Hold the Presses! One more game at Whitney!

Just when you thought the season was over we have one more tailgate, social, polo fun day planned for Whitney Field this Sunday November 13th at 2pm.

It would seem that the beautiful weather and the extremely exciting games of late, coupled with Alan Corey and Mitt Carothers resurgence on the polo field has inspired the membership to ask for one more game.

And so it shall be! Please join us on Sunday for the last game of the season ( really this time, maybe definitely) at 2pm with usual beverage service, local hero’s to cheer on and fare provided by Dan Bullington and Holley Tractor.

See you all there!

Indigo Inn Wins November 4 Goal Invitational in Dramatic Style

An absolute game of two halfs!

Very rarely do two teams absolutely dominate the same game. In today’s November 4 Goal Invitational Final Buckleigh Farms and Indigo Inn battled it out in a thrilling game that sadly had to have only one winner.

Buckleigh Farms started the game in absolute control of the tempo and surged into a half-time lead of 7-2, playing a very patient controlled strategy before feeding the ball out to Matt McGhee who finished off three excellent runs of 200 yards or more. Peter Bibeau’s, Buckleigh Farms, were in complete control at the half as Gaston Rodrigues and Jose Rodriguez showed great communication and team work to keep Indigo Inn at bay while providing the offensive punch to build their substantial lead.

The second half was a completely different story however as from the first bowl in of the half Indigo Inn’s Brien Limehouse jumped on the ball to carry it down field to score. With Jeff Shuler playing a fantastic game in his first tournament and Will Tankard Captaining the team, the following three bowl in’s were like replay’s as Brien and Barry Limehouse won all of them to carry the ball down to the middle of the goal as team mates helped to score. By the end of the third period Indigo Inn had gained the lead and were winning by the score of 8-7. The Last period was wide open as both teams pushed hard for the win and it was Indigo Inn who were the eventual winners of a thrilling and exciting final tournament game at Whitney Field for a very successful 2012 season by the final score of 10-9.

MVP was awarded to Brien Limehouse, and his mare “Mamba” was BPP, for the stunning third period in which Brien scored 3 goals and set up 2 of his teams six for that period.

The only shame in today’s game was that only one team could win as both teams contributed to a thrilling match that was one of the most exciting games played on Whitney Field this year.

Duck HIll Farms Wins TD Bank USPA Officers Cup 8 Goal

Duck Hill Farm won the TD Bank USPA Officers Cup 8 Goal this past Saturday, Nov 5th, by defeating a very determined Powder River team in the Final by a score of 9-8.

Powder River started the stronger of the two teams reaching the half with a two goal cushion. In the fourth period however John Gobin and BPP “Wisteria” scored 4 goals to take the lead and hang on to the end of the game. Powder River had multiple opportunities to tie the game up in the final 3 minutes of play, including an open goal penalty 3, but unfortunately failed to capitalize as Duck Hill quite literally hung on to win by the single goal.

Powder River’s Dennis Santana earned MVP honor’s for an all round very strong performance including scoring 3 goals from 120 yrds.

Best Playing Pony went to John Gobin’s “Wisteria” for their dominant fourth period that turned the game in their teams favor.

Updated Results and Schedule for the TD Bank USPA Officers Cup 8 Goal

Results

Fri Oct 21st : Powder River def Hutchinson Farms 9-7
Sat Oct 22nd : Duck Hill def Casa Azul 15-10
Mon Oct 24th: Derry Heir def Powder River 10-9
Mon Oct 24th: Karna/Botega Gratia def Casa Azul 11-5
Thu Oct 27th: Karna/Botega Gratia def Derry Heir 12-9
Fri Oct 28th: Duck Hill def Hutchinson Farms 15-14
Sat Oct 29th: Powder River def Casa Azul 16-5
Sat Oct 29th: Hutchinson def Karna/Botega Gratia 8-6
Sun Oct 30th: Duck Hill def Derry Heir 13-12

Upcoming Games

Final of the TD Bank USPA Officers Cup 8 Goal between Duck Hill and Powder River will be announced shortly. The Club is working to find a mutually agreeable date for both teams

Click Here for the Schedule

Pony Up/Botega Gratia Wins Atlantic Broadband USPA Players Cup 4 Goal

Pony Up/Botega Gratia led by 4 goals at the end of the first Chukker in Sundays Final of the Atlantic Broadband USPA Players Cup 4 Goal, but a strong comeback from a very determined Fort Christopher Team had the scores all level in the Final Period.

Pony Up/Botega Gratia managed to get the winning goal to win by the final score of 8-7.

Fort Christopher: Misty Allen, Chris Shelly, Del Walton, Brian Fairclough

Pony Up/Botega Gratia: Rick Salter, Marvin Slosman, Kegan Walsh, Marcos Onetto

MVP: Kegan Walsh

BPP: “Jose Alberto” played by Marcos Onetto

TD Bank USPA Officers Cup Schedule Released

The Schedule for the upcoming TD Bank USPA Officers Cup has been released and can be found here.

Karna/Botega Gratia wins Cup of Aiken 8 Goal in thrilling Overtime

Karna/Botega Gratia was definitely the best team in this tournament. Winning the Final of the Cup of Aiken 8 Goal by the score of 10-9 in Overtime and finishing with an unblemished 4-0 record.

The teams win was achieved in dramatic style as they found themselves trailing by a goal in the final chukker with only a minute to play. A late foul gave the team a penalty 5 center field hit which was expertly controlled and finished from the tightest of angles by MVP Tomas Obregon to send the game into OT. Just 17 seconds into the OT chukker Karna/Botega Gratia was awarded a penalty 4 which Obregon comfortably slotted home for the win.

Craig Fraser’s 6th chukker horse, Lizzie, was awarded Best Playing Pony Honors.

Information Line Back up and Running.

After some overnight technical issues the Aiken Polo Club Information Line is back up and running and updated for todays event’s.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Updated Schedules

Thank you everyone for being so patient with the multiple last minute changes due to the weather that we have received!

The Upcoming TD Bank USPA Officers Cup 8 Goal tournament entries close Sunday October 16th. I need all entries in by that date as well as any and all outdates.

This weeks Results

Thu Oct 13th

Cup of Aiken 8 Goal

Derry Heir def Silverstone Farm 11-10 OT
Karna/Botega Gratia def Miller and Miller/Cooper Home and Stable 8-6
Bottega def Powder River 12-9

Fri Oct 14th

Karna/Botega Gratia def Duck Hill 14 to 10

This Weekends Schedule

Sat Oct 15th

Cup of Aiken 8 Goal

11 00 C II Polo Derry Heir v Powder River
2 00 Skaneateles Skaneateles v Miller and Miller/ Cooper Home and Stable

Atlantic Broadband USPA Players Cup 4 Goal

11 00 Powderhouse Pony Up/Botega Gratia v Hutchinson Farms
1 00 Powderhouse Blackberg Ranch v Fort Christophers

Sun Oct 16th

Cup of Aiken 8 Goal

3 00 Whitney Field Cup of Aiken 8 Goal Final

Atlantic Broadband USPA Players Cup 4 Goal

10 30 Powderhouse Hutchinson Farms v Polo Cops
12 00 Powderhouse Las Vinas v Fort Christophers
1 30 Powderhouse Blackberg Ranch v Natural Soda

For the Full Cup of Aiken 8 Goal Schedule click here

For the Full Atlantic Broadband USPA Players Cup 4 Goal schedule Click here.

Interscholastic Player of the Year to be Featured on ESPN Tonight!

Kareem Rosser, who was in Aiken last week during the annual USPA meetings to receive his award for the Interscholastic Player of the Year at the Aiken Junior Polo/Polo Training Foundation Fundraiser, will be featured on ESPN Tonight at 8pm est as part of their E:60 series.

For those of you not yet familiar with Kareem’s story or of the Philadelphia Work to Ride program I highly recommend watching this program.