Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Thursday, June 6, 1996


Maui Open adds senior flight

For the first time since the inaugural of the Maui Open in 1952, there will be a senior flight added to the tournament. This year's 54-hole event begins tomorrow.

The over-50 field will include Dick McClean, the 1993 Maui Open champion, Fran Cipro, Masa Kaya, Ray DeMello, Dean Prince and Henry Yogi.

Amateur Bill Keough, who won last year's tournament with a 211 score, will be back to defend his title. Besides McClean, other previous winners entered are Casey Nakama, Lance Suzuki, Brian Sasada and Casey Nakama.

The pro and championship competitors play the first round at Kapalua Plantation tomorrow, the second at Royal Kaanapali North on Saturday and wind up Sunday at Makena North.



ALL-AMERICA HONORS

Three Hawaii Pacific University women's tennis team members received second-team NAIA All-America recognition yesterday.

Cited were the doubles team of Patricia Pontes, a sophomore from Brazil, and Silvine Beucler, a sophomore from Switzerland, and singles player Francoise Ramos, a freshman from Brazil.

All three were eliminated in the fourth round of the recent NAIA national tournament.



BESCHEN TRIUMPHS

At G-Land, Grajagan, East Java, California's Shane Beschen won his second consecutive pro surfing tour title when he defeated Australia's Gary Elkerton in the final of the $124,000 Quiksilver Pro yesterday.

Beschen reached the final by defeating Hawaii's Sunny Garcia.



UH SAILORS FIFTH

The University of Hawaii sailing team finished in a tie for fifth place in the ICYRA/

Ronstan National Team Racing Championships on Lake Mendota near Madison, Wis.

After round-robin races Monday and Tuesday, the Rainbows missed advancing to yesterday's finals.

UH and the College of Charleston ended up with 7-4 records.

Tufts (10-1), Old Dominion (9-2), Stanford (9-2) and St. Mary's of Maryland (8-3) reached the finals.



SPORTSPERSONS NAMED

Karate champion Barbara Chinen and Olympic water polo player Chris Duplanty were voted the Honolulu Quarterback Club's Sportspersons of the month for May.

Chinen was cited for winning a world championship title. Duplanty, who is preparing for his third Olympics, starred in an international tournament which the U.S. team won. Duplanty, a goalie, made 21 saves in three games.

Chinen and Duplanty will be honored at Monday's noon luncheon meeting of the Quarterback Club at the Flamingo Chuckwagon.

The luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m., the program at noon. The public is invited.

Don Robbs, the voice of University of Hawaii baseball for 20 years, BYU-Hawaii sports information director Mike Twitty and boxing promoter Steve Johnson are the scheduled guest speakers.




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