Bridge champs go to HK event

Bridge champs go to HK event

JAKARTA: The winning and runner-up pairs of the just-concluded
National Bridge League (LBN) -- Wolter Karamoy/Ferdie Waluyan and
Taufik Hasby/Robert Tobing, respectively -- will travel to Hong
Kong to take part in the Celestial Intercity Bridge Championship.

They will be the first Indonesian teams to take part in the
event since 1998. Indonesia had its best ever showing at the
championship back in 1987, when Bert Toar Polii led teammates to
victory.

Bert, now an official at the Indonesian Contract Bridge
Association, said the Hong Kong event was traditionally
competitive, given that participating teams came not only from
Asia but also from the United States and Europe.

The teams are scheduled to leave for Hong Kong on Monday, the
day before the six-day championship begins. --JP