Guard Group and Adamjee Insurance win the inaugural matches of Argentine Republic Polo Cup 2019
Guard Group/Dascon Construction Company and Adamjee Insurance won the inaugural matches of the Argentine Republic Polo Cup 2019 played at the ground of Lahore Polo Club.
On Tuesday, the sun shone bright with a hint of blue skies over the Lahore Polo Club ground. The bright day brought some cheer for Guard Group & Adamjee Insurance as they won opening day fixtures at Argentine Republic Polo Cup 2019.
In the foremost match of the day, Guard Group/DCC were off to flying start as they struck two field goals to take 2-0 lead. Platinum Homes then converted from 30-yards to reduce the margin to 2-1. Guard Group/DCC finished the chukker with another field goal to enhance their lead to 3-1.
The second chukker was evenly poised as both the teams struck two goals each and by the end of the chukker, Guard Group/DCC were enjoying 5-3 lead.
The third chukker was fully dominated by Guard Group/DCC as they converted two back-to-back goals to further strengthen their lead to 7-3.
The winners maintained their supremacy in the fourth and last chukker as well as they converted two more to make it 9-3 while Platinum Homes fought back well and slammed in two consecutive goals to reduce the margin to 9-5. With one and a half goal handicap for Platnium Homes, the final score was 9-6½ in favour of Guard Group/DCC.
Saqib Khan Khakwani emerged as star of the day as he slammed in a quartet while Taimur Ali Malik hammered a hat-trick and Farasat Ali Chatha banged in a brace for Guard Group. From the losing side, which had one and a half goal handicap advantage, Ahmed Nawaz Tiwana pumped in a hat-trick while Mian Hussain Iftikhar and Babar Monnoo converted one goal apiece.
In the second match of the day, Magic River had an impressive start by firing in two back-to-back goals to have 2-0 edge. In the dying moments of the first chukker, Adamjee Insurance then converted one to make it 2-1.
Adamjee Insurance bounced back well in the second chukker as they banged in a brace to take 3-2 edge.
The only goal of the third chukker came from Adamjee, which helped them stretch their lead to 4-2. Although Magic River fought back well and banged in a brace to level the score at 4-all, yet they couldn’t score more and the match finished at 4-all. The half goal handicap advantage then declared Adamjee winner of the match.
From the losing side, Ahmed Ali Tiwana hammered a hat-trick and Abdul Rehman Monnoo scored one goal.
