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The Feldman Cup National alumni tournament attracts six teams in Texas By Abi Abel • Photos by David Murrell
August Scherer was MVP in the Feldman Cup tournament.
Texas Mustangs galloped away with The Feldman Cup, defeating Triple Threat in the final, 17-14. Legends Polo Club in Kaufman, Texas, was filled with passionate intercollegiate and interscholastic alumni April 24-25, all competing for the USPA national I/I alumni tournament—The Feldman Cup. This year’s tournament drew former players from Culver Academy, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Southern Methodist University and Texas Tech University for an amazing weekend of old-school rivalry and competitive arena polo. Horsemanship was also in top form with players riding their personal horses as well as horses from Legends Polo Club and the Texas A&M polo program. Six teams competed in the event overall, four vying
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for the chance to have their names engraved in a coveted spot on the Feldman Cup trophy, and two teams in a B-flight. The first semifinal of the Feldman Cup pitted Texas Mustangs (Zain Saud, Jason Atkins, August Scherer) against Hufflepuff (Cuatro Tolson, Don English, Megan Rahlfs) with Hufflepuff receiving one goal on handicap. Scherer and Atkins each scored a goal for Texas Mustangs, only to be answered by Tolson and Rahlfs. Texas Mustangs benefited from a Penalty 1 and a goal scored off one of Hufflepuff’s ponies late in the chukker, giving the team a narrow 4-3 lead. Three goals from Scherer and one from Tolson in the second took the teams to halftime with a score of 7-4 in favor of Texas Mustangs.
