Golf, bocce benefit events on March 16
"Sharing the Green" golf and extreme bocce tournaments will be held Saturday, March 16.
The golf tournament, which benefits Hospice Maui, will be held at Wailea Old Blue Golf Course.
The registration for the four-person scramble event starts at 11:15 a.m. and play will begin at 12:15 p.m. The entry fee is $130 per person and includes green fee, prizes, buffet dinner and entry to a St. Patrick's Day party on March 17.
For more information on the golf event, go to Mulligan's on the Blue, Wailea Old Blue or www.HospiceMaui.org.
The bocce tournament will be held at Mulligan's on the Blue, which is adjacent to Wailea Old Blue.
The tournament will benefit Back Pack Buddies, a keiki nutrition program.
There will be four-person teams. Registration is at 7 a.m. and play begins at 8:15. The entry fee is $115 and includes breakfast, lunch and awards.
For more information on the bocce tournament, contact Patrick Kilbride at 264-4289 or pkilbride@tghawaii.com
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Maui Roller Girls will play Oregon on Sunday
The Maui Roller Girls will compete against the Oregon Trail Mix on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the CDF Engineering Warehouse, 400 Hana Hwy, Suite K in Kahului.
Doors open at 3 p.m. with the match to start at 4 p.m.
Admission is $10 presale, $15 at the door; free for military and students with identification and children under 12.
For more information, visit: mauirollergirls.com/?p=528
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Maui girls water polo team in national event
A team from Maui will compete in the USPA Girls' National Interscholastic Championship water polo tournament at Storrs, Conn., Thursday through Sunday.
Maui qualified for the tournament by winning a regional title.
Other teams in the field are from Freeland, Md.; Storrs, Conn.; Culver, Ind.; and Portsmouth, R.I.
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Tennis festival at Hyatt Regency on Saturday
The Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa will host a tennis festival on Saturday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The festival is designed to inspire children to get active and play tennis. According to a press release, thousands of tennis festivals will be held throughout the United States during March.
Parents and children of all skill levels can attend.
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Fukuyama aces No. 8 at Waiehu Golf Course
Reid Fukuyama had a hole-in-one on the eighth hole at Waiehu Golf Course on Tuesday.
Fukuyama used an 8-iron to ace the 148-yard hole. It was his first hole-in-one.
Bryce Fukuyama, Byron Shimabukuro and Roy Yamada witnessed the feat.
