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Los Pingos del Taita foursome claims title at Washington club

Team lifts Copa Full Grass, with Cambiaso having taken part in event

Photo: Washington Polo Club - PoloTodayNetwork

Monday, April 30th, a holiday this year in Argentina, saw the final of the Copa Full Grass go ahead. The tournament was hosted by the Club Washington (located in the province of Córdoba, Argentina) in this, the venue’s 108th anniversary.

Washington Los Pingos del Taita and Washington Latam Agro played the tournament's main final, with the first-named team winning 11-9. In what refers to subsidiary cup honours, Washington Toyota-Alianz defeated Washington Lindsay 9-8.

Two-handicap player Cristóbal Jantus (of Los Pingos del Taita) was

named MVP, while Dolfina Mig 23, belonging to Julio Ruggeri (Latam Agro) was awarded Best Playing Pony honours.

This tournament took place between April 25th and 30th, with 12 teams taking part, handicaps of up to 15 goals. Adolfo Cambiaso was the top player present, forming part of the Washington Grupo Slots team.

Copa Full Grass.

Results:

Wednesday, April 25th

TMT 8 vs. Amadas 6

Syngenta 10 vs. Grupo Slots 6

Los Pingos del Taita 6 vs. Latam Agro 5

Pannar 14 vs. Alfalfar 9

Thursday, April 26th

Toyota-Alianz 6 vs. Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 3

Lindsay 6 vs. TMT 5

Grupo Slots 7 vs. Los Pingos del Taita 5

Latam Agro 9 vs. Syngenta 3

Amadas 7 vs. El Colibrí 5

Friday, April 27th

Alfalfar 9 vs. Toyota-Alianz 8

Lindsay 11 vs. Amadas 10

Pannar 8 vs. Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 7

El Colibrí 6 vs. TMT 4

Saturday, April 28th

Los Pingos del Taita 10 vs. Syngenta 7

El Colibrí 7 vs. Lindsay 6

Pannar 7 vs. Toyota-Alianz 6

Alfalfar 8 vs. Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 7

Latam Agro 9 vs. Grupo Slots 8

Sunday, April 29th

Semi-finals

Pannar vs. Latam Agro

El Colibrí vs. Los Pingos del Taita

Monday, April 30th

Final

Los Pingos del Taita 11 vs. Latam Agro 9

The Teams:

Zone 1

Grupo Slots

Darío Ahuad 1

Fabricio García 0

Tomás Gagliardi 2

Adolfo Cambiaso, Jr. 10

Total: 13

Latam Agro

Benjamín Saharrea 1

Florencio Alemán 0

Julio Ruggeri 3

Francisco Beláustegui 3

Total: 7

Los Pingos del Taita

Cristóbal Jantus 2

Facundo Berdina 2

Gastón Otamendi 5

Federico Uribe 5

Total: 14

Syngenta

Lorenzo Varela 0

Gonzalo Laborde 3

Sebastián Borghi 4

David Bernal 6

Total: 13

Zone 2

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000

Ernesto Gutiérrez 0

Manuel Díaz Cazón 3

José Petracchi 3

Federico von Potosvky 6

Total: 12

Toyota-Alianz

Carlos Hidalgo 1

Manuel Serra 3

Federico Farina 2

Fernando Santillán 6

Total: 13

Alfalfar

Juan Cruz Adrogué 1

Juan Berdina 2

Ignacio Acuña 3

Rubén Sola 6

Total: 12

Pannar

Pablo Vidart 1

Agustín Andrada 3

Juan José Liprandi, Jr. 3

Fernando Reynot Blanco 6

Total: 13

Zone 3

Lindsay

Paolo Veronesi 1

Mariano Alvarez 1

Gabriel Iglesias 3

Matías Magrini 8

Total: 13

El Colibrí

Eduardo Hidalgo 1

Raúl Fenestraz 2

Francisco Guiñazú 4

Franco Gai, Jr. 5

Total: 12

Amadas

Jorge Villamarín 2

Diego Fernández Ocampo 4

Juan Pablo Funes 4

Agustín Lorea 5

Total: 15

TMT

Luciano Cieza 1

Ignacio Ferrari 2

Carlos Sola 5

Ignacio Tillous 6

Total: 14