Photo: Sebastián Baroncini
The Sampacho and La Natividad teams claimed the third edition of the Copa Novillitos Deutsche Bank, presented by Río Uruguay Seguros, in the Elders and Youngsters categories, respectively, which took place last weekend at the La Aguada Polo Club, in Open Door, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
There was a good number of teams participating in this tournament for kids, all of whom enjoyed a great day's polo at the premises of the Novillo Astrada family. With even more teams than in past occasions, the kids were divided into two categories: Youngsters (8 to 10 years) and Elders (11 to 13 years), with six and eight teams respectively.
Following the qualifying stage, Sampacho defeated Las Bétulas 3-1 in the Elders' final, while La Natividad defeated La Aguada II 3-2 in the Youngsters final.
During the prize-giving ceremony, in the Youngsters category, Santiago Lavallol (El Paraíso team) received the Premio Fair Play, and Javier Guerrero (La Aguada) was named MVP. In the Elders category, Tomás Pistone (El Molino) won the Premio Fair Play, while Mateo Lalor (Las Bétulas) was named MVP.
(Photos: Sebastián Baroncini)
The Teams:
Copa Novillitos
Youngsters category
Zone 1
La Aguada
Mía Novillo Astrada
Rufino Bensadón
Alico Agote
Tomás Gorosito
Santos Solari
Las Alazanas
Thiago Suárez
Miguel Guerrero
Héctor Guerrero
Olivia Merlos
La Natividad
Camilo Castagnola
Bartolomé Castagnola, Jr.
Lorenzo Mortila
Juan Ezcurra
Zone 2
La Aguada II
Manuel Novillo Astrada
Javier Guerrero
Enrique Mirailles
Cruz Uranga
Indios Chapaleufú II
Antonio Heguy
Silvestre Heguy
Javier Uranga
Félix Uranga
El Paraíso
Santiago Lavallol
Santos Ballester
Cruz Heguy
Benjamín Bargallo
Elders category
Zone 1
La Aguada
Cruz Novillo Astrada
Lucas Bosch
Benjamín Mignaquy
Felipe Agote
El Molino
Tomás Pistone
Felipe Pistone
Agustín Torralva
Ignacio Vejo
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Justo Novillo Astrada
Benjamín Fernández Llorente
Hilario Figueras
Juan Lalor
Las Bétulas
Mateo Lalor
Agustín Bottaro
Francisco Peña
Francisco Uranga
Zone 2
Tortugas
Manuel Calafell
Andrea Mortilla
Don Fourcade
Silvestre Bosch
Sampacho
Gonzalo Santamarina
Segundo Merlos
Cruz González
Mariano González
Martindale
Juan Calafell
Segundo Saravi
Marcos Lafuente
Santos Lanfranco
La Picaza
Tomás Pasman
Tomás Solari
Federico Ferrecio
Jaime Benedit
