History of the Golden Cesta Award

The Golden Cesta Award is an honorary award for the Jai-alai player with the most singles game wins for a week. The award was conceived by Pauly, a well-known Jai-alai announcer and promoter at Magic City Jai-alai who also had a big following when working at Dania Jai-alai. Pauly is the originator of the reference to Machu Picchu when a player’s shot hits high out-of-bounds, such as the overhead netting and the phrase “The Pad is Bad.” Golden Cesta Award winners are shown beginning with week 11 of the inaugural 2018 season at Magic City.

Douglas won the Golden Cesta Award for 14 of the 18 weeks he played during the 2019 meet and even won 10-consecutive weeks from Week #7 through #16. Douglas also holds the record with 19 singles game wins in a week during Week #8 in 2019. Carballo’s 18 singles wins in Week #3 of 2019 was for 27 games played which calculates to an astonishing 66.7% wins. RonRon broke previous records during the 2021 10-week short meet with 7 singles wins in 9 games during Week #10 for a new record of 77.8% wins!

Note: Tie-breaker rules change starting 2021: when there is a tie for most wins, the Golden Cesta Award goes to the tied player with the highest singles win % for that week. Prior to 2021, when there was a tie for most wins, the Golden Cesta Award went to the tied player with the highest % ITM for the week.

Last Modified: June 14, 2022, 4:35 pm

Number of Golden Cesta Award Wins

The number of Golden Cesta Award Wins at Magic City Jai-Alai since week 11 of 2018. This is an honorary weekly award for the highest number of wins for the week.

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Player	# of GC Award Wins
Douglas	35
RonRon	17
Carballo	10
El Barba	6
Anderluck	6
Ben	6
Bueno	6
Jeden	5
Ikeda	5
Juice	3
Diaz	2
Bradley	2
Benny	2
CRB	2
Goixerri	2
Vuelo	1
Tennessee	1
Kubala	1
Asier	1
Julen	1
Robin	1
Manu	1
Aratz	1
Cool Fitness	0
Spinner	0
Inaki	0
Nicolas	0

Golden Cesta Award Winners

Golden Cesta Award winners at Magic City Jai-Alai since September 12 of 2018. The Golden Cesta Award goes to the winner of the most singles games each week. SayHiLi did not include the early part of 2018 in the database as it was the first season of this development Jai-Alai program and players were still on the low end of learning curve on their Jai-Alai training and abilities (2018 Week 1 began July 1).

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Year	Week	Player	# of Wins	% ITM	% Wins	Tiebreaker Info, etc
2018	11	Anderluck	12	70.7	27.9
2018	12	Bradley	12	55.3	31.6
2018	13	Carballo	11	50.0	34.4
2018	14	Ben	8	56.8	21.6	Ben – wins tied with Asier and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2018	15	Juice	11	50.0	30.6
2018	16	Juice	10	61.1	27.8
2018	17	Asier	10	48.8	23.3
2018	18	Ben	9	48.8	20.0
2018	19	Carballo	10	47.8	21.7
2018	20	Bradley	9	45.9	24.3
2018	21	Juice	7	55.2	24.1
2018	22	Diaz	5	50.0	25.0
2019	1	Jeden	10	70.4	37.0	Jeden – wins tied with Kubala and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2019	2	Kubala	11	71.0	35.5
2019	3	Carballo	18	85.2	66.7
2019	4	Douglas	11	75.0	30.6	Douglas wins 1st week of his professional career
2019	5	Douglas	13	72.2	36.1
2019	6	Carballo	13	55.6	36.1
2019	7	Douglas	18	77.8	50.0
2019	8	Douglas	19	75.0	52.8
2019	9	Douglas	9	57.1	32.1
2019	10	Douglas	10	48.3	34.5
2019	11	Douglas	10	67.9	35.7
2019	12	Douglas	13	50.0	46.4
2019	13	Douglas	13	69.0	44.8
2019	14	Douglas	13	62.1	44.8
2019	15	Douglas	9	83.3	50.0
2019	16	Douglas	10	66.7	55.6
2019	17	RonRon	7	66.7	38.9
2019	18	Douglas	6	61.1	33.3	Douglas – wins tied with Ikeda and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2019	19	RonRon	7	61.1	38.9
2019	20	Douglas	7	50.0	38.9	Douglas – wins tied with Anderluck and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2019	21	Anderluck	7	59.1	31.8
2020	1	Ikeda	10	68.2	47.6
2020	2	Diaz	5	43.5	21.7
2020	3	Bueno	6	45.5	27.3
2020	4	Ikeda	5	61.1	27.8
2020	5	Anderluck	5	41.7	20.8
2020	6	El Barba	4	38.9	22.2
2020	7	Tennessee	7	50.0	31.8
2020	8	RonRon	5	66.7	27.8
2020	9	Carballo	5	91.7	41.7
2020	10	Bueno	6	47.8	26.1
2020	11	RonRon	13	75.0	46.5
2020	12	RonRon	15	75.0	53.6
2020	13	Douglas	14	64.3	50.0
2020	14	Douglas	18	82.1	64.3
2020	15	Douglas	13	60.7	46.4
2020	16	RonRon	10	58.3	41.7
2020	17	Douglas	12	65.4	46.2
2020	18	Ben	13	44.9	26.5
2020	19	Douglas	11	78.6	39.3
2020	20	RonRon	12	72.2	66.7
2020	21	Douglas	11	84.2	57.9
2020	22	Douglas	10	66.7	41.7	Douglas – wins tied with El Barba and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2020	23	RonRon	9	79.2	37.5
2020	24	El Barba	6	58.3	25.0
2020	25	El Barba	9	58.3	37.5
2020	26	El Barba	7	58.3	29.2
2020	27	Douglas	9	77.8	50.0
2020	28	Bueno	8	34.5	27.6
2020	29	Jeden	9	59.1	40.9
2020	30	Douglas	6	75.0	50.0
2021	1	Vuelo	3	66.7	33.3	Vuelo – wins as tied on % Wins but had higher % ITM
2021	2	Douglas	4	55.6	44.4
2021	3	Ikeda	3	75.0	75.0
2021	4	CRB	3	50.0	37.5	CRB – wins as had highest Win %
2021	5	RonRon	4	66.7	44.4
2021	6	RonRon	4	44.4	44.4
2021	7	RonRon	4	66.7	44.4
2021	8	RonRon	5	66.7	55.6
2021	9	RonRon	3	66.7	33.3	RonRon won on 2nd tiebreaker of % ITM over Ikeda
2021	10	RonRon	7	88.9	77.8
2021	11	Anderluck	5	53.6	17.9	Week 1 Regular Season
2021	12	RonRon	7	66.7	58.3
2021	13	Ben	8	33.3	22.2
2021	14	Douglas	4	70.0	40.0	won on tiebreaker against 3-others, missed 1-perf
2021	15	Ikeda	7	50.0	38.9
2021	16	Anderluck	6	46.2	23.1
2021	17	Kubala	5	50.0	22.7
2021	18	El Barba	7	66.7	38.9
2021	19	Douglas	2	75.0	50.0	short week – only 2-performances
2021	20	Douglas	4	62.5	50.0
2021	21	RonRon	3	50.0	37.5
2021	22	El Barba	6	58.3	50.0
2021	23	Douglas	4	88.9	44.4
2021	24	Benny	6	83.3	50.0
2021	25	Ben	4	50.0	33.3
2021	26	Bueno	4	57.1	28.6
2021	27	Carballo	3	71.4	42.9	short week – only 3-performances
2021	28	Douglas	2	57.1	28.6	won tie-breaker
2021	29	Julen	4	70.0	40.0	Julen’s 1st GC
2021	30	Douglas	3	66.7	50.0	Douglas nosed out Cool Fitness on ITM tiebreaker by winning final game of week
2021	31	Jeden	4	83.3	66.7
2021	32	Douglas	3	100.0	50.0
2021	33	Anderluck	3	66.7	50.0	only played 2 of 3 perf
2021	34	Ben	4	85.7	57.1
2021	35	Jeden	3	66.7	50.0
2021	36	Douglas	3	83.3	50.0	won on ITM tiebreaker
2021	37	Benny	4	77.8	44.4
2021	38	Douglas	3	66.7	50.0
2022	1-2	Douglas	5	70.0	50.0	wks 1-2 combined as wk 1 a short week
2022	3	Bueno	4	66.7	44.4
2022	4	Bueno	3	37.5	37.5
2022	5	Jeden Robin	2	50.0	33.3	3-way tie (%wins & highest %ITM) had Goixerri in the running but he’s out as Jeden & Robin had higher place %
2022	6	CRB	2	66.7	33.3
2022	7	Ikeda	3	50.0	50.0
2022	8	Carballo	3	37.5	37.5
2022	9	Goixerri	3	50.0	50.0
2022	10	Carballo	4	62.5	50.0
2022	11	Manu	3	50.0	50.0
2022	12	Carballo	4	71.4	57.1
2022	13	Douglas	4	83.3	66.7
2022	14	RonRon	5	83.3	83.3
2022	15	Goixerri	2	83.3	33.3
2022	16	Aratz	3	66.7	50.0
2022	17	Carballo	3	50.0	50.0
2022	18
2022	19
2022	20
2022	21
2022	22
2022	23
2022	24
2022	25
2022	26
2022	27
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2022	30