Since 1984, the Costa Careyes Polo Club has traditionally hosted a tournament in celebration of the Chinese New Year. This year was the Year of the Monkey. The weather was picture-perfect at the private, gated resort of Careyes, located in Mexico on the Pacific Ocean.
Polo ‘d’ Sufi outlasted favourites Diamond Paints 5-3 in the Diamond Paints-sponsored Pakistan Polo Cup 2016 crucial match and set main final clash against Master Paints/Newage to be played at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Sunday.
Coca-Cola (Gillian Johnston, Sugar Erskine, Julio Arellano and Steve Krueger) struggled with a talented White Birch lineup (Tomas Alberdi, Ezequiel Ferrario, Mariano Aguerre and Peter Brant) Sunday afternoon in Ylvisaker Cup play at the International Polo Club, hanging on to a 6-5 halftime lead before a strong finish gave carried them to a 12-8 victory.
The last day of week 1 gave us two spectacular games between four very evenly pitched sides. The first game on ground 3 at Casa de Campo was between La Carbuccia and Test Drive
In triple-header action Friday, Tonkawa took a commanding 17-11 victory over Horseware/5 Star Builders/Tackeria; Dubai slid by La Indiana 11-9, and Orchard Hill defeated Palm Beach Illustrated/Technogym 9-5 as the 20-goal Ylvisaker Cup continued at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC).
Mahra and Edrees will play the final of the Polo Masters Cup after today ́s results of the last qualifying matches held this afternoon at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club.
A combined eight goals from Ezequiel Zubiaurre and Gringo Colombres lifted Palm Beach Equine (Agustin Arellano, Ezequiel Zubiaurre, Gringo Colombres and Scott Swerdlin) to an 8-7 win over defending champion Goose Creek (Maureen Brennan, Marc Ganzi, Juan Bollini Jr. and Mariano Gonzalez) in the final of the 2016 Limited Edition12-goal Series at the Grand Champions Polo Club Saturday afternoon.
