{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": 1342204,
        "msgid": "two-bridge-pairs-secure-slots-in-training-center-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-03-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Two bridge pairs secure slots in training center",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Two bridge pairs secure slots in training center The Jakarta Post Jakarta Senior pairings of Taufik G. Asbi and Robert Parasian Tobing and Stefanus Supeno and Santoso Sie have secured places in an initial lineup of the national team. The pairs were the winners and runners-up at the just concluded national selection here, which featured 26 pairs in the preliminary round. Taufik and Robert have paired for around two years and have experience in international tournaments.",
        "content": "<p>Two bridge pairs secure slots in training center<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Post<br>\nJakarta<\/p>\n<p>Senior pairings of Taufik G. Asbi and Robert Parasian Tobing and <br>\nStefanus Supeno and Santoso Sie have secured places in an initial <br>\nlineup of the national team.<\/p>\n<p>The pairs were the winners and runners-up at the just <br>\nconcluded national selection here, which featured 26 pairs in the <br>\npreliminary round.<\/p>\n<p>Taufik and Robert have paired for around two years and have <br>\nexperience in international tournaments. However, Robert conceded <br>\nof the high competitiveness in the selection that he could have <br>\nslipped.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was really tough out there,\" Robert told The Jakarta Post <br>\nhere on Tuesday. Taufik\/Robert's latest performance in the <br>\nnational team was their role in helping the country take the <br>\nsilver at the 2002 Rosenblum Cup in Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>At the selection tournament, Taufik\/Robert registered 375 <br>\npoints from 16 wins and eight losses, while Stefanus\/Santoso <br>\nscored 372.5 points from 16 wins, seven losses and one draw.<\/p>\n<p>Bert Toar Polii, deputy secretary-general of the Indonesian <br>\nContract Bridge Association (Gabsi), said the two pairs would <br>\ncarry out a training center along with perennial members of Eddy <br>\nManoppo\/Henky Lasut and Denny Sacul\/Franky Karwur.<\/p>\n<p>The three-week training session is scheduled to begin on April <br>\n3, at the end of which the four will be pitted each other for <br>\nthree places in the team.<\/p>\n<p>The team will go to the Pacific Asia Bridge Federation (PABF) <br>\nchampionship in Manila in June, which serves as the qualifying <br>\nfield for the Bermuda Bowl in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in November.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will fight for three places provided at the tournament,\" <br>\nsaid Bert.<\/p>\n<p>The championship will see participants from the countries <br>\ngrouped in Zone 6. The zone comprises Cambodia, Indonesia, <br>\nMalaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, China, <br>\nJapan, Macau and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia will also send a female team for the Venice Cup and <br>\na veteran team for the Seniors Bowl in Monte Carlo also in <br>\nNovember, while a junior team will head to Beijing in late June.<\/p>\n<p>The last three teams will also have to qualify through the <br>\nManila meet.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-bridge-pairs-secure-slots-in-training-center-1447893297",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}