Access Bank Cup highlights 2018 PH International Polo fiesta

ALL the bigwigs in Nigerian polo were all there on Saturday, January 27 when the ‘Garden City’ (Port Harcourt) came alive for the finals of the 2018 Port Harcourt International Polo Tournament sponsored by Access Bank Plc. The annual competition held at the foremost Port Harcourt Polo Club produced five big winners in the major cups categories.

The tournament that galloped off on January 21 attracted Polo lovers from across Nigeria and beyond, including top teams from Kaduna, Kano, Ibadan, Abuja, Lagos, and host Port Harcourt, which paraded some of Nigeria’s most experienced players, and professionals from South Africa and Argentina.

The Access Bank Cup final, decided before a surging crowd that included top government officials business icons, traditional rulers and diplomats, was undoubtedly the star match of the weeklong polo fiesta.

At the event, Swiss international team, parading two South Africans and two Nigerians, made history as the first ever winners of the glittering Access Bank Cup, defeating their Old Mutual opponents 9-7 after an explosive five-chukka final confrontation.

Other big winners at the prestigious polo extravaganza were Abuja Rubicon, who won the T.Y. Danjuma Cup, to emerge the overall champions thrice on the trot, and Almat Group team that clinched the second most wanted prize, the Governor’s Cup at first attempt.