29th N Hazari and Dr Tombi State Polo Tournament : Winners carve out convincing victories
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20 2014 :
Three matches and three convincing victories was how it went in the ongoing 29th N Hazari and Dr Tombi State Polo Tournament being played at Mapal Kangjeibung today.
In the first match played between Eastern Student Club (A) and Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club (B), the former mauled the latter by a convincing margin of 16 goals to 2 .
Though it was the Thangmeiband team which first sounded the board as early as the 3rd minute of the match in the 1st chukker through M Chaoba, Eastern Student Club hit back soon with W Cameroon finding the target thrice followed by Th Mocha with one.
In the 2nd chukker it was Eastern Student Club all the way with Basanta on target four times followed by A Cameroon and Mohendro with one each ,while Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club failed to score even once.
In the 3rd chukker M Chaoba scored for the Thangmeiband team, but A Cameroon was at it again finding the target followed by Basanta.
It was a rout in the 4th chukker with Basanta scoring twice, followed by Th Mocha with one more while the Thangmeiband team could not score even once.
In the second match of the day Chingkheihunba Polo Club trounced Meiraba Polo Club by a margin of 11 goals to 1 with L Atangba and L Lokeshwar walking away with the honours by finding the target four times each.
The lone goal for Meiraba Polo Club came in the 2nd chukker through Ch Ajit.
Nongchup Pana grounded Nagamapal Youth Polo Club by a margin of 5 goals to 1 in the third match of the day with Th Rishikanta finding the target twice, while the consolation goal for the Nagamapal team was scored by S Sarat.