Indonesia wins Asia's Yeh Brothers Cup<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Indonesia won the Yeh Brothers Cup bridge tournament with a
\nvictory over Chinese Taipei in the final on Sunday.<\/p>\n
"We defeated Taipei by 80-59 victory points. It was a tough
\nfinal match given the opponents were led by their national player
\nCheng de Ming," Bert Toar Polii, one of the four-strong
\nIndonesian team, told The Jakarta Post here on Monday.<\/p>\n
Other playing members included Henky Lasut, Eddy Manoppo and
\nTaufik Hasby. Indonesia won US$11,000.<\/p>\n
"The winner takes all. Runner-up was granted a consolation
\nprize," Bert said.<\/p>\n
The three-day tournament featured 20 teams from nine
\ncountries: Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Hong Kong,
\nIndonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.<\/p>\n
Indonesia failed to advance past the quarterfinals of last
\nyear's inaugural Yeh Brothers Cup, despite fielding two teams.<\/p>\n
Bert said the competition was tough given the list of
\nparticipants. Japan came to the tournament with a Kenji Miyakuni-
\nled team, which won the Pan Asia Bridge Federation Championship
\nin Thailand last June.<\/p>\n
"Australia should have been a serious contender with Paul
\nMarsten in the team. He guided an Australian team to third place
\nin Thailand," Bert, the deputy secretary general of the outgoing
\nboard of the Indonesian Contract Bridge Association (Gabsi),
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The 20 teams played a preliminary round with the top eight
\nteams qualifying for the next stage.<\/p>\n
In the quarterfinals, where the contestants played 24 boards,
\nIndonesia beat North Taiwan 60-22 points. It carried on with a
\n52-37 victory points win over the Philippines in the semifinals,
\nalso played in 24 boards. The final match was staged in 32
\nboards.<\/p>\n
As the defending champion, Indonesia has been assured a place
\nin the 2003 competition, scheduled to take place in Shanghai in
\nApril and Kaohsiung in November.<\/p>\n
In a separate development, Bert disclosed that Gabsi would
\nmeet this week to discuss naming a new chairperson for the
\norganization.<\/p>\n
Gabsi's top post has been vacant since the withdrawal of Hatta
\nRadjasa, who was elected chairman during a congress in Palembang,
\nSouth Sumatra, in July, from the post. Hatta is State Minister
\nfor Research and Technology.<\/p>\n
"It's likely that we will leave the matter to a caretaker at
\nthe moment to oversee the preparations of an extraordinary
\ncongress next July," Bert said, adding that Wiranto, who was
\nHatta's predecessor, would return to assume the caretaker role.<\/p>",
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