It was a perfect day for Polo mid 70’s with a slight wind and well so nice for mid Aug. but on the field it was another story . The 1 p.m game featured 2 winners from Thursday and it was ERG and Wildcats it was a very tight game for 1 st 2 chukkars start of 3rd it was 4 – 4 and then ERG jumped out to a 3 goal lead going up to 7 – 4 when ERG patron SW who was suspended for today’s game received 3 red flags allowing Wildcats to pull within one with ERG . The thing was SW was in the 3rd floor of the condos making un sportsman type comments to officials . It no doubt will create a very ugly Monday for Polo manager Phi Heatley . It was sad to see such a stupid thing happen in a already weak season of the High Goal and very likely the last 20 goal ever here in SB. In the 4th it was very fast and probably only good chukkar of Polo and the Wild cats led by Paco DeNarvez and the flying Santi Chavane and Joesph Stuart took the lead with a lot of hard work by Patron Ryan G it was a very active chukkar with 8 goals scored by 2 teams ending 11 to 10 WC up then a big wreck took out Paco early in the 5th and the replacement was a 5 goal player Badiola who was playing hard but no Paco and Wildcats scored only one more goal and were easily beaten the last 2 by several . SW was replaced by Kersti Allen who played extremely well and was constantly on a man no matter who it was .ERG goes to 2 and 0 with a big problem coming I am sure .
Second game was Lucchese with Farmers and Merchant and they were both 0 and 1 and it stayed very close for two chukkars and then Lucchese started to take control and held on for a solid lead thru out the rest of the game and eliminated F&M from the finals by all counts and they have ERG next if it happens the other game between Lucchese and Wildcats will be a virtual Semis to see who faces ERG Wildcats will have to take on a sub for Paco which could be Lucas Criado only player here who could equal Paco handicap unless someone is brought in from outside . So stay tuned it could be a very interesting.week and Thursday could be a dandy .
Outside of SB it was Valiente and Big Bob continuing to dominate in Spain as they remain undefeated in thed 20 goal season with 12 teams competing . Restoration Hardware who competed here for last 8 years is also there and doing ok just losing out in very close games . This is so sad to lose these 2 tems to Europe from here and a big reason the 20 goal is going away after this.
It may not be pretty but come on out and see what will most likley be the last 20 goal played in California for well a LONG time .
see ya @ Polo
Scott Woods, the new generation Peter Brant.
Bad boys whats ya going do when they come for you!
As long as the USPA is threatened with lawsuits from bad boys, then all the good people go to the outside clubs to play. No one wants to play against a sore loser or even worse a bad temper winner. Hire the most aggressive pros that have no remorse playing with someone who wants to win at whatever the cost. When SW is banned from SB and has to rely on getting players to play against him on his own field then maybe he might understand why no one wants to play against him. It will be him and Kerstie Allen and six pros playing against themselves for two months a year and he will pay the bill for all eight players, This sounds more and more like White Birch Farms thirty years ago and still true today. Which is perfectly fine for all those who choose to take his money, but why should the rest of the USPA members have to be subjected to this behavior in our most prestigious tournament on the west coast, the PCO ? Now you know why the open is now not going to be open but capped at a lower level. Let the BIG BOYS play in their own game, but not a USPA game.
I’m not sure why you can’t call Scott Wood by his name. I’m not sure why the USPA is hiding it’s head in the sand once again. Pologroom: you are missing the point. The club is dying and out of control players need to be severly reprimanded. A one game suspension at the end of the season? No balls! I haven’t yelled at people from the balcony since I was 6 years old.I am sure it’s all pitiful and deplorable.