X-Polo, CPC-A to clash in Polo final
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 17 2022:
X-Polo Club and Chingkheihunba Polo Club-A will meet in the final of the 2nd Imphal East District Polo Tournament 2022 after their semifinal wins on Monday.
P Ojit scored a treble as X-Polo Club recorded a 7-5 victory over Chingkheihunba Polo Club-B to reach the final.
Leishemba put X-Polo ahead in the first chukker before a tight second-chukker tussle saw both sides collect two goals.
P Ojit struck twice for X-Polo while Pritam and Sabtosh converted for Chingkheihunba.
In third chukker, Chingkheihuba Polo overturned the scoreline with a goal each from Manisana and Yaikhomba.
The X-Polo riders, however, came back strongly in the fourth chukker with a four-goal barrage and clinched the match.
A double from L Atangba and a single each from P Ojit (his third goal) and Th Jacob steered their side to a 7-5 triumph.
Chingkheihunba Polo Club-A hardly broke a sweat as they produced a 10-2 hammering of Ibudhou Marjing Khubam Kanba Lup in their semifinal encounter.
The winning side started off with a 2 - 0 lead in the opening period through Muhindro and Thomson.
After a lull in the next chukker, Chingkheihunba Polo Club-A came up with a four-goal salvo as Thomson scored twice while Kaoba and Rozer chipped in with a goal apiece.
The opposition, on the other hand, reduced the deficit with a pair of goals from Rajan.
Chingkheihunba then finished off the contest by pumping in four more goals in the fourth chukker courtesy of a double from Rozer and a goal each from Kaoba and Thomson.