BILL
TRILLER CUP
JULY 17-19, 2009 |
Bill Triller was the field and facility manager here
at SBPRC for many years
who sadly passed away last winter. We are proud to have
a new tournament this year in his honor.
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July 17 |
3:00 pm |
Exhibition Game
Mansour vs. Audi |
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| Sun. |
July 19 |
3:00 pm |
Final: Audi defeated
Mansour |
15-11 |
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Audi Polo ran away today with the Bill Triller
Memorial Cup in a 15-11 victory over Mansour.
This is a new tournament at Santa Barbara Polo
and Racquet Club held in honor of the late Bill
Triller, who was the highly respected head groundsman
here for many years.
The grandstands were full of people eager to watch
20 goal polo, but it took a little while for the
game to get moving. The first two chukkers were
rough as the players tested the umpire's whistles.
Finally, after a stern warning from the umpires
in the 3rd chukker the game opened up with some
nice end to end runs from Adam Snow and Juan Bollini.
At halftime the game Audi held a mere one goal
lead of 8-7.
In the 4th chukker Ben Soleimani's Mansour team
exploded for three unanswered goals. But in the
5th chukker Audi fought back, starting with a
great breakaway goal from Bollini. Audi briefly
moved ahead at 11-10, but then Adam Snow hit a
backshot to a running Santi Trotz, whose path
to goal was clear since Martin Zegers took the
opposing play out of the play, practically to
the sideboards.
With the score all tied up in the 6th chukker,
Luis Escobar theaded a pass through the opposition
to find Bollini just yards from the goal mouth.
Bollini made the goal to put Audi ahead, and the
rest of the 6th chukker was all Escobar as he
scored three unanswered goals. So Melissa Ganzi
and her Audi team maintained Audi's undefeated
streak that began in the Skene last summer.
In the curtain raiser game the local Surf and
Turf players warmed up the crowd with an entertaining
game between La Maria and Beverly Hills. Thomas
Caleel led La Maria to a 14-9 victory with his
9 goals.
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