Mon 5th Jan 2015Polo underway at International Polo Club Palm BeachCasablanca win Herbie Pennell Cup on first Sunday of Florida season
The Final of the 20 goal Herbie Pennell Cup welcomed the start of the Florida polo season yesterday, Sunday 4 January. An exciting match saw Casablanca (Grant Ganzi, Juancito Bollini, Miguel Novillo Astrada and Nic Roldan) rally in the second half to overcome Villa Del Lago (Jim Zenni, Agustin Obregon, Polito Pieres and Julian de Lusarreta), 13 goals to 11. Polito Pieres – playing off his American 9 goal handicap despite being raised to 10 in Argentina – opened the account for the Villa Del Lago team and scored the first goal of the game. Although Roldan quickly equalised for Casablanca, the first half of the match was very much in Villa Del Lago’s favour, ending the third chukka 9 goals to 5. Despite this four-goal deficit, Casablanca – headed up by Grant Ganzi, a promising young player and son of high goal patrons Marc and Melissa Ganzi – considerably improved their game in the second half. In the fourth chukka they managed to keep the Villa Del Lago attack at bay and notch up three goals on the scoreboard, meaning the team were only a goal behind their opposition going into the fifth. A 30-yard penalty apiece for Roldan and Pieres in the penultimate chukka meant the goal tally read 10-10 and all was to play for in the sixth. During the last chukka, 9 goaler, Novilla Astrada took Casablanca into the lead for the first time in the match, closely followed by his teammate Roldan who increased the team’s lead by two goals to take the score to 12-10. Villa Del Lago’s Pieres scored once again, but a final goal from Casablanca meant they rode off the pitch the first winners of the 2015 season at International Polo Club Palm Beach. Miguel Novillo Astrada was awarded Most Valuable Player whilst his mare, Paulina received the Best Playing Pony honours. Photograph: Nic Roldan, 8 goaler & member of The Herbie Pennell Cup winning team, Casablanca. By International Polo Club Palm Beach | | Other top stories Fri 19th Apr 2024 La Dolfina & Valiente Reach US Open Final Cambiasos will do battle once again
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