Heavy rains forced the postponement of the opening round of competition in the 2016 High Alpine Cup at the Aspen Valley Polo Club. All six teams are scheduled to be play on Saturday with round-robins scheduled to be played at 11am at Sopris Mt. Ranch and 2pm at High Mesa Field.
Heavy Colorado rains have forced the postponement of Friday’s planned opening competition of the 2016 High Alpine Cup.
Play has been re-scheduled to be played on Saturday with an 11am round-robin at the Sopris Mountain Ranch polo field featuring Flexjet (Riley Ganzi/Ace Boyd, Melissa Ganzi, Tomas Pieres and Juan Bollini), Los Amigos (Paul Foster, Gabriel Gracida, Nic Roldan and Stewart Armstrong) and Casablanca (Alejandra Foster, Grant Ganzi, Tincho Merlos and Juancito Bollini).
At 3pm the second round-robin match of the tournament has been re-set at Jeff Hildebrand’s High Mesa Field with Tonkawa (Jeff Hildebrand, Carlitos Gracida, Lucas Lalor and Jimmy Seward), Travieso (Teo Calle, Tony Calle, Julio Novillo Astrada and Alex Gooding) and Intercontinental Hotel/La Karina (Ale Poma, Brian Boyd, Sebastian Merlos and Marc Ganzi) participating.
The Aspen Valley Polo Club is located at 3275 County Road 100, Carbondale, CO. The public is welcome to watch polo in a relaxed atmosphere. Admission and parking are free. The club’s Polo Hotline is 970-710-1663.