AFTER an enthral-ling first week capped by the emergence
of Leighton Kings and STL 57 as champions of the Open
Cup and Silver Cup, the final week of the 2017 NPA Lagos
Polo International Tournament begins today with Lagos La
Mansuri and Ibadan Oluyole galloping off proceedings in the
medium-goal Low Cup.
Lagos Leighton Kings emerged champions of the Open Cup
by beating Lagos. Lintex 11-5 as the first week of the 2107
NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament ends on Sunday.
Other fixtures of the day in the tournament which has
GTBank as main sponsor will see Lagos Balmoral
International slugging it out with Kano H Hago while Kano
Nakudu and Lagos United battle for supremacy in the last
match of the day. A record 12 teams comprising seven
Lagos teams are participating in the Low Cup while three
teams from Kano and two from Ibadan complete the list.
Aside the home teams that are scheduled for action on
today, Lagos Petrosmith, Lagos Eat N’ Go, Lagos Lintex and
Caverton Sao Polo are the other home teams competing.
Kano Agad and Ibadan Eleyele are the visiting teams.
The 12 teams are divided into four leagues of three teams
with league winners progressing to the semifinals.
League 1 has Lintex, Petrosmith and Eat N’ Go while Agad,
La Mansuri and Oluyole will jostle for the sole ticker in
League 2.
Caverton Sao Polo, Balmoral and Hago are the teams in
League 3 and League 4 has Nakudu, Eleyele and United.
