18 Red - Placed 8th in Elite Platinum Division 
18 White – Won the Gold Division
16 Red – Received the Bronze in the Gold Division
16 White - Placed 14th in the Gold Division 
14’s- Placed 14th in the Platinum Division

Stanford was the highest placing team in our zone in both the 18 & 14 age groups.  For the 16s team they placed ahead of 4 other teams from our zone.  Congratulations to everyone on a great summer.

Kyle will be updating us on his Olympic adventures throughout his stay.  To get started…  Kyle with the mascot.

Kyle was able to go to the Great Wall as well.  Below is his update from the Opening Ceremonies and a pic of the “Kyles”. Kyle Kopp is one of the assistant coaches. 

Kyle’s Opening Ceremony Recap

  

The Red team beat NYAC 6-5 for the bronze medal at Nationals.  In the semi finals they lost to Bruin 10-7, getting as close as 7-6 to end the 3rd quarter after being down 6-1.  The 3rd place game was tied 0-0 after the first quarter, 3-3 at half,  up 5-4 after 3, and scored first to go up 2, and held on for the win.

The White team advanced into the 9-12 console bracket, losing to San Diego Shores, then to Champ 10-9, therefore finishing 12th out of 16 teams. 

Congratulations to everyone on a great start to the Championship Season.

Red team gets 6th.  They lost to SET 6-5 in the quarters Wed night.  Then rebounded by beating American River in the console semi 10-2.  However lost to Commerce in the final game 10-8.

White team had a great week finishing 14th out of 20 teams.  After having a tough bracket they advanced 4th in their group of 5.  They beat NC San Diego in the 13-16 semis and played for 13th place.   They ended up finishing 14th after a loss to Newport. 

Our final place average between both A & B teams was the highest of the three clubs that qualified multiple teams in the championship. 

It’s been a week of incredible events and exciting activity for the club. Just to review a couple of the more significant ones:

Click below for tentative dates and times for Fall polo (JR Polo and Age Group).
Fall 08 General Info

Ticket sales and requests for the Blastoff to Beijing are in high demand.  Keep up the Drawing and Ticket sales, you can win great prizes.
Blastoff Reminder

Turn your ovens on.  The 3rd annual Bake-Off is this coming Wednesday.  Last year the Puerto Ricans were in attendance and this year the two Olympic teams will be present and serve as the judges.  USA theme, Aussie theme, Stanford theme?  So many to choose from…  Dallmar Court in the Athletic Dept is the location (next to the pool).  All parents and players should come, there will be plenty of dessert to eat plus this is when you will get to mingle with the Olympians.

     

Bring $1 to buy a color program to get autographs on.

At the conclusion of Sunday’s qualifying games, we have qualified every team we entered for their respective championship.  Going to JOs will be 1-14 team, 2-16’s and 2-18 teams.  And heading to 20/U & Open Nationals will be 2 teams each.  Congratulations to everyone on your hard work so far. 

JO teams will be announced no later than Tue, July 15th.  We will be looking for chaperones for each team so please talk to the coaches if you are available.  We depart early Wed, July 30, and drive south, stopping along the way to train with some teams.  More information on JOs will be posted soon.  

Ruth Milne and Julia Peters were selected to the USA Junior National and USA Youth National Teams last week after competing with players from around the country.

Ruth will compete with the Junior National Team at the Born ’88 Global Championships at Los Alamitos. Julia will travel to Brazil with the Youth National Team for the Junior Pan American Championships. Congratulations!