Mangla Corps win Army Polo championship

KARACHI: Mangla Corps won the Army Polo Championship-2016, beating Rawalpindi Corps 7-1/2 to 6 in a hotly contested final at the Army Polo Ground on Sunday.

Interestingly the winners started the match with a handicap of half a goal and conceded three goals in the first Chukkar.

Veteran Maj Gen (retd) Asfandar Yar Patudi scored two goals and Maj Faizan scored one.

Khushi with his strong horsemanship led the Mangla Corps fight-back in the second Chukkar and reduced the margin with two beautiful goals. Maj Haseeb also scored a goal.

The Rawalpindi Corps maintained their lead through Saqib’s back hand goal.

In the third Chukkar Khushi again led his team with two goals to take lead.

Gen Patudi struggled hard to maintain his team’s supremacy and also scored a goal.

Horsemen from both teams demonstrated high level of skill and speed in the decisive fourth Chukkar.

Maj Haseeb of Mangla Corps came back excellently to score two goals with his back hand hits.

Saqib from Rawalpindi Corps scored a goal on penalty.

Lahore Corps won the Tent-Pegging Championship-2016. Naik Arshad of Lahore Corps got the first position in the Individual Lance Competition. Sepoy Nawaz of Lahore Corps grabbed the second position and Lance Dafadar Khushi Muhammad of Mangla Corps got the third position.

Mangla Corps got first position in Pair Lance Competition. Lahore Corps teams grabbed second and third positions, respectively. Rawalpindi Corps got the first position in Team Competition, while Mangla Corps and Lahore Corps secured second and third positions, respectively.

Students of Lahore Garrison Schools Mahad Fida, Zarsher Masood, Khadija Zulfiqar and Zainab Zulfiqar also demonstrated their skill in an exhibition Tent-Pegging match.  Chief Guest Corps Commander Lahore Lt-Gen Sadiq Ali distributed prizes amongst the players.