The second day of the POLO RIDER CUP was played between Evviva Polo St. Moritz against Grand Champions Polo Club, Polo Club Mühlen and Aquedotto Romano Polo Club, Rincón Polo José Ignacio with Coronel Suárez Polo Club and Amadeus Polo Club met Golden Greens Polo Club.
In the first match of the game, the runner-up from the last edition of the POLO RIDER CUP, beat Grand Champions Polo Club by 10-4 goals.
The Swiss team very quickly found their rhythm, came very strong, well mounted and made it difficult for the American team to play their game.
In the first chukker, Evviva Polo St. Moritz picked up the first goal very early by Ignacio Kennedy, and Valentin Farinati scored two goals to end the first chukker 3-0.
Melissa Ganzi scored the opening goal for her team in the second chukker, but immediately after, Martin Aguerre H. scored his first goal in the match.
Grand Champions Polo Club came stronger in the second half of the match, but with a great effort from all the Evviva Polo St. Moritz team players, the game ended by 10-4 goals.
Aquedotto Romano Polo Club bet Polo Club Mühlen by 8-6 goals in the second match of the day.
Polo Club Mühlen had a strong start with four goals from Patrick Maleitzke, ending the first chukker with two goals difference, but a great comeback from Aquedotto Romano Polo Club in the second chukker, placed the Italian team in front of the score, 5-4 goals.
At the start of the third chukker, Miguel Amieva shorten the gap by only one goal, putting pressure on the Italian team, but the final result ended with two goals difference in favour of Aquedotto Romano Polo Club, 8-6.
The most intensive game was witnessed in the afternoon with the win of Coronel Suárez Polo Club against Rincón Polo José Ignacio by 9-8 in the extra chukker.
Rincón Polo José Ignacio was leading the first chukker 2-1, but Ignacio Badiola, with four goals in the second chukker, made Coronel Suárez Polo Club to end the third chukker 3-5.
A strong reaction from Rincón Polo José Ignacio in the third chukker gave the lead again to the Uruguayan team 6-5, but in the fourth chukker, another great comeback from Coronel Suárez with Badiola turned the game into equal, 8-8. In the extra chukker, Badiola scored the winning goal for Coronel Suarez.
Amadeus Polo Club beat Golden Greens Polo Club in the last game of the day, winning 7-6 goals. It was a very equalled and balanced game between both teams but at the end, the Argentinian team took the victory.
POLO RIDER CUP – DAY 2
EVVIVA POLO CLUB ST. MORITZ 10 – 4 GRAND CHAMPIONS POLO CLUB
Score progression: 3-0 / 6-1 / 8-2 / 10-4
Evviva Polo Club St. Moritz: Valentín Farinati 0 (3 goals), Ignacio Kennedy 5 (5 goals), Martin Aguerre H. 7 (2 goals), Thomas Rinderknecht 0. Total HC: 12.
Grand Champions Polo Club: Melissa Ganzi 0 (1 goal), Grant Ganzi 3 (1 goal), Nic Roldan 8, Marc Ganzi 1 (2 goals). Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Juan José Diaz Alberdi & Hugo Iturraspe.
POLO CLUB MÜHLEN – AQUEDOTTO ROMANO POLO CLUB
Score progression: 4-2 / 4-5 / 5-7 / 6-8
Polo Club Mühlen: Daniel Deistler 0, Santiago Shanahan 3, Patrick Maleitzke 5 (5 goals), Miguel Amieva 4 (1 goal). Total HC: 12.
Aquedotto Romano Polo Club: Andreas Bihrer 0 (1 goal), Sebastián Sorbac 2, Ramiro Zavaleta 4 (3 goals), Gastón Maiquez 6 (4 goals). Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Nicolás Scortichini & Martin Haurie.
RINCÓN POLO JOSÉ IGNACIO 8 – 9 CORONEL SUÁREZ POLO CLUB
Score progression: 2-1 / 3-5 / 6-5 / 8- 8 (8-9)
Rincón Polo José Ignacio: Sacha Fedier 1, Martín Ferrari 2 (1 goal), Bautista Beguerie 5 (3 goals), Matías Carrique 4 (4 goals). Total HC: 12.
Coronel Suarez Polo Club: Alexandra Rodzianko 0, Misha Rodzianko 2 (1 goal), Ignacio Badiola 5 ( 8 goals), Gaston Beguerie 5. Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Nicolás Scortichini & Martin Haurie.
AMADEUS POLO CLUB – GOLDEN GREENS POLO CLUB
Score progression: 1-2 / 3-4 / 6-4 / 7-6
Amadeus Polo Club: Robert Kofler 0, Hilario Ruiz Guiñazú 3 (1 goal), Bartolomé Bayugar 3 (2 goals), Santiago C. Marambio 6 (4 goals). Total HC: 12.
Golden Greens Polo Club: James Peter Holoweslco 0, Matias Nigoul Jr 1 , Marcos Harriot 5 (4 goals), Manuel F. Llorente 6 (2 goals). Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Juan José Diaz Alberdi & Hugo Iturraspe.
The POLO RIDER CUP continues on Sunday, June 18
10:00 Araucaria Polo Club vs Evviva Polo St. Moritz
11:30 Polo Club Schockemöhle vs Aquedotto Romano Polo Club
16:00 Amadeus Polo Club vs Roma Polo Club
17:30 Polo Club Saint-Tropez vs. El Rincon Polo Jose Ignacio
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