Dubai and Twelve Oaks score opening wins in Veuve Clicquot British Open
ByAlex Webbe
Talandracas (Edouard Carmignac, Juan Martin Nero, LucasJames and Juan Jauretche) and Dubai (Rashid Albwardy, Nico Pieres, AdolfoCambiaso, Alec White) wasted little time in getting the 2013 edition of the VeuveClicquot British Open for the Gold Cup underway with Talandracas scoring thefirst goal of the day, but Dubai retaliated behind a pair of goals from AdolfoCambiaso to move ahead, 3-1. Talandracasscored the final goal of the opening chukker in the last 30 seconds of play,but it was Dubai leaving the field with the 3-2 edge.
Juan Martin Nero scored the first two goals of the secondchukker, first tying the score, 3-3, and then giving Talandracas the lead,4-3. Dubai responded with a single goalto knot it up at 4-4 at the end of the second chukker.
Dubai and Talandracas exchanged goals early in the thirdperiod. Dubai went on top, 5-4 followedby a tying goal from Talandracas, 5-5. Another Dubai goal had them leading 6-5, but Talandracas answered with agoal to deadlock it at 6-6. Nico Pieresconverted a penalty shot to give Dubai a 7-6 lead, and a final Dubai goal endedthe first half with Talandracas trailing, 8-6.
Dubai opened the second half with a pair of goals. Nico Pieres converting a penalty shot for thesecond to give Dubai a 10-6 advantage. Lucas James got Talandracas on the scoreboard with a goal, but Dubaiclosed out the scoring with their third goal of the chukker for an 11-7 leadwith just two chukkers left to play.
Talandracas scores twice in the fifth, but a penalty goalfrom Pieres keeps Dubai comfortably ahead as the chukker ends. With one period left in regulation time,Dubai holds a three goal, 12-9 lead.
Nero cut the lead to two goals, 12-10, in the openingmoments of the sixth, and a second Talandracas had them trailing Dubai by asingle goal, 12-11, as the rally continued. Talandracas continued to press the attack when Cambiaso took the windout of their sails by carrying the ball from one end of the field to the otherfor the final goal of the game in a 13-11 Dubai win.
TWELVEOAKS 11, SALKELD 10
Salkeld (Nick Clarke, James Beim, Miguel Novillo Astradaand Max Routledge) and Twelve Oaks (Jack Hyde, Magoo Laprida, Marcos Di Paola and Inaki Laprida) got the second match of the day started on evenfooting. Each team managed a pair ofgoals in the opening chukker for a 2-2 tie at the end of the first chukker.
Three unanswered goals had Twelve Oaks on top, 5-2 insecond chukker action. Salkeld scoredthe final goal of the chukker, but trailed by two goals, 5-3 as the periodended.
Miguel Novillo Astrada rallied Salkeld in the third,outscoring Twelve Oaks 2-1, and cutting into the lead. Twelve Oaks was still on top at the end of thefirst half, but the lead had been cut to a single goal, 6-5.
Salkeld scores the first two goals of the second half tofirst tie it at 6-6 and then move in front, 7-6 as the fourth chukker gotstarted. The Twelve Oaks offense finallywoke up in the fourth, scoring their first goal of the second half and tying itup at 7-7 to end the fourth.
Twelve Oaks took early control of the fifth. Two goals went unanswered as they broke thetie and moved in front, 9-7. Salkeldresponded with a goal, extending its lead to two goals Salkeld scored the final goal of thechukker, trailing Twelve Oaks by a single goal, 9-8, with one chukker left inregulation time.
A determined Salkeld team took the field in the sixth,outscoring Twelve Oaks, 2-1 in the final chukker to knot it up at 10-10. Twelve Oaks would bounce back to score thefinal goal of the game for the 11-10 win.
British Open play continues on Tuesday with Emlor facingLa Bamba de Areco at 3pm followed by a 5pm contest between Enigma and ThaiPolo.