Nigeria: Lagos Polo Club Lifts Eko Atlantic Trophy

Nigeria: Lagos Polo Club Lifts Eko Atlantic Trophy

allAfrica, March 23th, 2015,

By: Steve Oma-Ofozor

Lagos — Lagos Polo Club over the weekend won the first ever beach polo championship in Nigeria and Africa in general beating Power Horse in the final game.

The championship tagged, ‘Eko Atlantic Polo Tournament,’ and sponsored by Access Bank PLC was staged at the Eko Atlantic City of the old Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Six clubs had participated in the four-day tournament which began Thursday last week and ended on Sunday with lots of thrills and frills from players as Kunle Tinubu, Habeeb Fasinro, Mohammed Mdeihli among others.

The six clubs which participated in the round-robin match include Access Bank, Lagos Polo Club and Veuve Cliquot. Others are Power Horse, Azuri Penisula and Caverton.

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