The second round of the Argentine Open

Last weekend the Argentine Open 2012 went into the second round. On Sunday Ellerstina won against La Natividad with a score of 16:14. La Aguada – Las Monjitas scored 12:11 against La Aguada BMW.
In the first match on Sunday the Novillo Astrada Brothers from La Aguada BMW and La Aguada – Las Monjitas competed against each other. Until the first half the four +9-goaler from La Aguada BMW took the lead with a 4:2. But La Aguada – Las Monjitas counterattacked. The last chukka ended with a balanced 11:11. Then Alejandro Novillo Astrada scored the winning goal for La Aguada – Las Monjitas in overtime.
Facundo Pieres (+10), Mariano Aguerre (+9), Gonzalo Pieres (+10) and Nicolás Pieres (+9) from Ellerstina defeated La Natividad. Pablo Pieres (+8) scored eight goals for La Natividad and his teammate Ignacio Heguy (+9) scored five times. But in the last chukka Ellerstina scored the decisive goals and won with a 16:14.
On Saturday Pilará scored 14:11 against Magual and La Dolfina won against Alegría with 18:6. Magual, the team with the lowest teamhandicap of this season, surprised with a leading score in the third chukka. But in the second half Pilará catched up. At the end Francisco de Narváez (+8), top-scorer of the match with six goals, and Sebastián Merlos (+9) reached the 14:11-victory for Pilará.
In the second match La Dolfina gave its rival hardly a chance. Adolfo Cambiaso (+10) and Pablo Mac Donough (+10) already scored in the first chukka and La Dolfina took the lead (2:1). Especially in the second half the four 10-goaler from La Dolfina extended their advance and defeated Alegría with 18:6.

The Results:

Saturday, 17th of November 2012

Sunday, 18th of November 2012

Saturday, 24th of November 2012

Sunday, 25th of November 2012

The schedule:

Saturday, 1st of December 2012

Sunday, 2nd of December 2012

Saturday, 8th of December 2012

Final

The Teams:
Zone A
La Dolfina Hope Funds (+40)
Adolfo Cambiaso, Jr. (+10)
David Stirling, Jr. (+10)
Pablo Mac Donough (+10)
Juan Martín Nero (+10)
Pilará Piaget (+35)
Francisco Bensadón (+9)
Hilario Ulloa (+9)
Sebastián Merlos (+9)
Francisco de Narváez, Jr. (+8)
Alegría Sancor Seguros (+34)
Agustín Merlos (+9)
Frederick Mannix, Jr. (+8)
Juan Ignacio Merlos (+8)
Lucas Monteverde, Jr. (+9)
Magual (+30)
Alejandro Muzzio (+7)
Marcos di Paola (+8)
Facundo Sola (+7)
Jaime García Huidobro (+8)
Zone B
Ellerstina Citi (+38)
Facundo Pieres (+10)
Mariano Aguerre (+9)
Gonzalo Pieres, Jr. (+10)
Nicolás Pieres (+9)
La Aguada BMW (+36)
Guillermo Caset, Jr. (+9)
Javier Novillo Astrada (+9)
Miguel Novillo Astrada (+9)
Ignacio Novillo Astrada (+9)
La Natividad (+34)
Pablo Pieres (+8)
Ignacio Heguy (+9)
Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade (+8)
Bartolomé Castagnola (+9)
La Aguada – Las Monjitas (+33)
Lucas James (+8)
Cristian Laprida, Jr. (+8)
Eduardo Novillo Astrada, Jr. (+9)
Alejandro Novillo Astrada (+8)

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