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Jaipur Riding and Polo
Club Season
2008 - 2009
Oct 13 - 26, 2008
Godfrey Phillips Cup
(4 goal)
Oct 14-19, 2008
Oct 19, 2008
Vishal Singh leads
Cafe Kooba to victory over J. Dwarka's to win the Godfrey
Phillips Cup played at the polo ground of the Jaipur Riding & Polo Club, Bindaiyka.
The finals for the Godfrey Phillips Cup was played between J. Dwarka's and Cafe
Kooba where Cafe Kooba won 11.5 to 5. The Cafe Kooba team had an avantage of 1/2
goal then Vishal Singh went all out to score a hatrick and three more goals.
Salim Azmi from Hyderabad scored one goal. Fateh Singh scored three goals and
Arsalaan Khan scored one goal. As for the J. Dwarka's team, Vicky Nihalani
scored a hat trick with one more goal and so did Gaurav Sehgal from Delhi score
one goal. Mr. John Ayton did the throw in while Mrs Ayton and Princess Bhargavi
Kumari of Udaipur gave away the prizes.
Cafe Kooba: Salim Azmi - 1, Arsalaan Khan - 1, Vishal Singh - 6, Fateh
Singh - 3
J. Dwarka's: Gaurav Sahgal - 1, Vicky Nihalani - 4

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Score Board
Godfrey
Phillips Cup - (4 Goals)
Oct 14 - 19, 2008
WINNER:
Cafe Kooba |
|
Date |
Teams |
Score |
Winner |
| Oct 14 |
Cafe Kooba Vs Coca Cola |
11 - 5 |
Cafe Kooba |
| Oct 15 |
J. Dwarka's Vs Clarks Amer |
7 - 4.5 |
J. Dwarka's |
|
Oct 16 |
Polywood Vs Clarks Amer |
10 - 5 |
Polywood |
| Oct 17 |
Polywood Vs J. Dwarka's |
8 - 7 |
J. Dwarka's |
|
Oct 17 |
Cafe Kooba Vs Coca Cola |
5 - 3 |
Cafe Kooba |
|
Oct 19 |
Cafe Kooba Vs J. Dwarka's |
11.5 - 5 |
Cafe Kooba |
|
Godfrey Phillips Cup (4 Goals) |
| TEAMS |
| |
|
|
Cafe Kooba |
Clarks Amer |
1. Vishal Singh
2. Salim Azmi
3. Fateh Singh
4. Arsalaan Khan |
+4
+1
+0
-1 |
1. Aroonpal Singh
2. Ajit Singh
3. Nitin Golecha
4. Zaheer Merchant |
+2
+2
+1
-2 |
| Total |
+4 |
Total |
+3 |
|
Coca Cola |
Polywood |
1. Ransher Singh
2. Om Singh
3. Dhananjay Singh
4. Baljinder Dhillon |
+2
+1
+1
+0 |
1. K V Singh
2. Himmat Singh
3. Dalip Singh
4. Digvijay Dhabariya (Patron) |
+2
+2
+1
-2 |
| Total |
+4 |
Total |
+3 |
| |
J.
Dwarka's |
|
|
|
1. Vicky Nihalani
2. Gaurav Sehgal
3. Raza Shehzad
4. David Bellamy |
+2
+2
+1
-1 |
|
|
|
Total |
+4 |
Oct 17, 2008
GAME 1: J. Dwarka's v/s Polywood
There was a clash between J. Dwarka's v/s Polywood, where J. Dwarka's beat
Polywood 8 to 7. Vicky Nihalani made 3 goals while Gaurav Sehgal made a total of
four goals, With Raza Shehzad from Hyderabad scoring one goal. And in the
Polywood ream there was K V Singh who scored two goals, Himmat S. Bedla scored
one goal and Dalip Singh scored three goals while the patron of the team D.
Dhabariya made one goal.
Goal Scorers:
Polywood: KV Singh - 2, Himmat Singh - 1, Digvijay Dhabariya - 1, Dalip
Singh - 3
J. Dwarka's: Gaurav Sahgal - 4, Vicky Nihalani - 3, Raza Shehzad - 1
GAME 2: Cafe Kooba v/s Coca Cola
The second match was played between Cafe Kooba and Coca Cola where Cafe Kooba
beat Coca Cola 5 to 3 and entered the finals of the Godfrey Phillips Cup. Vishal
Singh scored two goals for his team, Cafe Kooba, while Salim Azmi scored two
more for Cafe Kooba and Arsalaan Khan scored one goal. For Coca Cola, one goal
was scored by Om Singh while Dhananjay Singh scored two goals.
Cafe Kooba: Salim Azmi - 2, Arsalaan Khan - 1, Vishal Singh - 2
Coca Cola: Dhananjay Singh - 2, Om - 1
Oct 16, 2008
Polywood team started with a bang when K V Singh scored the first two goals,
followed by Himmat Singh returning to Polo after a break and scoring two goals
for the first chukker while the Clark's Amer team was still waiting to open
scores. In the 2nd chukker, Aroonpal opened the scores for Clark's Amer followed
by Himmat Singh of Polywood making two more goals for them. Soon Nitin from
Clark's made his goal, followed by Ajit singh who made his two goals for the
team. The 3rd chukker had Digvijay Dhabariya score one goal for Polywood, he is
the patron for Polywood and the only active patron at the Bindaiyka ground this
year. Ajit Singh Scored his team, the Clark's Amer team's 5th and last goal
before Himmat Singh scored the Polywood team's 8th goal. The last chukker had
Himmat Singh of Polywood score their 9th goal and a 10th goal from Dalip Singh
but then the rains started and the game had to be ended. Polywood 10 - 5.
Goal Scorers:
Polywood: KV Singh - 2, Himmat Singh - 6, Digvijay Dhabariya - 1, Dalip
Singh - 1
Clarks Amer: Aroonpal Singh - 1, Ajit Singh - 3, Nitin Golecha - 1
Oct 15, 2008
J. Dwarka's came all ready and took over the game from the 1st chukker itself.
Gaurav Sehgal (+2) from Delhi started the chukker with a HAT TRICK, followed by
Vicky Nihalani's (+2) one goal and another quick one from Gaurav Sehgal (+2). So
they claimed their victory in the 1st chukker itself with 5 goals whereas the
Clark's Amer was still waiting to open their scores. The 2nd chukker started
with Clark's Amer team's Ajit Singh (+2) opening their scores with one goal to
check that J. Dwarka's Team's Vicky Nihalani (+2) scored their team's 6th goal.
The 3rd chukker saw one goal from Clark's Amer team's Nitin Golecha (+1) and
none from J. Dwarka's. The last chukker had Clark's Amer's Zaheer Merchant (-2)
score one goal and J. Dwarka's Gaurav Sehgal score one goal, making J. Dwarka's
beat the Clark's Amer team with a score of 7-4.5.
Goal Scorers:
J. Dwarka's: Gaurav Sahgal - 5, Vicky Nihalani - 2
Clarks Amer: Ajit Singh - 2, Nitin Golecha - 1, Zaheer Merchant - 1
Oct 14, 2008
The first game of the Season at the Jaipur Riding and Polo Club started
with a fabulous show by Vishal Singh. The game started with Coca Cola
making two goals and thereafter Vishal took his lead when Salim Azmi
opened the goal score for Coca Cola. Soon Vishal scored 9 goals and
ended with Fateh Singh taking one more to end at an unbeatable score of
11. Coca Cola didn't do too badly too when they began with Ransher
opening their scores for them, followed by a quick goal by Dhananjay but
they became a little slow after Vishal started scoring but ended at 5
goals.
Goal Scorers:
Cafe Kooba: Salim Azmi - 1, Fateh Singh - 1, Vishal Singh - 9
Coca Cola: Ransher Singh - 2, Dhananjay Singh - 2, Om - 1
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