La Dolfina vs Alegria Fish Creek & La Ensenada vs La Irenita
Today, Friday 12 November, sees the start of The 128th Argentine Open with the first two matches of the tournament: La Dolfina vs Alegria Fish Creek and La Ensenada vs La Irenita.So far this year’s Argentine Triple Crown has seen wins for Ellerstina in The Tortugas Open and La Natividad in The Hurlingham Open. This year’s Argentine Open sees the usual ten teams compete, but unusually the Final is guaranteed not to be La Dolfina vs Ellerstina as both teams have been placed in League A. Today sees the start of the League A action, while League B begins tomorrow, Saturday 13 November with La Natividad vs Chapaleufú. All of the action can be watched live via AAPLive and Polo Times readers receive a 10% discount with the code POLOTIMES10, click here to subscribe today.
128th Argentine Open Teams:
League AEllerstina (38): Facundo Pieres (10), Hilario Ulloa (9), Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (9) & Nicolás Pieres (10)
La Dolfina Saudi (38): Adolfo Cambiaso (10,) Francisco Elizalde (9), David Stirling (10) & Diego Cavanagh (9)
La Ensenada (33): Juan Britos (9), Alfredo Bigatti (8), Juan Martín Zubía (8) & Jerónimo del Carril (8)
La Irenita (31): Santiago Loza (8), Isidro Strada (8), Ignacio Toccalino (8) & Segundo Bocchino (7)
Alegría Fish Creek (30): Tito Ruiz Guiñazú (8), Clemente Zavaleta (7), Joaquín Pittaluga (7) & Bautista Bayugar (8)
League BRS Murus Sanctus (39): Guillermo Caset (10), Facundo Sola (9), Pablo MacDonough (10) & Juan Martín Nero (10)
La Natividad (36): Pablo Pieres (9), Camilo Castagnola (9), Bartolomé Castagnola Jr. (9) & Nachi du Plessis (9)
La Dolfina Brava (33): Rodrigo Andrade (8), Poroto Cambiaso (8), Alejo Taranco (8) & Guillermo Terrera (9)
Alegria (28): Tomás García del Río (7), Fred Mannix (7), Agustín Merlos (7) & Pedro Zacharias (7)
Chapaleufú (29): Rufino Bensadon (7), Juan Gris Zavaleta (8), Julián de Lusarreta (7) & Felipe Dabas (7) P
hotograph: Hurlingham Open finalists, La Natividad & RS Murus Sanctus, will play today and tomorrow. By Matías Callejo / Prensa AAP