Governor's Cup Invitation Polo : Imphal Riding Club, MPSC-B advance to semis
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 28 2023:
Imphal Riding Club (IRC)-Uripok and MPSC-B notched up similar victories to advance to the semi-finals of the ongoing 30th Governor's Cup Invitation Polo Tournament, 2023 .
In the first match of the day, IRC fought back from 2 goals down in the opening chukker to seal a 6-3 victory over K&MM Riding School, Singjamei at Mapal Kangjeibung.
Ch Ajit scored twice to hand K&MM RS a 2-0 first chukker lead by K Swarna and S Dollar scored two goals each in the second chukker to make it 4-2 at halfway time.
L Rohit added two more goals for IRC in the third chukker as K&MM RS drew blank in this chukker too before L Dhaneshor managed a goal in the last minute of the final chukker to make it 3-6 at the end.
Later in the day, MPSC-B who outlasted Tentha PC in the previous match, pulled off a 6-2 win over Tekcham Polo Club to set up semi-final date with MPSC-C .
Oinam Suresh and T Pradeepkumar led the scoring for MPSC-B today as H Abung Khuman and Th Romen managed a goal each.
Meanwhile, S Sadananda and M Doren scored a goal each for Tekcham Polo Club.
MPSC-B started strongly and were 3-0 ahead with Oinam Suresh, H Abung and T Pradeepkumar adding a goal each before S Sadananda pulled back a goal in the second chukker for Tekcham PC to make it 1-3 at halfway break.
The third chukker saw Suresh and Pradeepkumar completing their doubles to give MPSC-B a 5-1 lead before Th Romen made it 6-1 with a lone goal in the final chukker.
M Doren then scored the last goal for Tekcham PC to make the final scoreline read 2-6 .
X-Polo Club will play AR Polo Team in the last quarter final match of the tournament tomorrow.