The Agency beat St. Regis 9-6, and ran out the champions of the Regis World Snow Polo Championship, the remarkable snow polo competition that took place at Aspen Valley Polo Club, set in Colorado, United States, through Wednesday December 18 Thursday December 19. The tournament hosted by the club established by Marc and Melissa Ganzi, saw four teams up to 17 goals, partake.
The Agency had previously defeated Aspen Valley by a narrow 9-8, while St. Regis took an impressive 13-7 win over Edministon. Both games were played on Thursday December 18.
The championship match, on Thursday December 19, saw The Agency as the dominating force over St. Regis, to grab the 9-6 victory. Grant Ganzi swept with all the prizes – he was named MVP, his mare, Onyx, took BPP honors and the blanket presented by the American Polo Horse Association was for another mare ridden by Grant, Orangina. Both horses are owned by Santa Rita Polo Farm.
ST. REGIS WORLD SNOW POLO CHAMPIONSHIP – TEAMS
Aspen Valley Polo Club (15): Sarah Siegel-Magness, Jesse Bray, Geronimo Obregon.
The Agency (17): Grant Ganzi, Pierre Henri Ngoumou, Jason Crowder.
Edmiston (17): Teo Calle, Nic Roldan, Sugar Erskine.
St. Regis (16): Nacho Figueras, Tony Calle, Alejandro Novillo Astrada.
Cover photo by Nick Tininenko.