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NewsLetter N° 140 - Wednesday February 23, 2014
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The Polo World in shock over the demise of Carlos Gracida. Idol & Legend.
With great sadness we have to report this unfortunate news that shocked all the people related to Polo worldwide.
Last Tuesday afternoon on the Everglades polo field a tragedy befell the polo community when Carlos Gracida (53) suffered a life ending fall. Carlitos suffered massive facial and chest trauma after his horse stumbled, sending him to the ground. Gracida was airlifted to the Delray Medical Center where efforts were made to revive him failed.
Carlitos Gracida reached the 10 goals at the age of twenty-five, won the Argentine Open five times, with La Espadaña in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 and then the Triple Crown in 1994 with Ellerstina. He was the only non-Argentine player to win the Olimpia Award in Argentina, as the best player of the year, in the year 1988. The U. S. Open nine times, the British Open ten times and the World Cup seven times. Internationally recognized as one of the the most prestigious players, that has dominated the sport more than any other player in history.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends during this most difficult time.
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â–ºCORTINA D'Ampezzo
Polo Gold Cup Circuit
Cortina Winter Polo Mercedes Benz
Bad weather has punished like never before the Polo Snow tournament in Cortina.
Everything was ready on Saturday February 22, at the polo field in Fiames (Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy), for the finals of the twenty-fifth year of the Polo on Snow. But very bad weather condition has again steal the show. The field was declared unsafe to play a regular match and the only possibility was to define the Tournament with penalties shots from the 40 and 30 yards. Weather condition has penalized 2014 edition as never before. The Cortina Winter Polo Organizing Committee has however done all it was possible to overcome difficulties and bring the tournament to its end and gained the appreciation from all the participants. The winner Team was U.S. Polo Assn, only by a difference of one more penalty converted, against the Tendercapital Monte Carlo Polo Team
Results:
Final: U.S.P. Assn 4 vs. Tendercapital-Monte Carlo 3
Top Scorer: Goffredo Cutinelli Rendina (13 goal)
MVP (Italian): Paolo Santambrogio
Fair Play Award "Renato Manaigo": Juan de Dios Perez-Serraro
Teams & Ranking:
1. U.S. Polo Assn: Richard Fagan 2, Jack Kidd 5, Mario Gómez 6, Santiago Torreguitar 4.Total 16.
2. Tendercapital-Monte Carlo: Rommy Gianni 2, Luca D’Orazio 2, Juan C. Greguoli 5, DarÃo Musso 7.Total 16.
3. Mercedes Benz: Davide Nanni 2, Terence Cusmano 3, Goffredo Cutinelli 5, Juan Ruiz Guiñazú 6.Total 16.
4. Ruinart: Gif Turati 1, Oscar Carona 3, Franco Piazza 3, Ginés Bargallo 7. Total 14.
5. Hotel de la Poste: Juande Perez 2, Paolo Santanbrogio 3, Eva Bruehl 3, Miguel Amieva 6.Total 14.
Umpire: Federico Martelli
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Richard Fagan, Jack Kidd, Santiago Toreguitar, Mario Gomez
Champion: U.S.Polo Assn. Team
Cortina Winter Polo
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â–ºPALM BEACH
International Polo Club Palm Beach
The Ylvisaker Cup
A surprising decision: After a review of the rules due to the change of a player on the team of Valiente for the Final, the USPA opted not to accept this change, considering it an improper replacement. Despite being warned one hour before the time the Final should start , the team of Valiente opted not to play the game, and then by this way the trophy went to the Cabure without having played a single chukker. Robert Jornayvaz was call to replace his injured father Bob, but as previously Tomas Garbarini had been raised from 3 to 5 goals, the team was over the handicap tournament limit and could only play with a "0" hcp player to maintain the original 20 goals. This decision was not accepted by Valiente, since it seems they had been told before that they could play with 21 goals. Finally an exhibition match of 4 chukkas was played with a replacement Team by the withdrawal of Valiente.
Earlier in the day with fifteen year old Grant Ganzi replacing his father Marc in the lineup, Audi won the subsidiary cup by defeating Faraway.
Resuls:
Quarterfinals
Sun 16: El Caburé 14 vs. Orchard Hill 12
Sun 16: Lechuza Caracas 10 vs. Los Machitos Heathcote 9
Sun 16: Valiente 9 vs. Palm Beach Illustrated 7
Sun 16: Las Monjitas 9 vs. Villa del Lago Casablanca 8
Semifinals: Ylvisaker Cup
Wed 19: El Caburé 12 vs. Lechuza Caracas 9
El Caburé: 3-1, 5-2, 6-6, 8-8, 9-9, 12-9
Wed 19: Valiente 8 vs. Las Monjitas 7
Valiente: (0-1), 1-1, 1-3, 3-4, 5-4, 6-5, 8-7.
Semifinals: George Haas Cup
Thu 20: Audi vs. Flight Options
Thu 20: Faraway 13 vs. CT Energia 12
Final: George Haas Cup
Sun 23: Audi 11 vs. Faraway 9
Audi: 3-0 , 5-3, 6-4, 9-5, 10-8, 11-9
MVP: Nicolas Roldan
BPP: "Meghan" played by Mariano Gonzalez
Final: Ylvisaker Cup
Sun 23: El Caburé vs. Valiente (not played for withdrawal)
Teams:
El Caburé: Federico Virasoro 2, Carlos Arellano 5, AgustÃn Merlos 9, Stevie Orthwein 4. Total 20.
Valiente: Bob Jornayvaz 1, Santiago Torres 6, Guillermo Caset 9, Tomás Garbarini 5. Total 21
Audi: Marc Ganzi 1, Carlos Gracida Jr. 3, Nicolás Pieres 8, Nicolás Roldán 8. Total 20.
Faraway Polo: Hutton Goodman A, MartÃn Pepa 5, Santiago Chavanne 8, Mariano González 7. Total 20.
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© Alex Pacheco
Champion: Team El Caburé
The Ylvisaker Cup
International Polo Club
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â–ºNEW DELHI
Jaipur Polo Ground
Garcha Hotels Northern India Polo Championship
Last Sunday 23 February 2014 one of the most prestigious tournaments of India Polo Calendar was held in New Delhi at The Jaipur Polo Ground. The Northern India Polo Championship with Garcha Hotels as title sponsor, and co-sponsors Royal Salute and EFG Bank is the most prestigious tournament of the Indian Polo calendar. This is an Open Championship with a maximum handicap of 20 goals, which has been played consistently since its inception in 1922.
In this edition the winner with a very tight result, was the Jindal Panther team led wonderfully by the Argentine professional player Lucas Labat.
Result:
Jindal Panther 6 vs. Elevation/EFG 5
Teams:
Jindal Panther: Dhruvpal Gondara 4, Abhimanyu Pathak 4, Simran Shergill 5, Lucas Labat 6. Total 19
Elevation/EFG: Satindar Garcha 2, Uday Kalaan 4, Juan Ambroggio 7, Gerardo mazzini 6. Total 19.
Umpires: Ravi rathore & Vishal Chauham
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Champion: Jindal Panther
Dhruvpal Gondara , Abhimanyu Pathak , Simran Shergill ,
Lucas Labat
The Northern India Polo Championship
Jaipur Polo Ground
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â–ºDUBAI
Palm Desert Polo Club
Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge
On Saturday ended The Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge, with the victory in the Final match of Cartier against CNN.
Results:
3rd & 4th place: UAE 10 vs. Desert Palm 5
Final: Cartier 11 ½ vs. CNN 7
Teams & Ranking:
1. Cartier: Adriano Agosti 0, Saeed Bin Drai 0, Francisco Elizalde 7, Raúl Laplacette 6. Total 13.
2. CNN: Amr Zedan 0, Faris Al Yabhpuni 0, David Stirling 10, Facundo Fernández Llorente 4. Total 14.
3. UAE: HH Sheikha Maitha 0, Mohamed Al Habtoor 0, Alfredo Capella 8, Guillermo Cuitiño 6. Total: 14
4. Desert Palm: Tariq Albwardy 1, Rashid Albwardy 2, Martin Valent 5, Facundo Castagnola 6.Total: 14
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Comments & Opinion
> Lessons from the Polo Fields.
Polo has, since time immemorial, been associated with arms, armies and the cavalry in particular, but recently in Geneva a second round of talks were held ostensibly to bring the conflict in Syria to an end. Rather like our referees, the United Nations had a rather hard time trying to apply obscure rules, that apparently few of the belligerents or players either understood or accepted. However, few or none of the participants probably remembered that in the late summer of 1184, at a time when Saladin was fighting the crusaders, the Sultan of Damascus often went to the polo fields just outside the city walls, to the west, to play polo accompanied by his sons. Just like Palermo in Buenos Aires, the polo fields were close to the racecourses, for there were two, separated by a river, and shady trees, no doubt planted to give shade to the pony lines. History records that the men of war only fought each other and left everyone else to go about their daily business in peace! Even when Christians crossed into Moslem held territory and vice-versa, they simply paid their customs duty and were allowed to continue on their way freely. According to Ibn Jubayr, “even in the internecine conflicts between emirs and kings, the citizens and merchants were not involved and their security was never threatened under any circumstance, whether in times of peace or war. The situation of this country, in this regard, is too particular for the subject to be exhaustedâ€. Perhaps, the lessons learnt on the polo fields, had something to do with this.
CC for PoloForEurope
Source: Ibn Jubayr. Relation des Péripéties qui surviennent pendant les Voyages, in “Voyageurs Arabes, Ibn Fadlan, Ibn Jubayr, Ibn Battuta » translated by Paule Charles-Dominique, Editions Gallimard
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The gifted Carlos Gracida five times winner of the Argentine Open.
marvelous player and great person, we will miss him
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