X-Polo riders gallop to State polo title
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 11 2022:
X-Polo Club (Wangkhei) overcame Tekcham Polo Club in a thrilling final match to lay their hands on the winners' trophy of the 36th N Hazari & Dr N Tombi State Polo Tournament 2022 on Friday.
P Ojit Singh played a pivotal role in his side's title triumph by racking up five goals.
It was all square in the first chukker that saw Tekcham take the lead through S Sadananda before P Ojit evened the score for X-Polo.
The X-Polo riders turned things around in the next chukker courtesy of a pair of goals from P Ojit and one from L Atangba while the Tekcham squad narrowed the gap with a goal each from K Jogendra and Sadananda (his second) .
In a keenly contested third chukker, both teams managed to collect one goal with P Ojit scoring his fourth for X-Polo and Sadananda claiming his third goal for Tekcham.
The two teams ramped up the intensity in the fourth chukker adding two goals each but it was X-Polo who rose to the contest securing a thrilling 7-6 result in their favour.
Courtesy of their title triumph, X-Polo Club walked away with a prize money of Rs 50,000 while Tekcham Polo Club pocketed Rs 40,000.Sinam Soulin was adjudged best young star polo player.