LAHORE: Barry’s/BN 2 defeated HN Polo 9-8 in a nail-biting match as three more matches were decided in the Brighto Paints Lahore Open Polo Championship matches here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Tuesday.

Ernesto Trotz’s six goals played pivotal in the victory as team-mates Hamza Mawaz Khan and Babar Naseem contributed two and one goals, respectively. For HN Polo, Raja Samiullah made a prolific contribution of six goals while Lt Col Omer Minhas and Haider Naseem struck one each.

Raja Temur Nadeem scored three to guide Remounts to a 8-5 victory over Rijas Development/Master Paints in the day’s second match.

Earlier, Tomas Marin Moreno steered Newage/Rizvi’s to a 7-5 triumph over Monnoo Polo Team in the opening match of the day.

Tomas, the hero of the winning team, smashed four fabulous goals and was ably assisted by Alman Jalil Azam, Adnan Jalil Azam and Omer Asjad Malhi, who converted one goal apiece.

From the losing side, Amir Reza Behboudi and Bilal Noon made a brace each.

Swr (r) Naeem and ALD (r) Imran Shahid pumped in two goals each.

From the losing team, Chaudhry Hayat scored a brace while Mumtaz Abbas, Mannuel Carranza and Mohib Shahzad converted one goal each.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2021