USPA Kimberly Anderson Mayer Memorial Cup 12 Goal

USPA Kimberly Anderson Mayer Memorial Cup 12 Goal
September 22-October 1

Friday, September 22
Game 1
9:00 AM @ Lakeshore Polo
Lucchese (12) def Prestonwood (9)
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man: M. Coppola
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Prestonwood
2nd half: Lucchese

Game 2
5:00 PM @ Willow Bend
Mayer Ranch (12) def Mokarow Farms (11) 
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man: J. Curbelo
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Mokarow Farms
2nd half: Mayer Ranch

​Sunday, September 24
Game 4
9:00 AM @ Lakeshore Polo Club
Mayer Ranch (13) def Lucchese (9)
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man: R. Stenzel
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Lucchese
2nd half: Mayer Ranch

Game 3
12:00 PM @ Mokarow Farms
Mokarow Farms (14) def Prestonwood (7) 
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man: B. Peluso 
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Prestonwood
2nd half: Mokarow Farms

​Friday, September 29
Game 5
9:00 AM @ Lakeshore Polo Club
Lucchese (15) def Mokarow Farms (11)
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man: T. Niznik
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Lucchese
2nd half: Mokarow Farms

Game 6
5:00 PM @ Willow Bend
Mayer Ranch (12) def Prestonwood (7)
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man: A. Gonzalez 
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half:  Mayer Ranch
2nd half: Prestonwood

​Sunday, October 1
Game 7
Canceled
​Consolation Final

12 Goal 
Game 8
​Final
4:00 PM @ Mayer Ranch
Mayer Ranch (12) def Lucchese (11)
Umpire: USPA, USPA
​3rd man:  T. Niznik
Timer: P. Mudra
Umpire Horses:
1st half: Lucchese
2nd half: Mayer Ranch
BPP: Tara owned and played by Matt Coppola
MVP: Vaughn Miller Jr.

Draw Results:
A. Prestonwood
B. Lucchese
C. Mokarow Farms
D. Mayer Ranch

TEAMS

Lucchese
John Muse  0   
Rob Payne III  3
​Juan Curbelo  5
Ale Gonzalez  4
HCP  12
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Mayer Ranch
Clark Mayer   1
Vaughn Miller JR  3  
Matt Coppola  5
Bautista Peluso  2 
HCP  11
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Mokarow Farms
Bautista Allessandrini  1
Brendon Stenzel  2
Rob Stenzel  4
Robert Payne II  2
HCP  9

Prestonwood  
Vance Miller  1 
Will Walton  3
Agustin Molinas  4 
Treavor Niznik  3  
HCP  11

Tournament format:
GAME 1 (A vs B)
GAME 2 (C vs D)
GAME 3  (loser game 1 vs loser game 2)
GAME 4 (winner game 1 vs winner game 2)
GAME 5 (winner game 1 vs loser game 2)
GAME 6 (winner game 2 vs loser game 1)
GAME 7 CONSOLATION FINAL
GAME 8 FINAL

Ranking order:
1) Record (top two records go to the final)
2) Tied Records:
 - If 2 teams have tied records, then the tie is broken by who beat who. If 3 teams have tied records, then the tie is broken by a one player per team shootout.

******each team MUST bring 2 umpire horses per game that has the ability to play 12 goal polo-must be tacked and ready to go 15 minutes before each game******

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 umpires horses each game

Tournament conditions and variances:

Host tournament committee " Courtesy Change" Rule 21f(2)
Optional Tournament Condition For USPA Outdoor Rule 2.a
FairPlay Throw-in tournament condition
Buzzer Beater Variance

(2) The Host Tournament Committee or Umpires have the authority to stop any injured or distressed horse from playing. When heat or humidity is extreme, to be determined by the Host Tournament Committee or the Umpires in their discretion and communicated to the teams before the game begins, the Umpires may allow one courtesy horse change per period for all players
on both teams when the ball is out of play or at a neutral play. Ideally, the Umpires will allow any such courtesy horse change after three minutes have elapsed in the period by announcing “ALL MAY CHANGE – COURTESY CHANGE, ONE MINUTE.”. One minute shall be allowed for players to change horses. Play will be restarted with a throw-in, penalty, free hit or knock-in, as the case may be, after one minute has elapsed. Any unwarranted delay by either team will be penalized.

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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