Japan wins int'l bridge tourney

Japan wins int'l bridge tourney

JAKARTA (JP): The Japanese national team won the Djarum Cup
International Bridge tournament after defeating the Indonesian
Lippo SGS team on Sunday in a one-sided four-session final match.

The Indonesian team, consisting of Denny Sacul, Franky Karwur,
Santje Panelewen and Robert P Tobing, suffered 2-26 and 8-31
losses in the first and third sessions.

Although they managed to take the second session 19-14 against
Kenji Miyakuni, Kazuo Furuta, Roga Tanaka and Yoshi Nakamura, the
total point lead was too far out of reach.

The Japanese team gave away the fourth session giving
Indonesia a 22-0 victory, which did not do much for the total
point tally of 71-51 in Japan's favor.

Meanwhile, the Pattimura team grabbed third place after
defeating Garuda 84-81.

"We changed the system. We no longer used the round robin
system but the semifinals and final method instead," organizer
Tatang Kritiadi said.

"The change meant there were more sessions compared to the old
system. It also showed that the winners have really good bridge
players," he added. (har)