Champions!!!! L to R. Chris Baldwin, Herman L. De Coite, Marcelo Abbiatti, Peter Baldwin
1999 Maui Animal Aloha Center
Heineken Benefit Game
Our biggest game of the year, a benefit
for MAAC, the center greatly benefits the community with its programs:
therapeutic riding for handicap kids and animal awareness program, once again
proudly sponsored by HEINEKEN was played Sunday October 31 st. It featured the
best teams of a week long tournament where each team played against each
other once. The festivities started with the best two teams of the low goal
competition followed by the finals of the 14 goal tournament, who
met again for a final showdown in front of the largest crowd of the 1999 Maui
Polo Club Season.
The Teams:
| Hanalei Bay/ Dawson Intl. |
Racetrack | Kapalaea/Sunnyside |
| Chris Dawson 1 | Chris Baldwin 1 | Knox Weymouth 0 |
| Kawika Manoa 5 | H. L. DeCoite 4 | Greg Davis 3 |
| Kimo. 6 Huddleston | Marcelo Abbiati 6 | Andrea Vianini 7 |
| Ron Bonaguidi 1 | Peter Baldwin 3 | Emiliano Achaval 1 |
On Wednesday, October 27 th Kapalaea/Sunny side, met Hanalei
Bay /Dawson Intl.
Hanalei edged Kapalaea 5 to 4
On Friday the 29th, Racetrack met Kapalaea, and at the end of the 6 th chukker,
Racetrack had the advantage 10 to 7.
The finals were set, Racetrack and Hanalei, earning a trip to Sunday's game.
Racetrack's 2 goal advantage proved to be too strong, the tournament being
played in the Open, and from the first chukker, Hanalei was playing catch up. H.
L. DeCoite played a brilliant game, thus earning the MVP of the finals. And with
Marcelo Abbiatti's strong performance at number 3, their lead was never
threatened. As the final bell rang in the sixth chukker, the score was 7 to 3 in
favor of Racetrack.
John Torres General Manager of Paradise Beverages, distributors of HEINEKEN
beer, awarded the winners the coveted Maui Cup, as well as some nice embroidered
directors chairs with the colors of the Maui Polo Club, Yellow and Black.
In the spirit of Halloween, Dick Tuell awarded Umpire Andrea Viannini a gift box
with Made in Maui products for best costume, as he umpired the game in his
Rastafarian dreadlock and hat costume.
On behalf of the Maui Polo Club, I would like to thank all the volunteers that
made it possible to have a smooth day of polo and fun, you are too many to
mention, and I would not want to leave some names out, you know who you are,
Thank You!!!
And a Special Mahalo to John Torres!!!
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1998 Heineken Game