Grand Champions claimed a 10-7 win over Newport and won the Fall Plates, the penultimate medium goal handicap of the 2024 Fall Season, that was played at Grand Champions Polo Club, in Wellington, Florida, United States. The championship match took place on Sunday November 3.
The winners dominated the match and the scoreboard, earning significant advantages thoroghout the six chukkas of play, led by their top scorer Martín Jauregui (he produced four goals). In the last chukka, Newport bounced back and scored three unanswered goals, but the damaged has already been done, and Grand Champions were victorious.
The Subsidiary went to SebiLion, who defeated Santa Rita by a narrow 5-4. Once again, Sebastián Mandelbaum, Leo Mandelbaum’s 18-years-old son, delivered a great performance, as was presented with an special award as the youngest player of the competition.
FALL PLATES – FINAL – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3
Grand Champions 10-7 Newport
Grand Champions: Miles Rich -1, Grant Ganzi 3, Martín Jauregui 6, Pablo Dorignac 4. Total: 12.
Newport: Gene Goldstein o, Santos Bollini 2, Sugar Erskine 5, Jason Crowder 5. Total: 12.
Progresión Grand Champions: 2-0, 3-1, 4-2, 6-3, 7-3, 10-4, 10-7.
MVP: Martín Jauregui.
BPP: Brilliant, ridden by Grant Ganzi.
The last tournament of the medium goal Fall Season at Grand Champions will be the Casablanca Fall Cup, that will run through November 6-10.
GRAND CHAMPIONS POLO CLUB – 2024 FALL SEASON
- High Goal
USPA North American Cup – Octobre 26-November 6
USPA National 20 goal – November 4-13
Legends of Polo Carlos Gracida Memorial – November 23
International Cup – November 23
- Medium goal
Fall Classic – October 1-10
Tackeria Invitational – October 8-13
Pedro Morrison Memorial – October 15-20
Banyan Cup – October 22-27
Fall Plates – October 30-November 3
Casablanca Fall Cup – November 6-10
- WPL Beach Polo
Beach Polo World Cup Miami – November 14-17
WPL Pride Polo Miami Beach – November 14
Cover photo by Candace Ferreira.