|
|
Avendano 2000.
Palm Beach
Children's February polo tournament.
Report. By Equiworld boss John Crawford.
Never having been
to the world famous Palm Beach Polo Club in Florida, I did not know quite
what to expect.
I have to admit that
I had just a little trouble getting to see Cali Garcia the director of
polo operations for he is a very busy man. Luckily a chance meeting at
breakfast brought me nose to nose with the very chap I wanted to meet
and more helpful he just could not have been. Now that's when I got roped
into helping Mimi Gracida with the Sunday Children's tournament
| Wherever
you are in the world children's events are much the same, ranging
from being chaotic to almost chaotic! This one was no different, but
in a funny sort of relaxed manner everything worked out really well
on the day. People arrived in all shapes and sizes, some with pickup
trucks towing huge gooseneck trailers with eight or ten ponies on
board, some had ridden over and some had shared transport. |
A typical rig |
Everyone from children
who's parents were expert players with grooms to help all the way, to
one young fella who had to be lent a hat, a pair of breeches, a stick
and a pony! Me? My first job was to take the register and
collect the money from the seventy plus players. (I reckon they knew I
was Scottish?) That done and the money duly collected, I was to be treated
to an action packed day.
Nineteen teams of
four payers would do battle on this day and the weather and ground conditions
were just ideal.
Teams of four of course,
each team playing four competitions of one chukka, in a round robin, which
Mimi never seemed to lose track of! Everything from the peewee's in a
lead-rein chukka on a mini pitch to the eldest groups who although less
than 15 years old seemed to travel at lightning speed. Well I suppose
you that if your second name is Gracida, Laprida, Pierres or Lalor and
you are mounted on a pony, which hardly seems to need a rider that can
be expected! Hey but don't get me wrong here! As always in all good polo
the camaraderie and support from parents and between players from the
bottom to the very top was outstanding. There was indeed some handsome
play at all levels with no accidents (well none worth mentioningJ) no
one lost tempers, bad riding or behaviour - just lots and lots of happy
faces.
And so to the results.
FIELD 15A. 3.00PM
ROUND ROBIN.
|
ESCUE. WINNERS.
|
POLO MAGAZINE
|
MERRILL LYNCH
|
| |
|
|
|
1. Nicolas
Indriago
|
1. Ty Overcash
|
1. Cloe Bourgeois
|
|
2 Adam Ferquera
|
2. August Scherer
|
2. Jessie Bourgeois
|
|
3. Collin
McCosh
|
3. Steven Rizzo
|
3 Chance Ackerman
|
|
4. Sergio
Muires
|
4. Matt Baker
|
4. Allison Poor
|
|
BPP = Best
Playing Pony………..
|
Cale.
played by Chloe Bourgeois
|
|
|
MVP= Most
valued Player………
|
Nicholas Indriago.
|
|
FIELD 15A. 4.00PM.
|
PALM BEACH POLO
|
MIRAGE
|
GATORS WINNERS.
|
| |
|
|
|
1. Pedro Lara
|
1. Harry Ingram
|
1. John Harshutz
|
|
2. Luca Lalor
|
2. Dianne Bignoli
|
2. Tyler
Fisher
|
|
3. Olivia Laprida
|
3. Annie Atwell
|
3. J Weaver
|
|
4. Austin Williams
|
4. Alex Ingram
|
4. Carlitos
Gracida
|
|
BPP = Ace.
With Carlitos Gracida
|
|
|
|
MVP = Lucas
Lalor.
|
|
|
FIELD 15 B. 3.00PM.
|
POLO GEAR
|
ALEX PHOTO
|
TEXAS POLO -
WINNERS.
|
| |
|
|
|
1. Cachi Garcia-Velez
|
1. Nacho Badiola
|
1. Inaki
Laprida
|
|
2. Jennifer
Poor
|
2. Amanda Poor
|
2. Travis
Bever
|
|
3. Nico Pieres
|
3. Facundo Obregon
|
3. Sahir
Quareshi
|
|
4. Aaron Barrett
|
4. Perry Harshutz
|
4. Colby
Burling
|
|
BPP = Moss.
Nico Pierres
|
|
|
|
MVP = Inaki
Laprida.
|
|
|
FIELD 15B. 4.00PM
|
RIVERVIEW
|
NANO'S WINNERS.
|
LA HERRADURA
|
| |
|
|
|
1. Guillermo
Caset
|
1. Fucundo
Pieesr
|
1. Mariano Obregon
|
|
2. Marco Bignoli
|
2. Magoo
Laprida
|
2. Benjamin
Araya
|
|
3. Robert Orthwein
|
3. Mike Matz
|
3. Julio Gracida
|
|
4. Shamir Quareshi
|
4. Marcos
Araya
|
4. Facundo Sola.
|
|
BPP = Dolores.
Guillermo Casset
|
|
|
|
MVP = Facundo
Pierres.
|
|
|
FIELD 15C. 3.00PM.
|
OUTBACK
|
TACKERIA
|
COMPETITION
WAS A TIE.
|
| |
|
|
|
1. Lindsay Heatley
|
1. Matthew Coppola
|
|
|
2. Haley Heatley
|
2. Andy Busch
|
|
|
3. Ceclia Pieres
|
3. Sebastian
Baez
|
|
|
4. Tatiana Feron
|
4. Tiffany Turcott
|
|
|
BPP = Morning
Dove. Lindsay H.
|
|
|
|
MVP = Andy
Busch
|
|
|
FIELD 15C. 3.00PM
|
C SPEARS WINNERS.
|
POLO EXCURSIONS
|
|
|
1. Maggie
Boyle
|
1. Emily Rizzo
|
|
|
2. Michael
Armour
|
2. Christian
Narvaja
|
|
|
3. Alexander
Rubin
|
3. Grant Weiss
|
|
|
4. Emelia
Galindo
|
4. Will Busch
|
|
|
BPP = Laguna.
Emilly Rizzo.
|
|
|
|
MVP = Michael
Armour
|
|
|
| |
|
|
FIELD 15C. 3.30PM
|
LAS ESPUELAS
WINNERS.
|
FLORIDA HORSEMAN
|
GRAYS.
|
| |
|
|
|
1. Juan Martin
Obregon
|
1. Ezra Stevenson
|
1. Whitney Crowder.
|
|
2. C B Scherer
|
2. Alejandro
Gongalez
|
2. Cliff Reeves
|
|
3. Mariano
Gracida
|
3. Kent Firestone
|
3. Nicolas Reeves
|
|
4. Sam Atwell
|
4. Dillan Brant
|
4. Marcus Rinehart
|
|
BPP = Juanna
Alejanoro Gonzales
|
|
|
|
MVP = C.B.
Scherer
|
|
|
Left to Right: Carlos Gracida, Mimi Gracida, John Crawford & Memo Gracida
Please
Visit John Crawford's Page for further details.
|
