State Jr Boy's and Women's Polo : X Polo Club in Jr Boy's semi-finals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 29 2018:
X Polo Club trounced K&MM Riding School-B 8-0 to move into the last 4 round of the Jr Boy's competition of the ongoing 2nd State Junior Boy's Polo Tournament (U-16) and 14th State Women's Polo Tournament being organised by All Manipur Polo Association at Mapal Kangjeibung.
In the women's competition, K&MM Riding School secured the final berth by beating Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club-B 6-1 .
In the junior boy's quarter final match, X Polo Club dominated the game right from the start with Tokpam Herojit hitting the opening goal in the first chukker before scoring one goal each in the second, third and the last chukker.
Irom Rahul scored 2 goals in the third chukker while Thongam Boynao added a single to hand X Polo a 6-0 lead before Tokpam Dinesh chipped in a single in the last chukker to complete the 8-0 rout of K&MM Riding School-B.In the women's competition, Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club-B took a 1-0 lead in the first chukker but K&MM Riding School made a huge comeback in the second chukker before wrapping up the game 6-1 to secure a place in the final.
Huirom Pitu scored the first and the last goal for the Thangmeiband side in the first chukker but K&MM Riding School rallied back with Tana Thoudam striking thrice and Neelu RK adding a single in the second chukker to make it 4-1.Thoudam Tana then managed to find the target twice in the third chukker and finished the game 6-1 in her team's favour.
Tentha Polo Club-A will meet K&MM Riding School A in the first semi-final of the jr boy's competition at 1 pm while Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club-A will lock horns with Thoubal District Polo Club-A for a place in the final of the women's competition.
X Polo Club will face Nagamapal Youth Polo Club in the second semi-final match of the jr boy's competition at 3 pm .
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