TEAM Blue pulled off a come-from-behind 9-7 triumph over Team White on Sunday in the 2025 Chairman’s Cup at the Enrique Zobel East Field of the Manila Polo Club in Makati City.
Argentinian pro Gregorio Gelosi and Gus Aguirre led with three goals apiece and made the decisive ones in the last two chukkers to take the High Goal Game crown of the inaugural leg of the 2025 season.
Gelosi made his big moves in the fifth chukker, scoring his first goal with an attack from 10 yards at the 4-minute mark, 6-7.
The next assault saw Gelosi going for another attempt that tied the contest, 7-all, on transition and after team skipper Ferdinand Martin Romualdez made a spectacular save from the other end of the field.
Gelosi’s third goal came at the fifth chukker’s buzzer, when he rode in from the left flank, swinging the ball into net, while challenged by another Argentine pro Juan Zibaurre.
Aguirre got an assist from Romualdez at the 1:48 mark of the sixth chukker for Team Blue’s final goal.
“It was a nice and fast game. And we had a level of player from Argentina. And that’s (Ignacio) O’Dwyre, Gelosi and Zibaurre. They’re the imports. They played at a high level,” said the 23-year Romualdez, who gave credit to his teammates.
Romualdez’s younger brother Andrew, earlier led Team White to a 7-5 lead with his two goals in the closing minutes of the fourth chukker.
In the low goal game, Pedro Roxas made three goals in carrying Team Red past Team Black, 5-3.
Action resumes next Sunday with the 20th Enrique Zobel Memorial Cup.
