4th 57 Mountain Division Polo Tournament : Tekcham, X-Fitness advance to semi-final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 25 2014:
Tekcham Polo Club-A and X-Fitness Polo Club entered the semi-final stage of the 4th 57 Mountain Division Polo Tournament in contrasting styles played at Mapal Kangjeibung today.
In the first match of the day, Kh Tombi did the star turn for Tekcham Polo Club as his three goal spree helped his team overcome a fighting Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club by a margin of 5 goals to 3 .
In the 1st chukker, Kh Tombi set the pace for Tekcham PC when he sounded the board twice with the Thangmeiband side failing to reply.
The team from Thangmeiband were not able to neutralise the early two goals lead though the two teams matched each other in the remaining chukkers.
In the 2nd chukker P Premjit pulled one back for Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club, but this was neutralised by M Manihar of Tekcham to help his team maintain the two goal lead.
In the 3rd chukker the two teams were again evenly matched with O Chinglensana of Thangmeiband Polo Club and Kh Tombi of Tekcham Polo Club sounding the board once each.
It was the same in the 4th chukker as M Manihar of Tekcham and P Premjit of Thangmeiband scored once each.
In the second match of the day X-Fitness Polo Club were the runaway winners hammering Ibudhou Thangjing Polo Club by a huge margin of 7 goals to one.
Th Jacob and K Samananda emerged the heroes in the win for X-Fitness with both sounding the board four times and thrice respectively.
Th Jacob set the pace in the 1st chukker itself when he hammered home the ball thrice in quick succession leaving the rival team flabbergasted.
In the 2nd chukker, K Samananda came into his own and scored thrice while Th Jacob added another one in the 3rd chukker.