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Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 06 2009:
As part of the ongoing efforts to promote sports, preserve local culture and spread the message of harmony and camarederie between the Army and the civilians of the State, the Red Shield Division sponsored two local Manipur Polo teams to participate in a tournament organised at Secunderabad from September 17 to 21 .
In a statement, PIB (Defence Wing) said that the two Manipur local Polo teams participated in a Sagol Kangjei meet and displayed their skills before the Army Commander of Southern Command on September 21 .
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The players were also given exposure to the conventional version of the game under the stewardship of Colonel Narpat Singh Rajpurohit of Red Shield Division.
On their return the teams were felicitated by Maj Gen Shakti Gurung, GOC of 57 Mountain Div today.
The GOC urged the players to preserve and spread their local sport and goaded them to achieve higher standards in the field of sport.
PIB further said that Red Shield had already instituted a Red Shield Polo trophy for annual championship between teams of Manipur for Sagol Kangjei.
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