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Second round of high-handicap Copa de Plata

Dos Lunas vs Las Monjitas, by Gonzalo Etcheverry

The second round of matches corresponding to the high-handicap Copa de Plata of the Torneo Internacional BMW de Polo went ahead on Monday, July 30th at the Santa María Polo Club, in Spain.

Lechuza Caracas, with Juan Martín Nero and Alejo Taranco heading the line-up, remained undefeated by overcoming HB Polo Team (Ignacio Toccalino and Alejandro Muzzio) 12-9. Later on in the day, Scapa played its first match in the event, with Marcos Di Paola and Facundo Elizalde, defeating Kaptive Leones (Agustín Merlos and Malcolm Borwick) 14-6 in OT. The third and final match of the day saw Dos Lunas Hublot, with Diego Cavanagh heading the team (he scored no less than nine goals) defeat Las Monjitas (Eduardo and Alejandro Novillo Astrada) 13-12.

Six high-handicap teams will return to the fields on Thursday August 2nd: Lechuza Caracas vs. Las Monjitas, HB Polo Team vs. Scapa, and Ayala vs. Kaptive Leones.

On Tuesday, July 31st it will be the turn of two of the medium-handicap Copa de Bronce teams: Marqués de Riscal will be facing Santa Quiteria. In what refers to the low-handicap Copa de Bronce, which kicks off this Tuesday, the fixtures are as follows: Bisontes vs. Indios Charrúa, El Castañar vs. El Fortín and Silex vs. Capial.

High handicap:

Copa de Plata:

Saturday, July 28th

Dos Lunas Hublot 12 vs. HB Polo Team 14

Ayala 10 vs. Las Monjitas 6

Kaptive Leones 10 vs. Lechuza Caracas 15

Monday, July 30th

Scapa 14 vs. Kaptive Leones 6

Dos Lunas Hublot 13 vs. Las Monjitas 12

HB Polo Team 9 vs. Lechuza Caracas 12

Thursday, August 2nd

Lechuza Caracas vs. Las Monjitas

HB Polo Team vs. Scapa

Ayala vs. Kaptive Leones

Sunday, August 5th

Dos Lunes Hublot vs. Kaptive Leones

Ayala vs. HB Polo Team

Las Monjitas vs. Scapa

Tuesday, August 7th

Lechuza Caracas vs. Scapa

Dos Lunas Hublot vs. Ayala

Thursday, August 9th

Semi-finals

Saturday, August 11th

Final

Médium handicap

Copa de Bronce

Sunday, July 29th

Bayswater London Gin 13 vs. Sapphire/Esp 12

Woodchester Los Dragones 7 vs. Seven Seven 13

Tuesday, July 31st

Marques de Riscal vs. Santa Quiteria

Wednesday, August 1st

Losers match 1 vs. Losers match 2

Winners match 1 vs. Winners match 2

Saturday, August 4th

Final

Low handicap

Copa de Bronce

Tuesday, July 31st

Bisontes vs. Indios Charrúa

El Castañar vs. El Fortín

Silex vs. Capial

Friday, August 3rd

Losers match 1 vs. Losers match 2

Winners match 1 vs. Winners match 2

Sunday, August 5th

Final

High-handicap teams:

Lechuza Caracas

V. Vargas 1

S. Stirling 3

Juan Martín Nero 10

Alejo Taranco 6

Total: 20

Dos Lunas Hublot

L. Domecq 1

P. S. De Vicuña 6

Diego Cavanagh 7

R. Rueda 6

Total: 20

Las Monjitas

C. Bautista 0

P. Berazadi 3

Eduardo Novillo Astrada 9

Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8

Total: 20

HB Polo Team

L. Pailoncy 2

S. Pailoncy 3

Ignacio Toccalino 8

A. Muzzio 7

Total: 20

Kaptive Leones

P. Fernandini 0

George Hanbury 5

Agustín Merlos 9

Malcolm Borwick 6

Total: 20

Ayala Polo Team

I. Zobel 0

S. Laborde 5

Lucas James 8

Ignatius Du Plessis 7

Total: 20

Scapa

M. Redding 1

F. Elizalde 6

Marcos Di Paola 8

J. Cavanagh 5

Total: 20

Médium handicap teams:

Bayswater London Gin

P. Mora 1

R. Trujillo 3

T. F. Llorente 7

G. Aguirre 1

Total: 12

Sapphire/Esp

K. Korst 2

J. Greguoli 4

R. G. Dagna 4

L. Isola 1

Total: 11

Santa Quiteria

J. Entrecanales 2

N. R. Guiñazú 3

P. Soria 5

G. Entrecanales 2

Total: 12

Woodchester Los Dragones

A. Nulty 0

M. Gómez 4

S. Cernadas 6

C. McKinney 1

Total: 11

Seven Sevens

D. Vozianov 0

M. Iturraspe 5

N. Espain 7

L. Welsh 0

Total: 12

Marques de Riscal

L. Aznar 0

P. Berazadi 3

M. Crespo 7

A. Aznar 1

Total: 11

Sainte Mesme

R. Strom 3

G. Charloux 3

C. Nordheimer 5

B. Strom 1

Total: 12

La Indiana

M. Bickford 1

L. Pallemoni 6

M. Charton 5

S. Rose 12

Low handicap teams:

Bisontes

J. Carabasa

L. A. De Borbon

S. Moyano

Puebla

Silex

R. Fagan

TBA

S. Torreguitar

Y. Espinosa

El Castañar

D. Entrecanales

F. Serra

M. F. Llanos

G. Gómez

El Fortín

H. Haynes

N. Johnson

M. Malacalza

TBA

Indios Charrúas

K. Calleja

D. Gariador

T. Town

P. Knight

Capial

TBA

C. Piñal

D. Gallego

D. Gallego