After six qualifying rounds, on Thursday 21/11 the long-awaited semi-finals of the tournament were played, which yielded the following results:
La Ensenada II 14, La Irenita Clinova 13; and La Dolfina 10, La Matera 8.
In this way, both winning teams will face each other in the grand final of the tournament, which will be played next Wednesday 27/11 in Pilar.
The complete fixture:
Tuesday 29/10 – Matchday 1
Zone B, La Matera 13, Martindale 10; and Sol de Agosto La Dolfina 14, La Fija Synergy Cloning 12.
zone C, La Esquina 15, Cría Yatay 14; and La Ensenada II 18, La Fija Tedelou 10.
Wednesday 30/10 – Date 2
Zone A, La Irenita Clinova 17, La Mariana Infinit 11; and The Nativity 14, Chapel of the Lord II 10.
Zone D, La Dolfina 16, La Varzea La Romanza 5; and La Irenita II 20, La Ensenada Los Machitos 9.
Wednesday 6/11 – Date 3
Zone B, the fixed Synergy Cloning 10, the Matera 8; and Martindale 13, Sol de Agosto La Dolfina 12.
zone C, the fixed Tedelou 13, the corner 12; and La Ensenada II 12, Cría Yatay 10.
Thursday 7/11 – Date 4
Zone A, La Irenita Clinova 18, Capilla del Señor II 14; and La Natividad 17, La Mariana Infinit 12.
Zone D, La Dolfina 16, La Ensenada Los Machitos 4; and La Irenita II 11, La Varzea La Romanza 10.
Wednesday 13/11 – Matchday 5
Zone B, La Matera 14, Sol de Agosto La Dolfina 12; and Martindale 10, La Fija Synergy Cloning 9.
Zone C, La Ensenada II 14, La Esquina 11; and La Fija Tedelou 16, Cría Yatay 14.
Thursday 14/11 – Matchday 6
Zone A, La Irenita Clinova 15, La Natividad 8; and La Mariana Infinit 13, Capilla del Señor II 12.
Zone D, La Dolfina 16, La Irenita II 11; and La Ensenada Los Machitos 13, La Varzea La Romanza 12.
Thursday 21/11 – Semi-finals
La Ensenada II 14, La Irenita Clinova 13.
La Dolfina 10, La Matera 8.
Wednesday 27/11 – Final
La Ensenada II vs. La Dolfina.
The semi-finalist teams and progressions:
La Ensenada II: Segundo Bocchino 7 (1 goal), Santiago Loza 7 (6), Santiago Cernadas 7 (4) and Tomás Beresford 7 (3). Total: 28.
The Little Irenita Clinova: Facundo Fernández Llorente 8 (2), Tomás Fernández Llorente (h) 8 (1), Matías Mac Donough (h) 7 (8) and Alfredo Cappella Barabucci 8 (2). Total: 31.
La Ensenada II: 3-0, 4-3, 5-3, 7-5, 10-6, 12-8 and 14-13.
Yellow Cards: Santiago Cernadas, Matías Mac Donough (Jr.) and Alfredo Cappella Barabucci.
Judges: Guillermo Villanueva Jr. and Gonzalo López Vargas. Arbitrator: Martín Pascual.
La Dolfina: Lucas Criado (h) 7 (4 penalties), Gonzalo Ferrari 7 (3), Mariano González (h) 7 (1 penalty) and Isidro Strada 7 (2). Total: 28.
La Matera: Guillermo Terrera (h) 8 (2), Valerio Zubiarre (h) 7 (3), Santos Merlos 7 (3, two penalties) and Jared Zenni 7. Total: 29.
La Dolfina: 2-1, 4-2, 6-3, 8-3, 8-5, 10-6 and 10-8.
Judges: Gastón Lucero and Matías Baibiene. Arbitrator: José I. Araya.
The other formations that participated:
The Little Irenita II: Federico Panzillo 7, Juan Jauretche 7, Martín Podestá (h) 8 and Jacinto Crotto 8. Total: 30.
The Corner: Pascual Sáinz de Vicuña 6, Cristian Laprida (h) 8, Lucas James 7 and Ignacio Laprida 8. Total: 29.
The Mariana Infinit: Juan A. García Grossi 7, Simón Prado 7, Ignacio Toccalino 7 and Juan C. Merlos 6. Total: 27.
Sol de Agosto La Dolfina: Raúl Colombres (h) 7, Jesse Bray 6, Paco de Narváez 6 and Santiago Toccalino 7. Total: 26.
Tedelou fixes it: Juan M. Zavaleta (h) 7, Bautista Beguerie 6, Manuel Elizalde 7 and Simón Zavaleta 6. Total: 26.
The Fixed Sinergy Cloning: Felipe Márquez Ochoa 6, Felipe Martínez Ferrario 6, Ezequiel Martínez Ferrario 7 and César Crespo 6. Total: 25.
The Nativity: José Riglos (n) 6, Ricardo Garrós (h) 6, Félix Esaín 6 and Javier Guerrero (h) 6. Total: 24.
Chapel of the Lord II: Bautista Riglos 6, Gino Ringa 6, Nicolás Recaite 6 and Mateo Lafuente 6. Total: 24.
Martindale: Manuel Calafell 6, Facundo Retamar Carnero 6, Bautista Arrastúa 6 and Genaro Ringa 6. Total: 24.
Yatay Breeding: Felipe Miguens Casado 6, Dylan Rossiter 6, Joaquín M. Panelo 6 and Hilario Figueras 6. Total: 24.
The Los Machitos Cove: Santiago Llavallol (h) 6, Louis Hine 5, Ned Hine 6 and Martín Aguerre (h) 7. Total: 24.
La Varzea La Romanza: Ignacio Viana 6, Ignacio Arbelbide 6, Felipe Viana 6 and Tomás Alberdi 6. Total: 24.
A LITTLE HISTORY
The Chamber of Deputies Cup was donated in 1922 by the aforementioned legislative body, as a reward for the double feat accomplished by the Argentine team that in its first tour abroad managed to win the Open Championships of England and the United States undefeated, on its own playing fields. The cup was immediately delivered to the AAP authorities, so that it could be disputed for development purposes. This was done and for the first time this coveted trophy, in 1924, was its first winner by the remembered Santa Inés team, made up of Daniel Kearney, Carlos Land, Guillermo Brooke Taylor and Jack Kearney, who in that year won the Argentine Polo Open with that jersey. From then on, there were many relevant figures who gave the contest the category acquired, perpetuating their names both individually and collectively, as until this fortunate present.
Precisely in a contest that was born thanks to the individual and collective attributes of a team that with its double feat in England and the USA, opened the way for the leaders of the former River Plate Polo Association and the Argentine Polo Federation to smooth things over on September 14, 1922 and give way to the foundation of the Argentine Polo Association, which today proudly presents the hierarchy of its high handicap polo, which as its centerpiece has the 131st HSBC Argentine Polo Open and the beauty and spaciousness of its famous Polo Cathedral in Palermo.