National team reaches final

National team reaches final

JAKARTA (JP): The National Bermuda Bowl team and the Pattimura
Bridge Club reached the eight-session final of the Bermuda Bowl
and Venice Cup bridge simulation match at the Senayan Bridge
Center on Thursday.

The national team defeated Dolphin BC 223-154 2/3 while
Pattimura beat the Volta Manado team 249-175 in the five-session
semifinals.

The semifinals should have had six sessions, but participants
and organizers agreed to shorten the semifinals after both
national team and Pattimura got far ahead on the scoresheet.

The national team is being groomed to compete in the Bermuda
Bowl in Bermuda from Jan. 8 to Jan. 21.

The national Venice Cup team, which will compete in the Venice
Cup at the same place and time, lost in the quarterfinals.

The final, which uses 128 boards, will finish on Saturday and
is scheduled to be closed by the Indonesian Contract Bridge
Association (GABSI) chairman, Wiranto. (yan)