USPA Monty Waterbury Cup Semifinals on
tap-Wednesday
By Alex Webbe
Proving that it can’t
rain forever, the weather at the Bridgehampton has cleared, the fields have
dried out and both semifinals of the 20-goal Monty Waterbury Cup have been scheduled
to be played on Wednesday.
Equuleus (Joe
DiMenna, Martin Pepa, Magoo Laprida and Mariano Gonzalez) will try to make it
into this year’s final to defend their 2013 title in a 10:30AM game against KIG
(Bash Kazi, Nacho Figueras, Guille Aguero and Tomas Garcia del Rio) at Equuleus
Field.
Although KIG limps
into semifinal play with a sub-par 1-2 record they forced Equuleus into
overtime in their last meeting before falling in an exciting 13-12 sudden-death
overtime game.
The second semifinal
of the day will take place at the Bridgehampton Polo Club where CT
Energia (Alessandro Bazzoni, Nick Manifold, Joao Paulo Ganon and Kris
Kampsen) will attempt to turn the season around as they face the powerful and
undefeated White Birch lineup (Matias Sosa, Hilario Ulloa, Mariano Aguerre and
Peter Brant) in a 5PM contest.
“Weather permittingâ€,
the final of the 2014 USPA Monty Waterbury Cup is scheduled to be played on
Saturday, August 9th at 4PM.
As a bonus, both
semifinals on Wednesday will be streamed live by PoloNOW as part of
the Nespresso Summer Tour on www.chukker.tv.