17 temas to attend world bridge tourney
17 temas to attend world bridge tourney
JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen countries representing their
respective zones have confirmed their entry in the 5th World
Junior Bridge Team Championship to be held in Bali in July.
The biennial event, under the full sanction of the World
Bridge Federation, was inaugurated in Amsterdam in 1987. On that
occasion Indonesia managed to finish fourth.
"Being the host for the 1995 tournament, and judging from our
arduous preparation and the national athletes' being groomed for
the last six months, I think we have a better chance of winning
the title," said the Indonesian Contract Bridge Association
(Gabsi) executive chairman Amran Zamzami on Sunday.
Great Britain, Poland and Denmark are representing the
European zone. The American zone representative will come from
Canada , America One and America Two. Australia and New Zealand
will represent zone seven, Oceania.
Other teams are expected to come from the Latin American zone
(two countries). The Far Eastern zone will be represented by the
People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei and Japan. India and
Pakistan will represent the Central Asian zone.
Indonesia, as the host nation, is eligible for the tournament
without going through the qualifying round.
The world junior championships are scheduled to take place at
the Bali Kartika Plaza hotel between July 8 and July 17.
A world invitational competition will also be held in
conjunction with the junior event. Nine strong bridge nations are
expected to take part in the world invitation, including France,
the Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, the USA, Canada, China,
Australia and the UK.
Two national competitions, inter-club championships and inter-
universities tournaments will be held in conjunction with the
world junior championships to commemorate Indonesia's golden
independent anniversary.
"Our preparedness for the prestigious event has reached 80
percent and we are set to make it a success," Amran said at the
conclusion of the bridge coaching clinics for Jakarta's
journalists at the Lippocity housing complex in Bekasi. (rsl)