2018 U.s. Open Women's Handicap

Congratulations to Sullivan Group on winning the 2018 U.S. Open Women's Handicap Tournament!
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MVP was awarded to Marissa Wells. 

Best Playing Pony for a professional was awarded to Nikita, owned by Nick Cifuni, played by Marissa Wells.

Best Playing Pony for an amateur was awarded to Jackie, owned and played by Megan Rahlfs.

AQHA Best Playing Pony was awarded to Cash, owned and played by Carol Farnsworth.

Another AQHA Best Playing Pony was awarded to Taxi, owned and played by Kendall Plank.

Final Score:  Sullivan Group (13) def EEW Steel Trading (11) 

Welcome to the 2018 U.S. Open Women’s Handicap! ​We have 9 teams playing in this year's tournament, we will play a knockout tournament format with a subsidiary tournament beginning after first round games.

Wednesday Nov 7
Bracket 1
G1: A vs B
G2: C vs D
Bracket 2
G3: E vs F
G4: G vs H vs I

Friday Nov 9
Semis:
G5: WG1 vs WG2
G6: WG3 vs WG4
Subsidiary Semis:
G7: LG1 vs LG4
G8: LG2 vs LG3 vs LLG4

Saturday Nov 10
Consolation, Finals, and Subsidiary Finals
Consolation – G9: LG5 vs LG6
Final – G10: WG5 vs WG6
Subsidiary Finals – G11: WG7 vs WG8

**Reminders**
 - All players must have USPA Dues paid
 - All players must have signed a HPC release form
 - Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spareholders, grooms, etc)
 - Both teams need to mount 1 umpire each game

For draw sheet click here

Bracket 1
A. Stick & Ball (1,1)  
B. Icon Global (0,2)
C. EEW Steel Trading (2,0)
D. Bearsden (0,2)
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Bracket 2
E. Texas Monthly (1,1)
F. Sullivan Group (2,0)
G. Woody's Furs (1,1)
H. Listo Polo/Kanthaka (1,1)
I. W-S Horse Farm (0,2)

SCHEDULE
Wednesday November 7
Game 1
Stick & Ball (10) def  Icon Global (8)
1:00pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: F. Gould / C. Ellis
3rd Man: D. Luplow
​Timer:  Co. Williams

Game 3
Sullivan Group (10) def Texas Monthly (6)
2:00pm @  ERG Arena
Umps: F. Gould / C. Ellis
3rd Man: D. Luplow
​Timer:  Co. Williams 

Game 2
EEW Steel Trading (15) def Bearsden (6)
4:00pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: J. Mirikitani / B. Mallett
3rd Man: B. Middleton
​Timer:  T. Smith

Game 4
Woody's Furs def Listo Polo/Kanthaka def W-S Horse Farm 
WF (7) def W-S (1)
WF (3.5) def LP/K (2)
LP/K (5) def W-S (2.5)
5:00pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: J. Mirikitani / T. Costello
3rd Man: B. Middleton
​Timer: T. Smith

Friday November 9
Game 5 - Semifinals
WG1 vs WG2
EEW Steel Trading (10) def Stick & Ball (8)
10:00am @ ERG Arena
Umps: F. Gould / B. Mallett
3rd Man: D. Luplow
​Timer:  Co. Williams

Game 6 - Semifinals
WG3 vs WG4
Sullivan Group (14) def Woody's Furs (13) Shootout
11:00am @  ERG Arena
Umps: F. Gould / B. Mallett
3rd Man: D. Luplow
​Timer:  Co. Williams

Game 7 - Subsidiary Semis
LG1 vs LG4
Listo Polo/Kanthaka (13) def Icon Global (4)
1:00pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: J. Mirikitani / C. Ellis
3rd Man: T. Costello
​Timer:  T. Smith

Game 8 - Subsidiary Semis
LG2 vs LG3 vs LLG4
Texas Monthly def Bearsden def W-S Horse Farm 
TM (8) def BRSD (6)
TM (6) def W-S (1.5)
BRSD (8.5) def W-S (2)
2:00pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: J. Mirikitani / C. Ellis
3rd Man: T. Costello
​Timer:  T. Smith

​Saturday November 10
Game 9 - Consolation 
LG5 vs LG6
Woody's Furs (8) def Stick & Ball (5)
11:00am @ ERG Arena
Umps: S. Krueger / C. Ellis
3rd Man: D. Luplow
​Timer: Co. Williams

Game 11 - Subsidiary Finals
WG7 vs WG8
Listo Polo/Kanthaka (11) def Texas Monthly (7)
1:30pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani
3rd Man: T. Costello
​Timer: Co. Williams

Game 10 - Finals
WG5 vs WG6
Sullivan Group (13) def EEW Steel Trading (11) 
2:30pm @ ERG Arena
Umps: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani
3rd Man: T. Costello
​Timer: Co. Williams

​Handicap Tournament Trophy Presentation
4:00pm @ ERG Arena
ALL TEAMS! (please bring jerseys!!)
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TEAMS
Bearsden
Carol Farnsworth 3
Tiamo Hudspeth 5
Catlin Dix 4
Madi Outhier 1
Goals -- 13

EEW Steel Trading
Roxy Mounter 0
Cara Kennedy 1
Kendall Plank 4
Hazel Jackson 9
Goals -- 14

Icon Global
Olivia Uechritz 2
Cory Williams 3
Hope Kerley 1
Sarah Wiseman 8
Goals -- 14

Listo Polo / Kanthaka
Grace Burgert 2
Maddie Grant 4
Sylvia Kampshoff 2
Izzy Parsons 6
Goals -- 14

Stick & Ball
Elizabeth Welborn 1
Megan Flynn  3
Audry Persano 4
Rebecca Walters 5
Goals -- 13

Sullivan Group
Joanie Jackson 1
Megan Rahlfs 2
Marissa Wells 5
Kelly Wells 5
Goals -- 13

Texas Monthly
Grace Mudra 2
Grace Parker 0
Lia Salvo 8
Carolyn Stimmel 4
Goals -- 14

W-S Horse Farm
Emma Tooth 2
Phebe Vargas 1
Jenny Vargas 4
Wendy Stover 4
Goals -- 11

Woody's Furs
Sofia Landa 0
Meghan Gracida 3
Sheila Lequerica 4
Tiva Gross 6T
Goals -- 13

Note: The Host Tournament Committee will schedule and assign fields for all tournament games. The HTC will do their best to uphold the draw but reserves the right to modify the draw and schedule in the case of inclement weather or where deemed in the best interest of the tournament by the HTC. Teams may be required to travel to alternate fields in the case of inclement weather

Live streaming: The USPA Polo Network will be live streaming all Handicap games. 
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Rainout scenarios:
The US Open Women’s Handicap will move to the arena if the Wednesday games get rained out.  We will move the tournament out onto the grass as soon as we can.