ELYSIAN 4 AND 14 GOAL

The first 2 days play of the Elysian Spring 4 gaol have seen L.S.A. prove the team to beat. On Saturday LSA defeated City Motors by 1. Taman Kuda defeated Alsace by 4 and Ballandown defeated Mortimers by 1. On Sunday LSA defeated Taman Kuda by 1. Alsace defeated Ballandown by 5 and City Auction defeated Mortimers. Please see previous blog for team members. The first dats play in the 14 goal saw Halkeas beat Custodian by 2 goals. The 2nd game was a draw between Willowcroft and Garangula and SEQP defeated Sandalford in the dying seconds of the last chukka.
The first weekend was very hot with a few people taking a dip in the lake. The Saturday temp was around 29 and Sunday was 30ish with more of the same on the way. There will be a lot of grooms and spectators walking around with red arms and legs after the polo. Don't forget to slip, slop and slap.

ELYSIAN SPRING 4 GOAL

The teams and draw for the Elyssian Fields Spring 4 goal tournament. Mortimores L. Cameron 1, R. Ross 0, M. Lillyman 4, C. Wallis -1. Taman Cuda. K. Goodall -2, A. Grills 1, M. Field 4, M. Huebner 0. Alsace. N. Ford 0, S. Hunt 2, T. Webster 4, W. Prendiville -2. City Motor Auction. A. Russo 0, W. White 0, G. Kirkpatrick 4, Z. Haggadorn 0. Ballandown. J. Smith -2, J. Daniels 1, R. Ballard 4, J. Freskie 1. L.S.A. Recuitment. A. Northcott -2, J. Shepherd 0, I. Gould 2(T), L. Shepherd 3.

Draw.Saturday 27th September
Game 1, 10.00am L.S.A v City Motor Duties from Game 3
Game 2, 11.00am Alsace v Tamankuda Duties from Game 1
Game 3, 12.00pm Ballandown v Mortimores Duties from Game 2
Sunday 28th September
Game 4, 9.00am L.S.A. v Tamankuda Duties from Game 6
Game 5, 10.00am Ballandown v Alsace Duties from Game 4
Game 6, 11.00am Mortimores v City Auction Duties from Game 5
Saturday 4th October
Game 7, 9.00am L.S.A. v Ballandown Duties from Game 9
Game 8, 11.30am Alsace v City Auction Duties from Game 7
Game 9, 12.30pm Mortimores v Tamankuda Duties from Game 8
Saturday 11th October
Game 10, 10.00am 1st overall v 6th overall Duties from Game 12
Game 11, 11.00am 2nd overall v 5th overall Duties from Game 10
Game 12, 12.00pm 3rd overall v 4th overall Duties from Game 11
Sunday 12th October
Game 13, 9.00am 5th overall v 6th overall Duties from game 15
Game 14, 10.00am 3rd overall v 4th overall Duties from Game 13
Game 15, 2.00pm 1st overall v 2nd overall Duties from Game 14

ELYSIAN SPRING 14 GOAL

Below are the teams and draw for the Elysian Spring 14 goal tournament for the Australian Open Championships.

Halkeas Group. S. Carder 0, M. King 2, D. Gould 4, A. Muzzio 8. Willowcroft. S. Michelle -1, J. LeHardy 5, D. Johnston 6, E. Goold 4. Custodian G. Wright 0, J. Harper 6, C. Wilson 6 J. Fitzgerald 1. S.E.Q.P. S. Hunt 2, R. Ballard 4, S. Barnard 4, M. Field 4. Sandalford O. Cudmore 2, J. Mackay 4, G. Gilmore 4, P. Prendiville 1. Garangula. J. Archibald 1, E. Hitchman 4, S. Keyte 7, E. Matthies 2.

DRAW SPRING 14 GOAL
Sunday 28th September
Game 1, 12.00pm Halkeas v Custodian Duties from Game 3
Game 2, 1.30pm Willowcroft v Garangula Duties from Game 1
Game 3, 3.00pm Sandalford v S.E.Q.P. Duties from Game 2
Wednesday 1st October
Game 4, 10.00am Halkeas v Garangula Duties from Game 6
Game 5, 11.30am Custodian v S.E.Q.P. Duties from Game 4
Thursday 2nd October
Game 6, 10.00am Sandalford v Willowcroft Duties from Game 5
Saturday 4th October
Game 7, 10.00am Garangula v S.E.Q.P. Duties from Game 9
Sunday 5th October
Game 8, 12.30am Halkeas v Willowcroft Duties from Game 7
Game 9, 2.30pm Custodian v Sandalford Duties from Game 8
Wednesday 8th October
Game 10, 10.00am Halkeas v S.E.Q.P. Duties from Game 12
Game 11, 11.30am Willowcroft v Custodian Duties from Game 10
Game 12, 1.00pm Garangula v Sandalford Duties from Game 11
Friday 10th October
Game 13, 10.00am Halkeas v Sandalford Duties from Game 15
Game 14, 11.30am Willowcroft v S.E.Q.P. Duties from Game 13
Game 15, 12.00pm Custodian v Garangula Duties from Game 14
Sunday 12th October
Game 16, 11.00am 5th overall v 6th overall Duties from game 18
Game 17, 12.30am 3rd overall v 4th overall Duties from Game16
Game 18, 3.00pm 1st overall v 2nd overall Duties from Game17

KOORALBYN 10 GOAL

The Kooralbyn 10 goal final was won by Custodian over Taman Cuda. Custodian made their customary slow start and were down 3-0 as opposed to the day before were they were 4-0 before they scored. Taman Cuda kept the the pressure on but Custodian took a 8-4 lead before the opposition kicked into overdrive to take the score to 9 all in the sixth and then Custodian scored to win the game. The remaining teams in the tournament split up and added players that are taking part in the 14 goal to start to prepare for the next tournament. Teams and draw for the 14 goal will follow.

KILLARNEY TOURNAMENT

Please click blog title to get the results from the Killarney Tournament.

GUNNEDAH TOURNAMENT

Please click on the blog title to get the results from the Gunnedah Tournament.

THANKS READERS

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KOORALBYN 10 GOAL

The semi finals of the Kooralbyn 10 goal were played yesterday at Ed Goolds Bromelton House field. The first semi saw Taman Cuda defeated Willowcroft by 1 goal. I didnt see this game so i cant report on it. The 2nd semi was between Writgh Properties and Custodian. It was a threatening sign when, at the end of the first chukka, Wrights were up by 4 to 0. Custodian pulled it together to get back to even and a ding dong battle ensued with one team scoring and then the other. At the 6 minute mark in the 6th chukka it was all even and in the dying seconds Custodian scored to win 11-10. The final will be played today at the Salisbury field out Kooralbyn way at 12.30. There was one change to the teams posted in previous blogs with Jack Smith replacing the -2 in the Custodian team.

MERCEDES BENZ

The sun was shinning on the many spectators and guests that attended the finals of the Merceded Benz 4 and 10 goals at Alsace.

The 4 goal final was taken out, after a come back, by Mercedes Silver. Vince has got the one he was looking for by winning this trophy. Mercedes White were in the lead untill the last chukka when the Rawlings boy and James set the field on fire.

The 10 goal final between CL Class and SL was an action packed affair with the CL team scoring the first few goals and then they were over run by SL to be down 3-6 at one stage and then Guy Kirkpatrick came out on the Champion Pony "Maple" and let loose. Dirk and Kingy had been toiling hard all game and all of a sudden the 4 of them clicked and off they went. SL were shaken and couldn't get back on top of the momentum and at the bell CL won 11-7. The Team op Ponis was won by Dirk Gould with "Monster", "India" and "Scratch".

MERCEDES BENZ

The finals of the 2008 Mercedes Benz tournament have been decided. The 4 goal section sees Vince Ferraro's Primo Mercedes Silver, going for the trifector of wins after winning the last 2 tournaments, playing Mark Tocchinis Mercedes White after they defeated Angelo Russos team to progess.The 10 goal final was a bit harder to get to with 6 teams competing and play reduced to 2 days for some reason which ment that the teams had to play for margins to make the finals. The 1st and 2nd games each team won by 7 goals so that wiped out the 3rd game. the final is between SL Green and CL Class Maroon.

THE MERCEDES BENZ POLO CUP

This weekend, 13th and 14th September, is the Mercedes Benz Tournament at Neil and Trish Fords Alsace. Saturdays play will be at Ron Wanless Logan Downs and following is the teams and Draw. The 4 Goal teams are MERCEDES BLUE Angelo Russo 0, Beau Sherrett -2,Sam Hunt 2 and Rob Ballard 4. MERCEDES GREEN Sandra Carder 0, Zac Hagdeoorn 0, Guy Higginson 1 and Lance Shephard 3. MERCEDES WHITE Mark Tocchini -1, Gary Hoey 1, Steve Barnard 4 and Jeff Barnard 0. MERCEDES SILVER Vince Ferraro -1, James Shephard 0, Richard Rawlings 4 and Jim Rawlings 1. The 10 Goal teams are S CLASS – ROYAL BLUE Sadie Michell -1, Will Gilmore 3, Mark Lillyman 4 and Rob Ballard 4. MAYBACH – RED Beau Skerret -2, Charlie Field 4, Craig Wilson 6 and John Fitzgerald 1. E-CLASS – Light Blue Will White 0, Damian Johnston 6, Steve Barnard 4 and Dean Caulfield 0. AMG – Black Neill Ford 0, Shane Martin 3, Tex Webster 4 and Wayne Glennie 3. SL – GREEN Adam Grills 1, Ed Goold 4, Glen Gilmore 7 and Kim Goodall -2. CL CLASS – MAROON Glen Wright 0, Guy Kirpatrick 4, Dirk Gould 4 and Nial Donnelly 2. The draw is Saturday 13 / 9 / 08 to be played at Logan Downs

Game 1 9.30am E – Class Vs CL – Class
Game 2 11.00am Mercedes Blue Vs Mercedes White
Game 3 12.00pm AMG Vs SL – Class
Game 4 1.30pm Mercedes Green Vs Mercedes Silver
Game 5 2.00pm S – Class Vs Maybach

KOORALBYN 10 GOAL

The first days play in the Kooralbyn 10 goal was held today at the Salisbury Field. The tournament was supposed to be held last weekend but the rain that fell was enough to call it off with the the games being scheduled to fit in with the other tournaments still to come before the 14 goals start. The 11am game was between Taman Cuda (Kim Goodall, Glen Gilmore, Adam Grills and Ed Goold) and Wright Properties (Glen Wright, Guy Kirkpatrick, Dirk Gould and Mike King). The score at the end of the 6th chukka was 11 all so they saddled up to play the 7th and at the end of the 7th it was still 11 all so an 8th chukka was on the cards. The goal posts were widened and eventually Taman Cuda managed to sneek 1 through to take the game 12 to 11. the 12.30 game was Willowcroft (Sadie Michelle, Will Gilmore, Mark Lillyman and Rob Ballard) against Alsace (Neil Ford, Wayne Glennie, Tex Webster and Shane Martin). Willowcroft came out with all guns firing and at one stage in the game were up 8 to 1 but Alsace fought back and at the final bell Willowcroft had won 10 to 6. The 3rd game was between Custodian (Guy Higginson filling in for John Fitzgerald, Craig Wilson, Mark Field and Beau Skerret) and A and L Windows (Dean Caulfield, Damian Johnston, Steve Barnard and ill White). Custodian were to strong and the final score was 14 to 3. I think the finals for this tournament will be played, weather and circumstances permitting, on the weekend of 20th and 21st September.

VALE GARRY WHITE

It is with great regret that i inform the polo community of the passing, after a long illness, of Garry White. "Whitey", as we all knew him, was a great player and supporter of polo in Victoria and Australia wide. You could always count on him popping the boot of his car and offering you a drink of some kind and an invite back to his place for more of the same and maybe there might be a bit of food thrown in too. He was the sort of person that would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it and what ever else he had that you could use as well. Out condolences go out to his family and friends at this sad time. You will always be remembered and thanks for the memories Whitey.