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​4 GOAL

USPA Constance and Jesse Upchurch Memorial Cup 4 Goal

9/9/2024

 
USPA Constance and Jesse Upchurch Memorial Cup 4 Goal

Tuesday, September 17
5:00 PM @ Prestonwood Field #2
Brushy Creek (6) def UNT (3.5)
Umpires: H. Bray
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: UNT

2nd half: Brushy Creek

6:00 PM @ Prestonwood Field #2
Willow Bend (7) def Waterski America (5)
Umpires: H. Bray
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Willow Bend

2nd half: Waterski America
​
Saturday, September 21
(Consolation Final canceled) 

Final
4:30 PM @ Prestonwood field #1

Brushy Creek(6) vs Willow Bend(4)
Umpires: H. Bray
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Brushy Creek

2nd half: Willow Bend
MVP: Vance Miller
BBP: Hollywood played and owned by Allen Custard

​
TEAMS


Brushy Creek
Jordan Upchurch  0
Vance Miller 1
Jhonny Alvarez del Rosario 2
Niklaus Felhaber 1
HCP  4

UNT
Mosia Gravesande  0
Alec 
Felhaber/Cole Felhaber  0
Ramon Moncho Espinal  2
Johann Felhaber  1
HCP  3


Waterski America 
James Long (JB)  0
Carter Heltzen  1
Isidro Olivas  2
James Glew 1
HCP 4
​
Willow Bend
Kirstan Lamont/Matthew Morgan-1
Allen Custard/
Tom Banks  0
Robert Payne Jr.  2

Vaughn Miller Jr.  3
HCP  4

DRAW RESULTS:                         
A. 
UNT              
B. Willow Bend          
C. Prestonwood
D. Waterski America

Tournament format: Knockout 
A vs C
B vs D

Game 1
A vs C

Game 2 
B vs D

Final
Game 3
Winner G1 vs Winner G2

Consolation Final
Game 4
Loser G1 vs Loser G2


Reminders:
  • Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
  • Spare changes at end lines only
  • ******each team MUST bring 2 umpire horses per game that has the ability to play 4 goal polo-must be tacked and ready to go 15 minutes before each game******
  • All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
  • All players must have USPA Dues paid https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
  • All players and grooms must sign all of the field owner release forms for 2024 in order to play  Click here: www.dfwpolo.com/liability-waivers   
  •  Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
  • Tied games - 1 player shootout
HTC Tournament conditions and variances:
Elimination of Half goal on player handicaps variance
Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
Optional Tournament Condition for Fair Play Possession
Buzzer Beater Variance

Fall Season 4 Goal Tournaments

8/16/2024

 

9/17-9/21 USPA $2500 The Constance and Jesse Upchurch Memorial Cup

9/24-10/5 USPA $2500 Congressional Cup

10/8-10/19  
USPA $2500 Players Cup

10/22-10/26  
USPA $2500 Centennial Cup

11/1-11/3  
USPA $2500 Sportsmanship Cup

USPA General George S. Patton Cup 4 Goal

6/18/2024

 
USPA General George S. Patton Cup 4 Goal + USPA Constitution Cup 4 Goal

Tuesday, June 18
Final USPA Constitution Cup 4 Goal
6:30 PM @ Willow Bend 
Willow Bend (7) def Drake's (6) OT
Umpires: Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Timer: P. Mudra

USPA General George S. Patton Cup 4 Goal
Friday, June 21
5:45 PM @ Prestonwood

Gusto (9) def Bradford Elite (8.5)
Umpire:
M. Bignoli Sr.
Timer: M. McBride

7:00 PM @ Willow Bend
Prestonwood (8) def Willow Bend (4)
Umpires: 
M. Bignoli Sr.
Timer: M. McBride
​
Sunday, June 23
Final
9:00 AM @ Willow Bend
Gusto (6) def Prestonwood (4)
Umpire:  M. Bignoli Sr.
Timer: 
M. McBride

Consolation Final 
10:00 AM @ Willow Bend

Willow Bend (7) def Bradford Elite (6.5) 
Umpire:
M. Bignoli Sr.
Timer: M. McBride
​
TEAMS


Bradford Elite
Lisa Yanskey  - 0.5
Mark Osburn  0
Carter Heltzen  1
Will Walton  3
HCP  3.5

Gusto
Cale Curtin  0
JB Long  0
Vaughn Miller Jr.  3
James Glew  1
HCP  4
​
Prestonwood
Vaughn Miller Sr   -1
Vance Miller  1
Moncho Espinal  2
Jhonny Alvarez  2
HCP 4
​
Willow Bend
Allen Custard 0
Tom Banks  0
Jonathan Garnica  2
Robert Payne  2
HCP  4


DRAW RESULTS:                         
A. 
Bradford Elite                
B. Willow Bend          
C. Gusto 
D. Prestonwood

Tournament format: Knockout 
A vs C
B vs D

Game 1
A vs C

Game 2 
B vs D

Final
Game 3
Winner G1 vs Winner G2

Consolation Final
Game 4
Loser G1 vs Loser G2


Reminders:
  • Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
  • Spare changes at end lines only
  • All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
  • All players must have USPA Dues paid https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
  • All players and grooms must sign all of the field owner release forms for 2024 in order to play  Click here: www.dfwpolo.com/liability-waivers   
  •  Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
  • Tied games - 1 player shootout
Tournament conditions and variances:
Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

General George S. Patton Cup

6/10/2024

 
USPA General George S. Patton Cup 4 Goal

Friday, June 14
6:00 PM @ Willow Bend
Gusto (8) def Willow Bend (6)
Umpire: Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Timer: P. Mudra

7:00 PM @ Willow Bend
Prestonwood (10) def Bradford Elite (3.5)
Umpires:  Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Timer: M. McBride

Sunday, June 16
Final
9:00 AM @ Prestonwood
Prestonwood (7) def Gusto (6)
Umpire:  Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Timer: M. McBride

Consolation Final 
9:00 AM @ Willow Bend
Willow Bend (10) def Bradford Elite (3)
Umpire: I. Olivas
Timer: TBA

Tuesday, June 18
Final USPA Constitution Cup 4 Goal
6:30 PM @ Willow Bend 
Drake's vs Willow Bend
Umpires: Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Timer: P. Mudra

USPA General George S. Patton Cup 4 Goal
​
TEAMS


Bradford Elite
Lisa Yanskey  - 0.5
Mark Osburn  0

Carter Heltzen  1
Will Walton  3

HCP  3.5

Gusto
Cale Curtin  0
JB Long  0
Vaughn Miller Jr.  3
James Glew  1
HCP  4
​
Prestonwood
Vaughn Miller Sr   -1
Vance Miller  1
Moncho Espinal  2
Jhonny Alvarez  2

HCP 4
​

Willow Bend
Allen Custard 0
Tom Banks  0

Jonathan Garnica  2
Robert Payne  2

HCP  4

New teams/draw 6/10/24
DRAW RESULTS:                         
A.  Gusto                     

B.  Prestonwood            
C.  Willow Bend
D.  Bradford Elite 

Tournament format: Knockout 
A vs C
B vs D

Game 1
A vs C

Game 2 
B vs D

Final
Game 3
Winner G1 vs Winner G2

Consolation Final
Game 4
Loser G1 vs Loser G2


Reminders:
  • Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
  • Spare changes at end lines only
  • All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
  • All players must have USPA Dues paid https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
  • All players and grooms must sign all of the field owner release forms for 2024 in order to play  Click here: www.dfwpolo.com/liability-waivers   
  •  Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
  • Tied games - 1 player shootout
Tournament conditions and variances:
Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

USPA Constitution Cup 4 Goal

5/14/2024

 
USPA Constitution Cup 4 Goal

New teams/draw 5/18/24

Tuesday, May 21
Game 1 of the USPA Constitution Cup
10:00 AM @ Prestonwood
Drake's (6) def Prestonwood (2.5)
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: M. McBride

Game 2 of the USPA Constitution Cup 
6:30 PM @ Willow Bend
Willow Bend (6) def Gusto (5) OT shootout 
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Friday, May 24
Final
5:00 PM @ TBA Canceled due to rain
Drake's vs Willow Bend
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Consolation Final 
6:00 PM @ TBA Canceled due to rain
Prestonwood vs Gusto
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Sunday, May 26
Final
10:00 AM @ Willow Bend Canceled due to rain
Drake's vs Willow Bend
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Consolation Final 
11:30 AM @ TBA Canceled due to rain
Prestonwood vs Gusto
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Tuesday, May 28
Consolation Final 
5:30 PM @ TBA Canceled
Prestonwood vs Gusto
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

​Final
6:30 PM @ Willow Bend Canceled due to rain
Drake's vs Willow Bend
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra, M. McBride


USPA Constitution Cup 4 Goal
​
TEAMS


Drake's
Ali Garcia  -1
Carter Heltzen  1
Moncho Espinal 2
Jhonny Alvarez  2

HCP  4
​
Prestonwood
Umair Kaimkhani  0.5
JB Long  0
Vaughn Miller Jr 3
Vaughn Miller Sr   0
HCP 3.5

Gusto
Eric Brown  -1 
Cale Curtin  0

Bautista Alesandrini 1
Justo Calafell  4
HCP  4
​
Willow Bend
Allen Custard 0
Tom Banks  0

Jonathan Garnica  2
Robert Payne  2

HCP  4

New teams/draw 5/18/24
DRAW RESULTS:                         
A.  Prestonwood                     

B.  Gusto             
C.  Drake's
D.  Willow Bend 

Tournament format: Knockout 
A vs C
B vs D

Game 1
A vs C

Game 2 
B vs D

Final
Game 3
Winner G1 vs Winner G2

Consolation Final
Game 4
Loser G1 vs Loser G2


Reminders:
  • Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
  • Spare changes at end lines only
  • All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
  • All players must have USPA Dues paid https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
  • All players and grooms must sign all of the field owner release forms for 2024 in order to play  Click here: www.dfwpolo.com/liability-waivers   
  •  Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
  • Tied games - 1 player shootout
Tournament conditions and variances:
Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

USPA Masters Cup 4 Goal

4/26/2024

 
USPA Masters Cup 4 Goal

​Friday, May 3 Canceled due to rain
5:00 PM @ Willow Bend
Game 1
Tulsa Polo Club vs UNT

Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

6:00 PM @
Willow Bend Canceled due to rain
Game 2
Bradford Elite vs Willow Bend
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Sunday, May 5
10:00 AM @ Canceled due to rain
Game 1
Tulsa Polo Club vs UNT

Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

11:00 AM @ 
Canceled due to rain 
Game 2
Bradford Elite vs Willow Bend
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

​Friday, May 10
5:00 PM @ Prestonwood 2 
Game 1
UNT 7 vs Tulsa Polo Club 2.5

Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

6:00 PM @ Prestonwood 2
Game 2
Willow Bend 8 vs Bradford Elite 3.5
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Sunday, May 12
Final
12:00 PM @ Willow Bend Canceled due to rain
UNT vs Willow Bend
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Consolation Final
2:00 PM @Prestonwood 3 Canceled due to rain
Tulsa Polo Club vs Bradford Elite
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra

Wednesday, May 15
Final
6:00 PM @ TBA
UNT (10) def Willow Bend (5)
Umpires: E. Martinez
Timer: P. Mudra


USPA Masters Cup 4 Goal
​
TEAMS


Bradford Elite
Lisa Yanskey  - 0.5
Mark Osburn  0

Carter Heltzen  1
Will Walton  3

HCP  3.5

Tulsa Polo Club
Steve Cox  0
James Glew  1
Greg Summers  1
Jeronimo Ruquet  0T
HCP  2
​

UNT
Marcus Murphy -0.5  
Vaughn Miller Sr  0
Ramon Espinal 2
Jhonny 
Alvarez 2
HCP  3.5
​
Willow Bend
Allen Custard 0
Tom Banks  0

Jonathan Garnica  2
Robert Payne  2

HCP  4

DRAW RESULTS:                         
A. 
 Tulsa Polo Club                         
B.  Bradford Elite              
C.  UNT 
D. Willow Bend

Tournament format: Knockout 
A vs C
B vs D

Game 1
A vs C

Game 2 
B vs D

Final
Game 3
Winner G1 vs Winner G2

Consolation Final
Game 4
Loser G1 vs Loser G2


Reminders:
  • Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
  • Spare changes at end lines only
  • All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
  • All players must have USPA Dues paid https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
  • All players and grooms must sign all of the field owner release forms for 2024 in order to play  Click here: www.dfwpolo.com/liability-waivers   
  •  Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
  • Tied games - 1 player shootout
Tournament conditions and variances:
Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

Spring 2024 Tournament Schedule

3/6/2024

 
4 Goal USPA Prize Money Tournaments
May 3 - June 23
5 tournaments, 4 chukkers per match

USPA $2500 Master's Cup 4 Goal
May 3 - 5

USPA $2500 Constitution Cup 4 Goal
May 10 - 19

USPA $2500 General George S Patton 4 Goal
May 24 - June 2

USPA $2500 General S Brown 4 Goal
June 6 - 16

USPA $2500 Congressional Cup 4 Goal
June 21 - 23

USPA $2500 Sportsmanship Cup

10/31/2023

 
USPA $2500 Sportsmanship Cup

Thursday, November 2
​Centennial Cup Game
5:30 PM @ Prestonwood
Prestonwood (3) def Adobe Lodge/Gusto (2)
Umpires: C. Vasquez, R. Stimmel
Timer: M. McBride 
Prestonwood and Hondo win Shootout!

Saturday, November 4
​Game counts for Centennial Cup FINAL and Preliminary game for the Sportsmanship Cup
3:30 PM @ Prestonwood 1
Hondo (6) def Prestonwood (3)
Umpires: C. Vasquez, R. Stimmel
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra

4:30 PM @ Prestonwood 1
Gusto (5) def Ranch Hand (4)
Umpires: C. Vasquez, R. Stimmel
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra

Sunday, November 5
​FINAL of the Sportsmanship Cup 
11
:30 AM @ Prestonwood 
Gusto (4.5) def Hondo (3) 
Umpires: C. Vasquez, R. Stimmel
Timer: P. Mudra

Consolation Final of the Sportsmanship Cup
12:30 PM @ Prestonwood 
Ranch Hand (5.5) def Prestonwood (4)
Umpires: C. Vasquez, R. Stimmel
Timer: P. Mudra

DRAW RESULTS: TBA will be seeded after Thursday's game and shootout:                           
A. 
 Prestonwood                             
B.  Hondo                  
C.  Gusto
D. Ranch Hand
                      
Tournament format: Knockout
A vs C
B vs D

Game 1
A vs C

Game 2 
B vs D

Final
Game 3
Winner G1 vs Winner G2

Consolation Final
Game 4
Loser G1 vs Loser G2


See tournament variances and tournament conditions below team rosters.

TEAMS

Gusto
JB Long  -1
Cale Curtin  0

Chris Jones  1
Vaughn Miller Jr. 3

HCP 3

Prestonwood
Jorge Da Rosa  -1
Vaughn Miller  Sr. 0
Ronnie Puente 1.5
Sidro Olivas  3

HCP  3.5
​
Hondo
Marcus Murphy -0.5
Moncho Espinal  2
Trevor Niznik 3

James Servando McHazlett - 1
HCP  3.5

Ranch Hand
Claire Dornak  -1
Lucio Chavez 1

Niklaus Felhaber  1
Alejandro Alvarez  2

HCP  3
​

Reminders:
 - Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
 - Spare changes at end lines only
- All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
 - All players must have USPA Dues paid
https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
 - All players must have signed all field owner release forms for 2023
 - Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
 - Both teams need to provide 2 umpire horses each game

Tournament conditions and variances:
​

Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period​.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

USPA $2500 CENTENNIAL CUP 4 GOAL

10/16/2023

 
USPA $2500 CENTENNIAL CUP 4 GOAL

Thursday, October 19
4:15 PM@ Willow Bend 2
Ranch Hand (6) def Willow Bend (3)
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

5:30 PM@ Prestonwood 2
Hondo (5.5) def Prestonwood (5)
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

Saturday, October 21
11:00 AM @ Willow Bend 2
Willow Bend (7) def Hondo (3.5)
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

4:30 PM @ Mokarow TBA
Game Counts as Final for the USPA 
Masters Cup and preliminary game in the USPA Centennial Cup
Adobe Lodge/Gusto (7) def Ranch Hand (6) 
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

Tuesday, October 24
canceled due to rain
5:00 PM @ Prestonwood
Prestonwood vs Adobe Lodge/Gusto
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: M. McBride

Wednesday, October 25
canceled due to rain

5:00 PM @ Prestonwood
Prestonwood vs Adobe Lodge/Gusto
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: M. McBride

Thursday, October 26
canceled due to rain
​
5:00 PM @ Prestonwood
Prestonwood vs Adobe Lodge/Gusto
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: M. McBride

Saturday,October 28
Will be rescheduled when it stops raining
CONSOLATION FINAL RR 
​TBA @ TBA
TBA vs TBA vs TBA
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra
​

Will be rescheduled when it stops raining
​FINAL
TBA @ TBA
TBA vs TBA
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra 

Thursday, November 2
​5:00 PM @ Prestonwood
Prestonwood vs Adobe Lodge/Gusto
Umpires: TBA, TBA
Timer: M. McBride 

Saturday, November 4
​Game counts for Centennial Cup FINAL and Preliminary game for the Sportsmanship Cup
4:30 PM @ Prestonwood 1
TBA vs TBA
Umpires: TBA, TBA
Timer: P. Mudra

DRAW RESULTS and current records:                               
A. 
Willow Bend  (1,1)                                 
B. Prestonwood   (___,1)                       
C. Ranch Hand (1,1 )
D. Hondo (1,1)
E. Adobe Lodge/Gusto (1, ___)                        

Tournament format:
Tournament format: 5 Star draw 
 - A vs C, B vs D, B vs E, A vs D, C vs E

Note: All teams get two bracket games
Rankings (after the preliminary games are played):
1) Record
2) Who beat who if two and only two teams are tied on record who have played each other
3) USPA one man per team shootout tiebreaker in three way or more ties or two way ties between teams who have not played each other
The Team that does not make the semifinals will play a consolation game, consolation may be a round robin.
Semifinals:

1. #1 ranked team and #2 ranked team play in separate semifinals
2. If necessary, 3rd and 4th teams will be placed so both top ranked teams play someone different in the semifinals
3. Team #1 will draw between #3 and #4 if it is not possible for both first and second place teams to play someone different.
4. If there are rain outs we will pull out the semi finals to stay on schedule and the #1 ranked team will play the #2 ranked team in the final.
  

See tournament variances and tournament conditions below team rosters.

TEAMS

Adobe Lodge/Gusto
Wyatt Duncan -1
Cale Curtin  0

Alejandro Alvarez 2
Vaughn Miller Jr. 3

HCP 4

Prestonwood
Jorge Da Rosa  -1
Vance Miller 1
Sidro Olivas  3
Kate Howe  0

HCP  3
​
Hondo
Marcus Murphy -0.5
Moncho Espinal  2
Trevor Niznik 3

James Servando McHazlett - 1
HCP  3.5
​

Willow Bend  
Kirstan Lamont/Matthew Morgan  -1
Allen Custard  0

Rob Payne III  3
Robert Payne Jr  2
HCP  4

Ranch Hand 
Claire Dornak -1
Tom Banks 0
Bautista Alessandrini  1
Agustin Molinas  4

HCP  4

Reminders:
 - Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
 - Spare changes at end lines only
- All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
 - All players must have USPA Dues paid
https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
 - All players must have signed all field owner release forms for 2023
 - Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
 - Both teams need to provide 2 umpire horses each game

Tournament conditions and variances:
​

Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period​.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.

USPA $2500 Masters Cup 4 Goal

9/16/2023

 
USPA $2500 MASTERS CUP 4 GOAL

REVISED 10/6/23 DUE TO A TEAM PULLING OUT
Saturday, October 7
11:15 AM @ Willow Bend 2
Ranch Hand (4) def Willow Bend (3)
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

5:00 PM @ Prestonwood
Adobe Lodge/Gusto (6) def Hondo (5) 
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra

Tuesday, October 10
5:45 PM @ Prestonwood
Ranch Hand (6) def Adobe Lodge/Gusto (4)
Umpires: USPA, B. Stenzel
Timer: M. McBride

5:45 PM @ Willow Bend 2
Prestonwood (5) def Willow Bend (4)
Umpires: USPA, J. Curbelo
Timer: TBA

Thursday,October 12
4:30 PM @ Prestonwood
Hondo (5) vs Prestonwood (3.5)
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

Saturday, October 14
Semi Final #1
11:00 AM @ Prestonwood 1

Ranch Hand (4) def Hondo (2)
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

Semi Final #2
4:30 PM @ Prestonwood 1
Adobe Lodge/Gusto vs Prestonwood
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: M. McBride, P. Mudra

Thursday,October 19
FINAL
TBA @ TBA
Ranch Hand vs TBA
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

CONSOLATION FINAL RR 
​TBA @ TBA
TBA vs TBA vs TBA
Umpires: USPA, USPA
Timer: P. Mudra

DRAW RESULTS:                               
A. 
Ranch Hand                                   
B. Hondo                          
C. Willow Bend 
D. Adobe Lodge/Gusto
E. Prestonwood                         

Tournament format:
Tournament format: 5 Star draw 
 - A vs C, B vs D, B vs E, A vs D, C vs E

Note: All teams get two bracket games
Rankings (after the preliminary games are played):
1) Record
2) Who beat who if two and only two teams are tied on record who have played each other
3) USPA one man per team shootout tiebreaker in three way or more ties or two way ties between teams who have not played each other
The Team that does not make the semifinals will play a consolation game, consolation may be a round robin.
Semifinals:

1. #1 ranked team and #2 ranked team play in separate semifinals
2. If necessary, 3rd and 4th teams will be placed so both top ranked teams play someone different in the semifinals
3. Team #1 will draw between #3 and #4 if it is not possible for both first and second place teams to play someone different.
4. If there are rain outs we will pull out the semi finals to stay on schedule and the #1 ranked team will play the #2 ranked team in the final.
 

See tournament variances and tournament conditions below team rosters.

TEAMS

Adobe Lodge/Gusto
Wyatt Duncan -1
Cale Curtin  0

Alejandro Alvarez 2
Vaughn Miller Jr. 3

HCP 4

Prestonwood
Jorge Da Rosa  -1
Vance Miller 1
Sidro Olivas  3
Kate Howe  0

HCP  3
​
Hondo
Marcus Murphy -0.5
Moncho Espinal  2
Trevor Niznik 3

James Servando McHazlett - 1
HCP  3.5
​

Willow Bend  
Kirstan Lamont/Matthew Morgan  -1
Allen Custard  0

Rob Payne III  3
Robert Payne Jr  2
HCP  4

Ranch Hand 
Claire Dornak -1
Tom Banks 0
Bautista Alessandrini  1
Agustin Molinas  4

HCP  4

Reminders:
 - Teams higher in the draw will choose jersey color
 - Spare changes at end lines only
- All players are required to wear a helmet that passes the NOCSAE ND050 Standard Performance Specification
 - All players must have USPA Dues paid
https://www.uspolo.org/association/membership
 - All players must have signed all field owner release forms for 2023
 - Anyone on horseback must wear a helmet (spare holders, grooms, etc)
 - Both teams need to provide 2 umpire horses each game

Tournament conditions and variances:
​

Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition

Buzzer Beater Variance

XIII. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR USPA OUTDOOR RULE 2.a 
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may employ and direct the Umpires to employ the version of USPA Outdoor Rule 2 set forth below: 
RULE 2- PLAYERS 
a. No player shall play in any Event for more than one team, except that, with notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may designate a handicap range ( B to 10-goals) containing players who may be excepted under the circumstances described below: 
(i) During preliminary play (i.e., non-elimination games), if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or becomes ill during a game, a player competing in the Event of equal or lesser handicap to the injured or ill player may substitute only for the remainder of that game. For all subsequent games in the Event only eligible substitutes may be used. 
(ii) After preliminary play, if a player within the designated handicap range is injured or ill and cannot start or becomes injured in a game, an eliminated player of equal or lesser handicap may substitute for the injured or ill player for the remainder of the game and/or Event. An eliminated player is a player who has completed his or her final game in the Event and whose team has been eliminated from the Event. The substitute is not eligible to compete for any other team in the Event.

IX. OPTIONAL TOURNAMENT CONDITION FOR FAIR PLAY THROW-IN
With notice to the teams before the Draw, the Host Tournament Committee may direct the Umpires to employ the “undefended” or “fair play” throw-in as described below:

Notwithstanding USPA Outdoor Rules 21.l, 22.e, and 22.e(4), which remain in force, if the Umpire or Umpires stop play due to an inadvertent whistle, a damaged or buried ball, a fallen or injured Umpire, player or horse, or some other perceived emergency or unexpected event, and the team in possession of the ball is significantly disadvantaged by the interruption of play, to be determined by the Umpires in their discretion, that team will be awarded possession in an “undefended throw-in” from the point where the ball was considered dead toward the nearer side boards or side lines. In the event this point does not allow sufficient room for the teams to line up on the field, the Umpire shall throw the ball in, in the same manner, from the nearest point that allows it.
In an undefended throw-in, the Umpire shall announce “fair play throw-in to the [color] team” and line the teams up with the team not getting possession at least one horse-length wide of the line along which the ball will be thrown. When the ball is thrown in, only the team awarded possession may play the ball, but it must do so immediately, and no member of the other team shall affect that play. As used in the prior sentence, the word “immediately” means within 5 seconds of the throw-in, and the phrase “affect that play” describes conduct that includes but is not limited to being within a one horse-length radius of the first play by the team awarded possession. If a member of the team awarded possession does not play the ball immediately or a member of the other team affects the first play by the team awarded possession, the Umpire(s) may award an appropriate penalty.


OUTDOOR RULE 14.b (the Buzzer Beater)
b.(i) A ball hit prior to the second bell or horn, and prior to the Umpires’ whistle(s) officially ending the period, may count as a goal if it is not touched by an opponent or a teammate of the player hitting the ball and it rolls or flies between the goal posts (a “Buzzer-Beater)”.

(ii) If any player on either team touches a potential "Buzzer-Beater" with their mallet, body, or horse, the whistle is blown and the ball is dead at the spot of the whistle

(iii) If a foul occurs after a potential "Buzzer Beater" is hit, a whistle will be blown, and if a penalty is called, it will be played out at the beginning of the next period​.

(iv) In the final period or OT period, if a foul occurs while a "Buzzer-Beater" shot is live, and a penalty is called, then the penalty will be played out immediately, and 5 seconds will be added to the clock.
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