Lazy P blasts Duck Hill, 17-5 in
Presidents Cup play
By Alex Webbe
The Presidents Cup IPC qualifier got underway Thursdayafternoon at the International Polo Club in Wellington with a resounding winfor Lazy P.
The Lazy P team of Chuck Pugsley, Wesley Finlayson,Santiago Galland and Gringo Colombres destroyed Duck Hill (Bob Stanton, MehrdadBaghai, Jared Zenni and John Gobin) 17-5 in a match that saw Lazy P hold DuckHill scoreless through the first half of the game. Lazy P scored five first chukker goals withColombres converting one 60-yard penalty shot and a pair of goals from the field. Galland and Finlayson added single goals inthe opening period for a 5-0 lead.
Three more Lazy P goals in the second period went unansweredas Colombres added a goal from the field and a goal on a penalty shot. Finlayson scored his second goal of the gameas Lazy P led by eight goals, 8-0.
For the third straight chukker, Duck Hill was kept off ofthe scoreboard. Colombres added threemore goals (two goals from the field and one on a penalty shot) and extendedthe Lazy P lead to eleven goals, 11-0.
Finlayson scored two more goals in the opening chukker ofthe second half and Colombres scored a goal from the field as well. Duck Hill saw its first sign of offense withsingle goals from Zenni, Gobin and Stanton (Gobin and Stanton scored on penaltyshots). Lazy P continued to lead byeleven goals, 14-3.
The two teams traded gals in the fifth with Pugsley andFinlayson scoring single goals for Lazy P while Zenni managed a goal from thefield and a penalty goal. The chukkerended with Lazy P continuing to dominate Duck Hill, 16-5.
Colombres scored the only goal of the sixth chukker on a60-yard penalty shot. Duck Hill was blankedfor once again as Lazy P rode off with a humbling 17-5 win over Duck Hill.
Colombres led all scoring with ten goals. Finlayson scored five times and Pugsley andGalland added single goals in the win.
Zenni led the Duck Hill offense with three goals (one ona penalty shot). Gobin and Stanton addedsingle penalty goals in a losing effort.