La Indiana took a 13-10 triumph over Mt. Splendid in the 2017 Joe Barry Memorial last Sunday on Engel and Völkers field at the International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC).
In what was anticipated to be an equally coordinated last, La Indiana turned out gunning and overwhelmed Mt. Splendid all through the principal half. Mt. Splendid opened the scoring with a punishment 2 objective changed over by Jason Crowder, yet after that their scoring chances were few and far between. La Indiana controlled opening play with a quick paced style, going forward to their open players. They substantiated themselves the quintessential four-man group, with every player contributing one of the group’s initial four objectives. Benefactor Michael Bickford opened the scoring, trailed by objectives by Mike Azzaro, Jeff Hall and Gringo Colombres. This began a keep running of seven back to back objectives for La Indiana, who grabbed a 7-2 lead after two chukkas.
Trailing by five, Mt. Splendid required a solid third chukka however kept running into a relentless machine. At the end of the day La Indiana scored four straight objectives—but once more, one by every player—in the chukka. La Indiana’s synchronistic collaboration made it beside incomprehensible for Mt. Splendid to stop each
player on the assault. This brought about La Indiana taking a 11-2 lead into halftime behind their 10-of-14 shooting from the field, while just permitting their rivals to shoot at objective three circumstances in the whole first half.
La Indiana played solid group safeguard going into the second half, with Colombres applying consistent weight on Santiago Chavanne, the main field objective scorer in the competition.
La Indiana did not permit Chavanne to score even once on the day. La Indiana kept up their lead through the fourth and fifth chukkas, taking a 13-6 advantage going into the 6th.
Mt. Splendid made a late push, with competition high-scorer Jason Crowder scoring four of his amusement driving eight objectives in the last chukka. That brought his group inside three objectives of their adversary interestingly since the begin of the second chukka, however the deficiency was too expansive to overcome. Mt. Splendid came up short on time, and La Indiana hung on for a 13-10 triumph and the 2017 Joe Barry Memorial trophy.
Mike Azzaro won MVP, scoring five objectives and changing over his lone extra shot endeavor, while Gringo Colombres’ gelding “Africano” won Best Playing Pony.
Prior in the day Coca-Cola took a tight 11-10 triumph over an all-ace group, Horseware/Tackeria, in the Bobby Barry Memorial backup. Tommy Collingwood was named MVP. Best Playing Pony respects went to “Genius,” played by Julian de Lusarreta.
The following competition in the 20-objective Florida season, the Ylvisaker Cup, opens Friday, 27 January, with three recreations at IPC: Postage Stamp Farm versus La Indiana (10 a.m.); Grand Champions/Casablanca versus Valiente II (12:30 p.m.), and Orchard Hill versus Goose Creek (3 p.m.). Times are U.S. Eastern.
