POLO REPORT DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF POLO PAC I F I C C OA S T
KERRI KERLEY
SAPA POLO TAKES ROSSMORE & CASH
Sapa Polo’s Jesse Bray muscles his way between an approaching Remy Du Celliee Muller and Tomas Alberdi in the Rossmore Cup final.
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HE Eldorado Polo Club in Indio, California, completed its season with the 12-goal USPA Rossmore Cup and Polo Skins Game on March 21. Sapa Polo came away the winner of both, taking the trophies as well as $24,000 in cash. Sapa Polo (Igor Seyranov, Jesse Bray, Marcos Alberdi, Bayne Bossom) took on Bensoleimani.com (Ben Soleimani, Juan Curbelo, Tomas Alberdi, Remy Du Celliee Muller) in a final match where each chukker was
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worth $6,000. Tomas Alberdi struck first, sinking a Penalty 2 for bensoleimani.com but Marcos Alberdi got that back with a penalty conversion of his own. The teams were tied 1-1, meaning the $6000 rolled over to the winner of the second chukker. Marcos Alberdi split the uprights with a field goal, then followed with Penalty 2, both that went unanswered, giving Sapa the $12,000 bounty. Sapa kept up the momentum with
Marcos Alberdi scoring one and Bray tallying two, to take a 6-1 lead, and earning another $6,000. The halftime break didn’t stop Sapa’s momentum. Marcos Alberdi counted a pair of Penalty 2s and field goal added to one from Bossom to increase the lead to 10-1 at the end of the fourth. The team had also earned another $6,000. Bossom traded goals with Tomas Alberdi in the fifth, rolling the $6,000 into the next chukker. Alberdi
