Almost a full year since our perfect Sunday watching polo last fall with Bryan's parents, Bryan and I finally made it back up to Makawao to watch the Maui Polo Club gallop across the field.
We packed the trunk with beach chairs, picked up my girlfriend Shaina in Lahaina, loaded up our cooler with snacks, and then headed Upcountry for some horsey good fun.
We arrived about a quarter of the way into the first match. Shortly after we set our chairs and cooler, we prepared to flee as a horde of horses galloped towards us in chase of the ball, and then we watched a fiery tempered player yell at his grooms for not having his second horse ready as he was trading in ponies during a break during the game, and then shortly thereafter, we watched a player take a spill at the far goalpost during the match--and this all happened within the first 10 minutes of getting set up by the field. Talk about drama.
It was cool and breezy on the field--a welcome relief to the cruel sun of Lahaina. Shaina and I were soon bundled up in our hoodies as we watched the game.
We had a great afternoon watching the horses and riders gallop around the field. The same colorful commentator that so wildly entertained us last year was back again in full form. Our friends from town ended up joining us at the match as well, so we had a good little gang of us. Bryan and I commented on how many more people were out at the match than the game that we had attended last year. When we paid our entrance fee to the games this afternoon, we were given a flyer for the Maui Polo Club with a tagline declaring Maui Polo as "the best kept secret on Maui." Maybe not so much anymore!
The fall season is in full swing with games every Sunday starting at 1:30 in the afternoon.
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