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Andras Tombor lineup defeated El Milagro and won the flagship tournament of the Novillo Astrada’s family club

Bardon earned a 13-7 win over El Milagro and claimed the Julio Novillo Astrada Cup, following the championship match, that took place at La Aguada Polo Club, in Open Door, Argentina, on Tuesday November 21m, on a cold and rainy afternoon. The Julio Novillo Astrada is the opening tournament of the 2023 Spring Season, at La Aguada Polo Club, presented by Río Uruguay Seguros. 

El Milagro’s Lukin Monteverde opened the scores in the first chukka; but Bardon replied quickly through Jeta Castagnola and Rufino Lauhlé, who secured the 2-1 advantage for Bardon at the end of the first chukka. From then onwards, the match belonged to Bardon, who remained in the lead throughout the six chukkas of play; by halftime, Bardon was 7-3 ahead of El Milagro. In the second half, Andras Tombor’s lineup dominated their opponents, who struggled to remain in the game, but their efforts didn’t pay off.

By the start of the sixth chukka, the deal was said and done, with Bardon 12-5 up. At the end of the day, and after a very well played contest, Bardon produced one last goal to secure the 13-7 victory that led them to win the XIX Edition of the Julio Novillo Astrada Cup.

Meanwhile, the Subsidiary Trophy went to Forbes Plunkett, who defeated Santa Clara 14-12.

 

FINAL JULIO NOVILLO ASTRADA CUP. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21, LA AGUADA POLO CLUB 

  • Subsidiary: Forbes Plunkett 14 vs Santa Clara 12
  • Final Julio Novillo Astrada Cup: Bardon Polo Team 13 vs El Milagro 7

Bardon Polo Team: Andreas Tombor 0, Rufino Laulhé 3, Alfredo Bigatti 9, Camilo Castagnola 10. Total: 22.

El Milagro Polo: Federico Tomasevich 1 (Gonzalo Lozano 1), Santiago Solari 6, Benjamín Panelo 7 (Lucas Monteverde Jr. 7), Ignacio Novillo Astrada 8. Total:  22.

Score Bardon: 2-1, 4-2, 7-3, 9-5, 12-5, 13-7.

Awards Presentation:
MVP: Rufino Laulhé.
River Slaney BPP: Luca Cartagena, ridden by Alfredo Bigatti.

Best Polo Argentino Bred, presented by the Argentine Polo Pony Breeders Assn.: Siempre Mala Fama (Open Iphone x Luca Mara), ridden by Alfredo Bigatti.

Skeeter Johnston Fair Play Award: Gonzalo Lozano.
Best mounted player: Alfredo Bigatti.

Following the awards presentation, there was an after polo, that included asado, music and other delicacies, in which the attendants enjoyed the warmth of the Novillo Astrada family, and had a great deal of fun with family and friends.

The Julio Novillo Astrada Cup, the opening tournament of the 2023 Spring Season hosted by La Aguada Polo Club Presented by Río Uruguay Seguros, was underway at La Aguada Polo Club, the Novillo Astrada family’s club located in Open Door, Argentina. The contest is the club’s premier competition, and has been played since 2004, as a tribute to La Aguada’s founder, Mr. Julio Novillo Astrada, affectionately known as Yayo within his family. The 2023 edition of the tournament saw four teams up to 22 goals in participation.

 

2023 JULIO NOVILLO ASTRADA CUP – TEAMS

Bardon Polo Team: Andreas Tombor 0, Rufino Laulhé 3, Alfredo Bigatti 9, Camilo Castagnola 10. Total: 22.

El Milagro Polo: Federico Tomasevich 1 (Gonzalo Lozano 1), Santiago Solari 6, Benjamín Panelo 7 (Lukin Monteverde 7), Ignacio Novillo Astrada 8. Total: 22.

Forbes Plunkett Polo Team: Brandon Plunkett 0, Nicolás Escobar 6, Jerónimo del Carril 8, Miguel Novillo Astrada 8. Total: 22.

Santa Clara: Lucas Escobar 5, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 7, Cruz Novillo Astrada 5, Lucas Bosch 4. Total: 21. 

 

2023 JULIO NOVILLO ASTRADA CUP – FIXTURE 

Monday October 30
Bardon Polo Team 12 vs Santa Clara 8
El Milagro 13 vs Forbes Plunkett 9

Monday November 6
Forbes Plunkett 12 vs Santa Clara 11

Tuesday November 7
Bardon Polo Team 16 vs El Milagro 11

Thursday November 9
El Milagro 11 vs Santa Clara 10
Bardon Polo Team 13 vs Forbes Plunkett 11

FINALS – TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21 
Subsidiary: Forbes Plunkett 14 vs Santa Clara 12
Final Julio Novillo Astrada Cup: Bardon Polo Team 13 vs El Milagro 7

Photos by ADRIAN MELO

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The return of Juan Martin Nero and the rise of the young Poroto Cambiaso gave La Dolfina Saudi back that invincible status, that impression of an indestructible machine that nobody can trouble. Not even La Natividad, the title holder, with its two gifted brothers Barto and Jeta Castagnola.

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From the start of this 129th Argentine Open final, we felt the two brothers (and their companions), almost resigned: their uncle and cousin had taken the ascendancy strongly supported by a Juan Martin Nero just extraordinary. Not only was he relentless in defence (Jeta Castagnola, the Open’s top scorer could only slash three field goals on Friday), La Dolfina’s back was downright brilliant in attack, anticipating and getting out of the way magically, scoring five goals, including two golazos, which is quite rare for a defender. It was clear from the first half of the game that Nero was going to be named MVP, best man of the match: “But that’s not the most important thing,” he modestly told POLO+10 after the game. The most important thing is that the team performed well today. We found a great team in La Dolfina, we played as we planned. If I received this award, it’s probably because I scored a few goals, but that’s not the main thing today. In any case, his return was decisive: “Yes, it’s really great to be back at La Dolfina, to be back with Pelon, to play with Poroto for the first time and to win again straight away, it’s something incredible”.

The success of the man who is considered the best back in the world is also due to the horses he has selected, such as Anay Sur Brandy, named best product of the Raza Polo Argentino studbook: “She is a mare from the Marcos Heguy’s stud that I bought last year and today she has been fabulous. She went three times in the field, in the second, sixth and last chukker. She did really well today.

La Dolfinatividad?

Will Nero stay at La Dolfina next year: “I don’t know, we’ll have a meeting during this week, and we’ll discuss the next season and see if they want to keep me”. (laughs). Adolfo Cambiaso, for his part, left some doubt as to whether he would continue his career in the Open during the press conference, which provoked a sympathetic outcry among the journalists present. But this exceptional player preferred to dwell on the present, not without dropping a few hints: “I dreamed of winning this title with my son, it’s done. This is an incredible day for me, and I don’t know what I could have dreamed of more. It’s also a victory with companions who are more friends than teammates, Pelon, Juan Martin… the team worked exactly as we planned. A word also for La Natividad: they are a great team, they are my nephews, my sister’s sons and I love them”.

So, what Dolfina for 2023? The reunion of the three cousins with Juan Martin Nero? There are other possibilities, and we will have to wait a few more days to find out more.

In the meantime, with this fifteenth title in twenty-two finals, the eighteenth title for Adolfo Cambiaso, and with the youngest player to win the Abierto, Poroto at 17 years and 6 days, La Dolfina has become even more firmly established in the history of the sport. Not to mention Mia Cambiaso’s fifth win in the Women’s Open a few hours before. Quite a family!

Mia Cambiaso with the POLO+10 from 2019 where she was on the cover. © Jan Zavazal

Last minute: Adolfo Cambiaso confirmed the same team for next year!

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La Dolfina Saudi: Adolfo Cambiaso 10 (2 goals, including 1 corner), Pelon Stirling 10 (1), Adolfo Cambiaso 9 (5, including 2 penalties) and Juan Martin Nero 10 (5). Total: 39.

La Natividad: Jeta Castagnola 10 (6, including 3 penalties), Polito Pieres 10, Barto Castagnola 10 (3) and Nachi du Plessis 9. Total: 39.

La Dolfina: 2-0, 3-1, 6-4, 8-4, 10-6, 11-7, 11-7 and 13-9.

MVP: Juan Martin Nero

Top scorers of the Open: 1- Jeta Castagnola (La Natividad) 54 goals, 2- Poroto Cambiaso (La Dolfina Saudi) 47 goals, 3 – Facundo Pieres (Ellerstina) 31 goals

Copa Lady Susan Townley, best horse of the final: Irenita Harinosa, played by Pelon Stirling.

Best product of the Raza Polo Argentino studbook – AACCP: Anay Sur Brandy, played by Juan M. Nero.

Erratum: in our presentation of this final, we wrote that the last time a father and son won the Argentine Open together was in 1958, with the Heguy family, father Antonio, and son Horacio. In fact, this rare feat was also achieved by the Arayas, Horacio and Benjamín, 39 years ago, in 1983.

Sunday, August 15, 2021 – La Aguada Polo Club unveiled the dates of the tournaments of the upcoming 2021 Spring Season, presented by Río Uruguay Seguros, that will take place at the Novillo Astrada family’s club, set in Open Door, Argentina, through November and December.

Tournaments dates are as follows:

• Julio Novillo Astrada Cup (22-goal)
November 16-30

• La Aguada Ladies Cup (16-goal, ladies handicap)
November 29 – December 4

• Spring Cup (14-goal)
November 29 – December 8

 

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Prensa: Alejandra Ocampo – prensalaaguada@gmail.com
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December 6, 2020 –  La Ensenada claimed the opening win of the XVII Copa Julio Novillo Astrada, that‘s currently taking place at La Aguada Polo Club, featuring four teams up to 22 goals.

With Matías Torres Zavaleta filling in for Jerónimo del Carril, La Ensenada took a narrow 8-7 victory over Santa Clara.

The competition will resume on Monday, December 7 with a single game, El Caburé vs. Santa Clara, at 10am.

The finals of the XVII Julio Novillo Astrada Cup will be played on Monday December 14, 2020.

ABOUT THE JULIO NOVILLO ASTRADA CUP

The tournament has been established in 2004, as a tribute from the Novillo Astrada family to the founder of La Aguada and the family polo dynasty, Don Julio Novillo Astrada, the beloved and unforgettable Iaio, who set the club in Open Door, Argentina, in the early 70s. His children and grandchildren have honored his legacy by making La Aguada one of the most important and impressive polo clubs worldwide, as well as an ideal countryside destination, close to the city of Buenos Aires.

Pictures by ADRIÁN MELO

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October 23, 2020, Argentina – Following a long wait, it is expected the start of the 2020 Triple Crown in Argentina, and the first leg of the most coveted polo trophy worldwide, the Tortugas Open, due to be played on the grounds of the Argentine Polo Association, set in Pilar.

In such a challenging year, Ernesto Gutiérrez’s La Ensenada and the Novillo Astrada’s La Aguada joined forces to form a new team named La Ensenada La Aguada, which will be provided with the strong support of two of the most important organisations within polo. 

The 29-goal lineup, that’s due to make their debut against La Dolfina, will be comprised by Segundo Bocchino (6), Alfredo Bigatti (8), Matias Torres Zavaleta (8) and Jerónimo del Carril (7). Ignacio “Nachi” Heguy has been named as the coach of the team. Nachi is a former 10-goaler, won the Argentine Open four times with Indios Chapaleufu II and is a member of the legendary Heguy family, the son of Alberto Pedro Heguy, who claimed the Argentine Open 17 times with Coronel Suarez.

Up next, La Ensenada La Aguada will be playing the Hurlingham Open and the Argentine Polo Open Championship. 

La Ensenada La Aguada will be supported by several sponsors. Grupo Rusoniello, Río Uruguay Seguros, Clonargen Genetics and Cifftone are the main sponsors, while La Taquera and ONA Polo will remain as technical sponsors.

For the third consecutive year, La Ensenada will be playing the tournaments of the Triple Crown in Argentina. And this year, La Ensenada will be honoured to have La Agauda’s support and organisation, based in the motto – “excellency to aim at a better and sustainable polo” and, as usual, hand-in-hand with the youngest. Tortugas, Hurlingham and Palermo await them – a future of quality and passion for international polo.

The Novillo Astradas are one of the most traditional and important families within the polo community, with more than 60 years in the polo grounds, both in Argentina and around the world. La Aguada is today one of the most prestigious polo clubs worldwide, a place that holds polo for all tastes and levels. The club was founded in 1959 in Río Cuarto, set in the Province of Córdoba, by Mr. Julio Novillo Astrada, nicknamed “Iaio”, a renowned horsebreeder as well as 5-goaler polo player. La Aguada have three generations of high goal players and a fourth generation is already coming up, through Iaio’s great granchildren.

La Aguada played the Triple Crown for the first time ever during the 80s, led by Eduardo (“Taio”), Iaio’s son, who reached 9-goaler status. With Taio abroad, La Aguada won their first ever title of the Triple Crown, the Hurlingham Open, in 1986. In 1990, Taio and his teenage sons, Eduardo Jr, Miguel and Javier claimed the Copa República Argentina, one of the highlights of the Autumn season in Argentina, and the only polo competition in the world with no handicap limit, which Iaio already won in 1946. This was the formal presentation of the family’s third generation within high goal polo in Argentina.

La Aguada biggest highlight came up in 2003, when the four brothers – Eduardo Jr, Miguel, Javier and Ignacio – won the Triple Crown, unbeaten after eleven matches. La Aguada is already in the history books of polo, not only because they are up-to-date the first and only team comprised by four brothers to have earned the biggest polo trophy in the world, but also by joining Coronel Suárez (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977), Santa Ana (1973), Ellerstina (1994, 2010) and La Dolfina (2013, 2014, 2015) in the selected few of those who obtained such achievement.

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By Rebecca Baldridge
Photos by ChukkerTV

In the first match of the World Polo League’s Triple Crown of Polo on Friday at Sopris Mountain Ranch, Los Amigos (Alejandra Foster, Jared Zenni, Horacio Heguy, and Juan Bollini) met La Indiana (Michael Bickford, John Bickford, Tincho Merlos, and Alex Gooding).

Horacio Heguy scored the first goal of the match to put Los Amigos briefly in the lead, but as the clock counted down the last minute of the chukker, La Indiana scored two goals within 30 seconds. Michael Bickford scored from the 50-yard line, picking up the ball after Gooding ran it downfield.

At the bowl-in, Gooding seized control and got out in front to score again, ending the chukker at 2-1 for La Indiana. Los Amigos took the lead in the third chukker with three goals by Jared Zenni, two of which were on penalties, and put his team in the lead at 4-2. Gooding scored to end the chukker at 4-3 for Los Amigos. The half wrapped up 5-4 for Los Amigos, after Zenni and Michael Bickford scored on penalties.

The fourth chukker started with an opportunity for La Indiana to even things up after a right of way violation by Juan Bollini. Michael Bickford took the penalty with John attempting a finish, but the shot bounced off Gooding’s pony and went wide. Juan Bollini, lurking on the side at the knock-in, got out in front for a dramatic run to goal. Jared Zenni scored on two penalties to end the chukker at 8-4 for Los Amigos. In the fifth both teams got on goal, bringing the score 9-5. A four-goal lead isn’t insurmountable, and La Indiana fought back hard, scoring three goals, but the match ended with Los Amigos winning 10-8.

In the second match of the Triple Crown, La Karina (Brian Boyd, Gussie Busch, Juancito Bollini, and Nacho Badiola) took on White Claw (Michael Payne, Vinny Sangaline, Pablo Spinacci, and Nacho Novillo Astrada).

The first chukker started with a goal from La Karina’s Brian Boyd, while White Claw failed to make it to the posts. A penalty two shot by Juancito Bollini in the second put La Karina ahead by 2, but Nacho Novillo Astrada evened things up briefly with a goal and a successful penalty before Boyd put La Karina back in the lead at 3-2. Juancito Bollini put two through the posts in the third chukker, while Michael Payne and Nacho Novillo Astrada scored for White Claw to end the half 5-4 for La Karina.

In the fouth chukker Gussie Busch sprang into action for La Karina, picking up a pass from Juancito Bollini to make a bold run at the goal. Seizing control of the ball at the throw-in, Busch made another charge downfield to score, racking up his second goal in a matter of seconds to put La Karina ahead 7-4. Michael Payne scored his own two consecutive goals to put White Claw within one, ending the chukker 7-6. In the fifth, Juancito Bollini found the goal, followed by Brian Boyd, to take the lead 9-6.

Pablo Spinacci shaved that lead to two. In the final chukker, Brian Boyd racked up a goal to put La Karina ahead 10-7, then Novillo Astrada came back with White Claw’s final goal of the game. Boyd scored to end the match 11-8 for La Karina. Brian Boyd was the high scorer of the match with five goals.

In the Just for the Love of It Cup at McClure River Ranch, Los Amigos Blue (Paul Foster, Pedro Ramiro, Nic Roldan, and Pablo MacDonough), McClure River Ranch (Tom Barrack, Juan Martin Nero, Paco de Narvaez, and Stewart Armstrong), and Seminole Casino (Melissa Ganzi, Paquito de Narvaez, Polito Pieres and Alejandro Novillo Astrada) met in a round robin match on Field Two.

McClure River Ranch bested Los Amigos Blue by 5-4 in the first game, with Juan Martin Nero leading the scoring with two goals and his teammates adding one each. Nic Roldan of Los Amigos Blue also found the posts twice. The second chukker ended in a tie at 3 all as Los Amigos succeeded in keeping their opponent off the goal, but McClure River Ranch bounced back to find the goal twice in the third chukker and win the game.

Despite the good start to the day, McClure River Ranch couldn’t keep up the momentum in the second game against Seminole Casino, losing by 4-6. Seminole Casino maintained a one goal lead in the first and second chukkers, stretching the lead to two goals in the final chukker. Melissa Ganzi was the high scorer of the match, knocking in 5 of her team’s 6 goals.

In the final game, Seminole Casino went down 4-6 against Los Amigos Blue, with Ganzi scoring a goal in the first chukker and on a penalty in the second. Paquito de Narvaez also knocked in two goals for Seminole Casino, while Paul Foster put one between the posts in each of the three chukkers.

Co-founded by Grand Champions and Aspen Valley Polo Club owner and president Melissa Ganzi and Valiente Polo Farm owner Bob Jornayvaz, the successful World Polo League is the only 26-goal polo in the world outside of Argentina. The WPL is preserving the highest level of polo and its rich, hallowed tradition in the U.S.

The World Polo League attracts a large international field of players from all corners of the world  including Australia, Chile, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Argentina, Canada, Ecuador, Brazil, Switzerland, France, Germany, Uruguay, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, South Africa, Nigeria and England.

For more information and to watch the games go to www.worldpolo.org for a complete library of WPL inaugural and second season games.

 

 


 

Sunday September 6, 2020

Just For The Joy Of It Subsidiary Final
10:30am White Claw vs La Indiana

Just For The Love Of It Final **
Round Robin scores continued from Friday
11am McClure River Ranch vs Los Amigos vs Seminole Casino

Triple Crown Of Polo Final**
1:30pm Los Amigos vs La Karina

**Games live-streamed on www.chukkertv.com

Mountain Standard Time

 


 

The Triple Crown of Polo trophy is one of the sport‘s most coveted and prestigious in the world. Designed by Tiffany & Co., the magnificent trophy is comprised of three separate trophies that fit perfectly together to create an entire polo scene that is breathtaking in sterling silver.

The Triple Crown of Polo, an ESPN2 television series, was created in 2005 by David McLane, known for Pro Beach Hockey, Women of Wrestling and Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, to help promote polo in the U.S. The spectacular trophy was created for the event that had stops in Sarasota, Dallas, Santa Barbara and Aiken during its heyday.

 


 

2020 Aspen Valley Summer Polo Series

September
The Triple Crown of Polo Aspen 9/1 – 9/6
The Triple Crown of Polo Colorado 9/11 – 9/13

 

 

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Numbers and statistics of the Argentine Open history. By winning the title of the 2019 Argentine Open, La Dolfina won the final of the most important polo tournament in the world for the seventh successive time. 

(Source: AAP, effective 19 December 2019)

Statistics Winning Teams of Argentine Open:

Team, Number of titles
Coronel Suárez 25
Hurlingham 14
La Dolfina 13
North Santa Fe 8
El Trébol 8
Venado Tuerto 7
La Espadaña 6
Indios Chapaleufú 6
Ellerstina 6
Indios Chapaleufú II 4
The Casuals 3
Las Rosas 3
Santa Inés 3
Santa Paula 3
Santa Ana 3
Las Petacas 2
Western Camps 2
Flores 1
La Victoria 1
San Carlos 1
Palomar 1
Coronel Suárez-Los Indios 1
La Rinconada 1
Meadow Brook 1
Tortugas 1
Los Indios 1
Los Pingüinos 1
Coronel Suárez II 1
La Aguada 1

Winners of the Argentine Open since 1893:

1893 (April in Hurlingham) – Hurlingham: Francisco J.Balfour, Frank Furber, J. C. Tetley, Hugo Scott Robson
1893 (October in Cañada de Gómez) – Hurlingham: Francisco J.Balfour, Frank Furber, J. C. Tetley, Hugo Scott Robson (Juan Ravenscroft)
1894 (April in Hurlingham) – The Casuals: E. Follet Holt, R. Mc Smyth, Percy Talbot, F.S. Robinson
1894 (October in Cañada de Gómez) – Flores: J. Bennett, F. J. Bennett, T. Scout Robson, Hugo Scott Robson
1895 (April in Hurlingham) – Las Petacas: José Martínez, Sixto Martínez, Frank E. Kinchant, Francisco Benítez
1895 (October in Cañada de Gómez) – The Casuals: E. Follet Holt, C. J. Tetley, R. Scott Moncrieff, Percy Talbot
1896 – Las Petacas: José Martínez, Sixto Martínez, Frank C. Kinchant, Francisco Benítez
1897 – Hurlingham: M. Finlayson, Frank Furber, E. Follet Holt, Hugo Scott Robson
1898 – The Casuals: Frank B. Hinchliff, Eduardo Traill, Roberto W.Traill, F.S. Robinson
1899 – Hurlingham: Francisco J. Balfour, F.J. Bennet, T. Scott Robson, Hugo Scott Robson
1900 – La Victoria: Magnus Fea, Frank E. Kinchant, J. Luard Bury, G. Hinchliff
1901 – San Carlos: Gastón Peers, Percy Talbot, J. Carrizo, Roque Fredes
1902 – Hurlingham: Francisco J. Balfour, E. C. Robson, T. Scott Robson, B. Bedford
1903 – Hurlingham: Francisco J. Balfour, G. E. P. Robson, T. Scott Robson, Hugo Scott Robson
1904 – North Santa Fe: José E. Traill, Eduardo Traill, Juan A. E. Traill, Roberto W. Traill
1905 – Hurlingham: E. C. Robson, T. Scott Robson, Hugo Scott Robson, B. Bedford
1906 – North Santa Fe: José E. TraiII, Juan A. E. Traill, Roberto W. Traill, José González
1907 – Western Camps: Juan A. Campbell, Ricardo Leared, H. Drysdale, Eduardo Lucero
1908 – North Santa Fe: José E.Traill, Eduardo Traill, Juan A. E. Traill, Roberto W. Traill
1909 – Western Camps: Juan A. Campbell, Ricardo Leared, H. Drysdale, Eduardo Lucero
1910 – Las Rosas: Carlos A. M. Watts, Roberto Guillermo Best, Juan A. E. Traill, Count E. de Galleani
1911 – North Santa Fe: Geoffrey C. Francis, L. A. Lynch Staunton, Roberto W. Traill, Juan A. E. Traill
1912 – North Santa Fe: Geoffrey C. Francis, L. A. Lynch Staunton, Roberto W. Traill, Juan A. E. Traill
1913 – North Santa Fe (+33): José E. Traill 9, L. A. Lynch Staunton 6, Roberto W. Traill 8, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1914 – (Not played due to World War I)
1915 – El Palomar (+26): Lindsay R. S. Holway 5, Samuel A. Casares 6, Carlos F. Lacey 5, Luis L. Lacey 10
1916 – North Santa Fe (+25): Juan B. Miles 3, David B. Miles 6, Carlos N. Land 6, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1917 – North Santa Fe (+28): Juan B. Miles 5, David B. Miles 7, Carlos N. Land 6, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1918 – Hurlingham (+25): Juan H. Roberts 4, C. Crawford Smith 5, Julio Negrón 6, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1919 – Las Rosas (+24): Guillermo Agar Benitz 5, Juan B. Miles 6, David B. Miles 7, Carlos N. Land 6
1920 – Hurlingham (+26): Arturo J. Kenny 5, Juan D. Nelson 6, Julio Negrón 6, Luis L. Lacey 9
1921 – Hurlingham (+26): Arturo J. Kenny 5, Juan D. Nelson 6, Julio Negrón 6, Luis L. Lacey 9
1922 – Santa Inés (+15): Daniel M. Kearney 3, Carlos N. Land 6, Guillermo Brooke Naylor 4, Juan Kearney 2
1923 – Las Rosas (+30): Juan B. Miles 7, José E. Traill 6, Juan A. E. Traill 9, David B. Miles 8
1924 – Santa Inés (+22): Daniel M. Kearney 5, Carlos N. Land 7, Guillermo Brooke Naylor 5, Juan Kearney 5
1925 – Hurlingham (+30): Arturo J. Kenny 6, Juan D. Nelson 8, Eustace Leonardo Lacey 6, Luis L. Lacey 10
1926 – Hurlingham (+18): MARTIN IRON: Francisco Ceballos 3, Ramón Videla Dorna 4, Justo J. Galarreta 4, Enrique E. Padilla 7
1927 – Hurlingham (+27): Arturo J. Kenny 6, Juan D. Nelson 8, Julio Negrón 4, Luis L. Lacey 9
1928 – Santa Inés (+21): Daniel Kearney 6, Guillermo Brooke Naylor 6, Kenneth Reynolds 3, Juan Kearney 6
1929 – Hurlingham (+31): Arturo J. Kenny 6, Juan D. Nelson 8, Enrique Padilla 7, Luis L. Lacey 10
1930 – Santa Paula (+27): Alfredo J. Harrington 5, Juan J. Reynal 6, José C. Reynal 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1931 – La Rinconada (+25): Audilio Bonadeo Ayrolo 4, Martín J. Reynal 5, José C. Reynal 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1932 – Meadow Brook (+30): Michael G. Phipps 7, Winston F.C. Guest 9, Elmer J. Boeseke Jr. 8, William H. Post 6
1933 – Santa Paula (+29): Juan J. Reynal 7, Martín J. Reynal 6, José C. Reynal 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1934 – Coronel Suárez (+20): Ricardo E. Garrós 4, Eduardo E. Garrós 4, Enrique J. Alberdi 7, Juan C. Alberdi 5
1935 – Tortugas (+25): Juan C. Alberdi 6, Mario Inchauspe 5, Enrique J. Alberdi 7, Manuel Andrada 7
1936 – Santa Paula (+27): Juan J. Reynal 6, Matías Casares 6, José C. Reynal 9, Ricardo S. Santamarina 6
1937 – Hurlingham (+26): Eduardo Rojas Lanusse 5, Juan D. Nelson 6, Roberto Cavanagh 8, Luis L. Lacey 7
1938 – Los Indios (+26): Audilio Bonadeo Ayrolo 4, Juan Rodríguez 6, Andrés Gazzotti 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1939 – El Trébol (+27): Luis J. Duggan 6, Heriberto Duggan 7, Enrique Duggan 5, Manuel Andrada 9
1940 – El Trébol (+25): Luis J. Duggan 6, Julio M. Menditeguy 6, Heriberto Duggan 7, Carlos E. Menditeguy 6
1941 – El Trébol (+29): Luis J. Duggan 7, Julio M. Menditeguy 7, Heriberto Duggan 8, Carlos E. Menditeguy 7
1942 – El Trébol (+33): Luis J. Duggan 8, Julio M. Menditeguy 8, Heriberto Duggan 9, Carlos M. Menditeguy 8
1943 – El Trébol (+36): Luis J. Duggan 9, Julio M. Menditeguy 9, Heriberto Duggan 9, Carlos M. Menditeguy 9
1944 – Venado Tuerto (+32): Juan L. Cavanagh 6, Roberto Cavanagh 7, Enrique J. Alberdi 10, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1945 – (Not played due to World War II)
1946 – Venado Tuerto (+36): Juan L. Cavanagh 8, Roberto Cavanagh 8, Enrique J. Alberdi 10, Juan C. Alberdi 10
1947 – Venado Tuerto (+34): Juan L. Cavanagh 8, Roberto Cavanagh 8, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1948 – Venado Tuerto (+36): Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Roberto Cavanagh 9, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1949 – Venado Tuerto (+34): Luis J. Duggan 7, Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1950 – Venado Tuerto (+37): Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Roberto Cavanagh 9, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 10
1951 – Los Pingüinos (+27): Luis J. Duggan 7, Iván M. Mihanovich 6, Gabriel Capdepont 7, Mariano Gutiérrez Achával 7
1952 – Coronel Suárez (+29): Ruben Fernández Sarraúa 5, Francisco Reyes Carrere 7, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1953 – Coronel Suárez (+32): Ernesto J. Lalor 6, Francisco Reyes Carrere 8, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1954 – El Trébol (+34): Nicolas Ruíz Guiñazú 7, Charles Robertson Skene 10, Carlos E. Menditeguy 10, Eduardo A. Bullrich 7
1955 – Venado Tuerto (+38): Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Roberto Cavanagh 10, Enrique J. Alberdi 10, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1956 – El Trébol (+33): Eduardo A. Bullrich 7, Julio Menditeguy 7, Charles Robertson Skene 10, Carlos E. Menditeguy 9
1957 – Coronel Suárez (+29): Bertil Andino Grahn 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 7, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1958 – Coronel Suárez (+27): Horacio A. Heguy 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 8, Antonio Heguy 5, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1959 – Coronel Suárez (+31): Horacio A. Heguy 7, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 9, Luis A. Lalor 7, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1960 – El Trébol (+29): Horacio Castilla 4, Teófilo V. Bordeu 7, Carlos de la Serna 8, Carlos E. Menditeguy 10
1961 – Coronel Suárez (+31): Horacio A. Heguy 8, Daniel González 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 9, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1962 – Coronel Suárez (+32): Horacio A. Heguy 9, Daniel González 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1963 – Coronel Suárez (+31): Alberto P. Heguy 6, Horacio A. Heguy 8, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1964 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Alberto P. Heguy 7, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1965 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Alberto P. Heguy 7, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Daniel González 7
1966 – Coronel Suárez (+35): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Daniel González 8
1967 – Coronel Suárez (+35): Alberto P. Heguy 9, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 7
1968 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 8, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 7
1969 – Coronel Suárez (+35): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 8
1970 – Coronel Suárez (+36): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 9
1971 – Santa Ana (+36): Teófilo V. Bordeu 7, Gastón Dorignac 10, Daniel González 9, Francisco Dorignac 10
1972 – Coronel Suárez (+38): Alberto P. Heguy 9, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 9
1973 – Santa Ana (+37): Gastón R. Dorignac 10, Héctor Merlos 8, Daniel González 9, Francisco Dorignac 10
1974 – Coronel Suárez (+37): Alberto P. Heguy 9, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 9
1975 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1976 – Coronel Suárez (+39): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1977 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1978 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1979 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1980 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Benjamín Araya 5, Alberto P. Heguy 10, Alfredo Harriott 10, Celestino Garrós 8
1981 – Coronel Suárez (+36): Benjamín Araya 7, Alberto P. Heguy 10, Alfredo Harriott 10, Celestino Garrós 9
1982 – Santa Ana (+36): Gastón R. Dorignac 9, Héctor Merlos 8, Guillermo Gracida (h) 10, Francisco E. Dorignac 9
1983 – Coronel Suárez II (+33): Benjamín Araya 9, Juan Badiola 8, Daniel González 8, Horacio Araya 8
1984 – La Espadaña (+34): Juan M. Zavaleta 8, Alfonso Pieres 9, Gonzalo Pieres 9, Ernesto Trotz (h) 8
1985 – La Espadaña (+37): Antonio Herrera 8, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trorz (h) 9
1986 – Indios Chapaleufú (+31): Marcos Heguy 7, Gonzalo Heguy 8, Horacio Heguy (h) 8, Alejandro Garrahan 8
1987 – La Espadaña (+39): Carlos Gracida 9, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1988 – La Espadaña (+39): Carlos Gracida 9, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1989 – La Espadaña (+40): Carlos Gracida 10, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1990 – La Espadaña (+40): Carlos Gracida 10, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1991 – Indios Chapaleufú (+37): Bautista Heguy 8, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10,Marcos Heguy 9
1992 – Indios Chapaleufú (+40): Bautista Heguy 10, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10, Marcos Heguy 10
1993 – Indios Chapaleufú (+40): Bautista Heguy 10, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10, Marcos Heguy 10
1994 – La Ellerstina (+37): Adolfo Cambiaso 9, Mariano Aguerre 8, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Carlos Gracida 10
1995 – Indios Chapaleufú (+40): Bautista Heguy 10, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10, Marcos Heguy 10
1996 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+37): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 9, Alejandro Díaz Alberdi 9, Eduardo Heguy 10
1997 – La Ellerstina (+37): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Mariano Aguerre 9, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 8
1998 – La Ellerstina (+38): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Mariano Aguerre 9, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 9
1999 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+37): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Milo Fernández Araujo 8, Eduardo Heguy 10
2000 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+38): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Milo Fernández Araujo 9, Eduardo Heguy 10
2001 – Indios Chapaleufú (+38): Bautista Heguy 10, Mariano Aguerre 10, Marcos Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 8
2002 – La Dolfina (+38): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Sebastián Merlos 9, Juan I. Merlos 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 9
2003 – La Aguada (+34): Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 7
2004 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+37): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Milo Fernández Araujo 9, Eduardo Heguy 9
2005 – La Dolfina (+36): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 8, Mariano Aguerre 9, Bartolomé Castagnola 9
2006 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10
2007 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10
2008 – La Ellerstina (+39): Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 9
2009 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 10, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10
2010 – La Ellerstina (+40): Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2011 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2012 – La Ellerstina (+38): Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10, Mariano Aguerre 9, Nicolás Pieres 9
2013 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2014 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2015 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2016 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2017 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2018 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2019 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10, substitute:Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8
2020 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan M Nero 10

Team La Dolfina Sancor Seguros remains undefeated this year as well. With the victory over Ellerstina Johor, La Dolfina has continued its winning streak at the 126th HSBC Argentine Open and has been at the top of the podium for seven consecutive years.

After 32 undefeated matches, La Dolfina Sancor Seguros have also taken the lead in Saturday’s 126th Argentine Open final with a clear 16-12 against Ellerstina, winning the world’s most important polo tournament for the seventh year running, with ten teams with team handicaps between 28 and 40 goals and the most important players from Argentina, South Africa and Uruguay.

In a highly competitive match, Team La Dolfina, who had already won the Hurlingham Open, defeated Ellerstina Johor (winner of the Tortugas Open).

The outstanding performances of Adolfo Cambiaso, who scored 6 goals, and Pablo MacDonough, who scored another 5, earned La Dolfina the trophy, although her team-mate Juan M. Nero had to leave his place to Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade after a fall in the seventh Chukker.

Ellerstina could do little to withstand the attacks of La Dolfina. Facundo Pieres, scorer of 8 goals in the final, also failed to turn three penalties into goals.

In this way, La Dolfina’s Cañuelas won their 13th title in 19 appearances at the Palermo Open since the team’s inception in 2000. For Ellerstina it was the twelfth final in fifteen years. Since 2005, the team has only missed the final in 2006, 2013 and 2018 and won the Argentine Open three times in total.

Looking at the individual players, the balance is as follows: the four La Dolfina players have won a total of 44 Argentine Open titles to date – 16 Cambiaso, 10 Mac Donough and Nero, 8 Stirling. On Ellerstina’s side, Gonzalo and Facundo Pieres each won 3 titles, while his brother Nicolas won 1. “Polito” Pieres is the only one of the 8 finalists who has not yet made it onto the trophy.

After a speech by Eduardo Novillo Astrada, President of the AAP, the award ceremony began. Carlos Menéndez Behety, Rafael Cúneo Libarona, Federico Virasoro, Juan Lastra, Gonzalo Delger and Guilllermo Mones Ruiz, Global Markets Director at HSBC, as well as Martín Pérez Ibañez and Bob Jornayvaz presented the awards.

After Maxi Funes, Relations Manager of AAP, was awarded for 25 years of AAP work, Pablo Mac Donough received the Gonzalo Heguy Trophy from Jesús Heguy as the best player of the final. The Javier Novillo Astrada Trophy was presented to the tournament’s record scorer, Adolfo Cambiaso, who scored a total of 39 goals at the 126th Palermo Open.

In the final of the 3rd Abierto Argentino de Polo Femenino Team Overo Z7 UAE defeated the opponents of La Dolfina Brava and won the Women’s Open presented by La Roche Posay. Team Overo Z7 UAE with Clara Cassino (7), Millie Hine (4), Hazel Jackson-Gaona (10) and Lía Salvo (9) defeated the defending champions La Dolfina Brava with 10 to 5 and won the coveted title for the first time since the founding of Abierto Femenino in 2017. Led by Lía Salvo, who became the tournament’s best player and scorer for the third year running, El Overo Z7 UAE scored the victory they had hoped for.

 

Current Ranking of the 126. HSBC Argentine Open

1)      La Dolfina                  900 (5 PJ) (5 PG) (0 PP)
2)      Ellerstina                    750 (5 PJ) (4 PG) (1 PP)
3)      La Dolfina PR            450 (4 PJ) (3 PG) (1 PP)
4)      Las Monjitas              450 (4 PJ) (3 PG) (1 PP)
5)      La Natividad              300 (4 PJ) (2 PG) (2 PP)
6)      La Albertina               150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
7)      La Aguada                   150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
8)      La Ensenada              150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
9)      La Irenita                    150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
10)    Cría Yatay                       0 (4 PJ) (0 PG) (4PP)

 

Photos: Nacho Corbalán

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