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.