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80th Tortugas Open
Photography by Matias Callejo/ Prensa AAP Ellerstina, winners of The 80th Tortugas Open Final The Subsidiary Final for The Sarmiento Cup saw La Ensenada La Aguada beat La Natividad Monjitas 15½-12, with Elovero Fisura (Beautiful Bob x Soy La Figurita), played by Polito Pieres selected as the Best Playing Pony Polo Argentino.
Undefeated Retain Title
Final of firsts for Laprida & Cambiaso Jnr
Two of the great Argentine with Nero, MacDonough and Stirling all organisations, Ellerstina and sidelined with injury, their places filled La Dolfina Saudi, took to the instead by 14-year-old Adolfo ‘Poroto’ Alfredo Lalor Grounds of the Cambiaso who made history as the youngest Argentine Association of Polo, in Pilar for ever player to compete in The Argentine The Tortugas Open Final the first phase of Triple Crown, alongside Brazilian Rodrigo The Argentine Triple Crown. However, this Andrade and Iñaki Laprida. Meanwhile, Final was unusual as the La Dolfina Saudi defending champions Ellerstina were line-up varied from its usual quartet of 10 confident and strong, with Hilario Ulloa goalers Adolfo Cambiaso, Juan Martín Nero, slotting in perfectly alongside the Pieres trio, Pablo MacDonough and Pelón Stirling, dominating the play from the outset and by Ellerstina
The Sarmiento Cup Final Teams: La Ensenada-La Aguada (32):
Segundo Bocchino (6), Alfredo Bigatti (8), Matías Torres Zavaleta (8) & Jerónimo Del Carril (7)
La Natividad-Las Monjitas (36):
Camilo ‘Jeta’ Castagnola (8), Pablo Pieres (10), Bartolomé Castagnola (9) & Nachi Du Plessis (9)
La Ensenada La Aguada, winners of The Subsidiary Final for The Sarmiento Cup
half-time enjoyed a 10-4 lead, with Facundo Pieres responsible for seven of his team’s goals in the first four chukka.
After half-time, Ellerstina continued their offensive and maintained their advantage, with both impressive attack and defence. By the last chukka, Ellerstina led 16-5, a last-minute penalty conversion from Laprida saw another goal notched up for La Dolfina Saudi, but it still left a huge gap in the scores with a final score of 16-6. The win meant Ellerstina achieved their twelfth Tortugas Open title, with Facundo and Gonzalito Pieres enjoying their ninth title, with the brothers’ only two Tortugas titles behind the historic top winners of the tournament Pablo Mac Donough and Alberto P. Heguy with 11 wins apiece.
The 80th Tortugas Open Final Teams
Ellerstina (39)
Facundo Pieres (10) Hilario Ulloa (10) Gonzalito Pieres (9) Nicolás Pieres (10)
La Dolfina Saudi (32)
Adolfo Cambiaso (10) Poroto Cambiaso (6) Rodrigo Andrade (8) Iñaki Laprida (8)
Chukka scores: 4-0, 5-2, 8-3, 10-4, 12-5, 15-5, 16-6 to Ellerstina 14 NOV 22 NOV FINAL
BPP
Guillermo Villanueva & Gastón Lucero with third man Martín Pascual
BPP Polo Argentino:
Mega Chistosa (Sportivo x Ellerstina Simpatía), played by Facundo Pieres Where: Alfredo Lalor AAP, Pilar
26 goals
Tournament Top Goal Scorer: Facundo Pieres with 26 goals
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