The six-goal Shoe Planet Polo Cup 2017 will stroll into action here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground from Tuesday (today). As many as nine polo teams are participating. The participating teams are divided into two pools; Pool-A consists of Honda Chenab, Elan, Guard Group and United Snacks Polo while Pool-B has Dawood Group, Black Horse Paints/Artema Medical, Sakuf, Diamond Paints and Newage.
The inaugural match on the opening day will be played between Honda Chenab and Elan teams and Guard Group will vie against United Snacks in the second match. The main and subsidiary finals will be played on Sunday. Lahore Polo Club (LPC) secretary Colonel Shoaib Aftab (Retd) said that top nine teams will vie for top honour in this tournament.
Lauding the role of sponsors, the LPC secretary said: "Sponsors play key role in promoting any game. I am really grateful to Shoe Planet for sponsoring this event and I hope they will continue their all-out support and cooperation with Lahore Polo Club for the promotion and progress of this game of kings and knights."