Araucaria defeated Zungas Amor by 10 – 3.5 score and won the First Argentine Championship presented by Rio Uruguay Seguros, that took place on Saturday, April 8 at La Aguada Polo Club in Open Door, Argentina. The competition exhibited 10 teams up to 8 goals, that was divided into three leagues.
The winners of the Subsidiary Trophies were as follows:
Las Bétulas/ La Querencia (Escorihuela Gascón Cup); Las Bétulas/ Los Picapiedras (New Balance Cup); El Mirasol (Kia Cup); Las Praderas (Ona Cup).
This brand new tournament, hosted by the Novillo Astrada family’s club, was a complete success as it provided the opportunity to abide with family and friends, which was one of the fundamental objectives of the tournament.
Delfin Uranga, the final’s top scorer and the member of the triumphant team commended the tournament and was exceptionally content with his successful new project at La Aguada Polo Club.
Due to the enormous achievement of the tournament and in addition the excitement of the players, the Amateur Championship will have“a second edition, that will take place in the upcoming spring season in Argentina,
probably in October”, says Thomas Hume.
“At one point, we had sixteen teams entering, and we ended up having ten, which was very good and a lot of fun. Definitely, it was a big success, everybody was very happy and thankful for this opportunity”.
