At the Alfredo Lalor headquarters that the AAP owns in Pilar, the 133rd Hurlingham Club Open began on Tuesday 9/22, in which the traditional Ayrshire Cup and the Drysdale Subsidiary are at stake.
For the first Quarterfinal match, played on court 4, the defending champion of the Triple Crown 2025, La Natividad La Dolfina, achieved a clear victory by 26 to 3 over La Aguada Daily Mail (Federico Panzillo played as a starter in place of “Iñaki” Laprida) and thus reached the semifinals of the tournament. For its part, the Open Door team will play in the same instance, but for the subsidiary trophy.
Despite an early goal by Alfredo Bigatti, La Natividad Las Monjitas played a great game and left their rival without chances from almost the beginning of the match. Jeta and Poroto unstoppable against the rival wickets, Adolfito managing the tempo of the game and Barto completely solid in defense and going on the attack, were too much for La Aguada, who from the beginning of the second chukker and until midway through the seventh, could not convert, a situation that left them without chances to try to get closer.
The Cañuelas team seems to want to take everyone ahead again, while for their opponent it will be a clean slate to face the next match in the best possible way.
Teams and progression:
La Natividad La Dolfina: Camilo Castagnola 10 (12 goals, three penalties, one corner, one penalty 1), Adolfo Cambiaso (n) 10 (9, two penalties), Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10 (1) and Bartolomé Castagnola (h) 10 (4). Total: 40.
La Aguada Daily Mail: Federico Panzillo 7 (1), Alfredo Bigatti 8 (1), Bautista Bayugar 8 and Joaquín Pittaluga 8 (1 penalty). Total: 31.
La Natividad La Dolfina: 4-1, 7-2, 11-2, 13-2, 16-2, 20-2, 23-3 and 26-3.
Yellow card: Federico Panzillo (Chukker 1, 6.16).
Judges: Gonzalo López Vargas and Martín Inchauspe. Referee: Matías Baibiene.
Photo Credit – Matias Callejo /Prensa AAP
Second Game
Las Monjitas beat La Ensenada GreenArmor by 15 to 11 and thus qualified for the first semifinal of the tournament. instance in which they will face the defending champion La Natividad La Dolfina.
It was a very even match, in which they exchanged the advantage on several occasions. Winning by only one goal, Las Monjitas entered the last quarter and there appeared again the great figure of the match, Rufino Bensadón, who scored 4 of his 10 goals in the day and managed to get LM off on the scoreboard to stay with a victory that was not easy. La Ensenada fought during the eight periods to take the win, but with the final defeat they will try to stay with the subsidiary Drysdale, where they will face La Aguada Daily Mail in the semis.
Teams and progression:
The Nujitas: Rufino Bensadón 8 (10 goals, five from penalties and one from corners), Lucas Monteverde (n) 9 (1), David Stirling (h) 9 (3) and Juan M. Nero 9 (1). Total: 35.
The GreenArmor Cove: Diego Cavanagh 8 (3), Juan Britos (h) 8 (2), Juan M. Zubía 9 (1) and Jerónimo del Carril 8 (5, four penalties). Total: 33.
Las Monjitas: 1-1, 3-4, 4-4, 6-5, 8-6, 8-8, 10-9 and 15-11.
Yellow Card: Juan M. Zubía (Chukker 5, 7.05).
Judges: Guillermo Villanueva (Jr.) and Nicolás Scortichini. Referee: Hernán Tasso.