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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Hawk Hill Captures The Metropolitan Cup

The opening match of the Metropolitan Cup was played between Hawk Hill and Grand Champions. Hawk Hill took over the game and took an early lead of 4-0 in the first two chukkers and further won the game with a score of 5-2

Hawk Hill (Nico Diaz Alberdi, Juanse Olivera, Gringo Colombres, Philip Mactaggart) showed aggressive power again the Grand Champions (Richard Desich, Santos Bollini, Grant Ganzi, Lucas Lalor).

Hawk Hill finished the tournament with a 3-1 record. Grand Champions evened its record at 2-2.

Colombres further said, “We were lucky to win the tournament,Grand Champions always is a good team, a good organization and always has good horses. It wasn’t easy. We were lucky we scored early goals in the second chukker.”

The title of the most valuable player was backed by Mactaggart,60. A man early to polo who started his game in 2006 and played under the winning team Hawk Hill.

“Nobody likes to lose,” Mactaggart said. “Whether it’s the 20-goal or the 6-goal, Gringo hates to lose. They are young and they are hungry. We had fun out there.

“It’s fun to win the tournament, it beats losing,It is a beautiful day.”

Colombres who has been playing with Mactaggart for the last four years further added to his praise, he said, “He is amazing,He has improved a lot. This last year he has gotten better horses and he is more fit. He is really enjoying polo.”

Olivera from Hawk Hill scored two goals while Colombres, Alberdi and Mactaggart scored one goal each. Ganzi scored all the goals representing Grand Champions.

Colombres agreed with Mactaggart’s description of his mentality when it comes to playing polo.“He’s right, I don’t like to lose,” Colombres said. “It’s better when you have a smile. I never have a smile when I lose.”

Hawk Hill had a combination of veteran experience with Mactaggart; youth with 14-year-olds Olivera, a freshman at Wellington High School, and Alberdi; and steadying influence of Colombres, a member La Indiana that recently won the 20-goal Joe Barry Memorial Cup.

“I have played with Philip the last four years,” Colombres said. “I like to have young kids on the team who want to improve and want to learn. It’s great to have these kind of people on the team. We are a great combination.

“It’s always nice and amazing to start the season with a win,” Colombres said. “January is the first month. The horses are getting better and better. I am happy to start like this.”

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