Maui Polo Club, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii.
Sunday, November 5th 2000.
Brandywine wins Heineken MAAC Benefit Game 2000 !
After some heavy rains during the week prior to the game, we
were greeted to a very nice sunny Sunday afternoon of Polo, on the slopes of the
dormant volcano Haleakala. This year was the 8 th. annual Maui Animal Aloha
Center Heineken Benefit Game. The center provides Therapeutic riding for handicapped
people and their traveling troupe of animals (including 2 miniature
horses), provide, Animal Education to schools in the Island as well as
retirement homes and hospitals.
The 2 teams play for the Maui Cup, the oldest and most coveted trophy in Hawaii.
The Teams:
| Brandywine | PoloLio |
| Derek Naauau 1 Knox Weymouth 1 Peter Baldwin 3 Kimo Huddleston 6 |
Emiliano Achaval 1 Herman L DeCoite 4 Kawika Manoa 5 Scott Mckay 1 |
The 6 chukker game was the best game of the season, the field
was completely surrounded by parked cars, some areas 3 deep. Including
some fans that travel from the Kauai Polo Club, their annual pilgrimage to
Upcountry Maui. Kimo Huddleston once again proved to be almost unstoppable, but
in this game He had to work extra hard. The teams went into the first
chukker with high expectations. Kimo scored quickly in the first chukker,
followed by another goal from Derek Naauau. PoloLio got on the scoreboard in the
second chukker on a penalty shot, and then they tied the game with another
penalty 2. The third chukker was scoreless. On the fourth Kimo scored again,
carrying the ball with ease from midfield, and passing the ball up to
Derek, who finished the job. The score now was 3 to 2 in favor of Brandywine.
The fifth chukker was an amazing display of horsemanship and hitting, DeCoite
and Manoa playing some great polo, and Kimo delighted the crowd by hitting some
balls 100 plus yards.
The game was tied at 4 in the 5th chukker.
Both teams played great defense in the 6th and final chukker, it showed in the
low scoring numbers, at the end of the day, Brandywine, scoring the lonely
goal in the 6 chukker, took the Maui Cup Home, with a final score of 5 to 4.