Toronto Polo Club

2009 CHAMPIONS

The first indoor tournament of the 2009/ 2010 season was played on Saturday November 21 and Sunday November 22 at the Fox Den Farm indoor arena. There were 5 teams entered, with the winning team being Jonathan Pushka, Alyson Hannas and Tim Houlton. The MVP for the tournament was Jonathan Pushka.

  2008 CHAMPIONS

The first indoor tournament of the 2008/ 2009 season was played on Saturday November 22 and Sunday November 23 at the Fox Den Farm indoor arena. There were 5 teams entered, with the winning team being Annabel Begg, Peter Kirby/ David Farquharson, Andrew Begg. The MVP for the tournament was Andrew Begg.

The Ontario Polo Tour’s “Polar Bear Cup” was played on April 4 & 5 at the Toronto Polo Club’s Fox Den Farm indoor arena.  Six teams were entered, with players hailing from the Toronto Polo Club and the Cedar Valley Polo Club.

The consolation game Champions was the team of Annabel Begg (Toronto), Takuji Makino (Toronto) and Neal Claasson.

Mack, Annabel & Neal - Consolation Champions

Jen, Ali & Ryley - Champions!

The Championship game was a close and exciting final.  Both teams were well matched and well mounted.  The teams were Arthur Strahl (Cedar Valley/ Toronto), Penny Davey (Toronto) and Andrew Begg (Toronto) vs. Ryley Begg (Toronto), Jen Gaylor (Toronto) and Ali Al-Hamid (Toronto).   By the end of the fourth chukker the score was tied. Since most players had used up all their horsepower the teams decided to do a shoot-out to determine the tournament winner.  In the end it was Ryley’s team that took home the cup.

MVP Penny with Umpire Scott

  Penny Davey was chosen as the tournament MVP.  She played far and above her handicap, helping her team to the championship game.

Special thanks to Scott Weir and Brenden Stenzel for Umpiring, and to Caitlyn Phillips for picking up the games!

Ryley vs. Arthur

Brenden Stenzel & Ryley Begg

Winners: Jim Falle, Andrew Begg, Fox Den Farm Manager David Wayne (presenting), Brenden Stenzel

Saturday January 31 and Sunday February 1 was the Fox Den Farm Indoor Challenge tournament.  Four teams battled it out in the chilly temperatures on Saturday to make it to the championship game on Sunday.  Luckily the temperature warmed up quite a bit for Sunday’s games.  The Consolation game winners were the team of Annabel Begg, Takuji Makino and Alyson Hannas, after a close match against Arthur Strahl, David Farquharson and Bev Brooks.  The Champions of the tournament were the team of Brenden Stenzel, Andrew Begg and Jim Falle.  In an exciting and close championship final they beat Ryley Begg, Julia Kierans and Jennifer Gaylor. 

MVP: Jennifer Gaylor (with hubby/opponent Jim Falle)

 Most Valuable player of the tournament was rookie player Jennifer Gaylor.  Jen has only been playing a year, but played above and beyond her handicap at this tournament!  Special thanks to Scott Weir for Umpiring the weekend, and to David Wayne for harrowing the arena.

(photographs by David Wayne)

2009 Winners

Congratulations to the winning team of the 2009 Santa Claus Cup, it was the team of Derek Sifton, Saul Benitez and Alyson Hannas.  MVP for the tournament was Annabel Begg.  In lieu of a tournament entry fee, players were asked to bring an unwrapped toy for the Christmas Toy Drive .  Thanks to all the wonderful contributions from players and club members, we were able to drop off a giant box of toys to the Charity. 

2008 Winners

Congratulations to the winning team of the 2008 Santa Claus Cup.  After a very close finish (penalty shots in overtime) it was Annabel Begg, Terra Sifton/ Andrew Begg and Matthew Alexander who were the victors. They beat out the team of Peter Kirby, Takuji Makino (Mack) and Jonathan Pushka/ Julia Kierans in an exciting final match.

The winners of the Consolation finals were Nicole Offen, Penny Davey and Alyson Hannas.  In a close and exciting game they beat the team of David Farquharson, Beverly Brooks and David Birkenshaw.

The most valuable player of the tournament was Mack, with an honourable mention to Terra Sifton.  Special thanks to Scott for umpiring, and to Steph, Marianne, Shelley & Julia for picking up!

Our next indoor tournament is the Polar Bear Cup on January 24-25, 2009.  Please sign up on the polo hotline (905) 888-7656 by Monday January 19, 2009.