Governor's Cup Polo Tournament : IRC, Khurai PC emerge champions
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 12 2014 :
Kh Habe did the star turn for Imphal Riders' Club, pumping four goals to help her team trouce ESC-A by a massive margin of 8 goals to nil in the final of the XIII Governor' Cup Women's Polo Tournament while in the XXIV Governor's Cup Invitation Polo Tournament, Khurai Polo Club got the better of Manipur Police Polo Club by a margin of 4 goals to 2 to emerge champions.
In the women's section of the tournament, Kh Habe opened the account for IRC in the 1st chukker followed by A Romabati while the opponent team could not score a single goal.
Kh Habe was at it again in the 2nd chukker when she sounded the board twice followed by A Romabati again with two more goals.
S Sunita found the target in the 3rd chukker and Kh Habe also sounded the board to hand out a humiliating defeat to ESC-A .
In the men's section Khurai Polo Club managed to down a fighting Manipur Police Polo Club by a margin of 4 goals to 2 with P Ojit of the Khurai team leading the way with three goals.
The Khurai Club took the lead in the 1st chukker when P Ojit scored twice while the police team reduced the margin through T Pradeepkumar.
In the 2nd chukker L Thomson sounded the board to increase the lead for Khurai Polo Club while in the 3rd chukker, P Ojit scored for Khura PC while T Pradeepkumar of the police team replied with one goal.
Governor VK Duggal attended the closing ceremony of the tournament as the chief guest while Chief Minister O Ibobi attended as co-chief guest.
Speaker Th Lokeshore presided over the closing ceremony with PHED Minister I Hemochandra, MP from Haryana Naveen Jindal and Chairperson of Lalit Suri Hospital Dr Jyotsna Suri were in attendance as the guests of honour.
The tournament was organised by the Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association.