Two bridge pairs secure slots in training center
Two bridge pairs secure slots in training center
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Senior pairings of Taufik G. Asbi and Robert Parasian Tobing and
Stefanus Supeno and Santoso Sie have secured places in an initial
lineup of the national team.
The pairs were the winners and runners-up at the just
concluded national selection here, which featured 26 pairs in the
preliminary round.
Taufik and Robert have paired for around two years and have
experience in international tournaments. However, Robert conceded
of the high competitiveness in the selection that he could have
slipped.
"It was really tough out there," Robert told The Jakarta Post
here on Tuesday. Taufik/Robert's latest performance in the
national team was their role in helping the country take the
silver at the 2002 Rosenblum Cup in Montreal, Canada.
At the selection tournament, Taufik/Robert registered 375
points from 16 wins and eight losses, while Stefanus/Santoso
scored 372.5 points from 16 wins, seven losses and one draw.
Bert Toar Polii, deputy secretary-general of the Indonesian
Contract Bridge Association (Gabsi), said the two pairs would
carry out a training center along with perennial members of Eddy
Manoppo/Henky Lasut and Denny Sacul/Franky Karwur.
The three-week training session is scheduled to begin on April
3, at the end of which the four will be pitted each other for
three places in the team.
The team will go to the Pacific Asia Bridge Federation (PABF)
championship in Manila in June, which serves as the qualifying
field for the Bermuda Bowl in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in November.
"We will fight for three places provided at the tournament,"
said Bert.
The championship will see participants from the countries
grouped in Zone 6. The zone comprises Cambodia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, China,
Japan, Macau and South Korea.
Indonesia will also send a female team for the Venice Cup and
a veteran team for the Seniors Bowl in Monte Carlo also in
November, while a junior team will head to Beijing in late June.
The last three teams will also have to qualify through the
Manila meet.