LAHORE, MARCH
05, 2013: ZONG, the digital partner of the nation, is sponsoring the National Open Polo Championship for the
Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup 2013. Six
teams will be competing through the tournament starting from March 06, 2013 to
March 17, 2013 while its final scheduled for Sunday March 17, 2013.
The National Polo Championship
this year has 6 teams where the lower limit of the tournament is 10 goals and
the upper limit is 14 goals. There are 6 foreign players participating in this
tournament. Renowned foreign
Umpires like Marcus Hancock, Matias Vial Perez, Santiago Mendivil, Gaston
Moore, Manuel Crespo and James Harper will be participating in the event .
Niaz A Malik, Executive Director Strategy,
Corporate Sales and ESS of ZONG said “Sports and ZONG
have a natural relationship, which is growing stronger day by day. Through our
strategic partnership with Manchester United, we are the leading corporate supporter
of football in the country. As a cricket loving nation we have been sponsors of
domestic T20 cricket and Pakistan and Australia series in the past. Though we
have previously partnered with traditional polo tournaments in Shandur twice
but this time it is an honor for us to be part of the professional polo, ‘the
game of the kings’. We are seriously looking at greatly enhancing our support
to this great game”.
Praising the role of Zong in the
promotion of this great sport, President of Lahore Polo Club, Abdul Haye Mehta said
“Zong’s role is tremendous as far as the development of polo is concerned as
they have come forward to sponsor high goal tournaments at the Lahore Polo Club
for the past many years “. Mehta urged the business houses to follow the
example of Zong and extend sponsorship and patronage of polo tournaments and
the riding school of Lahore Polo club.
National open polo championship
was incepted way back in 1963 and this year’s event will be the 50thedition
of the national polo championship. The trophy was first introduce as the El
Effendi Cup, and was presented by Brig H M el Effendi who was himself a 4 goal
player.
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