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says. “It makes you play smarter, and push a little harder, because you don’t want to hear about them beating you when you get home. They can almost always guess what I am going to do, so I have to try to be smarter.”

Family Ties All Around

Camillo Bautista’s Las Monjitas U.S. Open team will feld another set of brothers, as Javier and Eduardo Novillo-Astrada join Santiago Toccalino to face the second half of their personal band of brothers, Ignacio and Miguel Novillo-Astrada playing with Polito Pieres (a cousin, not brother to Gonzalito, Facundo and Nicolas), for Bob Jornayvaz’s Valiente team.

Confused yet? That’s four Novillo-Astrada brothers, playing in sets of two, who will be galloping the manicured greens of IPC, also hoping for family ties to play more advantageous than harmful in their pursuit of a championship title.

“It is great because if [my] brothers beat me they are the top,” says Eduardo. “If they are the top, they get the cup so the trophy stays in the family. I know them a lot and they know me, but that makes it a bit more fun and more diffcult because they know what

Bobby Jornayvaz . ............. 0 Polito Pieres ...................... 8 Miguel Astrada .................. 9 Nacho Astrada . ................. 9 26 goals

Marc Ganzi ........................ 1 Nicolas Pieres ................... 7 Gonzalito Pieres .............. 10 Rodrigo Andrade ............... 8 26 goals

Camilo Bautista ................. 0 Javier Astrada ................... 9 Eduardo Astrada ............. 10 Santiago Toccalino ............ 7 26 goals

Melissa Ganzi . .................. 0 Nachi Heguy . .................... 9 Lolo Castagnola ................ 9 Juan Bollini......................... 6 24 goals

Gillian Johnston . ............... 1 Magoo LaPrida .................. 9 Julio Arellano ..................... 9 Sugar Erskine . .................. 7 26 goals

Lyndon Lea . ...................... 1 Sebastian Merlos ............ 10 Facundo Pieres ............... 10 Mariano Uranga ................ 5 26 goals

Julian Mannix .................... 3 Fred Mannix ...................... 6 Mariano Aguerre . ............ 10 Mariano Gonzalez ............. 7 26 goals

Steve Van Andel ................ 0 Hector Galindo .................. 7 Lucas Criado ..................... 9 Pablo MacDonough . ....... 10 26 goals

Bob Daniels ....................... 0 Santiago Chavanne . ......... 9 Bautista Heguy .................. 9 Agustin Garcia Grossi ....... 8 26 goals

Martin Espain .................... 6 Victor Vargas ..................... 1 Guillermo Caset Jr. . .......... 9 Juan Martin Nero . ........... 10 26 goals

Ignatius du Plessis ............ 7 Hilario Ulloa ....................... 9 Adolfo Cambiaso ............. 10 George Rawlings . ............. 0 26 goals

you are going to do. Even if we win or lose, I will be happy,”

Learned Teamwork or Familial Cohesion?

For the second year in a row, The Hawks will see the return of Canada’s Mannix brothers, Julian and Frederick, teaming with Mariano Aguerre and Mariano Gonzalez. 18 year old Julian Mannix made a successful debut on the East Coast last year in the 20 goal tournaments at the International Polo Club after spending two years honing his skills during California’s winter season at the Eldorado Polo Club. He walks into a practiced teamwork between older brother Frederick and Mariano Aguerre, who have played together in both the U.S. and Argentina for the last two years. This season will be a showdown of learned teamwork versus innate cohesion, a true demonstration of hard work against behavioral knowledge of an opponent who will also be joining you at the dinner table that evening. Should you lose, perhaps it will be your brother on the podium instead of you, allowing for a gracious amount of happiness for their success over yours, and likely an overwhelming sense of rivalry that will push that player ever harder in the next match.

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