39th N Hazari and Dr N Tombi State Polo Tournament : KRYPHSA, Ibudhou Marjing PC and MPSC-C gallop into second round
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 13 2026: KRYPHSA, Naoremthong; Ibudhou Marjing PC, Heingang and MPSC-C marched into the second stage (Round of 32) of the 39th N Hazari and Dr N Tombi State Polo Tournament 2026 being underway at Mapal Kangjeibung.

KRYPHSA made it to the second round with a 7-1 win over Awang Koubru Polo Club riding on W Rupa's four-goal feat.

Rupa scored one goal apiece in the first two chukkers to earn KRYPHSA a 2-1 lead.

Kh Sanju Meitei scored the only goal for Awang Koubru Polo Club in the first chukker.

H Renison scored twice in the third chukker and Rupa added one in between to make it 5-1 before Rupa scored his fourth and K Premkumar scored one in the final chukker to make it 7-1 at the close of the one-sided match.

In the second match of the day, Ibudhou Marjing Polo Club came out all guns blazing to crush UPC Team-B, Langol and set up a second round clash with K&MM RS-A.N Sadananda took centre-stage scoring 7 goals alone followed by Santa, N Sanker and H Pritam.

Ch Lukhoi found the breakthrough to put UPC Team-B ahead within 3 minutes before N Sadananda and H Pritam took their turns to add a goal apiece in the 5th and the 6th minutes to make it 2-1 at the end of the first chukker.

Ibudhou Marjing PC then raced to a 10-1 lead in the second chukker with Sadananda scored thrice, Sanker and Santa scored 2 goals apiece and H Pritam scoring one.

Sadananda scored his remaining three goals in the third chukker as Santa scored one to give their team a 14-1 lead.

Sanker and Santa scored a goal apiece in the final chukker to make it 16-1 till the fourth minute before A Ningthiba scored the second goal for UPC Team-B in the fifth minute.

Later in the third match, MPSC-C rode on M Devanath (6 goals) and Kh Dinesh (4 goals) to outlast Kangleipak PC 14-2 .

S Arun also scored twice for the winners as M Surjit and K Saratkanta chipped in a goal apiece.

Meanwhile, Meiraba scored both the goals for Kangleipak PC .

Oct 14 matches

1.Luwangpokpa B vs New Vision
2.Loyalakpa B vs Ibudhou Thangjing-A
3.ESC vs K&MM Riding School-B .

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