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Honolulu Polo Club USPA Centennial Cup Sept. 23 Team Hawaii Polo Inn vs. Team Beachcomber Realty USPA's Hawaiian Island Polo Circuit Honolulu Polo Club was honored to host the USPA Centennial Cup. This tournament was created in 1990 to celebrate 100 years of the USPA as the governing body of organized polo in the United States. Historically polo in the USA began in 1876 when James Bennet Gordon organized a match after seeing polo played in England. Polo was first played in Hawaii in 1880 at Palama Field, Oahu, Hawaii. . |
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TEAM HAWAII POLO INN toasting champagne in silver trophies to their excellent win over Team Beachcomber. |
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BEST PLAYER awarded to Devon Dailey . ![]() |
BEST PONY goes to Devon Dailey's Evita . ![]() |
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Alice Lombardo's Team Beachcomber, runner's up in a tough game. Chris, Mark, Mike and Beau share a cold one along with the champagne. |
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Kristy
White and Tammy Becker, beautiful paniolo wahines of Happy Trails Hawaii, enjoying a relaxing day of polo. |
| Yvonne
and Colin, sharing Colin's favorite polo grinds poke and boiled peanuts. |
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Mark
and Santiago race top-speed down the field to capture the ball. |
| Chris
Dawson, Team Beachcomber |
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Ricardo
and Beau dance around the field boards refusing to disengage a defensive play. |
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| "Tippy
- just - hold - still- one- second..." Lexie's puppy best attempt at standing still. |
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Santiago
solidly focused, poised for complete control of the ball. |
| Ricardo
tries to hook Beau's shot. |
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As
always, the wonderful crowd of HPC. |
| Mark
makes a clean break to get ahead. |
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Devon
pushes up to take Mike from his shot. |
| Santiago pushing Beau out out on the throw-in . ![]() |
. .Pepper gets some attention. . ![]() |
Beau ready to take the ball . ![]() |
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Umpires Allen and
Gordon keep a sharp eye on the game. |
| Tammy and Allen. | ![]() . |
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Hi ho silver! |
| Santiago cleans out
Mike Ebinger to make way for Mike Dailey's nearside shot. |
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Fighting to take
the ball on a throw-in. |
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Team Beachcomber |
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Photos by M. Maris