Subway, Newage score wins in Solitaire Polo Cup
Subway and Newage carved out contrastive victories in the Solitaire Polo Cup 2016 for Faysal Bank matches played here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground.
Subway and Newage carved out contrastive victories in the Solitaire Polo Cup 2016 for Faysal Bank matches played here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on cloudy Wednesday.
Due to pleasant weather of the city, a large number of polo enthusiast thronged to the Lahore Polo Club to witness the enthralling encounters. Not only the lovely weather but also the enthusiasm of the players, ponies and closely-contested second match doubled their delight and made their day a remarkable one.
Subway started the most entertaining second match of the day having two goals handicap advantage and also dominated the first chukker in great style as they thwarted tremendous two back-to-back goals to take an impressive 4-0 lead. Mir Huzaifa was the score as he smashed two goals for Subway.
But Guard Group bounced back in style in the second chukker hammering two back-to-back goals through high-flying Taimur Ali Malik to reduce the lead to 4-2. Taimur continued his sublime form in the third chukker as well as produced a brilliant brace to level the score at 4-4. Sheharyar Bukhari then pumped in a field goal to give Guard Group 5-4 lead which couldn’t remain intact for long and the score was leveled at 5-5 when Mir Huzaifa struck a goal off 30-yard to complete his hat-trick.
In the fourth and decisive chukker, both the teams played attacking polo and kept on attacking each other goal but both couldn’t produce a single goal and the chukker ended goalless. In the sudden death chukker, Mir Huzaifa once again proved his mettle and smashed a match-winning goal to steer Subway to a thrilling 6-5 triumph. Azam Haya Noon and Taimur Hayat Noon officiated the match as field umpires.
Earlier in the first match of the day, Newage played superb polo and thrashed struggling Rijas by 10-4. Ch Fateh Mehmood was hero of the day for the winning side as he hammered five goals while he was ably assisted by Adnan Jalil Azam and Hassan Abbas who struck three and two goals respectively. For the losing side, M Usman Malik thwarted all the four goals.
Talking to this scribe, man-of-the-second-match Mir Huzaifa, who smashed fabulous four goals in Subway’s win, termed collective efforts and team work behind his team’s victory. “We started the match well and kept on putting pressure on our rivals. But then suddenly, Taimur Malik started playing superb polo and blasted four goals to level the score and then Sheharyar added one more to give Guard Group one-goal lead. At that time, we changed our game plan and I started playing attacking polo and succeeded in scoring two goals to give my team well-deserving win. I am keen to perform well in next matches and want to win title for it.”
(Source: The Nation)
Due to pleasant weather of the city, a large number of polo enthusiast thronged to the Lahore Polo Club to witness the enthralling encounters. Not only the lovely weather but also the enthusiasm of the players, ponies and closely-contested second match doubled their delight and made their day a remarkable one.
Subway started the most entertaining second match of the day having two goals handicap advantage and also dominated the first chukker in great style as they thwarted tremendous two back-to-back goals to take an impressive 4-0 lead. Mir Huzaifa was the score as he smashed two goals for Subway.
But Guard Group bounced back in style in the second chukker hammering two back-to-back goals through high-flying Taimur Ali Malik to reduce the lead to 4-2. Taimur continued his sublime form in the third chukker as well as produced a brilliant brace to level the score at 4-4. Sheharyar Bukhari then pumped in a field goal to give Guard Group 5-4 lead which couldn’t remain intact for long and the score was leveled at 5-5 when Mir Huzaifa struck a goal off 30-yard to complete his hat-trick.
In the fourth and decisive chukker, both the teams played attacking polo and kept on attacking each other goal but both couldn’t produce a single goal and the chukker ended goalless. In the sudden death chukker, Mir Huzaifa once again proved his mettle and smashed a match-winning goal to steer Subway to a thrilling 6-5 triumph. Azam Haya Noon and Taimur Hayat Noon officiated the match as field umpires.
Earlier in the first match of the day, Newage played superb polo and thrashed struggling Rijas by 10-4. Ch Fateh Mehmood was hero of the day for the winning side as he hammered five goals while he was ably assisted by Adnan Jalil Azam and Hassan Abbas who struck three and two goals respectively. For the losing side, M Usman Malik thwarted all the four goals.
Talking to this scribe, man-of-the-second-match Mir Huzaifa, who smashed fabulous four goals in Subway’s win, termed collective efforts and team work behind his team’s victory. “We started the match well and kept on putting pressure on our rivals. But then suddenly, Taimur Malik started playing superb polo and blasted four goals to level the score and then Sheharyar added one more to give Guard Group one-goal lead. At that time, we changed our game plan and I started playing attacking polo and succeeded in scoring two goals to give my team well-deserving win. I am keen to perform well in next matches and want to win title for it.”
(Source: The Nation)
