Sampacho and La Natividad are the winners of the Copa Novillitos
Sampacho and La Natividad won the III Copa Novillitos Deutsche Bank, Presented by Uruguay Seguros, in the categories for 11-13 years-old kids and 8-10 years-old kids, respectively.
The competition for kids hosted by La Aguada Polo Club, in Open Door, Argentina, featured many little future polo stars, who had fun and enjoyed a fabulous polo day at the Novillo Astrada’s family home. On this occasion, the tournament overwhelmed the two last editions, as kids were broken down into two categories – 8-10 years-old and 11-13 years-old, featuring six and eight teams, respectively.
Following the qualifying stage, Sampacho beat Las Bétulas 3-1, and won the 11-13 years-old competition. In the category for 8-10 years-old kids, La Natividad took a narrow 3-2 win over La Aguada II.
Santiago Lavallol (El Paraiso) and Javier Guerrero (La Aguada II) were presented with the Fair Play Award and MVP Award, respectively, in the category 8-10 years-old. Among the 11-13 years-old kids, Tomás Pistone (El Molino) won the Fair Play Award and Mateo Lalor (Las Bétulas) took MVP honors.
FINAL RESULST, COPA NOVILLITOS DEUTSCHE BANK PRESENTED BY RIO URUGUAY SEGUROS
- Final 11-13 years-old
Sampacho 3 vs. Las Bétulas 1
Sampacho: Gonzalo Santamarina, Segundo Merlos, Cruz Gonzalez, Mariano Gonzalez
Las Bétulas: Mateo Lalor, Agustin Bottaro, Francisco Peña, Francisco Uranga
MVP: Mateo Lalor (Las Bétulas)
Fair Play Award: Tomás Pistone (El Molino)
- Final 8-10 years-old
La Natividad 3 vs. La Aguada II 2
La Natividad: Camilo Castagnola, Bartolomé Castagnola Jr., Lorenzo Mortila, Juan Ezcurra
La Aguada II: Manuel Novillo Astrada, Javier Guerrero, Enrique Mirailles, Cruz Uranga
MVP: Javier Guerrero (La Aguada II)
Fair Play Award: Santiago Lavallol (El Paraiso)
The Teams
8-10 YEARS-OLD
League 1
La Aguada I: Mia Novillo Astrada, Rufino Bensadon, Alico Agote, Tomás Gorosito, Santos Solari
Las Alazanas: Thiago Suarez, Miguel Guerrero, Héctor Guerrero, Olivia Merlos
La Natividad: Camilo Castagnola, Bartolomé Castagnola Jr., Lorenzo Mortila, Juan Ezcurra
League 2
La Aguada II: Manuel Novillo Astrada, Javier Guerrero, Enrique Mirailles, Cruz Uranga
Indios Chapaleufu II: Antonio Heguy, Silvestre Heguy, Javier Uranga, Félix Uranga
El Paraiso: Santiago Lavallol, Santos Ballester, Cruz Heguy, Benjamin Bargallo
11-13 YEARS OLD
League 1
La Aguada: Cruz Novillo Astrada, Lucas Bosch, Benjamin Mignaquy, Felipe Agote
El Molino: Tomás Pistone, Felipe Pistone, Agustín Torralva, Ignacio Vejo
Jaeger-LeCoultre: Justo Novillo Astrada, Benjamin Fernández Llorente, Hilario Figueras, Juan Lalor
Las Bétulas: Mateo Lalor, Agustin Bottaro, Francisco Peña, Francisco Uranga
League 2
Tortugas: Manuel Calafell, Andrea Mortilla, Don Fourcade, Silvestre Bosch
Sampacho: Gonzalo Santamarina, Segundo Merlos, Cruz Gonzalez, Mariano Gonzalez
Martindale: Juan Calafell, Segundo Saravi, Marcos Lafuente, Santos Lanfranco
La Picaza: Tomás Pasman, Tomás Solari, Federico Ferrecio, Jaime Benedit