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and I never noticed him disputing direction to combine effectively
referees’ decisions. Furthermore with Juan Carlos Harriott.
everybody spoke about his
Hugh Dawnay
sportsmanship being
Waterford, Ireland
a wonderful example to others.
Comparing Harriott with today’s
stars the only similar player appears to
Open by name, more
be Miguel Novillo Astrada. Gonzalito
open by nature
and Facundo Pieres, like their father
The introduction of the “no turn rule”
Gonzalo, play great team polo and
brought about some welcome changes
give glorious passes, but at times
to the polo in Argentina at this year’s
appear to be competing for honours
Open, which I watched at Palermo and
as individual players.
on television.
The remainder seem to be
Its biggest impact has been to
obsessed with turning the ball and,
return the game to how it was
although there are close, thrilling
intended – played as a team sport. The
finishes, the overall spectacle has
requirement for teamwork has
increased immensely and was now far
“Given today’s best
more evident in the games I saw.
Players made runs anticipating
ponies, I believe
backhands and, as such, the polo was
Coronel Suárez would much faster and more open than
have beaten all
usual. It was hard to believe the game
at this level could be played at any
present-day teams”
om a new angle.
faster a pace, but the results were
really refreshing.
deteriorated, with too many
My favourite team has always
penalties stopping the flow.
been Ellerstina but, in all the
Incessant appealing and
games I watched them play, they
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complaints are ugly, giving a nasty
lacked some glue. It was surprising
e of the above, then call or
taste to supporters, compared to the
to see a 40-goal team struggle to
atmosphere produced by Juan Carlos
hit their form. However, they
and his contemporaries.
picked up their game for the final
I believe the Coronel Suarez team
and, as far as I could tell, stuck to
that won the Open so often and
their game plan admirably.
espiratory and hoof health risks
played as Argentina's national team
Annnoyingly, the rain delays meant
against the Americans so successfully,
I had to fly home before the final and
if given today’s best ponies, would
watch it on DVD, but it seemed from
have beaten all present-day teams.
what I could tell on the television that
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