Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 10 2009:
A 36-member polo team of Manipur left for Kolkata yesterday to participate in the inaugural Carmichael Cup polo tournament, to held from December 17 till 25 under the joint aegis of Kolkata Polo Club and Fort William.
The team was flagged off by Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association president S Budhachandra from its Lamphelpat campus.
On the concluding day of the annual competition, a traditional pana style polo match will be exhibited by the Manipur players for which 16 locally breed ponies were also ferried in vehicles provided by the Red Shield Division.
Meanwhile, a PIB (DW) release said the polo team were accorded a warm send-off at Military Station, Leimakhong today where the 57 Mountain Division GOC Maj Gen DS Hooda personally interacted with the players and officials.