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Prestonwood Polo Club’s
“ Fall Fandango” College
Polo Tournament at the end of 2013 was a great success.
Five colleges participated: CSU, TCU, Texas Tech, OSU
and UT, playing 12 games over two- and-a-half days.
They also hosted an umpire clinic with the USPA’s Chief
National umpire,
Steve Lane
. Prestonwood’s home team,
TCU Women’s Polo won both of their matches under
Coach
Vaughn Miller
, Interscholastic boys coach. TCU’s
Fall Fandango Team, from left to right, Bri Mortier, Sarayah
Voorhees, Lauren Dungan, Julia Ancey, Danielle Cruse,
Katie Phillips and Paige Nissen.
Photo by Lisa Ingason
Our condolences to the family of
Arthur Williams
.
Arthur Williams, 87, died December 28, 2013. He
was a longtime civic leader, polo enthusiast, skier,
sailor, and devoted father, brother and friend. Arthur
was an avid polo player for 40 years. He and a group
of longtime friends founded the first professional
polo league in the
Mad River Valley
, and he played
in tournaments throughout New England and in
Canada.
During 2013,
Prestonwood Polo Club’s
Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Polo
programs really took off. In only their
second year to compete, the Prestonwood
boys Interscholastic Team won the
Central Regional Championship
arena
polo, competing in Indio California on the
national level as the youngest team in the
tournament. In April, Prestonwood hosted the
USPA National Youth Tournament Series field
polo matches, in which Prestonwood team
members
Vaughn
and
Vance Miller
were on
the winning first place team while Prestonwood
team members Vaughn Miller and
Ronnie
Puente
won All Stars awards. The USPA has
awarded Prestonwood the National Interscholastic Preliminary Tournament for the Central Region, to be held February 6-9 in the
Prestonwood Arena. The public is welcome to come out and experience the thrill of this unique youth sport. For more information
visit
. From left to right,
Prestonwood winners of the Central Regional championship 2013, Vance
Miller, Andrew Garcia, Ronnie Puente, Vaughn Miller with Texas A & M coach and Prestonwood coach
.
Photo by Dena Miller
One of the world’s
most glamorous winter
destinations,
Aspen
was the setting for the
Piaget World Snow
Polo
Championship
at Wagner Park. Top-
ranked Argentine polo
players
Facundo Pieres
and
Gonzalito Pieres
of the Piaget Ellerstina
Polo team, and polo’s
most famous face,
Nacho Figueras,
joined
America’s top-ranked
player,
Nic Roldan,
along with hosts and co-
founders of the Aspen
Valley Polo Club,
Marc
and Melissa Ganzi
and
Larry Boland,
President of Piaget North America, to host the round robin
tournament. The Piaget team, featuring
Gonazlito Pieres, Marc Ganzi
and
Kris Kampsen
competed against the St. Regis team featuring
Nacho Figueras, Nic Roldan,
and
Brandon Phillips.
Excitement was
in the air, as the two teams battled it out, with Phillips and Figueras each
scoring a goal to deliver a 2-0 win for St. Regis, who ultimately scored the
overall victory. Final Score: St. Regis – 3 Audi – 2 Piaget – 1.
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