Busy weekend at the Ylvisaker Cup, in Palm Beach

The current Ylvisaker Cup saw no less than five games, that were played through Saturday February 7 and Sunday February 8, at Patagones Polo Club and the National Polo Center (NPC), in Wellington, Florida, United States. The Ylvisaker Cup is the second leg of the prestigious NPC 16-Goal Championship.

 

The championship match of the NPC 16-Goal Championship is due on Sunday April 12 at the National Polo Center, following the end of the two remaining tournament of the series – Iglehart Cup and Outback Cup. The Ylvisaker Cup sees fifteen teams up to 16 goals, in participation. Teams are split in three leagues.

 

Ylvisaker Cup – Results from the weekend matches

  • Saturday February 7 (Patagones Polo Club)

Zapican BMW (3-0) 11-8 Mrs. Momma Bear/LW Ranch (2-2)

It’s worth to note that the Ylvisaker Cup has the Saturday Game, which is the equivalent to the Sunday Game of The Gauntlet of Polo, that includes an award presentation. On this ocassion, Zapican BMW’s Facundo Cruz Llosa was named MVP, and the blanket to the BPP went to Chelo Celeste, ridden by Costi Caset.

  • Sunday February 8

Dracarys (1-2) 10-8 Bientina (0-3) – Patagones PC

Catamount (3-0) 10-9 90210 Polo (3-1) – Patagones PC

BTA (1-2) 14-13 SD Farms (0-4) – Patagones PC, extra chukka

Cielo Tequila (1-2) 10-9 Concord Equity Group (1-2) –  NPC, extra chukka

 

 

The Ylvisaker Cup was established in 2003, as a tribute to William T. “Bill” Ylvisaker, a true pioneer of the development of polo in the Wellington, Florida area, whose contributions allowed the growth of the sport in the 70s and 80s. Among others, Bill Ylvisaker founded the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club; Palm Beach Polo Club flourished and the town of Wellington sprung up around it, going on to successfully host not only, polo but numerous other equestrian sports. Bill Ylvisaker, who started playing interscholastic tournaments in the 40s, reached a handicap of 7, and he is the winner of the US Open and the USPA Gold Cup, and also claimed the Coronation Cup, in England, twice. Mr. Ylvisaker also founded the Polo Training Foundation, in 1967, and served as Chairman of the USPA through 1970-1975, and was inducted in the Polo Hall of Fame, in 1996.

 

 

THE FINAL OF THE YLVISAKER CUP IS SET TO BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22.

 

YLVISAKER CUP – Teams & Fixture

 

Cover photo by Agustina Fonda.