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Friday 23 March 2018
Riverplate receives the 2018 Cultural Prize from Playa Pabou
Oranjestad (Playa Pabou) cer League decided that And under the guidance
- The directors of the sports all teams to participate of Mai Muduro with his wife,
center Playa Pabou held had to become official Sandra by his side River-
it prize for Aruban Culture club and register with the plate has reached new
2018 and the award went league to compete. Febru- heights.
to Riverplate Sports Union of ary 1st, 1953 Riverplate was 1992 and 1997 Riverplate
Aruba. With a 66-year his- officially founded. becomes Division of Honor
tory of community service Champions
Riverplate’s most important Dates to remember Riverplate has been cham-
role has been keeping chil- In the course of its six de- pion in the Aruba Soccer
dren out of trouble by way cade history Riverplate has League (Lifida) in every lev-
of sports. had some highlights: el Division A, Division B, Mi-
1964 Eziikel Andrew cre- nors, Majors ad Junior levels
An organization, a neigh- ated teams to compete in in both, Mens and Womens
borhood, and a group of Lifida i the A and B classes. soccer. With all the success
people with different ideas 1980_Rudi Thomas stepped on the field it pride remains
about improving the com- down as the director after in the fact it has helped the
munity, Riverplate has tried 30 years and was replaced youth of the communities
to help guide local youths by Mario (Mai)Maduro. surrounding Riverplate.q
from trouble and to help
them become upstanding, A brief history of Riverplate plate, actually started out
productive members of so- Unofficially the club was as Rio Platense given by
ciety. founded in 1951 by the Na- Fabian Gnecco and later,
Riverplate is also soccer thaniel Andrew, known as it was loosely translated
club whose home field is Nata, Luis Brito Pinedo, aslo to Riverplate by Nata An-
Playa Pabou. It is the soul known as Seeco and Rudi drew.
of Riverplate’s existence Thomas.The three came And the name stuck.
with its heart being its re- together in a room where The team participated in
lationship and work within Marlon’s Garage now the very first champion-
the community, especially stands. The name River- ship under the name Riv-
the children in the neigh- erplate but the Aruba Soc-
borhoods of Rancho, Soco-
toro, Madiki, Madiki Kavel y
Bushiri.
