IPC’s opening day falls victim to rain.

Storm bands interrupted a pleasant day at the International Polo club on what was slated to be the club’s opening day as heavy rains doused a noon contest between Palm Beach Illustrated (Jared Zenni, Tommy Collingwood, Magoo Laprida and Facundo Obregon) and Coca-Cola (Gillian Johnston, Jeff Hall, Julio Arellano and Nick Morrison).

Both teams had suffered defeats in semifinal play with Palm Beach Illustrated falling to Villa Del Lago/Casablanca while Lechuza Caracas squeaked past Coca-Cola 9-8.

Palm Beach Illustrated rushed out to a 6-3 lead after three chukkers of play when a storm band drenched the fields.  Both teams agreed that the fields were too dangerous to continue and stopped play.

“Facundo (Obregon) was on fire, and everyone on the team was playing well,” said Palm Beach Illustrated’s Tommy Collingwood.  Collingwood played with the Coca-Cola team last year that won the Pennell Cup and watched his handicap rise to 4-goals as a result of his play.

“There’s not a selfish player on the team,” he added.  “We’re all looking forward to our next match.”

Hopes were high for the 3PM title game between Villa Del Lago (Jim Zenni, Agustin Obregon, Polito Pieres and Inaki Laprida) and Lechuza Caracas (Victor Vargas, Mariano Gracida, Polito Pieres and Nico Espain), but after the second rain band, the game was rescheduled to be played at noon on Monday, January 6^th.