Polo tourney : Tekcham Polo Club-A and MPSC-B in semis
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 27, 2014:
Tekcham Polo Club-A and Manipur Police Sports Club-B cruised into the semifinals of the 4th 57 Mountain Division Polo Tournament with contrasting victories over their respective quarter final opponents at Imphal Pologround today.
While Tekcham outplayed Nambul Mapal Polo club-A 6-3 in the day's first match, MPSC-B were made to toil by X Fitness Polo Club in the 5-4 win.
For Tekcham PC-A, Th Kaoba and O Rajen respectively scored three and two goals with an own goal adding to the misery for the Nambul Mapal side for whom S Girimohon whipped in two of the goals and L Tarun chipped in one.
The keenly contested match between MPSC-B and X Fitness began with the former racing to a 3-0 lead at the end of the second chukker.
While goals by H Abung Khuman and Th Romen extended the advantage to 5-0 in opening minutes of the penultimate chukker, Th Jacob opened the Fitness Club score late in the same session.
Jacob struck three more in the final chukker but could not prevent the Police side from snatching victory at 5-4.Abung Khuman and Romen also scored in the opening chukker while T Pradeepkumar netted the third team goal in the second session.