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Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011Editor & Publisher: Frederic Roy • phone: 561 315 3111 • polo@themorningline.com • © 2011 Trophy Inc. all rights reserved

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neSPreSSo at Great Meadow, Va.

Nespresso hosted the 25th Annual Commonwealth Polo Cup on Saturday, September 10, at Great Meadow Polo. The match had to be moved from the grass to the arena due to the vast (12” ++) amount of rain received from Hurricane Lee the previous week. Nespresso USA trailed the entire match. However,

Carlitos Gracida’s two-point goal in the last 20 seconds of the match topped Nespresso UK 8-7 for the win. Vice President of Nespresso NA Michelle McFaul (far left) presented the trophies with the cup of Nespresso to the players. From left, Team USA / USO (United Service Organizations) presented by Nespresso

USA: Marwan Mohey-el-Dien, Juan Salinas-Bentley, Carlitos Gracida, Ashley Van Metre. Team UK / BFF (British Forces Foundation) presented by Nespresso UK Capt. Matthew Blakiston, Ct. Doug White, Sub. Lt. Hiro Suzuki and Maj. (ret.) Mark Cann. Marker’s Mark Best Playing Pony was

, owned and played by Marwan Mohey-el-Dien; La Martina MVP was Hiro Suzuki; Maker’s Mark Best Shot Award was Carlitos Gracida (ph Jordan Koepke)

Greenwich 30th anniVerSary Sat 17PhotoS PaGe 3

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ML POLO UPDATE - Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 - AM

Polo at a Glance Greenwich Polo Club will host the St. Regis 1904 Polo Cup this Saturday September 17, 2011 to cel-ebrate the Club’s 30th Anniversary and 135 years of American Polo. The match is at 3 pm.

302 Polo / New Bridge will kick off its Fall 2011 season this Sunday 18 with the USPA Northrup Knox Cup. Five teams are entered in a 10 game round-robin, the two best teams advancing to the final played at New Bridge on October 2nd.

The Aiken Polo club will start its Fall season this Saturday, September 17 with the 6 goal Governors Cup.

Schedule & reSultS

rehabilitated by Keating and thrive today as an equestrian & community recreation-al property, and home of the Polo Series. Dating back more than 130 years here, the polo matches are a unique and popular Newport summertime tradition, open to the public. Audiences of several thousand spectators enjoy cheering for the international guests as well as for the home team. For more info, visit http://www.newportinternationalpolo.com

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302 Polo - New Bridge - Aiken, SC | info line 803-642-87802011 USPA Northrup Knox Cup Sun 18 5pm Taylor BMW vs. Winfield at New BridgeWed 21 11am Metal Tek vs. Taylor BMW at Meadow Hill 5pm Mt. Brilliant vs. Bendabout at New HavenFri 23 11am Metal Tek vs. Bendabout at Isinya 5pm Winfield vs. Mt. Brilliant at New BridgeSun 25 11am Mt. Brilliant vs. Taylor BMW at Meadow HillTues 27 5pm Winfield vs. Bendabout at New BridgeWed 28 5pm Mt. Brilliant vs. Metal Tek at IsinyaThurs 29 11am Taylor BMW vs. Bendabout at Meadow HillFri 30 5pm Metal Tek vs. Winfield at New HavenSat 1 Final of the Aiken Ladies Invitational at IsinyaSun 2 4pm Final of the Knox Cup at New Bridge One bracket / 5 team round-robin and finalBendabout 16 Metal Tek 16 Mt. Brilliant 16Gillian Johnston 1 Will Johnston 2 Bo Goodman 1Whistle Uys 5 Stevie Orthwein 4 Tomas Obregon 4Julio Arellano 9 Owen Rinehart 6 Julian Daniels 6Nick Morrison 1 Brad Blake 4 Juan Monteverde 5

Taylor BMW 15 Winfield 16Barb Uskup 0 Rick Hartnett 2Antonio Galvan 4 Willie Hartnett 4Tommy Biddle 6 Pelon Escapite 6Tiger Kneece 5 Ulysses Escapite 4----------------------------Aiken Polo Club | http://www.aikenpoloclub.org/USPA Governors Cup / 6 Teams, cross bracket and final (2 best records)Sat 17 11am Pony Up v Hutchinson Farms Whitney Sun 18 3pm Wildcat v Hutchinson FarmsTues 20 11am Airy Hall v WildcatThurs 22 4pm Pony Up v Airy HallFri 23 10am Derry Heir v Environmental WorksSun 25 10am Wildcat v Derry Heir TBD 3pm Airy Hall v Environmental WorksWed 28 10am Derry Heir v Pony Up TBD Thurs 29 5pm Environmental Works v Hutchinson FarmsSun 2 10:30 Final USPA Governors Cup

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Mashomack Polo Club will have the final of its USPA Congressional Cup 4 goalon Sunday 18 at 11 am: Smithfield vs. Longfield Blue

Meadowbrook Polo Club will have the final of the Laffey Fine Homes Cup 12 Goal Cup this afternoon at 5 pm. It will be a ceremonial event as one of the finalists Circa was unable to compete today with players having had to leave. Rain postponed this final from mid August. Ali and Stefano Natella and their La Magno-lia team with Mikey Matz, Francisco Ayala and Tomas Franco will be crowned the winners.

Newport Polo Club. Brasil will make its debut this Saturday, September 17th at 4pm in the Newport International Polo Series, a highlight of its 20th anniversa-ry season. The match features USA vs. Brasil on the polo grounds of historic Glen Farm at 715 East Main Road/Rte.138 in Portsmouth, RI. Competing for Brasil will be Luiz Matarazzo, Rodolfo Curbelo, Marcelo Jun-queira and José Catejon from the Sao Paulo region, where the largest concentration of polo is played in Brasil. Brasil is emerging on the international stage, as a World Championship contender after being a finalist 4 years ago, and advancing again this year to the final rounds of the FIP World Championship next month. Polo arrived in Brasil in the 1930’s and has gradually spread to other main re-gions as well, enjoying a long playing season from March through November. “We are excited to have the team from Brasil making its debut as the culmination of our international lineup this season,” explained Dan Keating, USA team captain and founder of the Polo Series. The Polo Series has hosted 25 nations over the years, England, Ireland, Scot-land, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, India, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Barbados, Canada, Hungary, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, and debuting this summer are Kenya and Brasil. The polo matches will run continuously every Saturday from June through Sep-tember. The Polo Series takes place in the bucolic setting of Glen Farm, the last 100 acres of what was once a 700-acre manorial farm whose settlement dates back to the 1600’s. Its classical stone barns from the Gilded Age and its park-like grounds were

Aerial of Newport Polo, more pictures on the website http://www.nptpolo.com/

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Bracket BHutchinson Farms 6Charlie Hutchinson IV 0Charlie Hutchinson V 1Tom Thayer 2Luis Galvan 3

Airy Hall 6Barry Limehouse 0 Brian Limehouse 1 Todd Martineau 2 Brad Limehouse 3 Derry Heir 6Colleen Donahey 0 Bob Donahey 1 Peter Blake 2 Craig Fraser 3

Bracket AWildcat 6Rob Berg 1 Doug Hoskins 2 Joseph Stuart 4 Ryan Gilbertson -1

Environmental Works 6Robin Melton 0 Matt Sheaffer 0 Marcos Onetto 3 Geoff Cameron 3 Pony Up 6Rick Salter 0 Gary Knoll -1 Francisco Eddy 4 Del Walton 3---------------------------------------Gulfstream Polo Club | http://www.gulfstreampolo.com/June-September Summer Polo -------------------------------------Mashomack Polo Club | http://www.mashomackpolo.com/ USPA Congressional Cup 4 goalSun 11 Smithfield def. Shekomeko / def. Hawk Hill vs. Longfield Blue def. Supersize Sun 18 11 am Final Smithfield vs. Longfield Blue

Shekomeko 4 Smithfield 4 Hawk HillWoody Keesee 0 Craig Callen 0 Ian Mactaggart -1Guy Merison 0 Don Langlois 1 Weston Gracida 2Max Chenaut 3 Max Crotto 2 Gustavo Alderete 3Conor Mahony 1 John Klopp 1 Phillip Mactaggart 0

Longfield Blue 4 Super Size 3Nick Beinstock -1 Bryan Colley 0Juan Olivera 2 Bruce Colley 1Hugo Lloret 3 Felix Martinez 2Duke Buchan 0 Oak Thorne 0 -------------------------------------------------------Meadowbrook Polo Club | http://www.meadowbrookpolo.com/ Laffey Fine Homes Cup 12 Goal | July-Aug, 2011 - La Magnolia winner---------------------------------------Santa Barbara Polo Club | http://www.sbpolo.com/ ---------------------------------------Saratoga Polo Association | http://saratogapolo.com/----------------------------------------Southampton Polo Club | http://www.southamptonpolo.com/Club Championship 12 goalSept 3-5 Ikepod def. Black Knights 5-3 VanLith def. Certified/Circa 10-9 La Magnolia def. Vanlith 10-8Sat 10 Final Ikepod def. La Magnolia 11-5

Ikepod 11Adam Lindeman 2Juan Martin Obregon 3Tommy Biddle 6Marcus Alberdi 0def. 11-5La Magnolia 12Stefano Natella 0Francisco Ayala 4Mikey Matz 3Tomas Franco 5 -----------------------------------------Virginia International Polo Club | Upperville VA | www.vipoloclub.comJune – September 4, 6, 8, 12 Goal / Polo School

Continued from page 2, Schedule & Results

neSPreSSo at Great Meadow

Right, Mark Cann for Team Nes-presso UK / BFF (British Forces

Foundation). (ph Jordan Koepke)

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neSPreSSo at Great Meadow

Above, Juan Salinas-Bentley, Carlitos Gracida and Ashley Van Metre for the Team USA / USO. Below, Ashley Van Metre and Carlitos Gracida (ph Jordan Koepke)