Fourteen countries set for bridge event

Fourteen countries set for bridge event

JAKARTA: Participants from 13 foreign countries are confirmed
to take on local bridge players in the Bank Indonesian Governor
Cup international contract bridge tournament on Sept. 13-Sept. 18
in Jakarta.

Indonesia will field five teams -- the national senior team,
open team, women's team, Geologi team and Bank BNI team -- in the
US$80,000 tournament.

"The tournament has attracted many strong teams because they
want to warm up ahead of this year's Bermuda Bowl in Estoril,
Portugal," Miranda Goeltom, head of the Indonesian Contract
Bridge Association (Gabsi), was quoted as saying in a release
here on Wednesday.

Visiting teams are from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
China, Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South
Africa, South Korea and the United States. --JP