2019 Lagos Int. Polo Tournament: Abuja Almat Wins Majekodunmi Cup, Italian Ambassador Cup on first Attempt *Centaurs, STL, Sublime, Aplus, NRT Emerge Champions

 An unforgettable epoch that changed the folklores. That aptly described the just concluded 2019 Lagos international polo tournament that crowns new champions.

No team can strolled into Lagos polo tourney and win the event’s biggest title on first attempt for decades, but Abuja Almat team has shattered that myth, winning the highly revered Majekodunmi Cup on first attempt.

The prestigious polo carnival that pitch over 34 polo teams and top Nigerian and foreign players  left in its glowing trail many memorable highpoints  both on and off the pitch. One such glittering highlight was the curtain drawing final game that decided the winners of the event’s biggest prize and Nigeria’s oldest polo trophy, the Independence Cup.

Kaduna Centenary Polo Tournament EL-Amin Reaffirms Supremacy, Wins 15th Georgian Title

El-Amin Polo Team took off to a brilliant start at the just concluded centenary polo extravaganza, trouncing opponents, Imani 12-7 in the opening match of the Georgian Cup to stamp their authority at the prestigious Kaduna Centenary polo tournament that rocked to a befitting climax.   

To Georgian and Kaduna polo buffs, dismissing Imani from the race was no big achievement for the fourteen times champions who are used to decimating opponents at will, the real deal however, was the much awaited clash against 2017 winners, Rubicon Aviation.

That much anticipated clash perfectly laid, after Rubicon hurriedly dispatched Imani 12-4, to set up “the mother of all Georgian Cup final against their perpetual nemesis, EL-Amin who has only lost once to their Abuja arch rivals in fourteen Georgian Cup meetings.

Sponsored exclusively by  the then British Bank  of West Africa, now First bank Plc for 99 years, Georgian title remains one of the biggest dream win for any polo patron and player., and the  final had an added allure as the winners would be crown the Kaduna Centenary polo champions.

2018 Jos Polo: Malcomines Confirms Gov’s. Cup Supremacy,

Jos polo biggest prize, the Governor’s Cup is not going anyway from the tin city soon, thanks to the domineering Malcomines polo team that has annexed the top title for the fifth year running.

 The hugely successful 2018 Jos polo tournament that hit Plateau State with a bang came to a thrilling climaxed, with the Jos polo kings, Malcomines, Mineral resource team and Jos Red Crown writing their names in gold as proud winners of the prestigious winter polo fiesta.

 For the fourth year running, the game of kings, polo was the biggest attraction of the annual festival that remains the biggest sports cum tourism event, attracting tourists and equestrian enthusiasts in their droves to the chilly Plateau State capital city every year.

The prestigious fiesta that puts Jos on the polo map as one of the polo playing cities in the Nigeria saw Murtala Laushi led Jos Malcomines defeating arch rivals, Yola BSC in a tense final,  to defend the Governor’s Cup , and confirmed their supremacy on  the event’s biggest prize they  have now won five times back-to-back.