Interscholastic News
2010 INTERSCHOLASTIC TEAM RESULTS
Toronto Interscholastic Team Wins Regional’s
In March 2010 the Toronto Intersholastic team went to compete at the USPA Interscholastic Regional’s at Gardener Town Polo Club in Newburgh, New York. This year’s team is Ryley Begg, Maggie Massalin, Andrew Begg and spare Jack Venhuizen. In their first game on Saturday the Toronto team (coached by Scott Weir) beat the Yale team 27 - 15 advancing them to the finals on Sunday. Another Canadian team, from the Cedar Valley Polo Club (coached by Phil Vanderburgt) also won their first game which put them in to the finals on Sunday against Toronto. In the Championship game Toronto beat Cedar Valley 27 - 18.
The Toronto team then advanced to the Interscholastic Nationals which were held on April 21 at Cornell University. Unfortunately the team did not win the National Championship Title, however Coach Scott Weir was very happy with the teams performance stating that they were a relatively young team in this tournament, and with a little more experience should, in the future, become one of the best teams in the league.
2009 INTERSCHOLASTIC TEAM RESULTS
In February the Toronto boys interscholastic team of Brendon Stenzel, Ryley Begg and Arthur Strahl won the U.S.P.A. North Eastern Interscholastic Regionals at Cornell University, which advanced them to the National Championships.
The U.S.P.A. National Championships took place on April 15- 18, at Brushy Creek Ranch in Texas. Unfortunately the boys lost in the 5th round of shoot-outs in overtime, making this the first year since 2005 that Toronto has not captured the Championship title.
please click here http://www.inhsphoto.printroom.com/uspa for photographs and results from the 2009 Interscholastic Championships.
2008 RESULTS
In February 2008 Canada sent two women’s interscholastic teams, one from the Toronto Polo Club and one from the Cedar Valley Polo Club, to compete at the United States Polo Association’s North Eastern Interscholastic Regional. This took place at Yale University in Connecticut, and was the qualifier for the USPA National Interscholastic Championships. The Cedar Valley team won the qualifier and advanced to the National Championships. This was the Cedar Valley women’s team’s first year playing at the interscholastic level, and to win the Regional at Yale was a huge accomplishment. The winning team was Rachel Beretta, Caitlyn Phillips and Emma Goodman. The girls were a great representation for Canada.
For the third year in a row a Canadian boy’s interscholastic team has won the United States Polo Association’s Interscholastic Championship title. This year’s team was Cody Offen (Toronto), Brenden Stenzel (Toronto), Riley Begg (Toronto) and alternate Arthur Strahl (Cedar Valley). There were over 40 interscholastic teams entered from across the United States, and only one Canadian team. Winning their Regional qualifier back in February, the boys advanced to the Nationals in April at Brushy Creek Ranch in Texas, where they took the field by storm and brought home the cup!
Not since the 1970’s & early ‘80’s, when the Sifton brothers, Todd Phillips and Dave Offen dominated the interscholastic arena, have Canadians had such a strong presence at the interscholastic level. We have much to be proud of with our young Canadians, and if we keep the youth programs in Canada going then hopefully we will have this kind of success for years to 
come!