Successful Day for AM and UAE Polo Teams at the Dubai Challenge Cup 2019 Qualifiers

Dubai. UAE

Sallam Sallam

It was a double action day at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club as AM Polo team won their match against Dubai Wolves with a final score of 6 – 4 and UAE Polo defeated Shansal/PBS with 7 goals to 4.5

AM Polo had taken the lead on each chukker and had seen Alejandro Gowland and Guillermo Cuitino drive goals for the team throughout the game. Marcos Araya had scored three goals for the Dubai Wolves which left a one-goal advantage for AM. As the last chukker rolled, AM was able to nail the win with a goal from Gowland and closed the game at 6 goals to 4

Match Progression
AM Polo team: 2 -1 | 4 – 2 | 5 – 4 | 6 – 4

The second game gave way for an early lead to Shansal/PBS with one and a half goal which UAE Polo had matched with a goal by the end of the first chukker. By halftime, the game closed in with 3.5 goals to 3 in favour of Shansal/PBS. The last two chukkers cleared the win for UAE Polo as the team scored a total of four goals more, two of which were delivered by Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the team’s patron

Match Progression:
UAE Polo team: 1 – 2.5 | 3 – 3.5 | 5 – 3.5 | 7 – 4.5
The Dubai Challenge Cup, a 12 goal handicap tournament will continue on the 26th of March 2019 at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club with a match between Shansal Polo and AM Polo teams at 15:30 and Dubai Wolves against UAE Polo at 16:30