Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 09 2010:
Manipur Police Sports Club A claimed the title of the 25th N Hazari State Polo tournament with a 5-4 victory over District Pana Sagolkangjei Association, Keirak at Imphal Pologround today.
The final match, however, ended in a controversial manner as players of the losing finalists staged walk-out with about 48 seconds from the end in protest against a referee decision of penalising the side.
MPSC raced to 3-0 lead in the first chukker with S somorjit scoring two goals within the opening minute and S Bimol added another.
Bimol also scored in the third and final chukkers to guide his side's title charge.
For District Pana, M Manihar, S Sadananda and P Ojit (2) were the scorers.
The champions were awarded Rs 10,000 and the runners-up side Rs 7000 .
S Somorjit was declared the tournament's best player while teammate T Pradeep's horse named Morakhagok was declared as the best pony.