-5 win over Mount Brilliant in second round play of the 2010 Ylvisaker Cup at The International Polo Club in Wellington Wednesday afternoon. Earlier games saw Zacara [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
Zacara jumped out to an early 3-1 lead, but the Hawks fought their way back into the contest with a balanced attack and a determined defense.
Three unanswered goals from the Hawks in the second period had them ahead 4-3. Fred Mannix, Jr. scored on a penalty shot in the third [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
Bendabout opened play in the 2010 Ylvisaker Cup with a 12-11 win over Mt. Brilliant Saturday morning at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Falling behind 3-2 after the first chukker of play, the re-aligned Bendabout lineup (moving Owen Rinehart from #4 to #2) took the lead back in the second [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
Zacara scored a 13-11 win over Lucchese while the Hawks rolled over Patagones, 11-6 Thursday afternoon to set up the Sunday finals of the 2010 Joe Barry Memorial Cup at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
In the early afternoon match, Zacara charged out to an early 3-0 lead over Lucchese [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
The game was far from a runaway, but Lucchese managed to outlast Lechuza Caracas to score a last chukker, 11-10 win in the Joe Barry Memorial Cup tournament at the International Polo Club in Wellington Friday afternoon.
Clear skies and warmer weather greeted several hundred spectators who were on hand to [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
Carlos Gracida converted a penalty shot with six seconds left in regulation play as he led Patagones (1-0) to a 10-9 victory over Bendabout (0-2) Thursday afternoon in the Joe Barry memorial Cup competition at the International Polo Club in Wellington.
Patagones took an early lead and held it throughout most [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo Columnist
Nick Roldan scored four of Bendabout’s first five goals as they cruised to an early 5-1 lead, but Faraway Polo turned the tables on them in the second half on their way to an 18-14 win in the opening round of play in the 2010 Joe Barry Memorial Cup at [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo columnist
The Hawks, the only team in 20-goal competition with a 10-goal player in its lineup, scored a decisive 15-8 win over Lechuza Caracas in the opening game of the 2010 Joe Barry Memorial Cup.
After trailing 2-1 after the first chukker of play, the Hawks relied on a realigned lineup and [...]
By Alex Webbe
Daily News Polo columnist
Kris Kampsen scored a game-high eight goals for The Wanderers/Isla Carroll, but it was the balanced attack of Patagones that earned it a berth in Sunday’s Iglehart Cup finals on the strength of the 16-14 win Wednesday afternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington..
“We just had to correct what [...]
