Tekcham A & B teams complete semis lineup of Tbl Polo tourney
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 04 2022:
Tekcham Polo Club-A and Tekcham Polo Club-B triumphed in their respective matches on Tuesday to complete the semifinal lineup of the 2nd Thoubal District Polo Tournament.
Tekcham Polo Club-A started the day with a dominant 12-3 win over Ikop Ningthou Kangjei Polo Club on their way to the last four.
The first chukker saw the Tekcham riders take a 2-0 lead with a goal each from M Kuber and S Ranjit.
Then a treble from K Jugin-dra and a single from M Kuber gave their side a commanding 6-0 lead in the second period.
Tekcham-A continued then-scoring spree in the third chukker where M Abhigyan scored a pair of goals, with M Kuber (his third goal) and S Ranjit (his second goal) adding a goal apiece to further stretch their lead to 10-1 as L Bishal scored the only goal of Ikop in the period.
In the fourth chukker, Tekcham collected two more goals through M Kuber (his fourth) and S Sadananda to wrap up their victory in style.
Ikop too managed two goals in the chukker with Bishal and Thamol on target.
On the other hand, Tekcham Polo Club-B came from behind to overcome Thoubal District Polo Assn-A 4-3 for their place the semifinals.
Thoubal took a 1-0 lead in the first chukker courtesy of Manihar.
After both teams were goalless in the second chukker, Tekcham-B restored parity early in the third chukker but it was short-lived as Thoubal regained their lead in the period with a goal from Inaobi.
Tekcham, however, staged a fourth-chukker surge to outscore their opponents courtesy of a hat-trick by S Sova.
Thoubal's Santosh was on target in the fourth chukker was his goal was not enough.