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Sunday September 28, 2008
South Western Command easily overcome Equi Sport to win the Area Commander Polo Cup (8 goal) played at the 61st Cavalry Polo Grounds in Jaipur.

Photograph by Zakir Hussain

Army Commander Lt. Gen CKS Sabu presents the Army Commander Polo Cup to the South Western Command Team (R to L) Lt Col Navjit Sandhu, Maj Ravi Rathore, Capt Vishal Chauhan, Capt Arjun Patil. Alo, in the picture is Col. Dev Dahiya, Commandant, 61st Cavalry.

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The entire week of polo at the 61st Cavalry polo grounds set the stage for a close final. In the semi finals on Saturday Equisport managed to defeat 61st Cavalry in sudden death overtime after both teams scored 7 goals in the regulation 4 chukkers. In the other semi final Jaipur Company kept pace with South Western Command till both had scored 4 goals. However, in the last 2 chukkars SWC moved away with 4 unanswered goals to reach the semi finals.

In the final between South Western Command and Equisport, SWC ran ahead and took a quick lead in the first chukker. In the first two chukkers Equisport could only manage one penalty goal scored by Ransher Singh. By the end of the 2nd chukker SWC lead by 6 goals to 1. In the remaining two chukkers SWC only managed to score 1 goal while Equisport added 3 goals to their tally. However, they were too far behind to catch up.

Ravi Rathore, Vishal Chauhan and Navjit Sandhu combined perfectly and effortlessly scored goals in the first 2 chukkers. Vishal Chauhan opened the account in the 1st chukker. Ravi Rathore added 2 more, and in the 2nd chukker Vishal Chauhan and Navjit Sandhu scored to increase the lead.

For the Runners up Adhiraj Singh, Abhimanu Pathak, Ransher Singh, and Bhupinder Singh all scored a goal.

The final score was 7 - 4 in favour of South Western Command.

Score Board
Area Commander Polo Cup - (8 Goals)
Sep 23 - 28, 2008
WINNER: South Western Command

Date	Pool	Teams	Score	Winner
Sep 23	B	Dhillon Farm VS South Western Command	7 - 5	SWC
Sep 24	A	ASC VS Sahgal Stud	9 - 3.5	Sahgal Stud
Sep 24	C	Navy VS Equi Sport	11 - 7	Equi Sport
Sep 25	C	Equi Sport VS Jaipur Polo Company	6 - 4.5	Equi Sport
Sep 25	A	61 Cavalry VS ASC	11 - 3.5	61 Cav
Sep 25	B	Dhillon Farm VS Jodhpur	9 - 8	Dhillon Farm
Sep 26	A	61 Cavalry VS Sahgal Stud	6 - 4.5	61 Cav
Sep 26	B	Jodhpur VS South Western Command	7 - 3	SWC
Sep 26	C	Navy VS Jaipur Polo Company	14 - 5.5	JPC
Sep 27	Semi	South Western Command VS Jaipur Polo Company	8 - 4.5	SWC
Sep 27	Semi	61 Cavalry VS Equi Sport	8 - 7	Equi Sport
Sep 28	FINAL	South Western Command VS Equi Sport	7 - 4	South Western Command

All matches at 61 Cavalry Polo Grounds.

Area Commander Polo Cup Cup (8 Goals)
TEAMS
POOL A
ASC		SAHGAL STUD
Capt Jaideep Singh Lt Col Nakul Yadav Lt Col BS Garewal Bk Lt Col GS Pandher, SM	+1 +1 +1 +2	Mr Naina Diggi Mr Gaurav Sahgal Mr Rajesh Sahgal Bk Mr Dhruvpal Godara	+1 +2 +1 +4
Total	+5	Total	+8
61 CAVALRY
Swr Ram Singh Capt S Chaudhary Mr Sameer Suhag Bk Lt Col Tarun Sirohi	-2 +1 +5 +4
Total	+8
POOL B
DHILLON FARM		SOUTH WESTERN COMMAND
Mr Baljinder Singh Mr Vicky Nahalini Mr Pretender Singh Bk. Mr Manupal Godara	+0 +2 +2 +4	Capt Arjun Patil Capt V Chauhan Maj Ravi Rathore Bk. Lt Col NS Sandhu	-1 +2 +3 +4
Total	+8	Total	+8
JODHPUR
Mr Raja Vekatraman Mr Dhanjay Singh Mr KV Singh Bk Mr Uday Kalaan	+0 +1 +3 +4
Total	+8
POOL C
NAVY		EQUISPORT
Lt DS Bareth Lt A Panchal Lt Cdr Akhil Sirohi Bk Mr Angad Kalaan	-2 +0 +2 +5	Mr Bhupinder Singh Mr A Pathak Mr Ransher Singh Bk Mr Adhiraj Singh	+1 +2 +2 +3
Total	+5	Total	+8
JAIPUR POLO COMPANY
Mr Zahan Kapoor Mr Varun Sharma Mr Vishal Singh Bk Mr Lokendra Singh	-2 +1 +4 +4
Total	+7