National level bridge tournament to be held in Kolkata
Kolkata, Apr 17 (IBNS): Big time Bridge championship is back in Kolkata again as All India Shree Cement Bridge Tournament, a four- day competition, will be held in the city during Apr 19 to 22 next.
The championship has assumed a greater importance as the winners in this event will be eligible for trials to be selected for India for the forthcoming Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia later this year.
The sport has been included as a competitive event in Asian Games this time.
A total of about five hundred players including almost all the leading players of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh will take part in this event which is being sponsored by Shree Cement and organized by West Bengal Bridge Association under the aegis of Bridge Federation of India at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Rajarhat .
The competition will be held for Team and Pair events where a total Prize money of Rs. 4 lakhs will be at stake. The winners of the team event will also get a direct entry into the Selection trial of Indian Team for Bermuda Bowl, known as the World Cup for the Bridge in 2019.
Accordingly all probable representatives of Indian teams will be participating in this tournament. Leading International and National Champions like Jaggy Shivdasani, Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Majumder, Rajeswar Tiwari, Kiran Nadar, Pranab Bardhan, S.N. De Sarkar, P. Sridhar, S. Sunderam and Subhas Gupta will be seen in action here. Beside other notable veterans like Kamal Mukherjee, Subir Majumder, Manash Mukherjee, Swarnendu Banerjee and Kaustav Nundy will also go all out here for the top honours.
Though there would not be any separate event for the ladies, top women players led by international Kiran Nadar will join this championship where Manju Moitra and Kalpana Mishra will throw the local challenge.
The tournament will be inaugurated by West Bengal Minster of State for Sports Laxmi Ratan Shukla in the morning of April 19 at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. (EOM).
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