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Hawai‘i Polo Club announces 2015 season with reunion of polo legends Peter Baldwin and Freddy Rice
The Hawai‘i Polo Club has announced its 2015 polo season launching on Sunday, March 15 with a new theme and special honorees in attendance, Peter Baldwin and Freddy Rice, legends in the history of Hawai‘i polo.
In 2014 the Hawai‘i Polo Club concluded 50 years of bringing exciting polo matches to Hawai‘i. This year’s theme is “Honoring our Past, Celebrating our Present and Preserving the Future.”
Honorees, Peter Baldwin and Freddy Rice, will be on hand to accept the Legends of Hawaii Polo award. These two sportsmen, along with Fred Dailey and Bim Wilson, composed the original Hawaii Polo Club core team that reigned in the 1960s, competing throughout the season and annually vied against the visiting English team.
The season’s kickoff match will feature a presentation by Pau Unit ‘Aha Pūlama Pā’ū Holo Lio. Halftime will feature the cowboys of Halau Aha Pūlama Pā’ū Holo Lio. Paniolo music and a barbecue will follow the matches. The event will benefit Aha Pūlama Pā’ū Holo Lio.
Due to the special content of this event, gates open at 10:00 a.m. and the ceremonies begin at 12:30 p.m. Thereafter, matches are held every Sunday through mid-August with gates opening at 11:00 a.m. and matches commencing at 2:00 p.m.
The Club will continue to carry out the Legends and Legacies Series throughout the polo season, honoring distinguished leaders representing a wide variety of industries and facets of Hawaiian Island community, life and history. The series categories include Arts and Entertainment, Tourism and Hospitality, Broadcast and Print Media, Sports, Fashion, Philanthropy, Military, Hawaiian Culture and Cultural Diversity.
Throughout the season, The Hawaii Polo Club will incorporate events that will honor the various accomplishments and contributions of the legends as well as acknowledge the legacies they have left behind and how their pioneering spirit and contributions have impacted our lives today as well as future generations to come.
Admission to the matches is $12.00 for general admission/$10.00 military open field seating and $25.00 for the clubhouse area. The clubhouse offers premium bar service and food service as well as reserved tables and seating options. Clubhouse seating is available for season ticket holders: $275.00 per person or $450.00 per couple.
For general information or for information on sponsorship’s, fundraising or any of our events, visit http://tickets.hawaii-polo.org/.
For information on Peter Baldwin see:
http://www.hicattle.org/cmdocs/hawaiicattle/phof/2007/peter%20d%20baldwin.pdf
For information on Freddy Rice see:
http://www.hicattle.org/CMDocs/HawaiiCattle/PHOF/2000/Harold%20Fredrick%20Rice.pdf
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