Chris Del Gatto’s talented but upstart Circa team unseated a powerful White Birch foursome Saturday morning in an 8-6 contest at the Bridgehampton Polo Club on Long Island to capture the 2011 Hampton Cup in the final high-goal match of the season at the New York club.

Circa received one goal by handicap from the 20-goal White Birch team (taking the field with Adam Lindemann taking the place of team captain Peter Brant), but a 60-yard…

Equuleus fought its way to an 11-9, two goal lead with two minutes to play in the semifinals of the 2011 Hampton Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club before falling to Circa’s last chukker rally in a 12-11 loss.

“I can’t believe it,” said Equuleus 6-goaler Kris Kampsen. “We had it; we were up by two goals in the final chukker.”

Circa received one goal by handicap from the 20-goal Equuleus team and quickly added to it. A pair of goals from Magoo Laprida and a single goal from Martin Pepa had Circa in front 4-0 after the first seven minutes of play.

Equuleus fought its way back into the game with goals from Mariano Gonzalez, Mariano Obregon and Kampsen…

Heathcote received three goals to start with from the 20-goal Certified team but found themselves trailing 5-4 after the first seven-and-a-half minutes of play.

Heathcote did manage to rally for a come-from-behind 11-9 win in Hampton Cup play at the Bridgehampton Polo Club on Long Island Friday afternoon. The victory gave Heathcote a 2-1 record and secured it a berth in the tournament semifinals…

After trailing Certified 9-4 at the end of the first three chukkers, KIG staged a second half rally that tied the game at 11-11 in the final six seconds of regulation play. Luis Escobar took the throw-in in overtime and carried it down the field for the winning goal for the 12-11 victory in Hampton Cup play at the Bridgehampton Polo Club.

“What a great win,” said Argentine 7-goaler Michel Dorignac who scored the tying goal to push the game into overtime. “We had a great second half, and never gave up,” he added…

Equuleus spotted Heathcote three goals by handicap and tied it up at 5-5 at the end of the first half, but needed three goals in the final chukker to take the 11-9 win Tuesday afternoon in Hampton Cup play at the Bridgehampton Polo Club on Long Island.

Kris Kampsen opened the scoring with a goal from the field for Equuleus. Teammate Mariano Gonzalez added another while shutting down the Heathcote offense…

White Birch took control of the game early and charged off to an 8-6 win over Certified in opening round play of the 2011 Hampton Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club on Long Island Sunday afternoon.

Tomas Garcia Del Rio scored the first goal of the game for Certified, but White Birch retaliated with a scoring binge that would net them five straight goals.

Mariano Aguerre…

“It was just one of those kinds of games,” said MVP Kris Kampsen after his Equuleus team eked out a 7-5 win over KIG in first round action at the Bridgehampton Polo Club’s 2011 Hampton Cup.

“They (KIG) must have had over a dozen knock-ins,” Kampsen added, indicating the number of times he and his Equuleus teammates shot at the KIG goal and missed.

Action started slow, with both teams focusing on defense, and didn’t pick up too much after a scoreless opening chukker. Kampsen had an opportunity to score early but missed a 40-yard penalty shot. “I just shanked it,” he said.

Kampsen scored twice from the field in the second while the Equuleus defense held KIG to a single goal from Luis Escobar. After two chukkers Equuleus guarded a narrow 2-1 lead…

The finals of the 2011 Monty Waterbury Cup at the Bridgehampton Polo Club Saturday afternoon had all the makings of a classic championship match. The 17-goal Heathcote team with tournament high scorer Tommy Biddle facing off against the formidable 20-goal White Birch foursome with field general Mariano Aguerre and the second highest scorer in the tournament in Canadian 6-goaler Fred Mannix, Jr.

Heathcote started with a 3-goal handicap, but it was White birch’s Fred Mannix, Jr…

“I think that’s a personal best for me,” said White Birch 6-goaler Fred Mannix after scoring twelve times in the 14-9 win over Certified Friday afternoon in Monty Waterbury Cup play at the Bridgehampton Polo Club. “We were really in rhythm today,” he added.

The young Canadian polo star scorched the field with a game-high 12 goals with White Birch leading from start to finish.

White Birch…

It was the fourth one goal win of the tournament with Circa bouncing back in the final chukker to take a nip-and-tuck 9-8 game from a talented White Birch team Monday afternoon at the Bridgehampton Polo Club as the 2011 Monty Waterbury tournament continued.

A defensive-oriented opening chukker…