Stage set for semi-finals of 57th Mountain Division Polo Tournament
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 15 2018:
Chingkhei Hunba Polo Club (CHPC) will face X Polo Club in the first semi-final match of the ongoing 57th Mountain Division Polo Tournament 2018 tomorrow at 1 pm at Mapal Kangjeibung while MPSC-A will meet MPSC-B in the second semi-final at 2 pm.
In the first quarter-final match played today, MPSC-B edged out Imphal Riding Polo Club 7-4 .
In the second quarter final match, MPSC-A thrashed Tekcham Polo Club 9-0 .
In this very one sided match, MPSC-A lead the first chukker 2-0 with the goals struck by P Jotin and S Bimol.
They wrapped up the second chukker 4-0 with another two goals scored by P Jotin and Th Ranjit.
Th Romen and M Bibekananda pumped in one goal each in the third chukker to make the score read 6-0.S Bimol, Th Romen and M Bibekananda then took their turns to added one goal each in the last chukker and gave MPSC-A a resounding 9-0 victory.
The third quarter final match of the tournament saw an evently matched game between Chingkhei Hunba Polo Club and Khurai Polo Club-A .
The matched ended in a 3-3 draw at the end of the four chukkers but CHPC raced ahead in the deciding additional chukker to book a place in the semis.
The first chukker went goalless as both teams failed to open up.
It was in the second chukker that CHPC added 3 goals through L Kokeshwar, Th Kaoba and Leishemba Takhellambam and took a 3-1 lead.
The single goal of the losing side was struck by T Roger.
Roger another two goals, one each in the remaining chukker to equalise the score at 3-3 but Th Kaoba of CHPC came up with the winner during the extra chukker to finished the game 4-3 in favour of his team.
X Polo Club came up with another emphatic 13-5 victory against Samadon Ayangba Polo club in the last quarter final match of the tournament.
X Polo started the game with an impressive 6-0 first chukker lead with the goals scored by P Ojit (2), L Atangba (3) and Th Jacob (1) .
The second chukker ended 10-1 in favour of X Polo Club with another four goals scored by L Atangba (2), M Doren (1) and P Ojit (1).The solitary goal of the opposite team came from the mallet of Th Basanta.
Th Jacob took control of the game in the third chukker adding two goals alone to make it 12-3 .
K Herojit and Th Basanta scored one each for Samadon Ayangba Polo Club in this chukker.
M Doren struck a single in the last chukker for the winning side while Th Basanta scored twice for the losing side to concede the game 5-13 in the hands of X Polo Club.