The 2001 6 goal Dean Mullins Trophy was played in beautiful weather on field 10 on 15 April, competed for over two days by five teams. Check out our Trophy Final match report for our take on Emerald Bay's win over Long Beach.

The Dean Mullins Trophy winning team was Emerald Bay, led by Joel Baker in the number 3 spot, with Ron Singer at 1, Jake Jacobson at 2 and Artie Cameron, Jr. at back.

The guys in blue faced stiff competition in the final from Long Beach, comprised of Ken and Dan Walker at 1 and 3, with Marshall Allen at 2 and Dr Toby Mayer at 4.

At one goal each after the first chukker, two penalties from Joel Baker and one from the club president, Jake Jacobson against two goals from Long Beach saw Emerald Bay ahead by one goal going into the third chukker. A very good third chukker for Long Beach with a penalty and two field goals from Dan Walker saw the white team lead into the second half with the half-time scoreboard at 6-4.

The fourth chukker was the match-decider, with five goals added to Emerald Bay's 4, against none for Long Beach which had its opportunities but some bad luck and did not make the goals. Ron Singer had a great chukker, making two goals from the front (nearly a repeat performance of his third-chukker three goal triumph of the day before). Joel Baker added one, and Artie Cameron Jr another two penalty goals to leave the blue team leading 9-6 going into the fifth period.

The Long Beach team came back with a penalty and a field goal from Dan Walker in the last two chukkers, against one field goal and two penalties off Joel Baker's mallet. Thus Emerald Bay held and consolidated its fourth chukker lead to take the match 12-8.

A good time was had by all, and the club and players thank the umpires Joel Ladin and Matt Walker, and the third man David Flynn, all of whom did a great job keeping the start-of-season competitive enthusiasm of the players well under control.

Each of the three teams in the consolation league played three chukkers each against the other two teams with Immi Pictures coming out the victors. Doreen Ladin came out and played a great game for Nicoma on Sunday despite having broken her toe on Saturday, and we understand Hector Monserrat and Sebastian Tkacik are both somewhat tender after T-boning each other in spectacular fashion whilst playing on the same team!

The trophy presentation was held in lovely late afternoon sunlight in the clubhouse, and many of the players and spectators stayed for some end of tournament conviviality, joining with tail-ender guests from the extremely successful Sunday brunch of earlier in the day. The clubhouse and the grounds are in great order and a credit to those who have spent so much time and effort preparing them for the season, especially Bill Triller and his crew.