Polo in Pink: Sherwood, MMS takes winning start

The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital-endorsed Polo in Pink commenced at Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground. 11 teams are participating in the event and divided in to two pools. 5 teams are in Pool A and 6 in Pool B.

POOL A
Team	Players
Total Nutrition	Raqia Mansoor	Agha Bilal Haider	Faisal Shahzad	Bilal Haye
Sherwood	Bhawal Mohsin Maan	Farasat Ali Chatha	Mian Shahzad Aziz	Adnan Jalil Azam
MMS	Faisal Khan	Irfan Sheikh	Mian Khurram Munir	Haris Haroon Malik
Barry's	Leenah Barry	Nafees Barry	Babar Mannoo	Ahmad Nawaz Tiwana
Sakuf	Maj (R) Ali Taimur	Rehan Babar	Bilal Hayat Noon	Muhammad Usman Malik

POOL B
Team	Players
Guard Group	Muhammad Zubair Khalid	Amar Khalid	Mian Hussain Iftikhar	Taimur Ali Malik
Diamond Paints	Mustafa Aziz	Ch. Hassan Mansoor	Abdullah Dawood	Mir Shoaib Ahmed
Newage	Ibrahim Barry	Jamil Barry	Alman Jamil Azam	Agha Musa Ali Khan
Jalpana	Daniyal Sheikh	Mudassar Ali Niazi	Muhammad Samir Malik	Omar Asjad Malhi
Qatalpur	Saad Khan	Qadeer Ashfaq	Syed Hassan Abbas	Ahmed Bilal Riaz
Black Horse Paints	Abu Bakar Siddique	Fahd Noon	Ghulam Mustafa Monnoo	Mir Huzaifa Ahmed

In the first match of the day Sherwood defeated Total Nutrition in a thrilling polo match by 4-3. Mian Shahzad Aziz scored a brace for Sherwood while Adnan Jalil Azam and Farasat Ali Chatha contributed one goal apiece.

The second match of the day was played between the 3 teams. MMS, Barry’s and Sakuf under the American system. The match was based on 2 chukkers and MMS defeated barry’s and Sakuf and qualified for the next round. MMS defeated Sakuf in the first contest by 3-1. Haris Haroon scored a brace and Faisal khan scores 1 goal.

Barry’s in their first match defeated Sakuf 3-2 but later in their second match, lost to MMS by a good margin of 2-4

Today (Wednesday), three matches will be contested as the first match will be played between Newage and Jalpana at 1:30 pm, the second between Qatalpur and Black Horse Paint at 2:30 pm and third between Guard Group and Diamond Paints at 3:30 pm.