Atif Tiwana and Hamza Mawaz Khan with their combined efforts helped Park View Villas win the MMA Polo Cup title here at the Lahore Polo Club’s Aibak Ground on Sunday. Atif and Hamza shared three goals each in Park View Villas’ seven goals to two win over Guard Group. Park View Villas’ started their goal runs from the very first chukker when Atif and Ahmed Ali Tiwana converted one goal each. Hamza Mawaz proceeded with two back to back goals for Park View Villas’ and got his team in control. Guard Group responded through Raja Samiullah who just last Sunday was the player of the final. It was the only chukker in which both the teams came on equal terms and all the action was witnessed. But the following two chukkers were one-sided affairs. Atif got the fifth goal of Park View Villas’ in the third chukker and scored another to start the fourth.
Hamza hit in the cut shot goal to make it seven and finish the match and all the four riders of the Park View Villas’ then received the prizes and the main winner’s trophy from chief guest HE Alhaji Adamu Saidu Daura, High Commissioner of Nigeria. In the classification encounter it was Soneri Bank which edged aside PAF (White) 7-4. Naveed M Sheikh and Santiago Mendivil shared two goals each in the opening chukker to lead Soneri Bank go four goals ahead of PAF Whites.
Santiago Mendivil, then got another along with Waseem Sial to extend the lead. However, by the time Soneri riders thought of some dominance, Shaukat Ali Malik got a foul just 40 yards away from Soneri’s goal and that effort got PAF a goal in the scoreboard. But Waseem Sial on a pass from Santiago brought the seventh goal. But Shaukat Ali Malik after scoring his first goal in the second chukker dominated the third and fourth chukker managing three more goals scoring four in total but his effort was not enough to get his team a win. Omar Asjad Malhi, Shah Qublai Alam and Agha Murtaza Ali Khan were the umpires for the matches.
