30th State Level Polo Tournament : Narrow win for Meiraba, big win for Thoubal
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 23 2014 :
Contrasting wins marked the day in the ongoing 30th State Level Polo Tournament with Thangmeiband Youth Polo Club going down narrowly to Meiraba Polo Club by a margin of 3 goals to 4 goals while in the second match of the day, Thoubal District Polo Association thrashed Eastern Student Club by a margin of 11 goals to 1 .
In the first match of the day, the team from Thangmeiband shot into the lead scoring a goal in the first chukker through RK Mangalsana, with Meiraba unable to reply.
The match however went the way of Meiraba as they scored three goals in the second chukker through Ch Premjit, K Romeo and Th Nanao with Thangmeiband Polo Club unable to score.
In the 3rd chukker the two teams were evenly matched scoring one goal apiece through M Debnath for Thangmeiband and M Brano for Meiraba.
The Thangmeiband team sounded the board in the 4th chukker through M Debnath but this was not enough as they went down by a margin of 3 goals to 4 .
In the second match of the day, it was Thoubal District Polo Association all the way pumping in 11 goals while Eastern Students' Club could reply with only one goal.
The goals started early, S Sadananda opening the account in the 1st chukker with two goals followed by K Tombi with three goals and M Manihar with three goals to take a 7 seven goal lead.
The second chukker was evenly matched as Th Kabita of Thoubal District Polo Association and E Robin of Eastern Students' Club sounding the board once each.
In the third chukker, the team from Thoubal struck twice through O Somorjit and Th Kabita, with the other team failing to score.
It was a complete whitewash with the team from Thoubal scoring at will.