With a secured place in the finals of the Hogar del Niño Polo Cup this Saturday February 15th, the La Lechuza team are the favorites for the win.
According to Calixto García-Velez, Casa de Campo’s director of polo, the tournament is now “back on track” following a few unfortunate rainouts.
“As of now the La Lechuza team is 3-0 with an assured a place in the finals. Los García team is 2-1 and with a win today over a 1-1 La Carbuccia will be the second team in the finals. If La Carbuccia wins then there could be a three way tie between Los García, Casa de Campo and La Carbuccia forcing a deciding match between La Carbuccia and Casa de Campo on Friday to decide the second finalist.” Explained Cali. “Today will tell,” he added.
Today, Wednesday February 12th, the last two games before the finals will be played out between La Carbuccia and Los García, at 2pm, and La Lechuza vs La Bienvenida at 4pm. Both games will be played at the Casa de Campo polo fields, and spectators are very welcome.
A new entry onto the Casa de Campo polo circuit, La Bienvenida “has been playing better every day, but unfortunately are 0-3, so they will have to wait until the next tournament,” said Calixto García-Velez.
This tournament is being played as part of the Hogar del Niño fundraising weekend this Friday and Saturday the 14th and 15th of February.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
The finals – Saturday February 15th
Please note that there has been a change in the schedule, the finals originally planned to take place on Friday February 14th, have now been move to Saturday February 15th at 4pm. Although spectators are very welcome, this means there will no longer be a party (and the CasaLife Lounge) as originally planned.
The teams
The following teams have been competing in the Hogar del Niño Polo Cup, the numbers after each name represent the individual handicap of each player. From the individual handicaps, the team handicap is formed from the sum of all four players. Like in golf, team handicaps are used to even the playing field, if two teams have different handicaps, the team with the lowest will start the game with a goal advantage equal to the difference in their handicaps.
Casa de Campo
Jesús Arredondo 2
Leo Matos 2
Carlos Cortés 4
Rafa Pérez Diez 2
We look forward to seeing you in this exciting weekend!
The Hogar del Niño
The Hogar del Niño is a children’s daycare and educational center for over 1500 children, located in La Romana town, just outside of Casa de Campo. Children from as young as just a few weeks old up to 18 years old are cared for and educated daily, from as early as 5:30am and staying as late as 7pm.
The organization also provides special schooling to over 75 hearing impaired and blind children, as well as a vocational school where over 235 students receive classes in different areas like: sewing; industrial preparation, installation and electrical maintenance; plumbing and management of computer office programs.
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