La Dolfina wins Jockey Club Open 2011 in Argentina
Adolfo Cambiaso scored eleven goals to secure La Dolfina a 15-13 win over La Irenita and claim the team’s first title of the season, the Jockey Club Open. The Final was held on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Jockey Club’s main field, in San Isidro, Buenos Aires.
The Jockey Club Open is the first major competition of the Argentine polo season and the final tournament before the start of the Triple Crown in Argentina. This year’s Jockey Club Final saw Adolfo Cambiaso and Pablo MacDonough playing against each other on opposing sides before they join forces in the La Dolfina team in the upcoming Triple Crown.
Chukka Score – La Dolfina: 4-3, 8-5, 9-6, 13-8, 14.10 and 15-13.
Adolfo Cambiaso’s Panam, took the BPP honours.
Tournament Information
Tournament: Jockey Club Open, Argentina
Place: San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Club: Jockey Club
Date: September 7-17, 2011
Level: 33 hcp
Tournament type: Open
Tournament Director: Guillermo Alvarez Fourcade
WPT Category Ranking: WPT Cup
Winner Points: 60
Finalist Points: 30
Semi-finalist Points: 15
Rest of the teams: 8
The Triple Crown 2011
The dates and details of the three tournaments that make up the 2011 Triple Crown are detailed below:
Tournament: Tortugas Open, Argentina
Place: Tortuguitas
Club: Tortugas CC
Date: September 27 – October 16, 2011
Tournament: Hurlingham Open
Place: Hurlingham
Club: Hurlingham Club
Date: October 18 – November 6, 2011
Tournament: 118th Argentine Open, Argentina
Place: Palermo
Club: Palermo
Date: November 19 – December 10, 2011
The Triple Crown 2011: The Teams
On 17 August 2011, the Asociación Argentina de Polo announced the six teams that will take part in this year’s Triple Crown, together with the five that will compete in the qualifying tournament from where two of the five teams will qualify for the Hurlingham and Palermo eventsLive.
There are changes in five of the six teams for this year’s eventsLive, with teams announced as below:
La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso, Jr. 10, David Stirling, Jr. 9, Pablo MacDonough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 39
Ellerstina: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres, Jr. 10, Nicolás Pieres 8, Ignacio Heguy 9. Total: 37
Estancia Grande: Agustín Merlos 9, Lucas Monteverde, Jr. 9, Sebastián Merlos 9, Bartolomé Castagnola 9. Total: 36
La Aguada: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Jr. 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 36
Pilará: Bautista Heguy 8, Tomás García del Río 8, Hilario Ulloa 9, Cristian Laprida, Jr. 8. Total: 33
Indios Chapaleufú II: Alberto Heguy, Jr. 8, Julio Arellano 9, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8, Eduardo Heguy 8. Total: 33
Teams that will be qualifying for (two places in) Hurlingham and Palermo eventsLive:
Chapa Uno: Pablo Pieres 8, Guillermo Caset, Jr. 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8, Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total: 32
Alegría: Frederick Mannix, Jr. 7, Francisco Bensadón 8, Mariano Aguerre 9, Francisco de Narváez, Jr. 8. Total: 32
La Quinta: Joao Paulo Ganon 7, Mark Tomlinson 7, Julio Novillo Astrada (grandson) 8, Luke Tomlinson 8. Total: 30
Miramar: Diego Cavanagh 7, Pablo Jauretche 7, Joaquín Pittaluga 7, Alejandro Agote 8 Total: 29
Enigma: James Beim 7, Valerio Zubiaurre, Jr. 6, Guillermo Willington 7, Matías MacDonough 8. Total: 28
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