29th N Hazari and Dr N Tombi State Polo Tournament: Winners carve out easy wins to waltz into quarter finals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 23 2014 :
Manipur Police Sports Club, Chingkheihunba Polo Club and Tekcham Polo Club registered white washed their opponents to enter the quarter final stage of the 29th N Hazari and Dr N Tombi State Polo Tournament at Mapal Kangjeibung today.
The tournament is being organised by Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association.
In the first match of the day, the police team rode on a brilliant five goals from S Abungcha to convincingly beat Eastern Sports Club by a margin of 10 goals to 2 .
In the first chukker, M Vivekananda and S Abuncha scored one goal each to put their team ahead, with Eastern Sports Club unable to find the target.
The domination continued in the second chukker with the police team sounding the board through M Vivekananda, Th Ranjit and S Abuncha, who scored twice to place team in a comfortable position.
The fourth chukker followed the same pattern, though Eastern Sports Club managed to score two goals, the goals coming from A Cameron and Th Mocha.
The police team on the other hand pumped in three more goals through M Vivekananda, Kh Nongpoknganba and S Abuncha to complete the rout.
The second match of the day followed the same pattern with Chingkheihunba Polo Club thrashing Nongchup Pana Sagol Kangjei Lup by a margin of 16 goals to 2 .
L Atangba led the way with 8 goals, scoring four goals in the first chukker with Y Romen adding one more.
For the other team, Th Rishikanta and Kh Sarjit scored.
Thereafter Nongchup Pana Sagol Kangjei Lup failed to score, with L Atangba pumping in three more goals, followed by Y Romen and Y Suraj with one goal each in the second chukker.
The third chukker saw two goals from L Lokeshor and Y Romen and one more from L Atangba while in the fourth chukker H Sanjit scored to whitewash the rival team.
In the third match, Tekcham Polo Club pummelled KRYPSA by a margin of 10 goals to 3, with M Doren of Tekcham finding the target five times.
M Doren scored four goals in the first chukker, followed by O Rojer and M Manihar with one goal each.
This was followed by five more goals in the remaining chukkers scored by M Doren (two goals), Kh Kaoba and O Rojer.
For tKRYPSA, S Robert scored twice followed by S Mohon with one goal.