2020 Penny Cup

Congratulations to Horsegate for winning the 2020 Penny Cup!

MVP: Mason Wroe
BPP: Vengala, played by Toto Collardin, pictured with grooms, Evelyn and Santi

Final Score:
​Horsegate (7.5) def Pegasus/Propaganda (6) ​

Penny Cup Winners: Horsegate (L to R)
*Grace Parker, Lance Stefanakis, Toto Collardin, Anson Moore
*sub for Nick Stefanakis

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Congratulations to Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 for winning the 2020 Houston Classic!
Final Score:
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (7) def T Squared Energy/Specoil (4.5)

Houston Classic Winners: Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (L to R)
Cody Ellis, Nick Cifuni, Joanie Jackson, Isabel Artzer
(not pictured: Joe Bob Lequerica)

Welcome to the 2020 Penny Cup! We have 10 teams playing in our first Fall 6 Goal tournament.

Tournament Format
- Bracket 1 & 2: 3 teams in each bracket, teams will play 3 games cross bracket.  Teams will be ranked 1 through 6 based on records. Top 2 records advance to a cross bracket semifinal with Bracket 3.
- Bracket 3:  4 teams, everyone plays everyone. The top record advances to a cross bracket semifinal with Brackets 1 & 2.
- The 4th semifinalist is the better of the third place record in Brackets 1 & 2 and second place record in Bracket 3. We will have a shootout if both teams have tied records.
- For the semifinal pairings, Bracket winners will be separated. If possible, teams will play a team they have not played. Otherwise, bracket winners will draw from the other two.
 - For the 6 teams that do not move onto the semis, there will be a Houston Classic Subsidiary Tournament offered.

Cross Bracket Semifinal:
Brkt1/2 #1 vs TBA, Brkt3 #1 vs TBA

**All tied records & tied game rules are at the bottom of the page**

Reminders:
 - All players must have USPA Dues paid
https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
 - All players must have signed a HPC release form for this year
//houstonpoloclub.com/hpc-release-form/
 - Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spareholders, grooms, etc)
 - No dogs allowed on the ML Bar Ranch property please

Bracket 1
A. Sullivan Group / Vintage Polo 2 (2,1)
B. Pegasus / Propaganda (2,1)
C. CW Petroleum (0,3)

Bracket 2
D. Brown Bears / BPC (2,1)
E. Roxstars / Vintage Polo 1 (2,1)
F. T Squared Energy / Specoil (1,2)

Bracket 3
G. Rovers Romphouse (0,3)
H. BCI / Kanthaka (1,2)
I. ML Bar Ranch / Whitehall Ranch (2,1)
J. Horsegate (3,0)
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SCHEDULE
Thursday September 10
Pegasus/Propaganda (3.5) def *Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (2)
5:00pm @ Fulshear - North
Umps: K. Huddleston / G. Usandizaga
3rd Man: A. Moore
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Horsegate (7) def BCI/Kanthaka (6)
6:00pm @ Fulshear - North
Umps: K. Huddleston / M. Wroe
3rd Man: R. Mounter
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

T Squared Energy/Specoil (6) def *CW Petroleum (3) 
5:00pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: H. Tejera / C. Ellis
3rd Man: W. Brown
Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (5.5) def *Brown Bears/BPC (3)
6:00pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: H. Tejera / B. Middleton
3rd Man: M. Outhier
Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch (7) def *Rover's Romphouse (6)  SHOOTOUT
6:00pm @ Whitehall Ranch
Umps: S. Krueger / B. Mirikitani
3rd Man/Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Saturday September 12
ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch (9) def *BCI/Kanthaka (5.5)
10:00am @ Whitehall Ranch
Umps: B. Mirikitani / N. Galindo
3rd Man: C. Payan
Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Brown Bears/BPC (7) def CW Petroleum (3) 
11:00am @ Whitehall Ranch
Umps: B. Mirikitani / M. Torres
3rd Man: B. Lane
Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Pegasus/Propaganda (6) def T Squared Energy/Specoil (3.5)
10:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: K. Huddleston / J. Seward
3rd Man: J. Jackson
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (6) def *Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (5) OT 
11:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: K. Huddleston / T. Costello
3rd Man: D. Andras
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

CANCELLED
*Rover's Romphouse vs *Horsegate
5:00pm @ Horsegate
Umps: K. Huddleston / B. Mirikitani
3rd Man/Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Monday September 14
*Horsegate (12) def *Rover's Romphouse (7) 
5:30pm @ HPC - Flanders
Umps: K. Huddleston / B. Mirikitani
3rd Man/Timer: J. Tasdemir
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Tuesday September 15
*BCI/Kanthaka (7) def *Rover's Romphouse (4) 
5:00pm @  Pecan Acres
Umps: K. Huddleston / B. Mirikitani
3rd Man/Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Thursday September 17
Brown Bears/BPC (12) def *Pegasus/Propaganda (1.5) 
5:00pm @ BPC - #1
Umps: B. Mirikitani / T. Collardin
3rd Man: A. Benton
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

​Horsegate (11) def *ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch (3) 
6:00pm @ BPC - #1
Umps: B. Mirikitani / I. Saenz
3rd Man: P. Hobby
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (6) def CW Petroleum (4)
5:00pm @ BPC - #2
Umps: K. Huddleston / N. Cifuni
3rd Man: E. Tooth
Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (6) def *T Squared Energy/Specoil (5.5)
6:00pm @ BPC - #2
Umps: K. Huddleston / T. Freeman
3rd Man: C. Williams
Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

If Needed
Shootout immediately following games

Saturday September 19
Semis
Pegasus/Propaganda (8) def *ML Bar Ranch/ Whitehall Ranch (5.5)
10:00am @ ML Bar Ranch
Umps: K. Huddleston / S. Rice
3rd Man: N. Stefanakis
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Semis
*Horsegate (8) def Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (5)
11:00am @ ML Bar Ranch
Umps: K. Huddleston / M. Wroe
3rd Man: D. Luplow
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Houston Classic: Round Robin Semis
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 def *CW Petroleum def *Rover's Romphouse 
SG/VP2 (4) def RR (1.5)
SG/VP2 (4) def CW (3)
CW (4) def RR (2.5)
10:00am @ Fulshear - South
Umps: S. Krueger / Sitting Pro Umps (R. Orthwein, N. Galindo, C. Ellis)
3rd Man/Timer: K. Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Houston Classic: Round Robin Semis
*T Squared Energy/Specoil def BCI/Kanthaka vs *Brown Bears/BPC
T2E/SPL (2.5) def BB/BPC (1)
T2E/SPL (6.5) def BCI/KNK (5)
BCI/KNK (3.5) def (3)
10:00am @ Fulshear - North
Umps: B. Mirikitani / Sitting Pro Umps (C. Bowman, M. Munoz, T. Costello)
3rd Man/Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Thursday September 24
THURSDAY POLO CANCELLED
Penny Cup Finals
Pegasus/Propaganda vs Horsegate

Houston Classic Finals
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 vs T Squared Energy/Specoil

Consolation 

Consolation

Consolation

Saturday September 26
Outdoor Polo Cancelled

​ARENA PRACTICE CHUKKERS
10:30am@ BPC - Arena

1:30pm @ BPC - Arena

Thursday October 1
Penny Cup Finals
*Horsegate (7.5) def *Pegasus/Propaganda (6) 
4:45pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: K. Huddleston / S. Dalton
3rd man: N. Cifuni
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Houston Classic Finals
*Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (7) def *T Squared Energy/Specoil (4.5)
5:45pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: K. Huddleston / S. Dalton
3rd man: TJ Elordi
​Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Consolation 
CW Petroleum vs BCI/Kanthaka
4:45 @ Fulshear - North
Umps: T. Hudspeth
​Timer: KC Krueger

Consolation
Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 vs Rover's Romphouse
5:45 @ Fulshear - North
Umps: T. Freeman
​Timer: KC Krueger

USPA Delegate's Cup Draw
Following the Houston Classic Finals

Consolation
Brown Bears/BPC vs ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch
5:00pm @ BPC - #2

TEAMS
BCI/Kanthaka
Cara Kennedy  -0.5
Sylvia Kampshoff  0
Chad Bowman  2
Guillermo Usandizaga  4T
Handicap -- 5.5

Brown Bears/BPC
Will Brown / Scott Wood  0
Chino Payan  1
Martin Munoz  2
Ignacio Saenz  3
Handicap -- 6

CW Petroleum
Madi Outhier  -0.5
Chris Williams  0.5
Taylor Freeman  2
Nicolai Galindo  4
Handicap -- 6

Horsegate
Nick Stefanakis  -1
Anson Moore  0.5
Ariel Mancebo  1
Toto Collardin  5
Handicap -- 5.5

ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch
Abby Benton  -1
Bill Lane  0
Drew Luplow  2
Miguel Torres  4
Handicap -- 5

Pegasus/Propaganda
Paul Hobby  0.5
David Andras  1
TJ Elordi  0
Mason Wroe  4
Handicap -- 5.5

Rovers Romphouse
Debbie Shelton  -1
Tom Crea  1
Tiamo Hudspeth  1
Robert Orthwein  4
Handicap -- 5

Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1
Roxy Mounter -0.5
Lily Lequerica  -0.5 
Jimmy Seward  3
Shane Rice  4
Handicap -- 6

Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2
Joanie Jackson  -0.5
Joe Bob Lequerica  -0.5 / Isabel Artzer  -1
Nick Cifuni  3
Cody Ellis  4
Handicap -- 6 / 5.5

T Squared Energy/SpecOil
Nick Dunbar  0
Emma Tooth  -0.5
Tommy Costello  2
Bryan Middleton  3
Handicap -- 4.5

​Tied Games
If team handicaps indicate the possibility for a tied game, teams will be asked prior to the match for either shoot out or overtime. If both teams cannot agree, then teams will do a shootout.
 -- Shoot outs will follow USPA Rulebook Rule 14.d, pg 65.
 -- Rule 14.d: Each player, alternating teams, will shoot Penalty 3s. After all players have hit, the teams with more points is declared the winner.  Should a tie remain, ALL PLAYERS will hit again, however the team which hit first will now hit second.
 - Overtime will follow USPA Rulebook Rule 14c, pg 65.

Tied Records:
 In the case of seeding, teams will draw for placement.
 In the case of elimination:
 - If 2 teams have tied records and they did NOT play each other, then the tie is broken by a shootout.
 - If 2 teams have tied records and they HAVE played each other, then the tie is broken by who beat who. 
 - If 3 or more teams have tied records, then the tie is broken by a shootout.

Shootouts:
 -- 1 player from each team will shoot
 -- Shootout time and location is TBD and will be determined by the HTC

Round Robin Rules:
The winner of the Round Robin is the team with the best won-lost record.  In the event of a won/lost tie at the end of the Round Robin, the order of finish will be determined using the following method: 
1. Based on net goals
2. If net goals is inconclusive, then gross goals 
3. Lastly, the “shoot out” procedure set forth in USPA Outdoor Rule 14.d, if both net goals and gross goals are inconclusive

Round Robin Tied Game Rules:
Should any 2 chukker game result in a tie, the winner shall be determined by the shootout procedure in USPA Outdoor Rule 14.d except that only 1 player from each of the tied teams will shoot.  The shootout will take place immediately following the game between the 2 tied teams.