Argentina Polo Tour 2012

February 18th, 2012

The Argentina Polo Tour is a medium goal polo tournament that plays throughout the low season. It tries to be an alternative to the high season, high goal polo tournaments. It starts at the 28th of February and is being held at different (famous) polo clubs across Argentina. It ends on the 21st of April at Ellerstina.

Here are the preliminary dates and places:

- Palermo: 28th february untill 10th march
- La Aguada La Picaza: 14th march untill 24th march
- Centaurus 28th march untill 7th april
- Ellerstina 10th april untill 21st april

Dates and fixtures Palermo 2011

November 18th, 2011

1º Date – Saturday 19/11/2011 – Zona A
(C 2) 13.45 La Dolfina vs. Chapa Uno (1)
Copa Movistar
(C 1) 16.45 La Aguada vs. Pilará (2)

2º Date – Sunday 20/11/2011 – Zona B
Copa Omint
(C 2) 13.45 Ellerstina vs. Alegría (3)
Copa La Martina
(C 1) 16.45 Estancia Grande vs.
Indios Chapaleufú II (4)

3º Date – Saturday 26/11/2011 – Zona A
Copa Premium Assistance
(C 2) 13.45 Winner (2) vs. Loser (1)
Copa MasterCard
(C 1) 16.45 Winner (1) vs. Loser (2)

4º Date – Sunday 27/11/2011 – Zona B
Copa Nespresso
(C 2) 13.45 Winner (4) vs. Loser (3)
Copa Rolex
(C 1) 16.45 Winner (3) vs. Loser (4)

5º Date – Saturday 03/12/2011 – Zona A
(C 2) 13.45 Loser (1) vs. Loser (2)
Copa HSBC
(C 1) 16.45 Winner (1) vs. Winner (2)

6º Date – Sunday 04/12/2011 – Zona B
Copa Stella Artois
(C 2) 13.45 Loser (3) vs. Loser (4)
Copa Mercedes Benz
(C 1) 16.45 Winner (3) vs. Winner (4)

7º Date – Friday 9/12/2011

Final 118º Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo
(C1) 16.45 Winner Zona A vs. Winner Zona B

Team formations of Palermo 2011

November 18th, 2011

teams of Z O N A “A”

LA DOLFINA DUBAI:
Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10, David Stirling (h) 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10 y Juan Martín Nero 10. Total 39.

LA AGUADA BMW:
Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9 e Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total 36.

PILARÁ PIAGET:
Hilario Ulloa 9, Cristian Laprida (h) 8, Bautista Heguy 8 y Luke Tomlinson 8. Total 33.

CHAPA UNO HOPE FUNDS:
Pablo Pieres 8, Guillermo Caset (h) 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8 y Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total 32.

teams of Z O N A “B”

ELLERSTINA ETIQUETA NEGRA:
Facundo Pieres 10, Nicolás Pieres 8, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10 e Ignacio Heguy 9. Total 37

ESTANCIA GRANDE SANCOR SEGUROS:
Agustín Merlos 9, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Sebastián Merlos 9 y Bartolomé Castagnola 9. Total 36.

INDIOS CHAPALEUFÚ II CARDÓN:
Alberto Heguy (h) 8, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8, Julio Arellano 9 y Eduardo Heguy 8. Total 33.

ALEGRÍA CROWNE PLAZA:
Frederick Mannix (h) 7, Francisco Bensadón 8, Mariano Aguerre 9 y Francisco de Narváez (h) 8. Total 32.

finals Palermo re-programmed to friday the 9th..!

November 18th, 2011

Because of the holidays the finals of Palermo will be played on friday the 9th, in stead of saturday the 10th.

Tortugas finals, saturday 15th october 16:00

October 14th, 2011

This saturday the 15th the finals are being played in Tortugas at 16:00 hours. The entrance costs 85 pesos (damn inflation..)

The finalists are La Dolfina and Ellerstina.

Tortugas 2011 dates and times

September 28th, 2011
Tortugas 2011 dates and times
Wednesday 28/9
16:00 Estancia Grande vs. Indios Chapaleufú II (Zona B)
Saturday 1/10
16:00 La Dolfina vs. Pilará
Sunday 2/10
Ellerstina vs. loser of first match Zona B
Saturday 8/10
16:00 La Dolfina vs. La Aguada
Sunday 9/10
Ellerstina vs. winner of first match Zona B
FINAL
Saturday 15/10/2011

Teams and pools for the Triple Corona (tortugas, hurlinngham and palermo) and the qualifying matches

September 23rd, 2011

TORTUGAS
Zona A: La Dolfina Dubai, La Aguada BMW y Pilará Piaget.
Zona B: Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra, Estancia Grande e Indios Chapaleufú II Cardón.

HURLINGHAM (*)
Zona A: La Dolfina Dubai, Estancia Grande y Pilará Piaget.
Zona B: Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra, La Aguada BMW e Indios Chapaleufú II.

PALERMO (*)
Zona A: La Dolfina Dubai, La Aguada BMW y Pilará Piaget.
Zona B: Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra, Estancia Grande e Indios Chapaleufú II Cardón.

(*) The winner of the qualifying matches with the highest handicap will play in Zona B of Hurlingham and Palermo.

Qualifying matches for HURLINGHAM Y PALERMO

Zona A: Chapa Uno Hope Funds y Alegría.
Zona B: La Quinta, Miramar y Enigma.

Fixture of the Qualifying matches:

30/9: Enigma vs. Miramar (Match 1).
4/10: La Quinta vs. winner of Match 1
4/10: Chapa Uno Hope Funds vs. Alegría
7/10: Third match of Zona B
11/10: Chapa Uno Hope Funds vs. Qualified of Zona B
11/10: Alegría vs. the rest of Zona B

The six teams who play the Triple Corona are the following:

La Dolfina Dubai: Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10, David Stirling (h) 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10 y Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 39.
Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10, Nicolás Pieres 8 e Ignacio Heguy 9. Total: 37.
Estancia Grande: Agustín Merlos 9, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Sebastián Merlos 9 y Bartolomé Castagnola 9. Total: 36.
La Aguada BMW: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9 e Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 36.
Pilará Piaget: Bautista Heguy 8, Tomás García del Río 8, Hilario Ulloa 9 y Cristian Laprida (h) 8. Total: 33.
Indios Chapaleufú II Cardón: Alberto Heguy (h) 8, Julio Arellano 9, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8 y Eduardo Heguy 8. Total: 33.

And the 5 teams that will try to qualify for Hurlingham and Palermo are:

Chapa Uno Hope Funds: Pablo Pieres 8, Guillermo Caset (h) 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8 y Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total: 32.
Alegría: Frederick Mannix (h) 7, Francisco Bensadón 8, Mariano Aguerre 9 y Francisco de Narváez (h) 8. Total: 32.
La Quinta: Joao Paulo Ganon 7, Mark Tomlinson 7, Julio Novillo Astrada (n) 8 y Luke Tomlinson 8. Total: 30.
Miramar: Diego Cavanagh 7, Pablo Jauretche 7, Joaquín Pittaluga 7 y Alejandro Agote 8. Total: 29.
Enigma: James Beim 7, Valerio Zubiaurre (h) 6, Guillermo Willington 7 y Matías Mac Donough 8. Total: 28.

San Isidro finals are being played saturday 17th

September 17th, 2011

Weather permitting the finals are already being played in what was a short tournament.

La Dolfina – La Irenita play at 15:00

San Isidro Jockey club polo opening matches saturday 10 and sunday 11

September 10th, 2011

Saturday at 1500 is the opening match of the San Isidro Jockey Club

La Dolfina (33 goles) plays against Miramar (29)

Sunday at the same time will play Indios Chapaleufú II Cardón (33) vs. La Irenita Arandú (32).

THe team formations are:

La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10, David Stirling (h) 9, Matías Magrini 8 y Alejo Taranco 6. Total: 33.
Miramar: Diego Cavanagh 7, Pablo Jauretche 7, Joaquín Pittaluga 7 y Alejandro Agote 8. Total: 29.

On sunday:
Indios Chapaleufú II Cardón: Alberto Heguy (h) 8, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8, Javier Novillo Astrada 9 y Eduardo Heguy 8. Total: 33.
La Irenita Arandú: Tomás Gándara 6, Hilario Ulloa 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10 y Salvador Ulloa 7. Total: 32.

San Isidro, Tortugas, Hurlingham and Palermo dates 2011

June 26th, 2011

These are the dates for the high goal polo tournaments for 2011. Starting with the warm up in the San Isidro Jockey club at the 6th of september with the grand finals on the 10th of december in Palermo.

San Isidro JOCKEY CLUB
Date: 06/09/11 to 25/09/11.

Tortugas
Date: 27/09/11 to 16/10/11.

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT TO OPEN THE 118 º Hurlingham and Palermo
As of 28/09/11.

118 ° Hurlingham
Date: 18/10/11 to 6/11/11.

118 º Palermo Open
Date: 19/11/11 to 10/12/11.