On Thursday, 11/28 at the Alfredo Lalor Venue in Pilar, the grand final of the traditional open tournament for the Chamber of Deputies Cup was played, which in 2024 celebrated 100 years of its first edition and which this time was starred by 16 teams: the six that did not achieve the ticket to the 131st HSBC Argentine Polo Open plus the ten best of the Municipality of Pilar Cup.
In the match, played on field 1, La Dolfina recovered after an adverse first chukker and with 8 goals from “Negro” Lucas Criado -the MVP of the match- and a sharp team game, they beat La Ensenada II by 15 to 11, a team in which Tommy Beresford stood out, and thus won the title, in this important tournament organized by the Argentine Polo Association.
In this way, the champion earned the right to play the Repechage against the eighth in the 2024 Ranking, to seek to be the last pre-qualified team for the 2025 Triple Crown.
AWARDS
AAP for the best horse of the final: Gete Davidson, played by Mariano González (h).
AACCP for the best registered player product Raza Polo Argentino: Guadalupe Media Luna, played by Isidro Strada.
The finalist teams and progression:
La Dolfina: Lucas Criado (h) 7 (8, four penalties), Gonzalo Ferrari 7 (3), Mariano González (h) 7 (1) and Isidro Strada 7 (3). Total: 28.
La Ensenada II: Segundo Bocchino 7 (3, two penalties), Santiago Loza 7 (2), Santiago Cernadas 7 (1) and Tomas Beresford 7 (5, two penalties). Total: 28.
La Dolfina: 0-2, 3-4, 6-5, 7-6, 12-7, 14-10 and 15-11.
Yellow Cards: Santiago Cernadas, 3 in Chukker 3; Santiago Loza (Chukker 5); Isidro Strada, 2 in Chukker 7; and Tomas Beresford, 2 in Chukker 7.
Judges: Matías Baibiene and Martín Pascual. Arbitrator: Gonzalo López Vargas.
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.
The other formations that participated:
The Little Irenita Clinova: Facundo Fernández Llorente 8, Tomás Fernández Llorente (h) 8, Matías Mac Donough (h) 7 and Alfredo Cappella Barabucci 8. Total: 31.
The Little Irenita II: Federico Panzillo 7, Juan Jauretche 7, Martín Podestá (h) 8 and Jacinto Crotto 8. Total: 30.
La Matera: Guillermo Terrera (h) 8, Valerio Zubiarre (h) 7, Santos Merlos 7 and Jared Zenni 7. Total: 29.
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.
La Fija Sinergy Cloning: Felipe Márquez Ochoa 6, Felipe Martínez Ferrario 6, Ezequiel Martínez Ferrario 7 y César Crespo 6. Total: 25.
La Natividad: José Riglos (n) 6, Ricardo Garrós (h) 6, Félix Esaín 6 y Javier Guerrero (h) 6. Total: 24.
Capilla del Señor II: Bautista Riglos 6, Gino Ringa 6, Nicolás Recaite 6 y Mateo Lafuente 6. Total: 24.
Martindale: Manuel Calafell 6, Facundo Retamar Carnero 6, Bautista Arrastúa 6 y Genaro Ringa 6. Total: 24.
Cría Yatay: Felipe Miguens Casado 6, Dylan Rossiter 6, Joaquín M. Panelo 6 y Hilario Figueras 6. Total: 24.
La Ensenada Los Machitos: Santiago Llavallol (h) 6, Louis Hine 5, Ned Hine 6 y Martín Aguerre (h) 7. Total: 24.
La Varzea La Romanza: Ignacio Viana 6, Ignacio Arbelbide 6, Felipe Viana 6 y Tomás Alberdi 6. Total: 24.
El fixture completo:
Martes 29/10 – Fecha 1
Zona B, La Matera 13, Martindale 10; y Sol de Agosto La Dolfina 14, La Fija Synergy Cloning 12.
Zona C, La Esquina 15, Cría Yatay 14; y La Ensenada II 18, La Fija Tedelou 10.
Miércoles 30/10 – Fecha 2
Zona A, La Irenita Clinova 17, La Mariana Infinit 11; y La Natividad 14, Capilla del Señor II 10.
Zona D, La Dolfina 16, La Varzea La Romanza 5; y La Irenita II 20, La Ensenada Los Machitos 9.
Miércoles 6/11 – Fecha 3
Zona B, La Fija Synergy Cloning 10, La Matera 8; y Martindale 13, Sol de Agosto La Dolfina 12.
Zona C, La Fija Tedelou 13, La Esquina 12; y La Ensenada II 12, Cría Yatay 10.
Jueves 7/11 – Fecha 4
Zona A, La Irenita Clinova 18, Capilla del Señor II 14; y La Natividad 17, La Mariana Infinit 12.
Zona D, La Dolfina 16, La Ensenada Los Machitos 4; y La Irenita II 11, La Varzea La Romanza 10.
Miércoles 13/11 – Fecha 5
Zona B, La Matera 14, Sol de Agosto La Dolfina 12; y Martindale 10, La Fija Synergy Cloning 9.
Zona C, La Ensenada II 14, La Esquina 11; y La Fija Tedelou 16, Cría Yatay 14.
Jueves 14/11 – Fecha 6
Zona A, La Irenita Clinova 15, La Natividad 8; y La Mariana Infinit 13, Capilla del Señor II 12.
Zona D, La Dolfina 16, La Irenita II 11; y La Ensenada Los Machitos 13, La Varzea La Romanza 12.
Jueves 21/11 – Semifinales
La Ensenada II 14, La Irenita Clinova 13.
La Dolfina 10, La Matera 8.
Thursday 28/11 – Final
La Dolfina 15, La Ensenada II 11.