For the second strait year, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf hosted a Polo Challenge on July 15th and July 16th at the Will Rogers Polo Club in Los Angeles. Players and fans were treated to some tasty Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf drinks, courtesy of Sunny Sassoon. With belly’s full of Ice Blended, Centaur Polo (Ernie Darquea, Jeanne Darquea, Bill Davis and Joana Wyszecki took the field against Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (Domingo Questel, Chuck Stanislawski, Sunny Sassoon and Hannah Taylor/ Marjan Hezareh (splitting).
Centaur got out to a fast lead, and headed into the final chukkar ahead by 3 goals. An impressive final chukkar by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf closed the gap and they tied the game with less than 30 second remaining. The game was decided by overtime penalty shots, where Centaur prevailed by a final score of 9-7 . Ernie Darquea had 4 goals for Centaur and won best playing pony honors (Silver). Jeanne had 2 goals, an assist and several key defensive plays, earning her MVP honors. Bill Davis and Domingo Questal each scored 3 goals, Sunny Sassoon and Chuck Stanislawsk each scored 2 goals.
The club would like to thank Sunny Sassoon and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf for their generous support of the tournament for the second strait year.
Trophy Shot (left to right).
Ernie Darquea, Joana Wyszecki, Bill Davis, Jeanne Darquea, Domingo Questal, Sunny Sassoon, Hanna Taylor, Marjan Hezareh, Chuck Stanislawski.