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Napa Auto/Beverly Polo and Southern Eagle/Michelob Ultra played an exciting match yesterday tied at 8-all to benefit the Molly’s House organization. From left, Stevie Orthwein, Mollys House Presenter, MVP Chris Nevins, Jason Wates, Cece-lia Cochran, Tiffany Busch, Ramiro Cordero, Bill Ballhaus, Lucas Escobar, Luis Escobar and Molly’s House CEO Bill West. (ph Laura Townsend)
It is with much regret that we have to announce the passing of Tom Hughes, a friend of many years. Thomas Edwin
Hughes, 78 passed away on March 1, 2016. He is survived by his wife Kristin Scowden Hughes, his daughter Kara Salgado and her husband Henry, his grandson Cole Salgado and sister Betsy Baum-bauer. Additionally, he leaves behind many other family and friends who will deeply miss him. Tom was an avid polo player and
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Smithfield with, from left, Craig Callen, Shahmir Quraeshi, Julio Ezcurra and John Klopp defeated Grand Champions (Grant Ganzi, Tato Bollini, Juancito Bollini and Will Jacobs) 7-6 in overtime on a goal by Shahmir Quraeshi to win the Halo Cup Final 6 Goal yesterday at Grand Champions (ph Alex Pacheco)
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Next Sunday 13, Great Futures Polo Day is back to Benefit the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Match to include
John Walsh and Nacho Figueras (right.) See the announcement on page 7
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• The Morning Line • Sunday, March 6, 2016
ML Polo Update - Sunday, March 6, 2016 - AM
Polo at a Glance
SChedule & reSultS
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IPC - Sunday, final of the Les Armour at noon, Valiente vs. Valiente II, followed at 3pm with the final of the CV Whitney, Orchard Hill vs. Audi. Thursday, March 10, start of the USPA Gold Cup, schedule on this page.
Grand Champions - Today, both finals in the Margaret C Sieber Handicap and the 12 goal Sieber Memorial will be played at 10am. See the draw and schedule for the $50,000 National 12 Goal page 6, the single-elimination tournament starts tomorrow Monday for a final Sunday March 13.
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IPC - 2016 USPA Gold Cup - Tesoro Cup SubsidiaryThurs 10 10am Valiente vs. Flex Jet Bracket II 12:30 Dubai vs. White Birch Bracket I 3pm Audi vs. Coca Cola Bracket II 4pm Orchard Hill vs. Lucchese Bracket ISun 13 10am Luchesse vs. White Birch Bracket I 10am Audi vs. Valiente Bracket II Noon Orchard Hill vs. Dubai Bracket I 3pm Coca Cola vs. Flex Jet Bracket IIThurs 17*10am Orchard Hill vs. White Birch Bracket I 12:30 Audi vs. Flex Jet Bracket II 3pm Lucchese vs. Dubai Bracket I 5pm Coca Cola vs. Valiente Bracket IISun 20 “Mini-Quarters” #2 in Bracket I vs. #3 in Bracket II #3 in Bracket I vs. #2 in Bracket IIWed 23**Noon Semifinal 1: Bracket I winner vs. Quarterfinal winner 4pm Semifinal 2: Bracket II winner vs. Quarterfinal winnerThurs 24 Tesoro Cup Semifinals: Tesoro Cup is a separate tournament Third and fourth place teams in each bracket will draw for the semifinals. Sun 27 Noon Tesoro Cup Final 3pm USPA Gold Cup Final
NOTES: *The games on March 17 are the last bracket game and scheduled in order of draw per HCTC.** Semifinal Pairings: If the winning quarter finalists are from different brackets, they will play the bracket winner they have not already played. If both quarterfinal winners are from the same bracket, bracket I winner will draw between the two.
Port Mayaca - Match today in the USPA Heritage Cup 16 goal, see page 6.
Sarasota - See rosters and schedule for the USPA National Inter-Circuit 12 Goal (SMR Cup) and USPA Hall of Fame Challenge 6 Goal, page 6. One game today in the USPA National Inter-Circuit 12 Goal.
Margaret C Sieber Handicap Final, Sun March 6 at 10am at GCPC #3Valiente 12 Rob Jornayvaz 1Juan Martin Obregon 5Facundo Obregon 6Lucas Arellano 0vs.Skaneateles 12 Marty Gregg ACesar Jimenez 1Mariano Obregon 7Costi Caset 4
12 goal Sieber Memorial Final, Sun March 6 at 10am at GCPC #1Travieso 12 Teo Calle 0Tony Calle 2Pedro Falabella 5Felipe Viana 5vs.Newport 12 Gene Goldstein 1Oak Thorne 0Michel Dorignac 5Tatin Zubiaurre 6
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later he became a polo umpire and land developer. Tom played in and won the inaugural USPA Gold Cup in 1974. He won 3 But-ler Handicaps and the National 20 Goal twice. He also won the American Cup once. Tom Hughes was the Chief umpire and headed up the umpire program for
the USPA for many years. He was on the tournament committee of IPC since the inception of the club until his death. Tom also managed the Greenwich and Bridge-hampton Polo Clubs in the late 90’s. Tom did not want a funeral, he only wanted his pals to have a party, a memo-rial BBQ in his honor at the Gulfstream Polo Club on Friday, April 1st at 7pm.
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The Villages 11Jim Parr 1.5Brandon Van Loon 1Alan Martinez 5Eddy Martinez 4 The Villages Polo 12 // 0-1Paige McCabe 1.5Peter Von Gotard Jr 2Jamie Mirikitani 4Francisco Bilbao 5 Tito’s 12 // 0-1James P. Uihlein 2Neil Osberg 2Joe Wayne Barry 4Shane Rice 4
The $50,000 National 12 Goal is a single elimination tournament played this coming week starting Monday 7 for a final Sunday March 13 at 10am. Game 1, Monday March 7 at 3.30pm Casablanca vs Wildcat, the winner will play Pony Express Friday in one semifinal. Game 2, Tuesday March 8 at 3.30pm Palm Beach Equine vs Tackeria /5 Star Builder, the winner will play Palm Beach Illustrated Friday in the other semifinal.
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Top DrawGame 1 Monday March 7 at 3:30Casablanca 12Grant Ganzi 1Leo Mandelbaum 2Juan Bollini jr 3Mark Tomlinson 6vsWildcat 15Ryan Gilbertson 0Nick Johnson 2Steve Krueger 3Jason Crowder 6The winner plays Pony Expressin the first semifinalFriday March 11 at 4pmPony Express 12 Bob Daniels 0Justin Daniels 0Bautista Urbina 6Tomas Goti 6
Bottom DrawGame 2 Tuesday March 8 at 3:30Palm Beach Equine 12Agustin Arellano 2Ezequiel Zubiaurre 4Gringo Colombres 6Scott Swerdlin 0vs. 5 Start Builders /Tackeria 12Miraros Magrini -1Matt Copolla 4Joaquin Panelo4Michel Dorignac 5The winner plays Pony Expressin the second semifinalFriday March 11 at 1:30Palm Beach Illustrated 12Todd Thurston 0Jared Zenni 3Geronimo Obregon 4Jesse Bray 5
The USPA Heritage Cup 16 goal started on Thursday March 3rd with a win for Mt Brilliant 9-8 over GSA/Highground. The second game is this morning at 10:30am, Mt Brilliant vs. PMPC, and the third game of the round-robin is yet to be scheduled GSA/Highground vs PMPC.
USPA National Inter-Circuit 12 Goal (SMR Cup) March 3 – March 20Thurs 3 Wildcat def. Tito’s 12-7 Hillcroft def. The Villages Polo (Paige) 11-10Sun 6 1pm Tito’s vs HillcroftWed 9 2pm The Villages Polo (Paige) vs WildcatThurs 10 11am The Villages (Jim) vs Hillcroft
USPA Hall of Fame Challenge 6 Goal - March 4 – March 19Fri 4 Rule One/ Shepherd Partners def. Barefield Polo 9-7 Southside/ Whiskey Pond def. New Hope/Brookland 7-6Wed 9 11am Barefield Polo vs New Hope/Brookland Plantation
Audi 19Grant Ganzi 1Agustin Merlos 9Mark Tomlinson 6Juancito Bollini 3
iPC IPC MeMbers Challenge
Goose Creek 18Maureen Brennan 1Peke Gonzalez 2Lucas Criado 8Mariano Gonzalez 7
Vista Blue Islanders 18Scott Swerdlin AGringo Columbres 6Facundo Obregon 6Mike Azzaro 6
IPC Members ChallengeFri 4 Audi def. Airstream 10-8 Sat 15 Goose Creek def. Vista Blue Islanders 14-12
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Top, 10 goalers Facundo Pieres and his cousin Polito Pieres will be leading the charge for defending Champion Orchard Hill this afternoon. Center, Marc Ganzi and Fred Mannix played a great game to defeat White Birch 9-8 on Thursday. Far left, Hilario Ulloa played very well in the semifinal for White Birch. Near left, Gonzalito Pieres had key plays for the win Thurs. (ph David Lominska, Polographics.com)
