LAHORE: HN Polo, Remounts and Barry’s/BN 2 carved out contrasting victories in the Brighto Paints Lahore Open Polo Championship here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Wednesday.

Team HN Polo registered a narrow 6-5 triumph over Diamond Paints/Sheikhoo Steel in a thrilling match in which Raja Samiullah smashed four goals for the winners. Lt Col Omer Minhas chipped in with a brace. Andres Llorente (four) and Mir Huzaifa (one) scored for the losing side.

Remounts beat Newage Cables/Rizvi’s 5-4 in another nail-biting match of the day.

ALD Imran Shahid top-scored with three goals while team-mates SWR Naeem and Raja Temur Nadeem struck one apiece. Tomas Reinoso hammered a hat-trick while emerging player Syed Turab Rizvi converted one goal for the losing side.

In the third and last match of the day, Barry’s/BN 2 downed Guard Group 7-3.

Babar Naseem and Ernesto Trotz scored three goals each while Hamza Mawaz Khan made one for the winners.

For Guard Group, Mohammad Reza Behboudi struck two goals while Lt Col Rab Nawaz Tiwana added one.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2021