Copa Novillitos La Aguada 2010
La Aguada Polo Club, in Open Door, Argentina, hosted today, the Copa Novillitos La Aguada 2010, the club’s first tournament for kids. Eight teams comprised by kids between 8 and 12 years old, many of them the children of some of the world’s best high goal players, enjoyed their polo day at the Novillo Astrada family home.
After the qualifying games and semifinals, all played in two chukkers, La Dolfina defeated La Aguada I 3-1 and won the main trophy. Meanwhile, El Molino claimed a 1-0 win over El Paraiso and obtained the third place.
Regarding the Subsidiary Trophy, the winners were La Tapera after beating La Aguada II 3-0 and the Subsidiary Third Place went to Sampacho Millas de Polo, with a 2-1 victory over Las Betulas.
At the awards ceremony, La Dolfina’s Juan Lalor was named MVP. Sampacho Millas de Polo’s Mariano Gonzalez was presented with the Fair Play Award, while and La Aguada II’s Rufino Bensadon was the Best New Player.
The Teams:
La Aguada 1: Tomás Pistone, Tomás Solari, Nicolás de Poligny, Mia Novillo Astrada
El Molino: Felipe Pistone, Segundo Lanusse, Juan Ballester, Segundo Sararavi (Basilio Lischi)
La Dolfina: Hilario Figueras, Juan Lalor, Camilo Castagnola, Bartolomé Castagnola Jr.
El Paraiso: Cruz Novillo Astrada, Juan I. Ponce, Santiago Lavallol, Alico Agote
La Aguada 2: Justo Novillo Astrada, Lucas Bosch, Felipe Agote, Rufino Bensadon
La Tapera: Bautista Zimmermann, Francisco Penna, Enrique Miralles, Nikita van Gils
Sampacho: Mariano Gonzalez, Cruz Gonzalez, Serena Gonzalez, Silvestre Bosch
Results:
Qualifiers
La Aguada I 4 vs. La Aguada II 1
El Molino 4 vs. Las Betulas 0
La Dolfina 5 vs. La Tapera 4
El Paraiso 5 vs. Sampacho Millas de Polo 2
Subsidiary Semifinals
La Aguada II 4 vs. Las Betulas 0
La Tapera 4 vs. Sampacho Millas de Polo 2
Semifinals
La Aguada I 5 vs. El Molino 1
La Dolfina 4 vs. El Paraiso 3
Subsidiary Third Place
Sampacho Millas de Polo 2 vs. Las Betulas 1
Subsidiary Final
La Tapera 3 vs. La Aguada II 0
Third Place Copa Novillitos La Aguada
El Molino 1 vs. El Paraiso 0
Final Copa Novillitos La Aguada
La Dolfina 3 vs. La Aguada I 1
MVP: Juan Lalor (La Dolfina)
Fair play: Mariano Gonzalez (Sampacho Millas de Polo)
Best New Player: Rufino Bensadon (La Aguada II)