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)