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Mar 28, 2017

White defeats Red 6-5 at International Polo Club Palm Beach NYTS Qualifier

L to R Landon Daniels, Malia Bryan, Justin Daniels, Benji Daniels, Alex Conde, Oliver Firestone, Tenzin Tognini, Matias Gonzalez.
L to R: Landon Daniels, Malia Bryan, Justin Daniels, Benji Daniels, Alex Conde, Oliver Firestone, Tenzin Tognini, Matias Gonzalez.

Eight young players entered the National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) Qualifier Tournament held March 27, at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC) in Wellington, Florida.

Landon Daniels of Blue on a breakaway.
Landon Daniels of Blue on a breakaway.

Blue (Malia Bryan, Benji Daniels, Justin Daniels, Landon Daniels) took on White (Alex Conde, Oliver Firestone, Matias Gonzalez, Tenzin Tognini) to determine the IPC NYTS Qualifier Champions.

White defeated Red 6-5 in a thrilling overtime victory. Benji Daniels, Justin Daniels, Matias Gonzalez and Tenzin Tognini were named All-Stars.

All-Stars: Justin Daniels, Benji Daniels, Tenzin Tognini, Matias Gonzalez.
All-Stars: (L to R) Justin Daniels, Benji Daniels, Tenzin Tognini, Matias Gonzalez.

All photos courtesy of David Lominska/www.polographics.com

SANTA CLARA POLO CLUB HOSTS FIRST FLORIDA NYTS TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER

L to R: Nico Escobar, Matias Ginzalez, Tomas Schwencke, Harrison Azzaro and Benji Daniels.
All-Stars: (L to R) Nico Escobar, Matias Gonzalez, Tomas Schwencke, Harrison Azzaro, Benji Daniels.

Twelve young players entered the National Youth Tournament Series (NYTS) Qualifier Tournament held March 15 at Santa Clara Polo Club in Wellington, Florida. Pony Express (Justin Daniels, Landon Daniels, Lucas Escobar, Matias Gonzalez), Santa Clarita (Tomas Schwencke, Martin Watson, Mackenzie Weisz, Benji Daniels) and Santa Clara (Nico Escobar, Oliver Firestone, Harrison Azzaro, Tenzin Tognini) faced off in a round-robin match.

Pony Express emerged the winner from the hard-fought game. Benji Daniels, Matias Gonzalez, Tomas Schwencke, Harrison Azzaro and Nico Escobar were named All-Stars.

The NYTS Program provides youth players under the age of nineteen with the opportunity to play against their peers in grass tournaments hosted across the country.

For more information on NYTS, please contact NYTS@uspolo.org.

USPA COVID-19 UPDATE

Effective Date: Saturday, May 16, 2020

The suspension of USPA Tournaments and Events will be lifted for USPA Member Clubs in locales where hosting polo matches and tournaments is permitted under applicable state and local laws, executive orders and similar decrees. The USPA Member Clubs in these locales are encouraged to follow all such requirements of their state and local authorities with respect to polo operations. In addition, we also encourage all USPA Member Clubs to take the precautions recommended by the CDC. We are preparing a detailed list of best practices for USPA Member Clubs as they return to hosting USPA Tournaments and Events and plan to circulate these guidelines within the next week. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and will notify you if we determine a different course of action is necessary.

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