Grand Champions teams
fill out for USPA Fall Plates
By Alex Webbe
Six teams will be competing in the 2014 USPA Fall Places at
the Grand Champions Polo Club with play getting started on Thursday, October 30th.
La Indiana patron Michael Bickford will take the field with
Melissa Ganzi, Juan Bollini and Nic Roldan.
Bickford has been a regular with is La Indiana plo teams in England and
will be making his Florida debut with the Fall Plates.
The Casablanca entry will feature a youthful look to it with
Grant Ganzi, Patrick Uretz, Jesse Bray and Julio Gracida. Uretz and Bray are two of the players
selected to represent the United States in the FIP World Championship at the
Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic in December.
The Aspen Valley Polo Club will be represented in the tournament
by Wes Finlayson, Gene Goldstein, Brandon Phillips and Roberto Gonzalez.
Alessandro Bazzoni returns with a CT Energia lineup that
includes Marc Ganzi, Kris Kampsen and youngster Felipe Viana. Viana, currently playing out of
Charlottesville is also a member of the 2014 US FIP team.
Palm Beach Polo Club’s Glenn Straub returns to the Grand
Champions fields with Alejandro Gonzalez, Juancito Bollini and Alejandro Diaz Alberdi.
Veterinarian Scott Swerdlin will take the field with a Palm
Beach Equine team that features Carlitos Gracida, Leo Mandelbaum and Guille
Aguero.
The first action is slated to begin on Thursday, October 30th
at 3PM with a round-robin that will include La Indiana, Aspen Valley Polo Club
and Casablanca. Play will continue on
Friday when CT Energia, Palm Beach Equine and Palm Beach Polo.
The Grand Champions Polo Club is located on the corner of
Lake Worth Avenue and South Shore Boulevard in Wellington, Florida, and
everyone is welcome to watch the games in a relaxed atmosphere during the fall
tournament season.