02-05-2025
- Sport
- United News of India
All India bridge meet: Monica Jajoo leads the team board
Kolkata, May 1 (UNI) The 8th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship got off to a fine start with Team Monica Jajoo leading the field scoring 83.79 Victory Points (VPs) at the end of the 5th of the total eight preliminary rounds in team event on the inaugural day of the meet here on Thursday.
Earlier in the morning the championship,a category one event of the country`s bridge calender being participated by about five hundred players from different parts of the country and a couple of European nation- Holland and Norway, was inaugurated by chairperson of E A Express Avenue Kavita Singhania in presence of chairman of Shree Cement H M Bangur,
President of Bridge Federation of India (BFI) Prasad Keni, president of Bengal Olympic Association ( BOA) Chandan Roy Chowdhury , BOA Vice President Biswarup Dey and BFI Secretary Debasish Ray were also present.
Close on the heels of Team Mionica Jajoo are Team Mohta ( 76.88 VPs), Mavericks ( 74.68 VPs), Team E i S K ( 71.96 VPs), Dhampur Sugar ( 71.70 VPs ).
Last year`s champions Formidables which is represented by the players who won the gold at the recently held Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East Championship at Dubai, made a slow start and are at the sixth position with 71,51 VPs and they are being followed by Guha & Five, E A Bridge, Indian Chain wolf and others.
After completion of the eighth round top sixteen teams will qualify for the knock-out stage.
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