Polo Players Edition

JUN 2012

Polo Players' Edition is the official publication of the U.S. Polo Association. Dedicated to the sport of polo, it features player profiles, game strategy, horse care, playing tips, polo club news and tournament results.

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P O L O RE P O RT Participants in the Amateurs Cup included Bill Stalcup, Dan Coleman, Conrad Loretto, Andres Camacho, Diego Florez, Geneva Kashnig, Stephen Bentz, Ward McDaniel and Bill Clark. scored the go ahead goal with 15 seconds left in the match. Polo Azteca Club and Academy ended its season with a student Gecko League. Three beginner teams faced off in a round robin in the Azteca arena in Desert Foothills, North Phoenix, Arizona. Teams included $D with Zak Coleman, Felipe Ochoa and Bobby McKiernan; Polo Azteca with Alistair Cochrane, Lizzette Fonseca and Croix Waage; and Los Caballeros' Natalie Grancharov, Ben Serio and Kerri Graham. $D shut out Los Caballeros 7-0 and defeated Polo Azteca 4-2 to win the league. Polo Azteca got the best of Los Caballeros 4-2. Polo Azteca has been teaching polo for a decade, and expanded its school in the hopes of reviving polo in central Arizona. NORTHEAST ALIANO REALTY SCORES MASTERS CUP VICTORY Aliano Realty edged two other teams in the USPA Master's Cup round robin on April 28 to kick start the season at Country Farms Polo Club in Medford, Long Island, New York. Aliano Realty had Ken Cresswell, 54 POLO PLAYERS EDITION Cristian Vasquez and Nick Aliano. VL Ranch had Mark Van Lith, Chris Briere and Marcello Dorea, while Yoshii Sans was comprised of Zach Grob, Joe Yoshii and Brett Gearwar. Aliano took a commanding lead against each team and went on to clinch the victory in front of a standing-room- only crowd. Cristian Vasquez was named MVP and Ken Cresswell's Sophie was Best Playing Pony. Cresswell was high- scorer with seven goals. The event was a fundraiser for the Pal-O-Mine therapeutic riding program located in Islandia on Long Island. The non-profit, founded by Lisa Gatti, serves disabled individuals of all ages, including veterans returning home from war. The fun-filled day included a fun carnival hosted by Rachel Gearwar and Aliano Realty's Nick Aliano, Ken Cresswell and Cristian Vasquez with Bob Ceparano, JP Vasquez and Rachel Gearwar. Bob Ceparano. —Debra Napp PACIFIC COAST BTA SUCCESSFUL IN VEEN MEMORIAL Lauren Beal Sherry's BTA group outshone Pat Powell and his Blazers polo team by a count of 6- 4½ to take the Tony Veen Memorial Tournament final on Saturday, March 10 in front of a packed lunchtime crowd at the Eldorado Polo Club Cantina in Indio, California. Having to give up half a goal by $D Polo's Zak Coleman, Felipe Ochoa and Bobby McKiernan won the student Gecko League.

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