Congratulations to Brown Bears/BPC for winning the 2020 USPA Master's Cup!
MVP: Ignacio Saenz
BPP: Charlie, played by Jimmy Seward, pictured with son Tate
Final Score:
Brown Bears/BPC (5) def Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (4)
MVP: Ignacio Saenz
BPP: Charlie, played by Jimmy Seward, pictured with son Tate
Final Score:
Brown Bears/BPC (5) def Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (4)
Winners: Brown Bears/BPC
(L to R) Grace Mudra, Chino Payan, Martin Munoz, Ignacio Saenz
(not pictured: Scott Wood and Will Brown)
(L to R) Grace Mudra, Chino Payan, Martin Munoz, Ignacio Saenz
(not pictured: Scott Wood and Will Brown)
Congratulations to Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 for winning the 2020 Fall Classic!
Final Score:
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (7) def BCI/Kanthaka (3)
Final Score:
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (7) def BCI/Kanthaka (3)
Winners: Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2
(L to R) Cody Ellis, Nick Cifuni, Joanie Jackson, Isabel Artzer
(L to R) Cody Ellis, Nick Cifuni, Joanie Jackson, Isabel Artzer
Welcome to the 2020 USPA Master's Cup! We have 10 teams playing in our third and final 6 Goal tournament this Fall season!
Tournament Format
- Bracket 1 & 2: 3 teams in each bracket, teams will play 3 games cross bracket.
- Bracket 3: 4 teams, everyone plays everyone.
- After the 3 games of bracket play, all teams will be ranked 1 through 10 based on records.
- 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.
- Records 1 through 4 will advance to the semifinals.
- Records 5 through 10 will move to the Fall Classic subsidiary tournament.
- For the semifinal pairings, if possible, teams will play a team they have not played. Otherwise, Record #1 vs Record #4, Record #2 vs Record #3.
If there are tied records in the semifinal pairings, then we will draw for placement.
**All tied records & tied game rules are at the bottom of the page**
Tournament Format
- Bracket 1 & 2: 3 teams in each bracket, teams will play 3 games cross bracket.
- Bracket 3: 4 teams, everyone plays everyone.
- After the 3 games of bracket play, all teams will be ranked 1 through 10 based on records.
- 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.
- Records 1 through 4 will advance to the semifinals.
- Records 5 through 10 will move to the Fall Classic subsidiary tournament.
- For the semifinal pairings, if possible, teams will play a team they have not played. Otherwise, Record #1 vs Record #4, Record #2 vs Record #3.
If there are tied records in the semifinal pairings, then we will draw for placement.
**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. Roxstars / Vintage Polo 1 (2,1)
B. Eureka / Horsegate (2,1)
C. CW Petroleum (1,2)
Bracket 2
D. T Squared Energy / Specoil (0,3)
E. Brown Bears / BPC (2,1)
F. Rover's Romphouse (2,1)
Bracket 3
G. Sullivan Group / Vintage Polo 2 (2,1)
H. Pegasus / Propaganda (3,0)
I. ML Bar Ranch / Whitehall Ranch (1,2)
J. BCI / Kanthaka (0,3)
SCHEDULE
Thursday October 22
*ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch (4.5) def BCI/Kanthaka (4)
4:15pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: K. Huddleston / M. Munoz
3rd Man: J. Cernadas
Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Eureka/Horsegate (3.5) def Brown Bears/BPC (2)
5:15pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: K. Huddleston / C. Bowman
3rd Man: D. Luplow
Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse
CW Petroleum (10) def *T Squared Energy/Specoil (7)
4:15pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: S. Krueger / R. Orthwein
3rd Man: J. Seward
Timer: Co. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (6) def Rover's Romphouse (3)
5:15pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: S. Krueger / N. Galindo
3rd Man: N. Dunbar
Timer: Co. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Pegasus/Propaganda (4) def *Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (3)
5:15pm @ Fulshear - North
Umps: S. Dalton / J. Weaver
3rd Man/Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Saturday October 24
Pegasus/Propaganda (6) def *BCI/Kanthaka (5.5)
10:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: S. Dalton / S. Rice
3rd Man: T. Costello
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (6) def *T Squared Energy/Specoil (3)
11:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: S. Dalton / M. Wroe
3rd Man: D. Andras
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (9) def ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch (3.5)
11:00am @ Whitehall Ranch
Umps: S. Krueger / J. Cernadas
3rd Man: T. Crea
Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Rover's Romphouse (5) def Eureka/Horsegate (2.5)
12:00pm @ Whitehall Ranch
Umps: S. Krueger / M. Torres
3rd Man: C. Ellis
Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Brown Bears/BPC (7) def *CW Petroleum (3)
10:00am @ BPC - #2
Umps: K. Huddleston / C. Woodfin
3rd Man/Timer: T. Scilufo
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Thursday October 29
*Eureka/Horsegate (7) def *T Squared Energy/Specoil (5)
11:00am @ Horsegate
Umps: S. Dalton / K. Huddleston
3rd Man/Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Rover's Romphouse (4.5) def CW Petroleum (4)
4:15pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: S. Dalton / N. Cifuni
3rd Man: G. Usandizaga
Timer: Co. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (9) def *BCI/Kanthaka (4)
5:15pm @ Fulshear - South
Umps: S. Dalton / T. Freeman
3rd Man: T. Hudspeth
Timer: Co. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Brown Bears/BPC (7) def *Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (4)
4:15pm @ BPC - #1
Umps: K. Huddleston / D. Luplow
3rd Man: TJ Elordi
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
*Pegasus/Propaganda (5) def ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch (2.5)
5:15pm @ BPC - #1
Umps: K. Huddleston / I. Saenz
3rd Man: S. Rice
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Friday October 30
Shootout - top 3 teams move on to semis
3:45pm @ Tonkawa - Main
Roxstars / Vintage Polo 1
Eureka / Horsegate
Brown Bears / BPC
Rover's Romphouse
Sullivan Group / Vintage Polo 2
Saturday October 31
Semis
*Brown Bears/BPC (8) def Pegasus/Propaganda (5.5)
10:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: K. Huddleston / J. Seward
3rd Man: L. Stefanakis
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Semis
Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (7) def *Eureka/Horsegate (5)
11:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: K. Huddleston / M. Wroe
3rd Man: C. Payan
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Fall Classic Round Robin semis
Sullivan Grp/Vintage Polo 2 def T Squared Energy/Specoil def ML Bar/Whitehall
T2/SPL (2.5) def MLB/WHR (2)
SG/VP2 (3) def MLB/WHR (2.5)
SG/VP2 (4) def T2/SPL (2.5)
10:00am @ ML Bar Ranch
Umps: S. Dalton / Sitting Pro Umps (M. Torres / B. Middleton / C. Ellis)
3rd Man/Timer: KC Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Fall Classic Round Robin semis
BCI/Kanthaka def Rover's Romphouse def CW Petroleum
BCI/KNK (4) def CWP (2.5)
RR (3) def CWP (2)
BCI/KNK (2) def RR (1.5)
10:00am @ Fulshear - North
Umps: C. Woodfin / Sitting Pro Umps (N. Galindo / G. Usandizaga / T. Hudspeth)
3rd Man/Timer: T. Scilufo
Thursday November 5
USPA Master's Cup Finals
*Brown Bears/BPC (5) def *Roxstars/Vintage Polo 1 (4)
3:00pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: K. Huddleston / S. Dalton
3rd Man: C. Bowman
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Fall Classic Finals
*Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 (7) def *BCI/Kanthaka (3)
4:00pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: K. Huddleston / S. Dalton
3rd Man: I. Saenz
Timer: K. Wroe
*Please bring 1 ump horse
Consolation
CW Petroleum (5.5) def Pegasus/Propaganda (5)
3:00pm @ Fulshear - South
Ump: T. Costello
Timer: Co. Williams
Consolation
T Squared Energy/Specoil (4.5) def Rover's Romphouse (3)
4:00pm @ Fulshear - South
Ump: M. Wroe
Timer: Co. Williams
Saturday November 7
Match Game
Sullivan Group/Vintage Polo 2 vs T Squared Energy/Specoil vs BCI/Kanthaka
10:00am @ Fulshear - North
Umps: Sitting Pro Umps (C. Bowman / T. Costello / N. Cifuni)
Timer: Co. Williams
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
Eureka / Horsegate
*Rene Campos 0.5
Anson Moore 0.5
Lance Stefanakis 0
Jorge Cernadas 4
Handicap -- 5
*Nick Stefanakis -1
ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch
Abby Benton -1
*Bill Lane 0
Drew Luplow 2
Miguel Torres 4
Handicap -- 5
*Fox Benton 0
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
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
Eureka / Horsegate
*Rene Campos 0.5
Anson Moore 0.5
Lance Stefanakis 0
Jorge Cernadas 4
Handicap -- 5
*Nick Stefanakis -1
ML Bar Ranch/Whitehall Ranch
Abby Benton -1
*Bill Lane 0
Drew Luplow 2
Miguel Torres 4
Handicap -- 5
*Fox Benton 0
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.
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.
