LAHORE: High-flying Juan Cruz Losada led Master Paints / Rizvi’s to a title victory as they defeated Barry’s 9-8 in the final of the Diamond Paints National Open Polo Championship for the Quaid-i-Azam Gold Cup here at the jam-packed Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Sunday.

Although Argentinean Losada was the main contributor in Master Paints / Rizvi’s title triumph, yet it was spirited Hamza Mawaz Khan, who made way for Losada to strike maximum goals for their team as he not only restricted Barry’s key player Juan Mariz Ruiz Tito from scoring crucial goals but also slammed in significant one goal to earn man of the match award. Their teammate Farooq Amin Sufi also contributed onegoal.

Barry’s 8-goaler Juan Maria Ruiz Tito also played tremendous polo and pumped in six goals but his efforts were futile in the end.

Governor Punjab Rafiq Rajwana graced the final as chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2018