20-goal Tommy Glynn Memorial Cup finals set

By Alex Webbe

White Birch (Joaquin Panelo, Jose Donoso, Matias Magrini and Peter Brant) and

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

Phillips) scored wins in Friday’s semifinals of the 20-goal Tommy Glynn Memorial Cup

at the Greenwich Polo Club, and will be facing one another in Sunday’s finals.

Heathcote (Steve Lefkowitz, Naco Taverna, Tommy Biddle and Nick Manifold) received

three goals by handicap, but it was White Birch that got scored the first goals of the

game.  Matias Magrini converted a penalty shot followed by a goal from the field from

Jose Donoso.  The first chukker ended with Heathcote leading 3-2 without scoring a

goal.

Second period play saw Magrini and Joaquin Panelo score consecutive goals for a 4-3

lead.  Tommy Biddle converted a penalty shot for a goal, ending the second chukker in

a 4-4 tie.

Nick Manifold opened the scoring in the third with a penalty conversion to put Heathcote

ahead, 5-4, but that would be the last lead that they would enjoy.  Goals from Peter

Brant and Panelo ended the first half with White Birch on top of a 6-5 score.

Donoso scored the only goal for White Birch to open the second half while a re-focused

Heathcote foursome fought to stay in the game.  Biddle added two more goals (One on

a penalty shot) to the Heathcote column to knot it up at 7-7 as the chukker ended.

White Birch took control of the game in the fifth, with Magrini and Panelo adding single

goals.  A smothering White Birch defense kept Heathcote from scoring.  At the end of

the chukker, White Birch held a 9-7 advantage.

Two more White Birch goals in the sixth (one from Magrini and another from Panelo)

went unanswered in an 11-7 White Birch win. Moving them into Sunday’s tournament

finals.

Magrini and Panelo scored four goals apiece for White Birch.  Donoso added two

goals and Brant was credited with a goal in the victory.  Biddle scored three goals for

Heathcote (two on penalty shots).  Manifold added a goal and the team received three

goals by handicap in the loss.

CINQUE TERRE 14, AIRSTREAM 13

Cinque Terre scored seven goals in the last two chukkers of the game against

Airstream (Peter Orthwein, Kris Kampsen, Guille Aguero and Mariano Gonzalez)

to record a 14-13 win and earn the second berth in the finals of the Tommy Glynn

Memorial Cup on Sunday where they will face Peter Brant’s White Birch team.

The 19-goal Cinque Terre team received one goal by handicap, with Peter Orthwein

scoring the first goal of the game from the field for a 1-1 tie.  Cinque Terre team captain

Alessandro Bazzoni scored the closing goal of the chukker for the 2-1 edge.

Three more Cinque Terre goals went unanswered in the second period.  Brazilian 7-

goaler Joao Ganon converted a penalty shot followed by goals from the field from

Bazzoni and Gringo Colombres.  After two chukkers Cinque Terre held a comfortable 5-

1 edge over Airstream.

Brandon Phillips put Cinque Terre ahead 6-1 with his first goal of the game, but that was

when the Airstream offense came alive.  Kris Kampsen opened the Airstream scoring

in the period with his first goal of the game.  Mariano Gonzalez added two more, cutting

the Cinque Terre lead to two goals, 6-4.  Colombres closed out the chukker with a goal

from the field and Cinque Terre found themselves on top at the end of the first half, 7-4.

The Airstream attack took its revenge out on Cinque Terre in the fourth with a punishing

assault, and fouls cost them dearly.  Kampsen connected on three penalty and shots

and Mariano Gonzalez added two goals from the field.  After four chukkers of play

Airstream had passed Cinque Terre and boasted a 9-7 lead.

Ganon scored three goals for Cinque Terre in the fifth (one on a penalty shot) but

single goals from Orthwein and Kampsen kept Airstream in the lead going into the sixth

chukker, 11-10.

Colombres tied it up at 11-11 with the first goal of the sixth chukker, and put them

ahead, 12-11, with the second goal of the period.  Phillips stretched the Cinque Terre

lead to two goals, 13-11 when Kampsen started an Airstream uprising.  Two goals

from the angular 6-goaler had it all even at 13-13 with time running out.  A foul buy an

Airstream defender was a costly mistake as Ganon converted the penalty shot for the

goal and the 14-13 win.

Kampsen was high scorer with seven goals.  Gonzalez added four goals and Orthwein

scored twice in a losing effort.  Ganon was credited with five goals for Cinque Terre

(three on penalty shots).  Colombres added four goals while Bazzoni and Phillips scored

two goals apiece.

Cinque Terre will meet White Birch in the tournament finals on Sunday at 3PM at the