Polo championship begins today

Eight teams to participate in the event.

LAHORE: The National Polo Championship will kick off today at the Lahore Polo Club.

Defending champions Colony Sugar will face a tough test from talented Argentine riders. The club’s President Irfan Aly Hyder called it the most prestigious tournament of the polo calendar before adding that only a lone winner will be awarded a prize and in the case of a tie, order of merit will be decided according to the rules.

Eight teams will take part in the tournament: Army/Askari Bank, Army Warid Polo Team, Master Paints Black, Paf Hataff, Colony Sugar, Medicam, Al Khan-Ciro’s Pomodoro and Guard Group-Diamond Paints who have the services of various foreign players.

Published in The Express Tribune, 22^nd, 2011.