Sunday’s finals of the Pacific Coast Polo Tournament also celebrated the inaugural American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Campaign. Emceed by ABC’s Bachelorette runner up, Kiptyn Locke, the American Heart Association had their first ever San Diego STRUT to promote heart health in women, along with a silent and live auction. The Polo Club was decked out in red and all guests sported red flair in support of the organization. According to the CDC, heart disease is the number one killer in women, which is more than all types of cancer combined!
Porsche of San Diego had their gorgeous automobiles on display, including the all new 2014 Porsche Cayman.
The first match was a consolation game played between Twin Palms/San Fernando and Adeptus. Colleen Wilson, owner of Adeptus had a spectacular afternoon, scoring 5 goals for her team. Roberto Estudillo of Twin Palms/San Fernando also had a fantastic game, scoring 3 for his team. Twin Palms/San Fernando was slow to start, but caught up by half-time, making the score 5 to 5. Adeptus shined in the 5th chukker, bringing their team up 3 more point and winning the match 8 to 7.
During intermission, the local community participated in the Go Red STRUT, a community-based, one-of-a kind fashion show. Led by the San Diego Polo School students and Uakea Huddleston, the STRUT included two heart disease victims, one being a 4 year old boy. Celebrity judges AJ Machado, Chris Cantore, Natasha Stenbock, Lisa Murphy, Mia Stefanko and Kiptyn Locke, judged the “strutters” and gave out prizes to various winners.
Just after the American Heart Association’s Go Red STRUT, our announcer and auctioneer, Steven Lewandowski raffled off items for charity!
The national anthem was sung by two American Heart Association volunteers, one of which is a heart disease survivor.
The feature match and finals of the Pacific Coast Polo Tournament consisted of Hanalei Bay (Krista Bonaguidi -1, Ashton Wolf 3, Mariano Fassetta 6, David Samaniego 0) and Starmeadow/Monteverde (Ellen Greenhill -1, Colton Bancroft 0, Martin Ravina 5, Graham Bray 4). Hanalei Bay kicked off things in the first chukker with 3 goals but letting Starmeadow/Monteverde sneak up in the 3rd chukker. Krista Bonaguidi scored 3 in the feature match, making her one of the high scorers on her team. The game was all tied up in the 4th chukker, 7 to 7, but Martin Ravina scored 4 goals in the final chukkers to lead his team to victory. Starmeadow/Monteverde beat Hanaeli Bay 10 to 8.
Guests enjoyed the Korbel California Champagne Divot Stomp during half time and the Paul Cannon Band after the matches.
When guests sampled Black Stallion Winery‘s Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, they received a fun Black Stallion branded Go Vino glass! Black Stallion’s chardonnay is one of our biggest sellers at Sunday Polo!
Thank you to Ranch & Coast for being our media sponsor and Kiptyn Locke for emcee-ing the event!
