April 29, 2016
The 5th Annual Arte Careyes Film and Art Festival closed out the polo 2015-2016 season for the Careyes Polo Club. Films, both short and feature length, were shown our under the stars movie theatre in a week long event. Films from Mexico, Spain, USA, Bosnia, Argentina, France and Columbia were shown in the Plaza Caballeros del Sol every afternoon and night for the guests. John Cooper, chairman of the Sundance Film Festival, and Diego Luna, a Mexican artist, were the honored guests. GNP, the largest insurance company in Mexico, Mercedes Benz, Aeromexico, and Makken, a special events supplier, were the title sponsors for each of the teams.
Candra Docherty, Hans Giebeler, Will Falk, Chris Falk, KC Falk and Magdalena Jacobo
Play pitted Makken (Fortaleza) – against Aeromexico in the first game. Raul Ramirez with teammates Erick Cornejo, Manuel Rios and George Sandu scored in the last few seconds to beat Aeromexico – the family team of Chris, Will and KC Falk and Hans Giebeler 7 to 6 ½ . High scorers for the game was Raul Ramirez with 4 and Cornejo with one and Rios with 2. For the Aeromexico team Chris Falk had 3 and Will Falk with 2 and Giebeler one.
The GNP (Agua Alta) of Alberico Ardissone, Manuel Matos Gil, Diego Gonzalez and Maxime Moellhausen played the Mercedes Benz team of Giorgio Brignone, Luis Perez and Vicente Gutierrez. The GNP team had played almost all season together and were too much for the Mercedes team. Ardissone scored 6 goals for the winner.
Finals day with game faces in place Mercedes played Aeromexico in the subsidiary match. Aeromexico – Falk family – came to play and beat the Mercedes Benz team 7 – 2. Leading scorer for Aeromexico was Chris Falk with 4 goals – collegiate player and teammate KC Falk had 1 and two perfect assists for her uncle, Chris, and father, Will. For the Mercedes team – Luis Perez was leading the board with 2 goals.
The GNP was favored over the Makken team as they had won handily the day before. However, Raul Ramirez, captained the team with great backshots and was 100% on the foul line. Each chukker ended in a tie. The 4th chukker with GNP making 3 quick goals looked like they were on the trophy stand. A couple of costly fouls by the GNP team and an end to end goal by Ramirez tied the score with just seconds left looking like a shootout might end the game. Ball thrown in – Makken team heads toward goal with Cornejo and Rios on defense and Sandhu putting 2 shots towards the goal. Ramirez, on offense, putting it through the uprights – the final bell sounding as the teams gallop back to center. Score to 8 to 7. Scorers for the teams – Ardissone with 6 and Ramirez with 7.
The Careyes Polo Club will kickoff the next season with a tournament during the Thanksgiving Week in November. The Club has 2 irrigated fields, barns for more than 250 horses during high season, riding trails through the jungle and to the Teopa beach. The Club is considered the best in Mexico for the quality of its tournaments. Careyes has 11 tournament scheduled throughout the year ending in April 2017. Its organization, the beautiful setting of the fields and the incredible climate where one can bathe in the 78 degrees ocean during the day and wear a sweater at night, make Careyes a one of a kind polo experience.
Please contact Giorgio Brignone or Susan Stovall for any information for the coming events.
www.careyes.com – giorgiobrignone@yahoo.com.mx – susanstovall@careyes.com.mx