Indo-Pak team wins Balijee international bridge title

LAHORE, Mar 26 (APP):Showing excellent skills and superb
mind technique, Indo Pak Team won the Blalijee International
Bridge Championship here on Monday at Lahore Gymkhana |Club.
Teams from India, Dubai and Kuwait and also the elite ones
of Pakistan from Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities participated in the grand event.
While the first day and half of second day was earmarked for
the Pairs Event, the Team Event Competition was spread over two
and a half days, bringing honors and glory to the Indo Pak Team
who were remarkable in application of bridge playing attributes
like intelligence, quick thinking, stable temperament, decision
power and cohesive team effort.
The winning team members Gulzar Ahmed Bilal, Farrukh Liaqat
and Sapan Desai were dazzling and radiant, the star of the team,
Subash Gupta an accomplished international, was lustrous and
luminous in defining the team strategy which brought rich dividends and a comfortable dominance related victory.
The Indo Pak Team remained in command and control through
superb and quality play winning all ten boards. Not once were
they under threat of defeat and in the process even the best
teams like Tehsin Ghee Wala ,Izzo IV ,Punters and Next Pharma
were a casualty.
Once again Aijaz Ahmad of Yummy Milk Products and his sister
Mrs Tahira Nasir have been superb hosts and in particular Tahira
Nasir appears as the live wire in the whole process;the spirit of
bridge promotion is there and also continuously oozing is the family hospitality with the result that Balijee Bridge is an integral part
of the national bridge calendar,thus keeping the memory of a noble
father late Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal (affectionately known as Balijee) alive.
As for the final days sessions, the overnight leaders Indo Pak
remained on winning track and though they tried hard the Tehsin
Gheewala Team had to be content with the runners up slot.
The Final Standings of top five winning teams
1. Indo – Pak: Gulzar Ahmed Bilal – Farrukh Liaquat – Subash Gupta – Sappan Desai 160.61% ; 2. Tehsin: Tehsin Gheewala – Rashidul Ghazi – Muhammad Hashmat – Imran Abedi – Fatima Raza 134.67%; 3. Izzo IV: Jahangir Ahmed – Farooq Alvi – Mudessar Rahim – Qasim Rahim – Abida Ali 111.55%; 4. Next Pharma : Ahsan Javed Qureshi – Nauman Khalid Butt – Zia Hyder Naqi – Mirza Shauq Hussain – Ghias A. Malik 110.81%; 5. Punters: Tahir Abbas Mirza – Ali Abbas Mirza – Hamid Zaman – Fehmina Shauq – Mirza Asfandiyar Hussain – Mohsin Chandna 110.41%.
At the conclusion of the Balijee Bridge Championship the prizes
were distributed by Air Marshal Syed Shahid Zulfiqar Ali, Khawaja
Imran Zubair, Convenor Card Room and Chairman, Lahore Gymkhana Kamran Lashari.