Argentina Polo Tour, the summer/fall tournament created by Adolfo Cambiaso and Gonzalo Pieres, has announced its schedule for the 2009 Season.
This year the Polo Tour will consist of five stages with two 22-goal tournaments, and four 16-goal tournaments, with the participation of some of the best Argentine and international players, including Adolfo Cambiaso.
The tournaments will take place in the beach town of Pinamar and clubs around Buenos Aires. Some of the matches will be played at Campo Argentino de Polo, in Palermo.
The fixtures and dates of every stage will be announced soon.

Schedule

First Stage
February 1 - 7
Pinamar (HCP 16)

Second Stage
February 14 - 21
Santa Maria de Lobos (HCP 16)

Third Stage
February 28 - March 7
Tortugas Country Club - Palermo (HCP 16)

Fourth Stage
March 13 - 29
Centauros Polo Club (HCP 16)

March 13 - 29
Centauros Polo Club (HCP 22)

Fifth Stage
April 3 - 11
Ellerstina Polo Club (HCP 22)

More information: Argentina Polo Tour official website.

The Argentine Polo Association (AAP) has announced the official schedule of the 2009 Fall Polo Season. Please bookmark this page and check regularly for updates, since there may be changes in the upcoming months.

See also:

Argentina Polo Tour 2009

Official 2009 Spring Season Schedule

INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR CUP
CHAPALEUFU POLO CLUB
Three Levels: up to 9 years -up to 12 years - up to 15 years of age.

DELFÍN RUEDA (A) - LUCAS GONZÁLEZ (H) CUP
ASCOCHINGA POLO CLUB
January 31 to February 7

HORACIO ANTONIO Y GONZALO HEGUY CUP
CHAPALEUFU POLO CLUB
Intendente Alvear, Province of Buenos Aires
February 5 to February 8

INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
CORONEL SUAREZ POLO CLUB
Categories: up to 9 years -up to 12 years - up to 15 years of age.
January 22, 23, 24 and 25

JUAN CARLOS HARRIOTT CUP

CORONEL SUAREZ POLO CLUB
February 12, 13, 14 and 15
Categories: 8 to 10 goals and 12 to 16 goals

TORNEO ABIERTO DEL SUR (CHALLENGER)
ORGANIZED BY MAR DEL PLATA POLO CLUB
Third week of February

CIRCUITO PORTEÑO
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From February 26

Tte. Gral. BARTOLOME MITRE (A) and (H) CUP
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From March 7
For 13 to 20 goal-teams

ALBERTO BEGUERIE (OPEN) - DIEGO LAINEZ (HANDICAP) CUPS
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From March 7
For 6 to 12-goal teams

COMIENZO CUP (HANDICAP)
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From March 7
For 0 to 6 goal-teams.

XI ARAUCARIA POLO CLUB OPEN IN SALVADOR MARIA (BS.AS.)
March 10 to 15
13 to 16 goals

INTERCIRCUITS WITH HANDICAP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
"REPUBLICA ARGENTINA CUP"

INTERNATIONAL POLO SERIES - NATIONS CUP
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
Argentina - Brazil, England - Rest of the World
April 18, 19 and 26
Campo Argentino de Polo - Palermo

BALFOUR CUP (OPEN) - TOMAS KENNY (HANDICAP)
VENADO TUERTO POLO CLUB
April 10, 11 and 12 de Abril.
16 to 20 goals

EZEQUIEL FERNANDEZ GUERRICO (A) - ALEJANDRO CAVANAGH (H) CUPS
LA CAÑADA POLO CLUB
April 4 to 12

LA VENDIMIA CUP
CLUB DE CAMPO MENDOZA
April 27
Categories: 2 to 6 goals and 6 to 10 goals

GENERAL MANUEL BELGRANO (A) - TRES DE FEBRERO (H) and JUNIOR GENERAL MANUEL BELGRANO CUPS
CORONEL SUAREZ POLO CLUB
April 9,10, 11 and 12

EDUARDO HEGUY (A) - JORGE SAUZE (H) CUPS
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From April 4
13 to 20-goal teams

OTOÑO (A) - AMISTAD (H) CUPS
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From April 4
6 to 12-goal teams

VOLUNTAD CUP (A) and (H)
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
From April 4

CLUB HIPICO MILITAR SAN JORGE TOURNAMENT FOR THE CUPS FRANCISCO CEBALLOS (A) AND TTE. CNEL. RUBEN FERNANDEZ SARRAUA (H)
CLUB SAN JORGE

JOCKEY CLUB DE BUENOS AIRES WORLD CUP
ALFREDO LALOR CUP
For teams up to 20 goals

LA ESPADAÑA (H) – CARLOS Y EDUARDO BUCHANAN (A) CUPS
CLUB LA ESPADAÑA - LOBOS (BS. AS).
Second fortnight of April.
For teams up to 16 goals

CHARRO MEJICANO TROPHY
EL TREBOL POLO CLUB - CAPITAN SARMIENTO (BS. AS.)
April 30 to May 3
For teams over 18 goals.

ARGENTINE CHAMPSIONSHIP WITH HANDICAP (CAIH)
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF MAY REVOLUTION CUP
ORGANIZED BY AAP (Argentine Polo Association)
May 3 to 9
For 12 to 16 goal teams classified in the provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Mendoza (San Juan and San Luis), La Pampa, Neuquén and Córdoba.
The final round will be played in the province of Tucumán.

GOLD CUP
ASCOCHINGA POLO CLUB
May 22 to 25
For teams between 8 and 12 goals.

25 DE MAYO CUP
TRENQUE LAUQUEN POLO CLUB
May 21 to 25

BALFOUR (A) - TOMAS KENNY (H) CUPS
VENADO TUERTO POLO CLUB
April 10, 11 and 12
16 to 20 goals

SAN GABRIEL (A) and (H) CUP
VENADO TUERTO POLO CLUB
May 8, 9 and 10
8 to 14 goals

DIA DE LA BANDERA (A) - GRAL. FRANCISCO VELEZ (H) CUPS
JOCKEY CLUB ROSARIO - Province of Santa Fe
12 to 19 goals

NESTOR LOPEZ CUP
CLUB HIPICO GENERAL BELGRANO

INTER-ESTANCIAS TOURNAMENT
MEDIA LUNA POLO CLUB
From June 20
10 to 15 goal teams

9 DE JULIO (A) - MAGDALA (H) CUP
MAGDALA POLO CLUB (Province of Buenos Aires)
July 9, 10, 11 and 12 de julio.
14 to 16 goal teams

GRAL. SAN MARTIN TOURNAMENT
Media Luna Polo Club.
From August 18

Fundación Proa opens its new new building in La Boca with an exceptional exhibition: "Marcel Duchamp: una obra que no es una obra “de arte”, (Marcel Duchamp, a work that is not a work "of art") curated by Elena Filipovic, that includes 120 works and some of his most important "ready-mades", a combination or arbitrary arrangement of everyday objects.
Marcel Duchamp was born on July 28th 1887 in Blainville-sur-Crevon, a small town of Ruan, in the northeast of France. This French artist, who became an American citizen, is one of the most outstanding creators of 20th century.
Friend of Picasso, Matisse, Man Ray, Andy Warhol, and Braque, he revolutionized the intellectual world of his time when he presented a porcelain urinal as a work of art. In the beginning of 1917, Duchamp named the urinal Fountain and submitted it to the Exhibition of the Independents, a show without jury or prizes organized in Paris. As a result of this initiative, there was a controversy about what defines a ‘work of art’. Throughout his life, Duchamp wondered if any ordinary object with his signature and shown in a museum could be considered a work of art. That question has been left unanswered.
Between 1918 and 1919, apparently escaping from the war, Duchamp lived in Buenos Aires. There is very little information about his stay, only a few letters sent to his friends, colleagues and relatives. When he found out the war was over, he went back to Paris.
Marcel Duchamp died at 81 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, on October 2nd 1968. After his death, there were important retrospectives both in the USA and Europe, such as the ones in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tate Gallery and the Pompidou Centre. 40 years after his death, Fundación Proa presents for the first time in Lartin America a solo exhibition of Marcel Duchamp.
Together with the opening of the exhibition, there will be the First International Colloquium about Marcel Duchamp in Buenos Aires, a debate on the influence of the artist’s works. The Colloquium will be coordinated by Paul Franklin, editor-in-chief of the prestigious magazine Etánt donné Marcel Duchamp, yearly publication of the Association pour l'Étude de Marcel Duchamp (Association for the study of Marcel Duchamp)

Dates: November 22nd 2008 through February 1st 2009.
Location: Fundacion Proa. Avenida Pedro de Mendoza 1929. La Boca.
More information: Fundacion Proa website.

The park, formerly known as the "Field of Glory," was renamed in honor of Argentina´s hero José de San Martín in 1878, upon the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Following remodeling works by British architect Edward Taylor and Argentine archiect José Canale, the fort, bullring and other buildings that existed in the lands were demolished in 1883.
In 1889 French urbanist and landscaper Charles Thays was commissioned to give the plaza its approximate current form. Numerous Ombú, Linden, rubber plants, magnolias, ceibos, jacarandas, Floss Silk trees, and –oddly– sequoias, were planted.


Plaza San Martín and its surroundings acquired their current physiognomy in 1936, when Charles Thays' son, Carlos León Thays designed the esplanade surrounding the monument. The trees planted by Thays made this park one of the most beautiful in Buenos Aires.


Some of Argentina's wealthiest and most aristocratic families built their residences and mansions around the square, which rivaled in elegance with the ones in the nearby neighborhood of Recoleta.

San Martin Palace: originally the house of the Anchorena family, today the palace belongs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship.

Military Circle (Paz Palace): José Camilo Paz –founder of La Prensa newspaper– ordered the construction of his family mansion based on the plans made by the French Louis Sortaris. Since 1938, it has been the venue of the Military Circle, an army club, and the National Museum of Weapons.



Plaza Hotel: Industrialist Ernesto Torquinst decided to build a hotel at the level of those in Europe and New York. Architect Alfredo Zucker was in charge of this work, inaugurated in 1908. It was remodeled in 1913 and 1978. The hotel is one of the most traditional and luxurious in Buenos Aires.

Kavanagh building: In 1934, Corina Kavanagh ordered the construction of a skyscraper to the architects Sánchez, Lagos and de La Torre. They designed a step building made of reinforced concrete in a rationalist style. When the building was opened in 1936, it was the highest in Latin America.


Santísimo Sacramento Basilica: Aristocrat Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena, owner of the Anchorena Palace, ordered the construction of this basilica, thinking that if she lived in a palace, her God should also deserve one. It was finished in 1916, designed by French architects Coulomb and Chauvet in a neo-gothic/romantic style. Tha white marbel facade represents Blessed Pedro Eymard with 2 kneeling angels. Its altar is one of the biggest in South America, with ornaments made of marble, blue granite, bronze and Venetian mosaic.


Retiro Train Station: Inaugurated in 1915 based on the project developed by a team of English engineers and architects, in a French academicism style. The metallic structure of the platforms was manufactured in Great Britain.

Monumental Tower (formerly The English Tower): donated by the British community in Argentina in 1916 for the centenary of Argentina´s independece. The clock has a diameter of 4.5 meters and a pendulum of 100 kilograms of weight. It was built with materials brought from England.

Monument to Malvinas War Soldiers: located on Leandro N. Alem Avenue, this memorial pays homage to the soldiers of the Malvinas War. It is made of 25 plaques with the names of all the soldiers who fell in combat in that war in 1982:

See also: Monument to General San Martín and A visit to the magnificent Palacio Paz

To see more pictures of Plaza San Martin and Retiro Neighborhood, visit my Retiro Photo Album.

The 2009 Dakar will take place in Argentina and Chile from the 3rd to the 18th of January, in an amazing course of 9000 km including 6000 of specials between Buenos Aires, Valparaiso and Buenos Aires.
The Dakar rally, the legendary event of the off-road rally discipline, will for the first time go to South America in 2009. During the last thirty years, the race has forged itself a legendary reputation on the African territory that helped it grow and become one of the major events of the international calendar. A first choice sporting competition that mixes great champions and amateurs, the event has become extremely international throughout the years, uniting up to 52 different nationalities.
The Dakar will cross over the Atlantic Ocean for its 2009 edition. On the morning of January 3rd, 530 teams will take off from Buenos Aires, start and finish place of the race: 230 motos, 30 quads, 188 cars and 82 trucks, representing 49 nationalities.
By first of all heading south towards the landscapes of Patagonia, the drivers and riders will then have to cross the Andes Mountains before enjoying a rest day at Valparaiso on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The return trip will then take them to the Atacama Desert and notably to the Argentinean provinces of Catamarca, of Rioja and of Cordoba.

Schedule of events:

December 31st, 2008 - January 1st, 2009: second phase of technical and administrative scrutineering at “La Rural” Exhibition Center, Plaza Italia, Buenos Aires. Dakar Village.

* December 31, 2008 from 10 AM to 7 PM
* January 1 and 2, 2009 from 10 AM to 10 PM

Entry Fee: $ 8 Argentine pesos

January 2nd, 2009: Presentation of the vehicles Podium, located at the South of the Obelisk, Avenue of 9 de Julio. Tour of vehicles around the city of Buenos Aires, from 4 PM to 12 AM, departing from La Rural, passing through the Obelisk at Plaza de la Republica. Map.

January 3rd, 2009: start of the first stage from Buenos Aires, La Rural.

January 10th, 2009: rest day at Valparaiso

January 17th, 2009: Arrival of vehicles in Buenos Aires, from 1:30 pm, through Dorrego Avenue towards Libertador up to the Dakar Village in La Rural.

January 18th, 2009: finish in Buenos Aires. Tour of vehicles along Libertador Avenue, between Sarmiento and Godoy Cruz, and coronation of champions.

The Argentine provinces travelled through:
Buenos Aires – Federal Capital
Buenos Aires province
La Pampa
Río Negro
Chubut
Neuquén
Mendoza
Catamarca
La Rioja
Córdoba
Santa Fe

For more information, route maps and news, visit Dakar 2009 Rally official website.

Teatro Argentino de La Plata presents the classical ballet "The Nutcracker", with music by Piotr I. Tchaikovsky and choreography by Iñaki Urlezaga, with the participation of the ballet directed by Cristina Delmagro and the Orchestra of Teatro Argentino, conducted by Esteban Gantzer.

"The Nutcracker" is a Christmas tale for the whole family, with music composed in 1890 by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, and with original choreography by Lev Ivanov. The libretto, by Marcus Petipa, comes from the adaptation of a tale of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann by Alejandro Dumas. The ballet, opened in December 5, 1892 at Saint Petersburg´s Mariinsky Theater, became the most represented piece for the Christmas season.
The argument tells the story about the Christmas eve and the party that the family Stahlbaum is preparing. The kids, Clara and Fritz, await anxiously for the guests and the Christmas gifts. Most of all, they await for their beloved godfather, Drosselmeyer, who, among other things, gives little Clara a Nutcracker with the shape of a soldier. This toy will become a main character of the story, thanks to the imagination of the kids, taking part in their wonderful adventures.

Dates and hours:
Friday 19: 8:30 PM
Saturday 20: 8:30 PM
Sunday 21: 6:30 PM
Tuesday 23: 8:30 PM

Location: Teatro Argentino de La Plata. La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires.
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina.
From Buenos Aires, there will be a bus service departing from Casa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Callao 237, two and a half hours previous to the time of the performance. The cost of the round bus ticket is $ 20 pesos per person, and they must be purchased by Ticketek Argentina website.

The vehicles and pilots that will be participating in the Dakar Rally Argentina-Chile 2009 will be presented in the city of Tigre, north of Buenos Aires, next Monday, December 29th, in a mega-event at the parking lot of Tigre´s Train Station, with the presence of the Argentine competitors. The official vehicles of the race, including cars, motorcycles, trucks and quads will be exhibited.
The event will start at 4 PM with a show by "El Choque Urbano". Then, after the official start of the race, the Argentine cars will offer a demonstration in a circuit specially set up for this event, where the drivers will go through ramps representing each one of the Argentine provinces that make up the rally´s route.
As closing of the event, jet propulsion Mirage airplanes from the Argentine Air Force will cross the sky with the flags of Argentina and France, and artist Zeta Bozio, DJ and former member of Soda Stereo, will offer a show with the best music in a fascinating setting.

The "Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat" houses one of the most outstanding art collections in Buenos Aires, and should be added to the must-see list of any person visiting Buenos Aires.

It originated from the private collection of Mrs. Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, one of the wealthiest women in Argentina, and an avid collector of artworks from different periods by national and international authors.

The collection is made up of over two hundred artworks and objects, organized into two main cores, according to their provenance: the first presents a visit through Argentinean art, and the second, great masters of international art.

Some of the most outstanding works in the Argentinian Art exhibition area are: "Apartando en el corral" (Sorting in the Corral) and "Los Capataces" (The Overseers), by Prilidiano Pueyrredón; "La resistencia" (Resistance) and "El indeciso" (The Indecisive One) by Emilio Pettoruti; "El almuerzo" (The Lunch) by Antonio Berni. The rest of the collection features outstanding works by many great Argentinian painters, like Carlos Alonso, Libero Badii, Juan Battle Planas, Fernando Fader, Xul Solar, Leopoldo Presas, Guillermo Roux, among others.

There's also a section exclusively dedicated to international art, with works by great masters from different periods, among them: Peter Brueghel II, with his piece "El censo en Belén" (The Census in Bethlehem); Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema; Marc Chagall; Salvador Dali; Jean-Baptiste Greuze; Auguste Rodin; Andy Warhol and his portrait of Mrs Fortabat; and Joseph Mallord William Turner, with "Juliet and her Nurse", the most outstanding piece in the collection and one of the highlights of the visit.

The building that houses the Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat was especially designed Architect Rafael Viñoly. Its exhibition spaces and public, private and service areas are distributed on six rectangular floors, and the entire complex is oriented parallel to the Dock. The ground floor is divided into two sectors, with a large entrance hall, an auditorium for lectures, and the cafe. The first and second floors are visible from outside the building and are crowned by a curved arch of glass and steel fitted with enormous aluminum sunshades, movable panels that allow the interior illumination of the upper floors to be controlled by way of an automatic aperture mechanism. The floors below ground level extend further and have been constructed on a monumental scale.

Address: Olga Cossettini 141. Puerto Madero

Opening hours: Thursday through Sunday: 12 noon to 8 pm

Admission:
General: AR$17,000.-

Residents: AR$9,000.-

Free for children under 12, and people with disabilities with 1 companion.

Thursdays: free for senior citizens, students and educators with ID.

Website: www.coleccionfortabat.org.ar

The government of the City of Buenos Aires announces a Bell Concert, as closing of the program Primavera Buenos Aires, at 8:30 PM next Saturday, December 13, 2008.
In total, 53 bells will be used, directed by Llorenc Barber, distributed in 9 bell towers: Carillon of the Legislative Building, Casa de la Cultura, Municipal Palace, Cabildo, Church of San Francisco, Church of San Ignacio de Loyola, Church of San Juan Bautista, Church of San Roque, and Clock of the Legislative Building.
There will be 4 information centers were visitors will be able to get informative boocklets: Av. De Mayo & 9 de Julio, Casa de la Cultura, Corrientes & Florida, Defensa & Belgrano.
The concert will be closed with a show of fireworks facing Casa de la Cultura (Avenida de Mayo 575).

The Argentina Tennis Cup, sponsored by Peugeot (Copa Argentina de Tenis Peugeot 2008), will be disputed again this year from December 11th to December 14th, 2008.
This sixth edition of the Peugeot Argentina Tennis Cup will have the presence of some of the best national and international tennis players:

David Nalbandian
Juan Mónaco
Agustín Calleri
José Acasuso
Guillermo Cañas
Juan Ignacio Chela
Carlos Moyá (Spain)
Feliciano López (Spain)

The matches will take place on the central court of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the traditional venue for Argentine Tennis. They will be played from 8 PM, on carpet surface, with 2 matches per day (Thursday 11 and Friday 12), semifinals (Saturday 13) and final (Sunday 14).

Dates: December 11-14, 2008. 8 PM
Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Av. Olleros 1510, Palermo.
Tickets: At the stadium, or TopShow

Two open air musical events will take place next Saturday, December 6 2008, in the streets of Buenos Aires, where visitors will be able to experience two of the most traditional musical rythms of the Río de la Plata.

In the first one, in San Telmo, between 4 PM and 11 PM, 25 carnival groups ("comparsas") with over two thousand Argentinian and Uruguayan artists in their colorful costumes, present the "Llamada de Candombe de San Telmo", a parade of drums, music and dance. The "llamada" is traditional Uruguayan event in which the "comparsas" are called in to play the "candombe", a musical genre originated in Africa and brought to South American in the XVII and XVIII centuries by the African slaves. At Pasaje San Lorenzo there will be 4 bonfires for the tuning of the drums, that will start at 3 PM.
The parade starts at Defensa & av. Independencia, and each "comparsa" takes 1 hour to cover the 8 blocks until Defensa & Caseros, in Paque Lezama.
This event is totally free of charge.

The second of these events is "La Gran Milonga Nacional", starting at 8 PM in Avenida de Mayo, where people will have the chance to dance to tango orchestras that will be performing live on three stages, with the participation of professional dancers.
Some of the participating orchestras are: Los Reyes del Tango, Gente de Tango, Sexteto Milonguero, Roberto Siri and his Show, Orchestra of the Argentine Army, and Típica La Otra Vereda.
This mega event will cover Avenida de Mayo from Bolívar to Bernardo de Irigoyen, and it´s also free of charge.

Saturday, November 15, 2008, will mark the start of the 115th Argentine Open Polo Championship (Abierto Argentino de Polo, or just "El Abierto"), that will take place until December 6, 2008. The best polo players in the world will gather at this tournament, one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the international polo calendar, held every year at the Campo Argentino de Polo in Palermo. It is also one of the main social events in Buenos Aires.

Tickets are on sale through Ticketek Argentina. Tickets for the main matches and the best seats can get sold out in just a few hours, specially for the final match on December 13th.

Participating teams:

Zone A:
La Dolfina Peugeot: Adolfo Cambiaso (Jr) 10, Lucas Monteverde (Jr) 10, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10. Total: 40.
Pilará Piaget: Agustín Merlos 10, Santiago Chavanne 8, Sebastián Merlos 9, Marcos Heguy 10. Total: 37.
Indios Chapaleufú II Jumeirah Culú Culú: Alberto Heguy (Jr) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Juan Ignacio Merlos 9, Eduardo Heguy 9. Total: 37.
El Paraíso: Julio Novillo Astrada (n) 8, Ignacio Toccalino 7, Guillermo Willington 7, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 7. Total: 29.

Zone B:
Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra: Pablo Mac Donough 10, Gonzalo Pieres (Jr) 10, Facundo Pieres 10, Juan Martín Nero 9. Total: 39.
La Aguada Arelauquen: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 10, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 37.
Black Watch: Guillermo Caset (Jr) 8, Bautista Heguy 10, Matías Mac Donough 9, Francisco de Narváez (Jr) 9. Total: 36.
Trenque Lauquen Air France: Juan Agustín García Grossi 7, Hilario Ulloa 7, Pablo Jauretche 8, Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total: 30.

Fixture:

Date 1
Saturday, November 15 (Zone A):
3:00 PM: La Dolfina vs El Paraíso (1)
5:30 PM: Pilará vs Indios Chapaleufú II (2)
Results:
La Dolfina 18 - El Paraiso 9
Pilara 14 - Indios Chapaleufu II 13

Date 2
Sunday, November 16 (Zone B):
3:00 PM: Ellerstina vs Trenque Lauquen (3)
5:30 PM: La Aguada vs Black Watch (4)
Results:
Ellerstina 20 - Trenque Lauquen 10
Black Watch 13 - La Aguada 12

Date 3
Saturday, November 22 (Zone A):
3:00 PM: Winner Match (2) vs Looser Match (1)
Pilara vs El Paraiso
5:30 PM: Winner Match (1) vs Looser Match (2)
La Dolfina vs Indios Chapaleufu II
Results:
Pilara 16 - El Paraiso 9
La Dolfina 17 - Idios Chapaleufu 12

Date 4
Sunday, November 23 (Zone B):
3:00 PM: Winner Match (4) vs Looser Match (3)
Black Watch vs Trenque Lauquen
5:30 PM: Winner Match (3) vs Looser Match (4)
Ellerstina vs La Aguada
Results:
Black Watch 11 - Trenque Lauquen 10
Ellerstina 15 - La Aguada 9

Date 5
Saturday, November 29 (Zone A):
3:00 PM: Looser Match (1) vs Looser Match (2)
El Paraiso vs Indios Chapaleufu II
Result:
Indios Chapaleufu 24 - El Paraiso 12

Rescheduled for rain. New date:
Saturday, December 6:
5:30 PM: Winner Match (1) vs Winner Match (2)
La Dolfina vs Pilara
Result:
La Dolfina 17 - Pilará 13

Date 6
Rescheduled for rain. New date:
Sunday, December 7 (Zone B):
3:00 PM: Looser Match (3) vs Looser Match (4)
Trenque Lauquen vs La Aguada
5:30 PM: Winner Match (3) vs Winner Match (4)
Ellerstina vs Black Watch
Results:
La Aguada 11 - Trenque Lauquen 8
Ellerstina 16 - Black Watch 11

Final: Saturday 13
5:30 PM: 1st Classified Zone A vs 1st Classified Zone B
La Dolfina vs Ellerstina
Result:
ELLERSTINA CHAMPION OF THE 115th ARGENTINE OPEN
Ellerstina defeated La Dolfina 13-12 in supplementary chukker with a golden goal by Gustavo Pieres Jr.

The Ministry of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires invites the public to participate in the over 250 free cultural and artistic activities of the program "Primavera Buenos Aires" (Buenos Aires Spring), that will be held between October 5 and December 13, 2008, including a concert by the worldwide famous Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at 9 de Julio Avenue, on November 22.
For 11 weekends, parks, squares, and open air spaces in the city will be the setting of varied activities for adults and children, all of them free of charge, such as musical shows, tango, theater, puppets, story telling, magic shows, film screenings, poetry, etc.
There will also be a program of recitals at Parque Roca, urban music at the Greek Amphitheater in Puerto Madero, tango in Mataderos, and the tour of Orquesta de Tango and the City´s Symphonic Band around the different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires.

To see the complete schedule and program of activities, click here.

The World Final of the largest tournament series for amateur golfers in the world comes to Argentina. 141 excellent amateur golfers from 49 different countries will tee off at one of the most famous golf clubs in the country: the Jockey Club. The competitors have qualified from over 1000 tournaments around the world.
The World Final has previously been held in Australia, Mexico, Portugal, Thailand, South Africa and Spain, amongst others.
One of the best golfers in Argentina will make a guest appearance as the highlight of this year's BMW Golf Cup International: Andrés Romero, one of the top 40 golfers in 2008.

Schedule:

Wednesday, 3rd December:
First round of tournament
Guest Cup

Thursday, 4th December:
Second round of tournament

Friday, 5th December:
Third round of tournament

For results, visit BMW Golf Cup website.

Location: Jockey Club of Buenos Aires. Av. Bernabe Marquez 1702. San Isidro, Buenos Aires.

On Friday, December 5 2008, a new edition of the Princess Maxima Ladies Polo Cup will take place at Hurlingham Club of Buenos Aires.

Organized by the French Ladies Polo Association (LPA), the Cup Princess Maxima gets together some of the best female Polo players in the world. This also a charity event in aid of Fraternidad de Ayuda al Nino, an organization endorsed by Princess Maxima of the Netherlands.
The tournament will start at 4 PM, and the final will be at 5:30 PM. At 6:30 PM prizes will be awarded, and at 7:30 PM the event will be closed with a cocktail.

Teams:
Sofitel: Lia Salvo (Arg); Praxilla Trabattoni (IT); Karina Marseillan (Arg); Alexandra Bruné (Ger)

AA2000: Fleur von Andel (NL); Kimberley Gangnes (USA); Valerie Drasche (AT); Gabriela Benoit (CH-Mex)

Chandon: Natascha Baecher (NL); Clare Milford Haven (UK); Kirsten de la Beck (Ger); Melanie Zubillaga (Ven)

Substitute players: Aurora Eastwood (UK); Pia Vogel (Arg); Sibylle Maeder (GER-CH); Ginevra Visconti por (IT)