PCO Game Sked: Wednesdays Aug. 9 and 16 @ 4 p.m.; Fridays Aug. 11 and 18 @ 11 am, 2 pm and 4 pm; Thursday, Aug 24 @ 11am, 1 pm, 3 pm ; and Saturday, Aug. 26 @ 10 am Linfoot Memorial (youth polo) and 3 pm Mayor’s Cup; Sundays, Aug. 13, 20 and 27* @ 1 pm and 3 pm; Sunday August 27 is the final tournament in the PCO. 1 pm game: Western Badge and Trophy 3 pm game, Bombardier PCO FINAL.
4 pm Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Audi Polo was victorious in the first game of the Bombardier Pacific Coast Open (PCO) over Antelope/Long Beach 11 to 9. Audi’s Kris Kampsen (6) scored a day high 8 goals, 6 were penalty shots; Pablo Spinachi (6) shot in 2 goals; and Juan Bollini (7) made 1 goal. This was the first game for patron Mark Ganzi (1) to play and the team was jubilant on winning the first game. Evenly matched, these two teams were only one point apart for most of the game.
Antelope/Long Beach patron Geoff Palmer (1) was in for the first three chukkers before an injury had him hand the reins over to Santiago Torres (1), the 12-year old player who brought this team victory in the finals of the USPA Americas Cup just played last weekend. Palmer has been dealing with a bad back, so it remains to be seen if he will be able to get back in the saddle to play. We all wish him well. Teammates Pancho Bensadon (8) scored 3 goals, 1 a penalty shot; Luis Escobar (7) knocked in 3 goals, 1 from the penalty line; and patron Dan Walker (4) made 3 goals.
11 am Friday August 4, 2006
Grants Farm/Klentner Ranch beat out Duende 13 to 11. Powerhouse Mariano Gonzales (8) on the winning team shot in 9 goals, 4 from penalty lines, giving him highest score for goals made that day; Jeff Blake (6) knocked in 4 goals. Patrons Justin Klentner (1) and Andy Busch (5) couldn’t have been happier with the outcome. Gonzales went down in the sixth chukker at 4:03 on the scoreboard and returned to play.
Duende’s bullet, Agustin Merlos (10) made 8 goals, 6 were penalty shots; Paco de Narvaez (9) made 3 goals. In the first 2 minutes of play, Merlos got 2 red flags and was out for the remainder of that chukker. In the fourth chukker Carlos Galindo (1) went down, and returned to play.
2 pm Friday, August 4, 2006
Mansour triumphed over Windsor Capital 12 to 11 in overtime. Mansour’s Martin Zegers (5) made the winning overtime goal from the penalty line, for 7 total goals, with 5 penalty shots; Adam Snow (9) scored 3 goals, 1 a penalty shot; Julian Daniels (6) shot in 1 goal; and patron Ben Soleimani (A) knocked in 1 goal. Only one red flag in the game on Snow in first chukker at one and a half minutes on the board.
Windsor Capital’s Chris Nevins made 4 goals for his team, 3 were penalty shots; Jeff Hall (8) and Sugar Erskine (7) each knocked in 3 goals and patron Pat Nesbitt made 1 goal.
4 pm Friday, August 4, 2006
Jimmy Choo achieved a win over Antelope/Long Beach the hard way 13 to 8. In the second chukker Antelope’s Bensadon was injured on a foul; Choo’s Nick Roldan was taken off the field to compensate for the loss of Bensadon, with a little more than a minute left, the teams played three on three. Santiago Torres (1) went in for patron Geoff Palmer (1) in the third chukker, same chukker with 1:28 left on the clock Lyndon Lea fell, but finished the chukker. Lea put in C. Naish to finish out the game. Roldan had a technical foul called on him in the first chukker.
Here’s how they scored: Choo’s Brandon Philips (5) and Ruki Baillieu (7) each made 5 goals, Philips made 1 from the penalty line, while Baillieu made 4 from the penalty lines; Nick Roldan (8) shot in 2 goals, and patron Lyndon Lea made 1 goal.
On the Antelope/Long Beach team, Luis Escobar (7) made 4 goals, 2 were penalty shots; Santiago Torres (1) knocked in 3 goals; and Pancho Bensadon (8)made 1 goal.
11 am Sunday, August 6, 2006
Grants Farm/Klentner Ranch defeated Mansour 14 to 12 on the first Sunday series of games for the Bombardier Pacific Coast Open. Grants/Klentner’s Mariano Gonzales (8) was outstanding with 7 goals knocked in, 5 from penalty lines; Jeff Blake (6) scored 5 goals; and patron Andy Busch (5) made 2 goals, 1 from the penalty line.
Mansour’s Martin Zegers (6) scored 6 goals, 4 of those penalty shots; Adam Snow (9) shot in 3 goals, 1 a penalty shot; patron Ben Soleimani (A) drove in 2 goals; and Julian Daniels (6) made 1 goal. In the third chukker technical’s were called on Andy Busch, Adam Snow and Ben Soleimani.
1 pm Sunday, August 6, 2006
It was Windsor Capital’s day to win, and they did, 15 to 11 over Antelope/Long Beach.
The one-two punch on Windsor team, Jeff Hall (8) and Chris Nevins (4) each driving in 6 goals, 5 of Nevins’ were penalty shots; Sugar Erskine (7) scored 3 goals.
Antelope/Long Beach patron Geoff Palmer (1) was indeed back in the saddle for this game. Luis Escobar led (7) with 7 goals, 4 from penalty lines; Pancho Bensadon (8) made 2 goals, 1 a penalty shot; and patron Dan Walker shot in 2 goals. In the fourth chukker a technical was called on Escobar.
3 pm Sunday August 6, 2006
Duende, defending champions of the Bombardier PCO title showed just why they were victorious last year as they beat Audi Polo 15 to 11. Duende dominated throughout the first half with the score 10 to 1 at the halftime. Agustine Merlos (10) and his mounts were pure poetry to watch, scoring an amazing 12 goals, 4 were penalties. He was high scorer for the day. Paco de Narvaez (9) played perfect partner in defense to Merlos, and shot in 3 goals.
Audi Polo’s Kris Kampsen (5) came alive in the second half of the game and scored all of his 8 goals in those last three chukkers. Outscoring Duende 4 to 1, but it was really too hard to pull up with Duende having made such a substantial lead in the first half. Nonetheless, it was one fast game, and with the speed Pablo Spinachi (6) scored 2 goals; and patron Marc Ganzi (1) made a goal. In the first chukker there were two red flags, 1 on Spinachi and 1 on Merlos.
BOMBARDIER PACIFIC COAST OPEN CONTINUES:
AUGUST 13, 20 and 27
August 13 SPECIAL
BENTLEY BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLASSIC
First year for Bentley Beverly Hills to sponsor this Sundays’ game, Bentley owners are invited to come to the polo field as our guests and participate in the Parade of the Bentley’s to open the 3 p.m. game. More details available on the website. There will be a special parking area for all Bentleys, a display of two of the newest Bentleys from the showroom in Beverly Hills. Test drive appointments are being made now. You can experience the opulence of one of the world’s most luxurious motorcars by making a reservation with Katie@IdeasUSA.com for Sunday August 13 for your test drive in the Continental GT Coupe or the Continental Flying Spur Sedan.
August 20 SPECIAL
FASHION SHOW @ halftime 2:30 – 3 p.m. Michelle Marie Nichols presenting her new fashion line, “Red Rough Rider.”