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2018 U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S POLO CHAMPIONSHIP™

10/12/2018

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Congratulations to Rocking P on winning the 2018 U.S. Open Women's Polo Championship!
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MVP was awarded to Hazel Jackson. 

Best Playing Pony for a professional was awarded to Maxima, owned by Marcos Villanueva, played by Hazel Jackson.

Best Playing Pony for an amateur was awarded to Emma, owned and played by Courtney Price.

Final Score:  Rocking P (10) def Midland Polo Club (2) ​
Welcome to the 2018 U.S. Open Women's Polo Championship™! We have 4 teams playing in this year's tournament, it will be a 3 day tournament - teams will draw for who they play first round, then the (1,0) teams will play the (0,1) teams for the second round, best records go to the finals.
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 - Tuesday – Game 1: A vs B, Game 2: C vs D
 - Thursday – Game 3: WG1 vs LG2, Game 4: LG1 vs WG2
 -Friday – In the case of tied records after Thursday games, we will have a 2 chukker playoff game between the teams that have not played each other
 - Sunday Nov 11 – Finals held at HPC Farish Field at 2:30pm 

**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 rain out scenarios click here


Bracket 1
A. Rocking P (2,0)
B. Midland Polo Club (1,1)
C. BTA (1,1)
D. San Saba (0,2)
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Tuesday November 6
Game 1
BTA (7) def San Saba (4)

1:30 @ ERG #4
Ump: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani 
3rd man: B. Mallett
Timer: T. Smith

Game 2
Rocking P (6) def Midland Polo Club (1)
3:30 @ ERG #4
Ump: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani 
3rd man: B. Mallett
Timer: T. Smith

Wednesday November 7
Game 4
LG1 vs WG2
Rocking P def San Saba (Forfeit)
10:00am @ Tonkawa - Wilson
Ump: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani 
3rd man: M. Wroe
Timer: T. Smith

Game 3
WG1 vs LG2
Midland Polo Club (5) def BTA (3) 
11:00am @ Tonkawa - Wilson
Ump: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani 
3rd man: M. Wroe
Timer:  T. Smith

Friday November 9
Game 5 (if needed) Playoff Game

Game 6 (if needed) Playoff Game

Sunday November 11
Finals
Rocking P (10) def Midland Polo Club (2)
10:00am @  Tonkawa - Wilson

Ump: F. Gould / J. Mirikitani 
3rd man: C. Ellis
Timer: T. Smith

Open Trophy  Presentation
11:30am @ Tonkawa Wilson
​ALL OPEN TEAMS


TEAMS
BTA
Chrys Beal 3
Lucy Coddington 5
KC Krueger 7
Nina Clarkin 10
Goals -- 25

Midland Polo Club
Molly M. Smith 3
Tiamo Hudspeth 5 
Dayelle Fargey 6
Izzy Parsons 6T
Goals -- 20

Rocking P
Courtney Price 3/Bridget Price 2
Lottie Lamacraft 5 
Hazel Jackson 9
Tiva Gross 6T
Goals -- 23/22

San Saba
Dawn Jones 6
Mia Bray 4 
Sarah Wiseman 8 
Lia Salvo 8
Goals -- 26

USPA Shootout Rules: 
3 players from each team will shoot 1 round of Penalty 3s and 4s.  If teams are still tied after the 1st round, it will go to sudden death shooting penalty 4s.  
Players need to wear boots, whites, jerseys, and helmets. Horses are to be tacked as if playing in a game.
If you have any questions, please look in the USPA rule book: USPA Tournament Conditions pg 166

​Live streaming:
The USPA Polo Network will be live streaming ALL Open games.  There will not be challenges or triggers for teams.
 
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.
 

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Derek Stingwood link
1/12/2019 01:48:39 am

Great tournaments.Polo is such a great sport

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