Caracas Polo and
Sebucan in 22-goal Gold Cup finals
By Alex Webbe
The finals have finally been determined after two weeks of
competition in the Venezuelan 22-goal Gold Cup with Caracas Polo (Victor
Vargas, Alfredo Vargas, Juan M. Nero and Martin Espain) coasting into the
finals of the tournament with a perfect record in preliminary play. Sebucan (Gonzalo Mendoza, Sebastian Harriot,
Pablo Jauretche and Toto Urturi) earned the right to face Caracas Polo in the finals
on Saturday, October 5 at the Caracas Polo Club in Tucacas, Venezuela on the
strength of a 3-2 record.
Los Samanes II (Luis Eduardo, Toto Collardin, Juan Brane and
Andres James) and Mindanao (Jaime Restrepo, Tomas Franco, Santiago Cernadas and
Jose Villamil) will battle it out for third place honors while Los Samanes
(Carlos Silva, Facundo Castagnola, Agustin Canale and Marcelo Frayssinet) and Eliet
Polo (Elias Celis, Jose Rivas, Juan Harriot and Julia Diaz) will decide the fifth
place finisher.
The 22-goal Gold Cup finals wrap up two weeks of competition
that have displayed some of the highest level of polo in Venezuela in years.
The Caracas Polo club will wrap up its high-goal season with
Monday’s finals of the 26-goal Gold Cup between Caracas Polo (Victor Vargas,
Toto Collardin, Juan Brane and Pablo Jauretche) and Agualinda (Sebastian
Harriot, Agustin Canale, Martin Espain and Juan Harriot).
Caracas Polo has to be considered the tournament favorite
after scoring a 10-6 win over Agualinda in earlier tournament play.