2024 USPA General S. Brown

Congratulations to BTA for winning the 2024 USPA General S. Brown!

MVP: Maddie Grant

BPP: LAC Melanja, played and owned by Kendall Plank, pictured with Emily Barry

​Final Score:
BTA (8.5) def Island Time Polo/Plank Companies (7)

Winning Team: BTA
​(L to R) Chrys Beal, Maddie Grant, Harrison Azzaro, KC Krueger

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Congratulations to Piney Woods Polo for winning the Commander's Cup!

Final Score:
Piney Woods Polo def La Portola def Pegasus
PWP (3) tied PEG (3)
LP (3) def PEG (2.5)
​PWP (5.5) def LP (3)

Winning Team: Piney Woods Polo
(L to R) Jack Kiely, Drew Luplow, Grace Mudra, Marit Stout

Welcome to the 2024 USPA General S. Brown! HPC is excited to host this tournament in conjunction with Traveller's Rest Polo Club. We have 11 teams playing in our first 6 goal tournament of the season! 

Tournament Format
Group A: Bracket 1 plays cross bracket with Bracket 2
- Bracket 1: 3 teams
- Bracket 2: 3 teams
Group B: Bracket 3 plays cross bracket with Bracket 4
- Bracket 3: 3 teams
- Bracket 4: 2 teams

Semifinal Pairings
 - After Bracket play, teams will be ranked 1-11 based on win percentages, top 4 win percentages overall advance to the semifinals.  For the semifinal pairings, if possible, teams will play a team they have not yet played. Otherwise, percentage #1 vs percentage  #4, percentage  #2 vs percentage  #3.

Tied Percentages for Semifinals
 - In case of elimination from the top 4 spots, teams will shootout
 - In case of seeding, teams will draw for placement

Subsidiary Semifinals:
​ - The remaining 7 teams will advance to the Subsidiary Tournament:
Pairings will be based on teams that have not yet played each other, or if necessary we will draw for who plays who.
 - The 3 winning teams will play a Round Robin final for the Subsidiary Tournament 

**All tied records & tied game rules, and round robin rules are at the bottom of the page**

Optional Tournament Conditions:
Buzzer Beater
Substitution
Fair Play Throw-in

*Reminders**
 - Games will be played on handicaps
 - Spare changes at end lines only
 - All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
 - 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/
 - Emergency Information form
https://houstonpoloclub.com/emergency-info/
 - Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spareholders, grooms, etc)
 - Please keep dogs on leashes at all fields
 - Social Media Policy - HPC is a private club that is the tenant of a private club, and we maintain a modest and positive social media presence consistent with that posture. With that in mind, we ask that our polo members respect each other's privacy and refrain from posting images of fellow members who do not wish to be publicized, or that risk the reputation of the club or its affiliates.

GROUP A
Bracket 1
A. BCI / CW Petroleum (0,3)
B. San Pedro Ranch / Sullivan Group (3,0)
C. Propaganda / W-S (1,2)

Bracket 2
D. 3L Energy Solutions / T Squared Energy (1,2)
E. Team Tejas (2,1)
F.  La Portola (2,1)

GROUP B
Bracket 3
G. Mother Chukker Polo / Schiffer Hicks Johnson LLC (0,2)
H. Pegasus (1,1)
I. BTA (2,0)

Bracket 4
J. Island Time Polo / Plank Companies (2,1)
K. Piney Woods Polo (1,2)
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SCHEDULE
Thursday April 11
CANCELLED  - all Thursday games cancelled
*Propaganda/W-S vs *3L Energy Solutions/T Squared Energy
BCI/CW Petroleum vs *Team Tejas
*Pegasus vs Island Time Polo/Plank Companies
San Pedro Ranch/Sullivan Group vs *La Portola
BTA vs *Piney Woods

Sunday April 14
*BTA (9.5) def *Island Time Polo/Plank Companies (7)
10:00am @ Wharton
Umps: E. Ezcurra / Flaco
Timer/3rd Man: E. Markell
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Team Tejas (8) def *Propaganda/W-S (4)
10:00am @ Coushatta
Umps: H. Bray / A. Wade
Timer/3rd Man: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*San Pedro Ranch/Sullivan Group (6) def *3L Energy Solutions/T Squared Energy (5)  OT
11:00am @ Coushatta
Umps: H. Bray / A. Wade
Timer/3rd Man: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Piney Woods P. (7.5) def *Mother Chukker P./Schiffer Hicks Johnson LLC (4)
5:00pm @ HPC - Farish
Umps: E. Ezcurra / Flaco
Timer/3rd Man: E. Markell
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*La Portola (8) def *BCI/CW Petroleum (4.5)
6:00pm @ HPC - Farish
Umps: H. Bray / A. Wade
Timer/3rd Man: E. Markell
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Wednesday April 17
*La Portola (7) def *Propaganda/W-S (4.5)
5:30pm @ Horsegate
Umps: E. Ezcurra / H. Bray
Timer/3rd Man: K. Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Thursday April 18
*San Pedro Ranch/Sullivan Group (7) def *Team Tejas (5.5)
5:00pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: A. Wade / Flaco
Timer/3rd Man: K. Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Pegasus (8) def *Piney Woods (4)
6:00pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: A. Wade / Flaco
Timer/3rd Man: K. Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*3L Energy Solutions/T Squared Energy (9) def *BCI/CW Petroleum (6.5)
5:00pm @ BPC - 3
Umps: E. Ezcurra / H. Bray
Timer/3rd Man: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Island Time Polo/Plank Companies (4) def *Mother Chukker Polo/Schiffer Hicks Johnson LLC (2)
6:00pm @ BPC - 3
Umps: E. Ezcurra  / H. Bray
Timer/3rd Man: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Saturday April 20
*Propaganda/W-S (6) def 3L Energy Solutions/T Squared Energy (5)  OT
10:00am @ Coushatta
Umps: R. Hayes / C. Bowman
Timer/3rd Man: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Team Tejas (5) def BCI/CW Petroleum (4)
11:00am @ Coushatta
Umps: R. Hayes / B. Middleton
Timer/3rd Man: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*Island Time Polo/Plank Companies (4) def *Pegasus (3.5) 
10:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: E. Ezcurra  / H. Azzaro
Timer/3rd Man: S. Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

BTA (8) def *Piney Woods (3.5)
11:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: E. Ezcurra /  T. Alberdi 
Timer/3rd Man: S. Krueger
*Please bring 1 ump horse

*San Pedro Ranch/Sullivan Group (8) def *La Portola (6)
10:30am @ BPC - 1
Umps: H. Bray / Flaco
Timer/3rd Man:  J. Tasdemir
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Shootouts Following Games If Necessary
Shootout Results:
1 & 2: Team Tejas & Island Time Polo/Plank Companies
​3. La Portola

Thursday April 25
Subsidiary Semifinal - Commander's Cup
*Piney Woods Polo (7) def *BCI/CW Petroleum (4)
3:30pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: R. Hayes / Flaco
3rd Man/Timer: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

USPA General S. Brown Semifinal
*BTA (8) def *Team Tejas (7) OT
5:00pm @ Pecan Acres
Umps: R. Hayes / Flaco
3rd Man: J. Kiely
Timer: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

USPA General S. Brown Semifinal
*Island Time/Plank Companies (6) def San Pedro Rch/Sullivan Grp (5) OT 
​5:00pm @ BPC - 3
Umps: H. Bray / B. Middleton
3rd man: M. Wroe
Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Subsidiary Semifinal - Commander's Cup
*Pegasus (5.5) def 3L Energy Sol./T2 Energy (5)
6:00pm @ BPC - 3
Umps: H. Bray / N. Galindo
3rd Man/Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Subsidiary Semifinal Round Robin - Commander's Cup
*La Portola def Mother Chukker P./Schiffer Hicks Johnson LLC def *Prop./W-S 
LP (3) def P/W-S (.5)
MCP/SHJ (4) def P/W-S (1.5)
LP (4) def MCP/SHJ (0)
5:00pm @ Horsegate
Umps: E. Ezcurra / Sitting Pros Ump (S. Rice / I. Saenz / R. Orthwein)
3rd Man/Timer: E. Markell
*Please bring 1 ump horse for the USPA Umpire
(Pros are responsible for their own umpire horse)

Saturday April 27
Final
*BTA (8.5) def *Island Time Polo/Plank Companies (7)
10:00am @ Pecan Acres
Umps: R. Hayes / Flaco
3rd man: I. Deltour
Timer: C. Williams
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Subsidiary Commander's Cup Final Round Robin
*Piney Woods Polo def La Portola def *Pegasus
PWP (3) tied PEG (3)
LP (3) def PEG (2.5)
​PWP (5.5) def LP (3)
10:00am @ Pegasus
Umps: E. Ezcurra / Sitting Pros Ump (M. Wroe / D. Luplow / I. Saenz)
3rd Man/Timer: E. Markell
*Please bring 1 ump horse for the USPA Umpire
(Pros are responsible for their own umpire horse)

Match Game
3L Energy Sol./T2 Energy  vs *Team Tejas​
10:00am @ Coushatta
Umps: H. Bray / M. Thake
3rd Man/Timer: C. Middleton
*Please bring 1 ump horse

Match Game
*San Pedro Ranch/Sullivan Group vs BCI/CW Petroleum
11:00am @ Coushatta
Umps: H. Bray / V. Miller Jr.
3rd Man/Timer: C. Middleton
​*Please bring 1 ump horse

TEAMS
3L Energy Solutions / T Square Energy
Nick Dunbar 0
Emma Tooth 0
Vaughn Miller Jr. 3
Bryan Middleton 3
Handicap -- 6

BCI / CW Petroleum
Chris Williams  0.5
Cara Kennedy  0
Chad Bowman  2
Matt Thake  3
Handicap -- 5.5

BTA
Chrys Beal  -0.5
Maddie Grant  1
KC Krueger  2
Harrison Azzaro  3
Handicap -- 5.5

Island Time Polo / Plank Companies
Michelle Agrons  -1
Kendall Plank  0
Joe Wayne Barry  3
Tommy Alberdi  4
Handicap -- 6

La Portola
Mark Urdahl  0
Audry Persano  1
Joao Aranha  2
Ignacio Saenz  3
Handicap -- 6

Mother Chukker Polo / Schiffer Hicks Johnson LLC
Sukey Forbes  -1
Logan Johnson  0
Ignacio Deltour  3
Robert Orthwein  4
Handicap -- 6

Pegasus
David Andras  0.5
Lily Lequerica  0.5
Joe Bob Lequerica  0.5 (1 on 5/1)
Mason Wroe 4
Handicap -- 5.5 / 6 (on 5/1)

Piney Woods Polo
Marit Stout  -1
Grace Mudra  0.5
Drew Luplow  2
Jack Kiely  4
Handicap -- 5.5

Propaganda / W-S
Wesley Sinor  0.5
Paul Hobby  0.5
Sloan Stefanakis 1.5
Shane Rice  3
Handicap -- 5.5

San Pedro Ranch / Sullivan Group
Joanie Jackson  0
Joe Fitzsimons  0
Nick Cifuni  3
Nicolai Galindo  3
Handicap -- 6

Team Tejas
Tomas Tejera  -0.5
Charles Fridge  0
Duilio Diaz  2
Marcos Villanueva  4
Handicap -- 5.5
​*Sub: Luis Cortes 0T

Tied Games
If team handicaps indicate the possibility for a tied game, teams will be asked prior to the match for either a shoot out or overtime. If both teams cannot agree, then teams will do a shootout.
 -- Tied Game Shoot outs will follow USPA Rulebook Rule 14.d
 -- Rule 14.d: ONE PLAYER, from each team will alternate and shoot:
1st round penalty 3 and penalty 4
​If no team scores in Round 1, teams move to Penalty 2s until one team wins
If teams are tied after Round1 (with goals made), they continue shooting Penalty 4s until a winner is declared. 
 - Overtime will follow USPA Rulebook Rule 14c, first goal wins.

In case of elimination shootouts:
 -- 1 player from each team will shoot
 -- Shootout time and location is TBD and will be determined by the HTC

Round Robin Tied Game Rules:
Should any 2 chukker game result in a tie, use the same format as the tied game shootout procedure.

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

​​OUTDOOR RULE 2a: Substitutions
(i) If during bracket a game of a tournament, a player is hurt DURING a game, a player (with equal or lesser handicap) in the same tournament can finish the game. BUT for all games following, only eligible substitutes (players not in the tournament) can sub. This will apply to players with handicaps from B to 10 goals to help teams when they are playing on remote fields. 

(ii) After bracket play, so either in Quarterfinals, Semifinals or Finals, if a player is injured or ill and can't start or becomes injured during game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for that game and/or the remainder of the tournament. An eliminated player is someone who has completed their final game in that tournament.

OUTDOOR RULE XV.14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

Fair Play Possession Tournament Condition IX (pg.173)