Centenary Unity Tournament promises to be strongest polo tourney ever, says official

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Umar Aliyu, the Manager of the 2014 Abuja Guards Polo Tournament, on Monday said the tourney would be the most competed event in the history of the annual competition.

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Naija247news reports that the tournament will hold between Tuesday, May 20 and Sunday, May 25 at the Abuja Guards Polo Club.

This year’s edition, which is the fifth edition, has been tagged the “Centenary Unity Tournament’’ in commemoration of Nigeria’s centenary.

A total of 15 teams will struggle for honours at this year’s event.

Aliyu told NAN that the tournament promises to be of higher quality, even though fewer teams would be participating in this year’s edition as against the number recorded last year.

“I have been involved in the last four editions and every year the level of competition has been better and better.

“The very top level of the tournament has always been of a high standard. But what has happened over the past couple of years is that the level and intensity of the competition just keeps going up.

“I think this will probably be the strongest polo tournament the Abuja Guards Polo Tournament has seen.

“This tournament will have champions of other tournaments battle for supremacy in the nation’s capital,’’ Aliyu, who is the Tournament Manager of the Abuja Guards Polo Club, said.

Also speaking on the tourney, the club’s Captain, Mustapha Junaidu, said a new trophy had been introduced to the tournament called the “Argentine Ambassador’s Cup’’.

He said the Argentine Ambassador’s Cup would be presented in honour of the tournament’s special guest of honour, Gustavo Dzugala, the newly-appointed Argentine Ambassador to Nigeria.

Junaidu explained that the highly-contested President’s Cup still maintained its prestige as the tournament’s highest cup with the country’s best polo teams slugging it out for it.

“All indications suggest that the defending champions, Keffi Ponys, captained by Hon. Aliyu Wadada, remained unchanged with their key player, the international high goalscorer from Argentina, Diego White (+7), expected to be part of the team.

“The formidable Katsina Max Air polo team intends to avenge their recent defeat at the hands of Abuja Rubicon polo team at the Zaria polo tournament concluded about two weeks ago.

“They will be bringing in an Argentine high goal professional, Fernando Bourdieu, to boost their chances of winning.

“With a very impressive set of high performance horses imported from Argentina, the matches in this category promises to be among the fiercest in this year’s polo calendar,’’he said.

Junaidu also added that the Legislative Shield and Guards Brigade Trophy would see three and five teams do battle for the trophies.

“At handicap +4 to +7, the Legislative Shield has ASI polo team with team handicap of +6, led by Aminu Iya, the Bauchi Nadabo Farms polo team led by the Captain of Bauchi Polo Club, Atiko Saibo, playing alongside his friend Suleiman Shema.

“Also playing in this category is Suleiman Bello’s DEFCOM polo team powered by Bello Buba and Muktar Adhama.

“All the teams have the absolute intention of going away with the coveted cup,’’ he said.

Babatunde Akinsola
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Babatunde Akinsola is aNaija247news' Southwest editor. He's based in Lagos and writes on the Yoruba Nation political issues, news and investigative reports

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