X Polo men, Laman PC women ease into Governor's Cup semis
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 01 2023:
X Polo Club sealed the remaining semifinal berth of the 30th Governor's Cup Polo Tournament with an 11-3 hammering of Assam Rifles Polo Team on Wednesday.
L Kokeshwor and P Ojit shared seven goals between them in their rout of the AR team.
The sides were evenly matched in the opening chukker that saw a 2-2 tie as Ojit and Th Jacob converted for X Polo and Joykumar scored twice for AR.
In the second chukker, the X Polo riders galloped to a 5-2 lead after Ojit hammered a double and L Atangba got a single.
X Polo continued their scoring spree in the third chukker to further stretch their advantage to 9-2 as Kokeshwor made the most of the period pumping in three goals and Jacob found one.
In the fourth chukker, X Polo collected two more goals to close out the game in style with both Atangba and Kokesjwor on target.
X Polo Club will now meet IRC-A in their semifinal match.
Meanwhile, Laman Polo Club kicked off the 19th Governor's Cup Women's Polo Tournament with a 9-1 thrashing of MPSC on Wednesday.
The result propelled Laman PC to the semifinals.
Laman PC started off with a 4-0 lead courtesy of Y Anjali, who scored a double, Donkhamdar Khaling and Nena Kamei.
In the next chukker, they were seven goals ahead after Donkhamdar Khaling ran riot with a treble before she scored her fifth and team's eighth goal in the third chukker.
Then Anjali found their ninth goal in the fourth chukker to wrap up the victory.
MPSC got their consolation goal in the fourth period through H Pigo.