RI pair leads at Cap Volmac

RI pair leads at Cap Volmac

JAKARTA (JP): Henky Lasut and Eddy Manoppo of Indonesia are
proving themselves the best pair after earning the highest score
at the 10th Cap Volmac 16 World top pairs championships at the
Des Indes Hotel, Den Haag, Netherlands.

The Indonesians collected 195 Victory Points after winning the
first three sessions on Thursday, to lead French pair of Chemia
and Croniex and the host team of Muller and de Boer by just a
mere point.

Lasut and Manoppo got off to a flying start by routing fellow
Asians Fu and Wang of China 84-16. The Indonesian duo then beat
Italy's Buratti and Lanzarotti 60-40 in the second session,
before completing a hat trick with a close 51-49 win over Gabriel
Chagas and Lambardi of Brazil.

Lasut and Manoppo were the Indonesian trump cards in its
triumph in the Far East Bridge Federation championships in July
last year. Three months later, they spearheaded the Indonesian
team to reach the semifinals of the Bermuda Bowl World
Championships.

A total of 16 couples are participating in the four-day
invitational tournament which will wind up on Sunday.

For the first time in the prestigious tournament's history,
Asia is represented by two countries, Indonesia and China. (05)