Shah Qublai Alam led Master Paints to December Polo Cup title victory with his charismatic control of the pony and the ball against Security 2000 here at the Lahore Polo Club ground on Sunday. Qublai not only cracked three goals in the 10-3 win, but also masterminded another three goal moves that left Security 2000 heart broken. Ahmad Nawaz Tiwana also produced three goals and with the help of Qublai, the Sufis – Muhammad Haris and Muhammad Haroon, added two goals each. Shaukat Ali Malik, Bilal Hayat Noon and Mian Hussain Iftikhar shared one goal each from the losing side. Interestingly, there was one 60-yarder hit and a spot penalty scored in the final which was enjoyed to the fullest by chief guest Lt Gen Sikander Afzal, who later distributed prizes among the winners.
Colony Sugar hit three goals and won the subsidiary final by half a goal margin after Pessi scored two goals and their half-a-goal advantage just fell shot. Ahmed Zubair opened the score with two back-to-back goals in the first two chukkers and later Naveed M Sheikh came up with the third goal in the following chukker. Atif Tiwana and Ch. Asim Mehmood responded with one goal each from the losing side. Umpires for the matches were Ahmed Ali Tiwana, Raja Temur Nadeem, Omar Asjad Malhi and Usman Haye.
