2018 Abuja Unity Polo tourney: YBL Farms, ASI, Kaduna Tila off to flying start
Polo
By Victor Okoye
Abuja, May 8, 2018 (NAN) The 2018 Abuja Unity Polo tournament on Tuesday got off to a flying start as YBL Farms, ASI and Kaduna Tila all recorded wins on the opening day.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament which galloped off on Tuesday at the Guards Polo Club, Abuja is expected to climax with the closing ceremony on Sunday.
The battle for honours in the Legislative Shield saw YBL Farms clashing with Alhusna Travels in a nine-and-a-half goal thriller.
YBL Farms led by its patron, Lt. Col. Yusuf Bello (0) paraded the likes of Abdulmalik Badamasi (+3), Abubakar Aliyu (+1) and Tony Isodje.
Alhusna Travels on the other hand was led by SP Usman Machika (0) and had the likes of Lado Aliyu (+2), Mukhtar Adhama (+1) and Aliyu Umar (0) in its rank.
Alhusna Travels were handed a one-and-a-half goal advantage by the umpire to level the team’s handicap difference before the start of the game.
They were quickly on the front foot as they extended their lead to 1 1/2 to 0 at the end of the first chukka through Adhama from a superbly taken 60-yard strike.
However, it was YBL Farms which showed their superiority in the second chukka scoring three unreplied with Badamasi grabbing his brace, while Bello and Isodje scored a goal each to make it 4 to 1 1/2.
YBL Farms continued to dominate proceedings in the third chukka and added a fifth goal through their top striker, Badamasi as he grabbed a well deserved hat trick for a 5 to 1 1/2 goal scoreline.
Alhusna Travels tried to claw their way back in the fourth and last chukka as they also scored a total of three unreplied goals through Umar, Machika and Aliyu but it was enough as YBL Farms held on to win 5 to 4 1/2.
In other matches also played on Tuesday, ASI whitewashed Tati Farms 7 1/2 to 2, while Dogonyaro Farms were hammered 1 1/2 to 9 by Kaduna Tila in the Guards Challenge Stream 1 and 2 respectively.
NAN also reports that guests at the event were Sen. Isa Maina, the Secretary for Education, FCT who represented the FCT Minister, Muhammed Bello, Amb. Sani Bala, the Club Chairman, among others. (NAN)
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