The draw for the 2016 Ylvisaker Cup took place at the 7th Chukker of the International Polo club Friday night in spite of the fact that play hadn’t been completed in the 20-goal Joe Barry Memorial Cup.
Tonkawa (Lucas Arellano, Gonzalo Deltour, Sebastian Merlos and Mason Wroe) became the first team to qualify for a semifinal berth in the Bobby Barry Cup, a subsidiary of the 20-goal Joe Barry Memorial Cup, with an 8-7 win over Orchard Hill (Donavan Stratemann, Polito Pieres, Peke Gonzalez and Lucas Criado) Sunday afternoon at the International Polo Club.
Wolves defeated UAE Polo by 10 goals to 9 this afternoon at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club in the last qualifying match of The McLaren Cup and joins Zedan and Bin Drai Polo in semifinals.
The dragon proved mightier than the lion today at China’s magnificent Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club, as Hong Kong China vanquished England to be crowned champions of the Snow Polo World Cup 2016.
Finally, and after a couple of rainy days, a new edition of the Sampacho Cup kicked off. The venue in which the cup is taking place is the Estancia El Tala, in Córdoba, Argentina. Ten teams of up to 10 goals are taking part in the tournament.
In a riveting confrontation between the teams of two long term friends but also old rivals, Pitirri finally faced Casa de Campo at Los Establos for the Subsidiary Final of the Bronze Cup.
