NEWS

White Birch (Santino Magrini, Hilario Ulloa, Mariano Aguerre, Peter Brant) continued their undefeated streak with a win against Northwood (Dillon Bacon, Marcos Garcia del Rio, Tomas Garcia del Rio, Mariano Gonzalez), 11-9, in the finals of the Butler Handicap at Greenwich Polo Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Sunday, July 18. The first chukker started out strong for White Birch, with the first goal from White Birch sponsor Peter Brant and two goals, one from the field and a penalty two conversion, from Hilario Ulloa. Northwood answered with only one goal from Tomas Garcia del Rio, ending the chukker 3-1 in favor of White Birch.

Northwood rallied in the second chukker with four combined goals by brothers Marcos and Tomas Garcia del Rio, to tie the game 5-all going into the third chukker. A goal from each team kept the score tied; however, another penalty two conversion from Ulloa, put White Birch in the lead, 7-6, going into the half. A scoreless fourth chukker for Northwood, provided White Birch the opportunity to gain a two-goal lead that they would maintain throughout the remainder of the game. Game high-scorer Hilario Ulloa was awarded MVP for his seven-goal contribution to the winning total. Machitos Lituania, owned and played by Mariano Aguerre of White Birch, received Best Playing Pony honors.