International Polo Club Palm Beach 
2006 Polo Season: January 15 through April 23

At Least 20 Teams Expected to Compete in 2006
High-Goal Season at International Polo Club Palm Beach
 

WELLINGTON, FL – At least six new teams are expected to play in the high-goal season at International Polo Club Palm Beach, bringing the total to at least 20, according to IPC Polo Manager Jimmy Newman.

Among the teams will be New Bridge, with patron Russ McCall and 10-goaler Adolfo Cambiaso, generally acknowledged as the best player in the world, and Reata, with patron Mike Micallef and the newest 10-goaler, Agustin Merlos.

Other new teams for the 22-goal season include TechnoMarine, with patron Frank Dubarry and led by 9-goaler Adam Snow, and Audi, with patron Marc Ganzi and 8-goaler Hector Galindo.

New teams for the 26-goal season include BTA, with patron Kelly Beal and 10-goaler Mike Azzaro, and two teams sponsored by Jedi, with sponsor Erich Koch and his son, Torsten as patrons. Ten-goaler Marcos Heguy will lead Jedi and 9-goaler Pablo MacDonough will be on Jedi II.

Ten of the 11 10-goalers will be playing in the five high-goal tournaments at International Polo Club in 2006, distinguishing the club as the best in the United States in terms of talent, depth and competitiveness.
Among the world’s top players expected to play during the 22-goal and 26-goal seasons are 10-goalers Mariano Aguerre, Javier Novillo Astrada, Miguel Novillo Astrada, Mike Azzaro, Adolfo Cambiaso, Carlos Gracida, Marcos Heguy and the Merlos brothers – Agustin, Pite and Sebastian – as well as 9-goalers Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Lucas Criado, Paco de Narvaez, Memo Gracida, Bautista Heguy, Eduardo Heguy, Matias Magrini, Lucas Monteverde, Gonzalito and Facundo Pieres and Adam Snow.

International Polo Club Palm Beach opens its third high-goal polo season on Sunday, January 15 at 3 p.m. with an opening-round match of the 22-goal Joe Barry Cup. International Polo Club Palm Beach will host five high-goal tournaments over 15 weeks, including three 26-goal events, the highest-rated tourneys in the United States. The 26-goal tournaments are the Hall of Fame Cup, the C.V. Whitney Cup and the U.S. Open Championship. Peter Brant’s White Birch won all three events in 2005.

The 2006 high-goal polo season includes the following tournaments:
• Joe Barry Memorial Cup, January 15-29 (22-Goal)
• Ylvisaker Cup, January 27-February 19 (22-Goal)
• Hall of Fame Cup, February 17-March 5 (26-Goal)
• C.V. Whitney Cup, March 3-March 26 (26-Goal)
• Stanford Financial Group U.S. Open Polo Championship, March 24-April 23 (26-Goal)

The polo matches are open to the public. General admission for the Sunday games at International Polo Club Palm Beach is $10 for adults. Children under 12 enter for free. Tickets may be purchased at the gate on the day of the game.
International Polo Club Palm Beach is located at 3667 120th Avenue South, between Pierson Road and Lake Worth Road in Wellington. For information, directions or tickets, please visit the club’s website at www.internationalpoloclub.com or call (561) 204-5687.
 

22-Goal Rosters 2006
Airstream Peter Orthwein 1 Carlos Gracida 10 Memo Gracida 9	Audi Marc Ganzi 1 Kris Kampsen 6 Juan Bollini 7 Hector Galindo 8
Bendabout Gillian Johnston 2 Miguel N. Astrada 10 Lucas Montverde 9 Will Johnston 1	Catamount Scott Devon 3 Jeff Hall 8 Jeff Blake 6 Todd Offen 5
ERG Scott Wood TBA TBA TBA	Lechuza Caracas Victor Vargas 2 Pite Merlos 10 TBA TBA
New Bridge Russ McCall A Matias Magrini 9 Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Gonzalo Del Tour 3	Pony Express Bob Daniels 0 Gonzalo Von Wernich 7 Nicolas Roldan 7 Rookie Bailleu 8
San Saba Tommy Lee Jones 0 TBA 5 Javier N. Astrada 10 Toto Collardin 7	Skeeterville Skeeter Johnston 2 Julio Arellano 8 Owen Rinehart 8 Stevie Orthwein 4
Techno Marine Frank Dubarry 0 Luis Escobar 7 Adam Snow 8 Tba 6	White Birch TBA 3 Julio Gracida 5 Mariano Aguerre 10 Peter Brant 4
26-Goal Rosters
Bendabout Gillian Johnston 2 Miguel N. Astrada 10 Lucas Monteverde 9 Julio Gracida 5	Black WAtch Neil Hirsch 0 Nacho Figueras 7 Facundo Pieres 9 Gonzolito Pieres 9
BTA Kelly Beal 1 Rookie Bailleu 8 Mike Azzaro 10 Jeff Blake 6	Crab Orchard George Rawlings 0 Memo Gracida 9 Carlos Gracida 10 Fred Mannix 7
ERG Wood TBA TBA TBA	Isla Carroll John Goodman 1 Pepe Heguy 8 Eduardo Heguy 9 Sugar Erskine 8
Jedi Torsten Koch 0 Alex Agote 8 Marcos Heguy 10 Hector Guerrero 7	Jedi II Erich Koch 0 Sanntiago Chavanne 8 Pablo MacDonough 9 Juna Martin Nero 8
Lechuza Caracas Victor Vargas 2 Sebastian Merlos 10 Pite Merlos 10 TBA 4	Las Monjitas Camilo Bautista 0 Adam Snow 9 Eduardo N. Astrada 9 Ignacio N. Astrada 8
New Bridge Russ McCall 0 Adolfo Cambiaso 10 Matias Magrini 9 Gillermo Aguero 7	Orchard Hill STeven Van Andel 0 Hector Galindo 8 Paco de Narvaez 9 Mariano Gonzalez 8
Pony Express Bob Daniels 0 Piki Alberdi 9 Bautista Heguy 9 TBA	Reata Guillermo Caset Jr. 8 Mariano Gonzalez 8 Mike Micallef 0 TBA
San Saba Tommy Lee Jones 0 TBA 9 Javier N. Astrada 10 Toto Collardin 7	Skeeterville Skeeter Johnston 2 Ignacio Tcallino 7 Julio Arellano 8 Owen Rinehart 8
White Birch TBA 3 Lucas Criado 9 Mariano Aguerre 10 Peter Brant 4