Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club Hosting Legendary Tournament
August 18 – September 4
Wellington, Fla. (August 3, 2011) – The Royal Couple may have left, but excitement and enthusiasm for polo is only getting stronger at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club as the prestigious USPA Bombardier Pacific Coast Open rolls into town August 18 through September 4. Played since 1904, the tournament is one of the oldest and most competitive polo contests in the U.S. and around the world.
Some of the biggest names in sport will be on hand to compete for the coveted championship trophy including 10-goal rated polo phenom Adolfo Cambiaso, last season’s MVP, who will lead the Lucchese team in defending its title this year. Aiming to knock them off the podium will be American standouts Nic Roldan and Jeff Hall who play for the Grants Farm team, along with a host of other outstanding teams and players this year.
2011 Santa Barbara 20-Goal Season Rosters:
| Audi
Marc Ganzi 1 Sugar Erskine 7 Gonzalito Pieres 10 Carlitos Gracida 2
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ERG
Scott Wood A Miguelito Torres 3 Sebastian Merlos 9 Paco de Narvaez 8
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| Grants Farm
Nic Roldan 8 Jeff Hall 8 Andy Busch 3 Matt Coppola 1
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Lucchese
John Muse A Juan Curbelo 4 Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Jeff Blake 6
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| Mansour
Ben Soleimani A Jared Sheldon 1 Sapo Case 10 Miguel Astrada 9
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Piaget
Melissa Ganzi A Juan Bollini 5 Lolo Castagnola 8 Jason Crowder 6
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“The USPA Bombardier Pacific Coast Open optimizes our longstanding tradition of world-class polo in Santa Barbara,” said XX, spokesperson for Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. “We’re extremely excited for this event to get underway and give fans the unique opportunity to witness the best polo players and fastest thoroughbred horses together for one unique competition.”
Sanctioned by the U.S. Polo Association, the governing body for the sport of polo in the United States, the USPA Bombardier Pacific Coast Open will serve as the climax of the celebrated Santa Barbara polo season. Featuring unparalleled play on the polo field, the internationally renowned event also highlights the finest tournament conditions in the U.S. with fantastic turf, mild climate and ocean breezes that surrounded one of the country’s most beautiful cities.
For more information on the tournament and other events at Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club, visit http://www.sbpolo.com. For more information on U.S. polo, including details on more great events hosted around the country, visit www.uspolo.org.
About U. S. Polo Association
The U.S. Polo Association was organized and exists for the purposes of promoting the game of polo, coordinating the activities of its Member Clubs and Registered Players, arranging and supervising polo tournaments, competitions, and games, and providing rules, handicaps, and conditions for those tournaments, competitions, and games including the safety and welfare of participants and mounts. For more information, please visit, www.uspolo.org.