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 the 2019 season at Magic City. A Jai-alai week at Magic City is typically begins mid-week and concludes on a Sunday.
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. This is the current win percentage record for a week of play at Magic City Jai-alai! RonRon tied Carballo’s 66.7% wins record in Week #20 of 2020 with 12 wins in 18 games played!
Note: when there is a tie for most wins, the Golden Cesta Award goes to the player with the highest % ITM for the week.
Last Modified: November 30, 2020 2:00 pm
Golden Cesta Award Winners
| Year | Week | Player | Number of Wins | Additional Information & Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | Ikeda | 10 | was a partial week |
| 2020 | 2 | Diaz | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | Bueno | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | Ikeda | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | Anderluck | 5 | Bueno, Douglas each had 4-wins |
| 2020 | 6 | El Barba | 4 | |
| 2020 | 7 | Tennessee | 7 | 31.8% Wins (7 in 22), Ikeda with 5 wins was next best |
| 2020 | 8 | RonRon | 5 | |
| 2020 | 9 | Carballo | 5 | 41.7% Wins, 91.7% ITM |
| 2020 | 10 | Bueno | 6 | 26.1% Wins, 47.8% ITM (RonRon 5 wins in 12 ga), short week with 3-performances |
| 2020 | 11 | RonRon | 13 | 46.5% Wins, 75.0% ITM |
| 2020 | 12 | RonRon | 15 | 53.6% Wins, 75.0% ITM |
| 2020 | 13 | Douglas | 14 | 50.0% Wins, 64.3% ITM |
| 2020 | 14 | Douglas | 18 | 64.3% Wins, 82.1% ITM (18 wins in 28 games) |
| 2020 | 15 | Douglas | 13 | 46.4% Wins, 60.7% ITM |
| 2020 | 16 | RonRon | 10 | 41.7% Wins, 58.3% ITM |
| 2020 | 17 | Douglas | 12 | 46.2% Wins, 65.4% ITM |
| 2020 | 18 | Ben | 13 | 26.5% Wins, 44.9% ITM |
| 2020 | 19 | Douglas | 11 | 39.3% Wins, 78.6% ITM |
| 2020 | 20 | RonRon | 12 | 66.7% Wins, 72.2% ITM |
| 2020 | 21 | Douglas | 11 | 57.9% Wins, 84.2% ITM |
| 2020 | 22 | Douglas (winner) El Barba | 10 (highest ITM wins) 10 | 41.7% Wins, 66.7% ITM 41.7% Wins, 50.0% ITM |
| 2020 | 23 | RonRon | 9 | 37.5% Wins, 79.2% ITM |
| 2020 | 24 | El Barba | 6 | 25.0% Wins, 58.3% ITM |
| 2020 | 25 | El Barba | 9 | 37.5% Wins, 58.3% ITM |
| 2020 | 26 | El Barba | 7 | 29.2% Wins, 58.3% ITM |
| 2020 | 27 | Douglas | 9 | 50.0% Wins, 77.8% ITM |
| 2020 | 28 | Bueno | 8 | 27.6% Wins, 34.5% ITM |
| 2020 | 29 | Jeden | 9 | 40.9% Wins, 59.1% ITM |
| 2020 | 30 | Douglas Asier (honorable mention) | 6 3 wins in 4-games | 50.0% Wins, 75.0% ITM 75.0% Wins, 75.0% ITM |
| 2019 | 1 | Jeden, Kubala | 10 | |
| 2019 | 2 | Kubala | 11 | |
| 2019 | 3 | Carballo | 18 | 66.7% Wins (18 in 27 games) |
| 2019 | 4 | Douglas | 11 | Douglas started this week |
| 2019 | 5 | Douglas | 13 | |
| 2019 | 6 | Carballo | 13 | |
| 2019 | 7 | Douglas | 18 | |
| 2019 | 8 | Douglas | 19 | |
| 2019 | 9 | Douglas | 9 | |
| 2019 | 10 | Douglas | 10 | |
| 2019 | 11 | Douglas | 10 | |
| 2019 | 12 | Douglas | 13 | |
| 2019 | 13 | Douglas | 13 | |
| 2019 | 14 | Douglas | 13 | |
| 2019 | 15 | Douglas | 9 | |
| 2019 | 16 | Douglas | 10 | |
| 2019 | 17 | RonRon | 7 | Douglas 1-win this week (18-1-6-2) |
| 2019 | 18 | Douglas, Ikeda | 6 | |
| 2019 | 19 | RonRon | 7 | |
| 2019 | 20 | Anderluck, Douglas | 7 | |
| 2019 | 21 | Anderluck | 7 | partial week, next best were tied at 3-wins |