Mon 17th Aug 2015USPA East Coast Open teams announcedSix teams to compete for the title at Greenwich Polo Club
The historic East Coast Open will begin on 23 August, with the Finals to be played on Sunday 6 September. The United States Polo Association (USPA) and Greenwich Polo Club, in partnership with Audi, Town & Country and Lancôme, have announced that six teams will compete for The Perry Cup at the USPA East Coast Open. The matches will take place over three consecutive Sunday afternoons at Greenwich Polo Club in Greenwich. To follow the event on Twitter use #EastCoastOpen. The USPA will live-stream preliminary matches on ChukkerTV.com, and NBC Sports Network will air a 60 minute national broadcast of the Final on Thursday 13 September at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time. Regular faces on the American circuit include Nic Roldan, Tommy Biddle and Mariano Aguerre. Founder of Greenwich Polo Club and 2 goal player Peter Brant will be playing for 20 goal team White Birch. East Coast Open teams: Airstream (20): Peter Orthwein (0), Guillermo Agüero (6), Matias Magrini (8) & Michel Dorignac (6) Audi (20): Marc Ganzi (1), TBC (6), Nic Roldan (8) & Gonzalo Garcia del Rio (5) KIG (20): Bash Kazi (0), Valerio Zubiaurre (7), Mariano Obregon (7) & Pelon Escapite (6) Turkish Airlines (17): Bruce Colley (1)/Joseph Meyer (1), Joaquin Panelo (4), Tomas Garcia del Rio (8) & Stevie Orthwein (4) McLaren Greenwich (19): Christopher Brant (1), Nick Manifold (5) Joao Paulo Ganon (7) & Tommy Biddle (6) White Birch (20): Santino Magrini (0), Hilario Ulloa (9), Mariano Aguerre (9) & Peter Brant (2) Photograph: Nic Roldan, who will play for Audi, in action for Thai Polo at Cowdray Park Polo Club. By ©www.imagesofpolo.com |