Ganon and Colombres lift Cinque Terre to overtime win

By Alex Webbe

Rain and wet fields postponed play at the Greenwich Polo Club for over two weeks, but

play resumed again on Sunday afternoon in the 20-goal Tommy Glynn Memorial Cup.  

Cinque Terre recorded a 13-12 overtime win over Airstream, and the tournament was

underway once again.

Cinque Terre (Alessandro Bazzoni, Gringo Colombres, Joao Ganon and Brandon

Phillips) received one goal by handicap from the 20-goal Airstream team (Peter

Orthwein, Kris Kampsen, Guille Aguero and Mariano Gonzalez) and quickly added to it

on a goal from the field from Gringo Colombres.  Shutout defense kept Airstream off of

the scoreboard as Cinque Terre trotted out to an early 2-0 lead.

Consecutive goals from Colombres and Brazilian 7-goaler Joao Ganon had Cinque

Terre in front, 4-0.  Guille Aguero finally managed to break through the Cinque Terre

defense and score for Airstream.   Cinque Terre continued to control the game with a 4-

1 advantage.

Kris Kampsen scored two goals early in the third to cut the Cinque Terre lead to a single

goal, 4-3.  Colombres added another goal from the field, 3-3.  Aguero closed out the

scoring in the third chukker with his second goal of the game.  At the end of the first half

Cinque Terre guarded a one goal lead, 5-4.

“It was back and forth all game long,” offered Brandon Phillips.  “It had been a long time

between games”, He added, “and I was expecting some rust to our play, but the team

played well,”

A fired up Airstream team took the field in the fourth period.  Three unanswered goals

had Airstream leading by two goals, 7-4.  Ganon kept Cinque Terre from getting shut

out with the final goal of the chukker.  With two chukkers left to play, Airstream had

assumed the lead, 7-6.

The fifth chukker belonged to Cinque Terre, outscoring Airstream 4-1 and capturing a

10-8 lead.  Ganon scored twice for Cinque Terre (once on a penalty shot), Alessandro

Bazzoni and Brandon Phillips added single goals.  Mariano Gonzalez scored

Airstream’s only goal.

Ganon and Colombres added single goals early in the sixth, but Airstream’s offense

erupted for four goals to tie it up at 12-12.  Aguero scored twice while Kampsen and

Gonzalez each added a penalty goal.  

The tie forced a sudden death overtime in which Colombres was able to make his

way through the Airstream defense to score the winning goal in a 13-12 Cinque Terre

victory.

Aguero led all scoring with six goals, Kampsen and Gonzalez added three goals

apiece in a losing effort.  Ganon and Colombres scored five goals apiece for Cinque

Terre.  Bazzoni and Phillips chipped in single goals and the team received one goal by

handicap for the win.

Cinque Terre (1-0) will return to action on Wednesday, June 26 when they face a

winless (0-2) Heathcote Polo team (Steve Lefkowitz, Naco Taverna, Tommy Biddle and

Nick Manifold).