Autumn rain fell unremittingly at the South Field of Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club today, but it failed to dampen the spirits of Grand Finalists Fast Fish and Axus, two 10-12 goal Asian polo teams facing off under heavy skies to fight tooth and hoof for the first ever Fortune Heights National Cup.
Team Fast Fish (in blue) was determined to take the ball. 快鱼队（蓝色队服）志在必得，试图夺球。
Both sides had earned the right to contest the final after besting their opponents yesterday in a pair of exciting matches. Two days earlier, the competition had kicked off with the Chinese Challenge, an historic all-Chinese exhibition polo match representing an important milestone in the development of modern polo in China.
Team Fast Fish (in blue) kept the watch on the line of ball. 快鱼队（蓝色队服）瞄准球门线。
Team Axus (in red) broke free of the pack to hit a shot 安硕队（红色队服）奋力突围。
In the saddle for Fast Fish today, sporting dark blue jerseys, were Windson Rao, Rodrigo Bauzada, Guy Gibrat, and John Fisher. Their opponents Axus, clad in red, were Brian Xu, Diego Gomez, Ignacio Kennedy, and Dario Musso.
At the closing medals ceremony, Ignacio Kennedy from team Axus was awarded the tournament's MVP for his three runaway goals in today's final. Birthday boy Derek Reid was called upon to present the prize of Best Pony, this time going to Genius.
All eyes now turn to the Snow Polo World Cup in 2017, the next big ticket polo event at the Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club.
Results
The Chinese Challenge, 5 October, 2016 : Fortune Heights vs Metropolitan Polo Club 8-2.5
Semi-final, 6 October, 2016: Fast Fish vs Wahaha 8-2.5 & Axus vs Bookdoc 10-2.5
Final, 7 October, 2016: Axus vs Fast Fish 6-4 & Wahaha vs Bookdoc 6-5
Final Position
1. Axus 2. Fast Fish 3. Wahaha 4. Bookdoc MVP: Ignacio Kennedy from Team Axus The Best Playing Pony: GTS
Champion - Axus 冠军球队 - 安硕队
2nd Place - Fast Fish 亚家球队 - 快鱼队
3rd Place - Wahaha 季军球队 - 娃哈哈队
Team Fast Fish (in blue) was determined to take the ball. 快鱼队（蓝色队服）志在必得，试图夺球。
Team Fast Fish (in blue) kept the watch on the line of ball.
Team Axus (in red) broke free of the pack to hit a shot 安硕队（红色队服）奋力突围。
