PLAYERS OF 2020

WELCOMING PLAYERS of 2020

Miguel Novillo Astrada CLUB PRO Handicap 9

Miguel is from a big polo family in Argentina. He won the Triple Crown in Argentina with his 3 brothers. His Father Taio, played in the USA with Skey Johnston for many years during the 80’s. Miguel has been playing in the USA since 1997. Miguel achieved 10 goals when winning the US Open in 2002 with Gillian Johnston for the Coca Cola Polo Team. Miguel is married to Marina and has 5 children, Mia, Tonia, Miki, Azul and Mora. 54

Kelly Beal Handicap 0

Kelly is a third generation polo player from Midland, Texas. His polo career with BTA polo team includes playing in Texas, Argentina, Florida, California and Wyoming in tournaments from 4 to 26 goal. Kelly is a USPA National Handicap committee member.

Lucio Benedit Handicap 3

Lucio was born in Buenos Aires but grew up in Paranà - Entre Rios. He started playing polo at the age of 13, and traveling to play at 20. Lucio is currently playing and training horses at Jan Pamela in Wyoming & Florida. Lucio has always enjoyed breeding and training polo horses. The ranch lifestyle around horses and his family is what he enjoys the most. His beautiful wife, Vanina Barci, has always supported him and accompanies him in his travels.

Fransisco Bilbao Handicap 5

Frankie was born in June 1970 in Trenque Lauquen, Argentina. He started playing polo at the age of 14 and began traveling at age 20 to groom and play. Frankie reached 6 goals in 2001 and has played all over USA and Canada. He currently plays in Point Clear, Alabama in the spring and fall months and The Villages in the winter. He is married to Martina and has two sons, Mateo and Cruz.

Bradford Blake Handicap 4

Brad is from Cold Spring Harbor LI NY and lives in Wellington, FL. His tournament victories include: Gold Cup of Americas [26], CV Whitney [26], Sterling Cup [22], Canadian Open [20], North American Cup [20], Mercedes Challenge Cup [20], Bronze Cup [12] His past teams include: Outback, White Birch, Millerville, Bud Light, La Lechuza, Grant's Farm, Santa Clara.

Chip Campbell Handicap 2

Chip divides his time between Point Clear, AL, Shreveport, LA and Big Horn, WY. He has recently expanded his company, Clearwater Land & Minerals with a working ranch in Big Horn, WY. Chip is married to Kim and has 2 children Camille and Camp and son-in law Hunter Latham. Both children are employed as engineers with 2 publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production companies based in Texas. Chip and his children are alumni of LSU.

Jeff Blake Handicap 6

Jeff is currently a resident of Wellington, FL. He grew up in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY. He loved playing ice hockey. He is currently 6 goals and 7 in the arena. He has won the US OPEN 3 times. Twice with Tim Gannon's Outback Polo Team in 1996, 1999 and again in 2008 with Crab Orchard. He played the US Open in 2008 with Nachi Heguy, Adolfo Cambiaso, George Rawlings. Jeff received MVP that year at the Open as well.

Julian De Lusarreta CLUB PRO Handicap 8

Julian was born in a little town called Coronel Suarez in Argentina and started playing polo when he was 7 years. He became a pro at 17. He now calls Intendente Alvear, La Pampa, his home and enjoys the mix of horses, polo and the farm lifestyle. Julian won the US Open in 2016 with Orchard Hill, Ylvisaker 2017 with Coca Cola and Joe Barry 2018 with Tonkawa. He was a Gold Cup and Queens Cup finalist in 2016 in England.

Paige Boone Handicap 1

Born and raised in Florida, Paige began playing polo in her teens. She attended Stetson University and upon graduation took a job at her hometown polo club in The Villages. She manages the club in the spring and fall, and enjoys spending her summers playing at the Flying H.

Craig Duke Handicap 0

Craig is patron for the NoTrees Polo Team out of Midland, TX. He has played polo for the last 32 years in various locales including West Palm Beach, Palm Desert, Santa Barbara, Jackson Hole, Nashville, Lexington, Santa Fe, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Africa, & Argentina. This is his 5th year back in Sheridan as he loves the ambiance of the polo here and the people of the area.

Camp Campbell Handicap 2

Camp currently lives in Point Clear, AL. He began riding and playing polo around the age of 12 when his father, Chip Campbell, began playing. Camp went to LSU where he majored in petroleum engineering. After college he went on to work for an oil and gas company as an operations engineer for roughly three years. He returned to Point Clear, AL in September 2019 to begin working with his family and be closely involved with the Clearwater polo

organization.

Roni Duke Handicap 0

Roni is the captain of the Parrotheads Polo Team out of Midland, Texas. She has played polo for 16 years, ever since her marriage to Craig. You can usually find her field-side with her team mascots, Pearl & Rebecca, two African Grey Parrots. The African Greys attend most games as they are polo celebrities in their own right. They get to visit their favorite polo people here in Sheridan.

Sugar Erskine CLUB PRO Handicap 6

Sugar grew up in South Africa. He came to the US to play polo after completing school. He was fortunate to be helped by many giving people. He is married to Brigitte and they have two sons, Caiden and Ashe “Peanut”. He has been on winning teams in the US Open, Camara, Gold Cup, Pacific Coast Open,East Coast Open, Yillvasaca, Joe Barry and Silver Cup.

Wayne Garrison Handicap 0

Wayne Garrison is a polo player from Big Horn, Wyoming. He has played at Lexington, Kentucky, Midland, Texas, Norman, Oklahoma, Indio, California, Wellington, FL, Argentina, Jackson, Wyoming, but his very favorite location is Big Horn. He is married to Pamela. They have a daughter Alexandra and a new Grandchild, Charlotte who is almost 2 years old!

Jake Flournoy Handicap 2

Jake is a multifamily developer based in Columbus Ga, where he learned polo from his family. He is active in development and polo around the southeast. He played polo at UVA, then in the military as an infantry officer in the US Marine Corps, and more recently served on the USPA Board of Governors. He is married to Anna and they have three sons all of whom are excited to visit Sheridan, WY.

Gillian Johnston Handicap 1

Gillian grew up in Chattanooga, TN and began playing polo at the age of 12. She currently divides her time between her home in West Palm Beach, FL and the Flying H Ranch in Big Horn, WY. Gillian is the patron for Bendabout Polo Team and credits her 2002 U.S. Open win as the highlight of her career.

Carlitos Galindo Handicap 3

Carlitos was born and raised in Indio California where his parents Carlos and Stacey played polo. He has played competitively all over the US and his career highlights include winning the Pacific Coast Open and the Silver Cup. He enjoys training young horses that allow him to mount himself and to sell. He currently plays for Evergreen Polo team in California in the winter and in the summers in Denver and Sheridan.

William Johnston Handicap 2

Will, his wife Kristen and their daughters Harper and Grace live in Wellington, Florida. They are very happy to be part of the summer polo season in Big Horn, Wyoming. Will is a promoter for the Port Mayaca Polo Club.

Hector Galindo Handicap 5

Hector started playing polo at the age of 12 in Midland, TX. He quickly rose to 9 goals and has played polo all across the world - from Europe to Africa to South America. Hector plays in Palm Beach, FL in the winter time and in Sheridan, WY in

the summers.

Steve Krueger Handicap 4

Native Texan Steve Krueger grew up in Argyle, Texas just north of Fort Worth. Steve honed his polo skills and played competitively in high school. At Texas A&M University, Steve won the Intercollegiate Championship 3 times. He began playing professionally at 19 and has continued moving up the ranks through other 20-goal tournaments. He plays in Texas, Florida, Wyoming and Santa Barbara. Steve is married to KC and they have a boy, Carty and a girl, Shirley Jean.

Juan “Pite” Ignacio Merlos Handicap 7

Pite started his polo career at Trenque Lauquen Polo Club and Hurlingham Polo Club. By the age of 23 he was 10 goals in the UK and USA. Pite breeds horses in Trenque Lauqien, producing 30 babies a year. His entire family is involved in their breeding operation, parents, brothers, nephews and his wife Mariana. Their children are Celina, 24, Juan Cruz, 22 and Valentina, 14.

Nicolás Sáenz Handicap 5

Polo has been a family tradition that goes back to both of Nicolás’ grandparents. Nicolás started playing around the age of 10. His family owns a breeding program, Polo Santa Ana, started around 50 years ago. It is now in the hands of a third generation with Nicolás in charge. He has a degree as a business administrator. He worked for 3 years in the livestock family business and now dedicates his time to Polo Santa Ana.

Jim Parr Handicap 1

Jim Parr has been a USPA member since 1986 and is currently a member of the USPA Finance Committee. He is active in The Villages Polo Club in Florida and is married to Jennifer Morse Parr. They have six children and own The Red Path Ranch in Banner, Wyoming. Together they enjoy shedding, hunting, fishing and

cattle ranching.

Thomas Sprung Handicap -1

Thomas Sprung has been building in the Denver area since 1978. Originally from New York, Tom moved to Denver in 1972 to attend the University of Denver. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, Tom started Sprung Construction as a subcontracting framing company. Over time, Sprung has evolved into a full service construction company. Husband to Cynthia, Father of Nick, Nathan and Noah, Grampy to Mary Jane and Thomas.

Gonzalo Teves Handicap 4

Gonzalo is from Santa Fe, Argentina. He resides in Point Clear, Alabama with his wife Carolina, and their two sons, Santos and Felipe. Gonzalo plays for Clearwater Polo Team in Point Clear, Alabama.