LAHORE: BN Polo defeated Master Paints/Newage Cables by way of 12-6 within the Century Ventures National Open Polo Championship for Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup 2023 major ultimate performed right here at crowded Lahore Polo Club on Sunday.
Hamza Mawaz Khan emerged as hero of the primary ultimate as he fired in 5 fabulous targets whilst he was once ably supported by way of international gamers Tito Ruiz Guinazu and Elena Venot, who cotributed with two and 3 targets respectively whilst Babar Naseem transformed one purpose. For Master Paints/Newage Cables, Simon Prado hammered a hat-trick whilst Juan Cruz Greguol banged in a brace and Raja Temur Nadeem scored one purpose.
BN Polo have been off to flying get started within the grand finale as they thrashed in 3 targets – two by way of Hamza and one by way of Tito Ruiz – to take a 3-0 lead whilst Master Paints/Newage’s Simon Prado transformed one ahead of the top of the primary chukker to make it 1-3. Prado added yet one more in his workforce’s tally to start with of the second one chukker to additional scale back the margin to 2-3. But BN bounced again smartly by way of banging in a brace – one each and every by way of Hamza and Tito Ruiz – to stretch their lead to 5-2.
The 3rd chukker started with a box purpose by way of Raja Temur that helped MP/Newage make it 3-5 however BN Polo transformed two back-to-back targets thru Hamza and Babar to make stronger their lead to 7-3. The highly-charged fourth chukker noticed BN Polo cracked a quartet – two by way of Elena and one each and every by way of Tito and Hamza – to acquire a wholesome 11-3 lead whilst MP/Newage scored 3 targets – two by way of Greguol and one by way of Prado – to scale back the deficit to 6-11. In the 5th and decisive chukker, BN Polo struck the one purpose thru Elena Venot to win the ancient match by way of 12-6.
Earlier within the Subsidiary Final, Team FG Polo outpaced DS Polo by way of 10-6. For FG Polo, Juan Ambroggio emerged as best scorer with a contribution of 5 targets whilst Abbas Mukhtar struck a hat-trick and Ramiro Zavaleta banged in a brace. For DS Polo, Javier Gurrero thrashed in 3 targets whilst Hissam Ali Hyder scored two and Bilal Haye hit one purpose.
The leader visitor of the overall was once Chairman Pakistan Polo Association Lt Gen Khalid Zia whilst Club President Umar Sadiq, Directors of Century Ventures Pvt. Ltd. Ayaz Lakhani, Kamran Afzal, Wasim Mazhar, Nazia Wasim, Secretary of PPA Lt Col Ayaz Mahmood, LPC government committee participants, gamers, their households and numerous spectators have been additionally provide at the instance.
In the top, the manager visitor allotted prizes a few of the winners, runners-up and best performers and in addition honoured the organizers and membership workforce (Faisal Mahmood, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Irfan, Munawar Iqbal, Ali Ahmed and Muhammad Khalid). Ibrahim Sultan was once awarded in -2 to 0 class, Basel Faisal Khokhar in 0 to 2 class and Agha Musa Ali Khan in 2 to 4 class.
The most precious pakistani participant of the season award was once passed over to Hamza Mawaz Khan and the most productive international participant of the match to Tito Ruiz Guinazu. Simon Prado of Master Paints scored probably the most targets within the match. The highest Pakistani mare of the match was once awarded to Raja Temur Nadeem’s mare 11-481. The Syed Wajid Ali Shah trophy was once awarded to Kamila, a international mare owned by way of Babar Naseem.
