All Aspects of Youth Polo
National Tournament for Minors Thai Polo Female – La Irenita: Chiara Nalli Abad, Luisa Goti, Margarita Llorens & Lupita González Seniors – La Irenita: Salvador Bayugar, Juan Cruz Guiñazú, Tomás Bereterbide & Simón Stasi Minors – La Irenita: Fermín Mac Donough, Lucas Araya, Nicoleta Di Meo & Luis Padilla (H) Minis – La Cañada: Andino Donoso, Juan C. Nordheimer, Pedro Carmine & Bernardita A. Saravia Minis Minis – Three teams played a friendly tournament, made up of the following players: Lorenzo Etcheverz, Cayetano
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On Sunday 1 May, The National Tournament for Minors Thai Polo came to an end on Field 2 of Palermo. This year saw 34 teams, comprising of 136 future stars compete across six categories: Juveniles (players born in 2006 and 2007), Seniors (players born in 2008 and 2009), Minors (players born in 2010 and 2011), Minis (players born in 2012 and 2013), Minis Minis (players born in 2014 and onwards) and Female (female players born in 200, 2006 and 2007). The winning teams were: Juveniles – Venado Tuerto: Beltrán Riglos, Antonio Goti, Segundo Restivo & Benjamín Feeney
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Venado Tuerto, Juveniles winners of The National Tournament for Minors
Martín, Marcos O´Reilly & Jerónimo Villamil (Justo Buchanan) (La Irenita); Héctor Fachini, Malek Tarillo, Salvador Regueiro & Ramón Aguirre Saravia (La Dolfina); Hilario Hernández, Francisco Páez de la Torre, Rory Donovan & Bautista Bello (Murus Sanctus)
2022 New Zealand Cup St Andrews Charity Polo Tournament On Wednesday 20 April at the AAP’s Alfredo Lalor Headquarters in Pilar, the fourth edition of The New Zealand Cup was played. Five teams from four schools competed, with New Zealand Pacific School retaining the trophy after defeating Los Robles Azule 8-0 in the Final and Los Robles Amarillo took the runners-up prize after emerging victorious from the Subsidiary Round Robin.
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2022 New Zealand Cup Final Teams: New Zealand Pacific School: Artemio Figueras, Lucio Toccalino, Pedro Chavanne & León Donoso Los Robles Azul: Olimpo Taberna, Fermín Mac Donough, Ramiro Avendaño & Gaspar Nigoul
New Zealand Pacific School, winners of the 2022 New Zealand Cup
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New Zealand Black, winners of The Copa Santa Paula
The 2022 Copa Santa Paula Final was played between New Zealand Black and Los Robles Azul on Friday 29 April at the AAP’s Alfredo Lalor Headquarters in Pilar. The Cup was donated by the Reynal brothers in 1951 to honour their mother, Paula Llauró de Reynal. 12 teams competed in this year’s tournament, grouped into four leagues, representing seven secondary schools. New Zealand Black defeated Los Robles Azul 1310 to take the top trophy, while St. Catherine’s Moorlands secured The Bronze Cup with a 13-4½ win against New Zealand Grey.
Millfield School Polo Day Millfield School in Somerset will be hosting their polo day on Sunday 5 June as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The event is open to the whole Millfield community of parents, students, staff and invited VIP guests, with a series of polo matches, following an exhibition style format, featuring current students and Old Millfieldians. Is your youth polo not featured? Email editorial@polotimes.co.uk with all your youth polo news!
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2022 Copa Santa Paula The St Andrews Charity Polo Tournament returned in April
Saturday 16 April saw the return of The St Andrews Charity Polo Tournament which raises money for Help for Heroes over the course of three days. 26 teams played across all divisions and welcomed back St Andrews alumni players. Durham and Edinburgh tied for first place in the Beginner Division with Nottingham winning the Novice Division. The Intermediate Division was won by Exeter and St Andrews Alumni won the Hayward and Stott match. The Alumni match was won by the Braeburn whisky team and the US were champions in the UK/ US match. For social pictures from the event, please turn to our Sidelines pages. Polo Times, June 2022
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